PYLON! C or D?

In "Beep," when Vanessa sings "FOUR MINUTES!", I think my sister thought she was singing "VARMINTS!".

would have to put the auteurs on that list.

pylon = classic [funny this thread should come up as i just grabbed "hits" off of ebay.]

Great stuff... ...and not nearly as "fancy" as Let's Active.

gawddammit,may is right ...i meant the au pairs.

My parents saw that tour...R.E.M. were so uninspiring and Pylon so thrilling that everyone here was talking about Pylon for the next month.

http://fairmountfair.com/flagpole/main/articles.php?fp=231
http://fairmountfair.com/flagpole/main/articles.php?fp=230

Don't rock and roll. Don't rock and roll. Don't rock and roll, nooooooo.
NOW ROCK AND ROLL NOW! NOW ROCK AND ROLL NOW! NOW ROCK AND ROLL NOW! NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!

Best comp ever.

Pylon's Gyrate was going to be re-released on DFA records in Fall of 2007.

where in Chicago are you finding Chomp on vinyl so frequently?

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gy4qA%2BAJL._SS500_.jpg

Out on October 16th on DFA/Astralwerks.

and they said the post-punk revival was over!

I bought that 1990 reunion album recently. It's pretty great!

the added-on ringwear is kinda stupid.

i wonder how many different covers there weree? mine is differnt from the picture below as it has yellow printing on a blue background and a black image.

http://www.hollowearth.org/images/app/pylon.jpg

two different covers, for the two different pressings, afaik.

sure hope it's remastered...

They're plugging it as Gyrate +, so I'm assuming the usual remastered-with-bonus-tracks thing

My vinyl copy was the same color scheme as the DFA reissue pictured above, so that's at least three variations right?

Some of their shows in '04-'05 [there was another earlier in '07] were brilliant. Outdoors at Athfest '05 where they unleashed hundreds of balloons with the pylon symbol on them, and many people were in a total frenzy dancing almost like you see Athenians used to do in the Inside/Out movie; at Popfest later the same summer... Vanessa can still do the most intense vocal parts incredibly well. Truly wonderful to hear her scream.

In October '05, Vaness and Michael Stipe sang "I Love a Man in Uniform" with Gang of Four at the 40 Watt. Cute.

The show in '07 was odd because it was accompanied by rumors that the B-52's were going to play [they were in town recording their new album] which didn't happen. Sean Lennon was in the audience [?].

I have the black and yellow one.

I'm glad they are reissuing it with the Cool/Dub single. I think Dub might be one of my fave songs ever.

let's try that YouTube link again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOILacn8Dw&t

bah, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOILacn8Dw&t

sigh ... search YouTube for "pylon cleveland"

maybe try a different browser? Chrome won't do this any more for me, Firefox sometimes.

vinyl remasters and a comprehensive box set, out Nov. 6

https://pylon.band/

Chomp in print! Wow, that's awesome. I can't tell but it looks like the two bonus discs of rarities and unreleased stuff are only for the box set, which is kind of a bummer if so. But great that this stuff is getting out there.

i've managed to snag nice OG copies of Gyrate and Chomp, so i probably won't be picking this up. but damn, it's really cool and i hope that it makes some money for the pylon crew (i'm not sure how much the Dead Letter Office royalties provide, these days)

Thanks for the news!
Still got my ancient CDs Gyrate Plus and Chomp More, have heard Live enough times online to agree w those who say it takes quite a while to achieve liftoff (although it all sounds pretty confident: maybe they're teaching patience, loyalty)---but had not heard of the Buzz Tape, hmmmmm----among Other Options here, bandcamp pre-order for digital is $40.00, and they're already streaming 25 tracks. Looks like nothing from Chain, but I've still got the pre-recorded cassette somewhere, pretty good reunion album. Hope it'll get a nice remaster someday.
(XXpost: I was right to incl. Pylon and those others as keepers from The World of Keith Haring, but so is most of it! I should have listened again before posting.)

Love this band to pieces, but for a short-lived group with a limited discography I feel like I already own all the Pylon I need. Maybe I'll just order a new t-shirt, although my ancient 'Lefty Loosey Righty Tighty' shirt is still holding up surprisingly well.

I wish they'd do a CD version of the box, but I'm just glad to see everything back in print

*except 'Chain'

I saw elsewhere that there are 13 previously unreleased demo recordings in the box, fwiw

new interview: https://www.spin.com/2020/09/vanessa-briscoe-hay-looks-back-at-40-years-of-pylon/?utm_source=Mailing+List&utm_campaign=2edd1860c8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_09_25_02_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9d7f017887-2edd1860c8-415586925&goal=0_9d7f017887-2edd1860c8-415586925&mc_cid=2edd1860c8&mc_eid=3ce2be0c08

The Pylon box will get a CD release.

https://store.newwestrecords.com/collections/pylon/products/pylon-pylon-box-cd-box-set

$85

nice article by Gordon Lamb, in some ways better than Hall's book in its evocation of Athens c. 1980

https://bittersoutherner.com/2020/persons-places-and-things-pylons-passage-to-permanence-athens

aww, nice to see GL's name pop up here

... and a good read, too! Thanks for linking that, it filled in the details of their story a lot for me.

Thanks for sharing that - the book in the box is very good, and this is a nice story supplement!

Ha, good quotes in here:
Razz Tape also includes the first recorded versions of two iconic Pylon songs: the rushing “Cool,” marked by an urgent Briscoe Hay slogan (“Everything is cool!”), and the contorted howler “Dub.” In his review of their NYC show, O’Brien guessed that “these kids eat dub for breakfast.” In reality, the quartet had never even heard of dub, but they were happy to use O’Brien’s claim as material. “I don't know what you're talking about,” snarls Briscoe Hay before chanting, “We eat dub for breakfast!”
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/pylon-pylon-box/

47 tracks here, incl. instrumentals, work tapes, remixes: https://pylonband.bandcamp.com/album/pylon-box

Michael and Vanessa are doing a live interview right now on WNYC

thanks for the link, dow. that schitt is bought!

https://magnetmagazine.com/2023/10/27/magnet-exclusive-premiere-of-pylon-reenactment-societys-flowers-everywhere-video/

Pylon Reenactment Society new song and video. Singer Vanessa is only one who was in Pylon. Current group new album coming out in February 2024

yeah I think I'll go see them, obv never saw Pylon but this band is great. That's a fun video and decent new song.

Old guy me has seen Pylon and Pylon Reenactment Society.

Restored video from 1983:

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/pylon-prep-restored-video-of-1983-final-show-watch-beep/

Great. Looking forward to the whole show when they get it all restored.

Just got home from seeing them in Los Angeles, great show (if a tad short at 65 minutes). They had the new LP/CD for sale, and the songs they played from it were good, but I decided to wait for a download.