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.
― Ian Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Sunday, 22 August 2004 13:56 (nineteen years ago) link
http://fairmountfair.com/flagpole/main/articles.php?fp=231http://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!!!
― Ernest P. (ernestp), Sunday, 22 August 2004 14:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Don Allred, Sunday, 22 August 2004 17:45 (nineteen years ago) link
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― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 22 August 2004 19:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Best comp ever.
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 22 August 2004 19:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Amy Meacham, Sunday, 22 August 2004 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble, Sunday, 29 April 2007 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link
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― curmudgeon, Sunday, 29 April 2007 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Pylon's Gyrate was going to be re-released on DFA records in Fall of 2007.
― Bill in Chicago, Sunday, 29 April 2007 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 30 April 2007 02:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bimble, Saturday, 5 May 2007 04:53 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Bimble, Saturday, 5 May 2007 06:56 (seventeen years ago) link
where in Chicago are you finding Chomp on vinyl so frequently?
― Bill in Chicago, Saturday, 5 May 2007 11:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gy4qA%2BAJL._SS500_.jpg
Out on October 16th on DFA/Astralwerks.
― Telephone thing, Monday, 27 August 2007 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
and they said the post-punk revival was over!
― dan selzer, Monday, 27 August 2007 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link
I bought that 1990 reunion album recently. It's pretty great!
― da croupier, Monday, 27 August 2007 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
the added-on ringwear is kinda stupid.
― hstencil, Monday, 27 August 2007 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― drone/a/sore, Monday, 27 August 2007 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link
two different covers, for the two different pressings, afaik.
― hstencil, Monday, 27 August 2007 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link
sure hope it's remastered...
― nerve_pylon, Monday, 27 August 2007 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
They're plugging it as Gyrate +, so I'm assuming the usual remastered-with-bonus-tracks thing
― Telephone thing, Monday, 27 August 2007 22:42 (sixteen years ago) link
My vinyl copy was the same color scheme as the DFA reissue pictured above, so that's at least three variations right?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 August 2007 23:06 (sixteen years ago) link
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 [?].
― J Kaw, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 16:07 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Bill in Chicago, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 16:18 (sixteen years ago) link
1. Cool 2. Dub 3. Volume 4. Feast On My Heart 5. Precaution Listen 6. Weather Radio 7. Human Body 8. Read a Book 9. Driving School 10. Recent Title 11. Gravity 12. Danger 13. Working Is No Problem 14. Stop It 15. Danger 16. Functionality
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Just skimmed a review of it in MOJO by, I think, Peter Buck. Looking forward to picking it up!
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 14 October 2007 04:34 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, do that! The different covers above probably because there were two slightly different versions: the second had "Recent Title" in place of "Driving School," but as you can see in the track list up there, both are on this, with the single sides killing in front, and the finale, "Functionality, " is prev unissued. My review'll be in Voice soon. (Anybody heard the Method Actors, also from late 70s/early 80s Athens, right?)
― dow, Sunday, 14 October 2007 04:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Yep, I quite like the Method Actors, as does fellow ILM poster Dan Selzer.
― Bimble, Sunday, 14 October 2007 05:57 (sixteen years ago) link
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..
I think my back is STILL feeling the impact of dancing like a madman on the paved surface of Washington Street. I WAS THERE! much more importantly: THEY WERE AWESOME! Just like every time. What a fantastic band...
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 14 October 2007 06:49 (sixteen years ago) link
liked their singles but when I saw them live in 1981 it was pretty underwhelming IIRC. maybe a bad night?
now Love Tractor, there's the great lost Athens band.
― m coleman, Sunday, 14 October 2007 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
ugh, Love Tractor. The loster they are, the better.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 14 October 2007 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I used to know Love Tractor's bass player, Armistead Wellford.
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 14 October 2007 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link
What was that one song they were famous for, Love Tractor? Damnit I can't remember it now.
― Bimble, Sunday, 14 October 2007 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
they were great until they started singing.
― nerve_pylon, Sunday, 14 October 2007 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's my Gyrate Plus review. Not exactly deathless prose, but it gets the word out, incl. re upcoming NYC show: http://www.villagevoice.com/0742,allred,78085,22.html
― dow, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
erk, now you see it, now you don't (link *was* working). For now, might just check villagevoice.com/music
― dow, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah, speaking of "music", D'oh! I left that word out---this is the full link, working or not: http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0742,allred,78085,22.html
― dow, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 00:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought that too at first, but now that I have the actual CD, the cover is actually a photograph of an old LP. Still a bit silly (I mean, it wouldn't be that hard to recreate the album art from the separate elements, jeeze) but at least the marks weren't added on for effect.
― MacDara, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
but sometimes with a reissue it's fun to show that history, whether it be ringwear, or the old tapes or whatever.
Anyway, you wouldn't have to recreat the art, just retouch it. Either way it would've been easy.
The cover to the Acute release of Glenn Branca's the Ascension was a painstakingly retouched composite of two well-aged copies of the original LP.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Do you know why I sold the CD? Because I must have been on crack, that's why.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 9 August 2008 03:06 (fifteen years ago) link
... and a good read, too! Thanks for linking that, it filled in the details of their story a lot for me.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 6 November 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
Thanks for sharing that - the book in the box is very good, and this is a nice story supplement!
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 6 November 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link
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/
― dow, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 00:13 (three years ago) link
47 tracks here, incl. instrumentals, work tapes, remixes: https://pylonband.bandcamp.com/album/pylon-box
― dow, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
Michael and Vanessa are doing a live interview right now on WNYC
― Brad C., Tuesday, 17 November 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
thanks for the link, dow. that schitt is bought!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
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
― curmudgeon, Monday, 20 November 2023 17:51 (six months ago) link
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.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 00:15 (six months ago) link
Old guy me has seen Pylon and Pylon Reenactment Society.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 01:20 (six months ago) link
Restored video from 1983:
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/pylon-prep-restored-video-of-1983-final-show-watch-beep/
― Brad C., Sunday, 24 December 2023 19:24 (five months ago) link
Great. Looking forward to the whole show when they get it all restored.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 December 2023 17:43 (five months ago) link
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.
― nickn, Sunday, 28 January 2024 06:30 (four months ago) link