I'm reviving this thread!
To mention Henry Badowski.
And say yeah to Cockney Rebel.
― dan selzer, Friday, 26 June 2020 02:22 (three years ago) link
Rawk.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 June 2020 02:54 (three years ago) link
This never came up in this thread but I always loved Glass Candy and thought their poppy dance punk was plenty arty and glammy (though in retrospect probably more glam than art).
Here's an (unedited) review I wrote for Alternative Press back in the day:
GLASS CANDYLove Love LoveDebbie Harry, meet Ziggy Stardust. Ziggy, Debbie.The drummer plays like Moe Tucker on steroids and speed, the guitarist wears a Bowie- (or Runaways- or Sweet-approved) shag and abuses his guitar like a noise-rock Ace Frehley, and singer Ida No (geddit?) spastically and gamely channels both X-Ray Spex and Blondie, with the soul of a performance artist and, admittedly, a voice to match. But that’s okay; some of the best front-people in rock history never did manage to sing, and her stream-of-consciousness rants work because of her marvelously effective squealing shriek rather than in spite of it, atop arty no-wave devoid of pretentious usually associated with such shenanigans. (Troubleman Unlimited; www.troublemanunlimited.com)
Debbie Harry, meet Ziggy Stardust. Ziggy, Debbie.
The drummer plays like Moe Tucker on steroids and speed, the guitarist wears a Bowie- (or Runaways- or Sweet-approved) shag and abuses his guitar like a noise-rock Ace Frehley, and singer Ida No (geddit?) spastically and gamely channels both X-Ray Spex and Blondie, with the soul of a performance artist and, admittedly, a voice to match. But that’s okay; some of the best front-people in rock history never did manage to sing, and her stream-of-consciousness rants work because of her marvelously effective squealing shriek rather than in spite of it, atop arty no-wave devoid of pretentious usually associated with such shenanigans. (Troubleman Unlimited; www.troublemanunlimited.com)
Some live videos that capture their rawness quite nicely:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2XYg7fIDPchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL-yFNppCvk
I don't know what they're up to these days but they are allewgedly still around?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 26 June 2020 06:41 (three years ago) link
they’ve been making great moody soft focus “synth pop” for about 15 years nowI don’t think your username would like it
― brimstead, Friday, 26 June 2020 06:57 (three years ago) link
Cockney Rebel's. Timeless Flight is a great midpoint between Bowie and early Steely Dan
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 June 2020 13:02 (three years ago) link
yeah Glass Candy changed a lot esp. after I helped introduce them to italo-disco.
― dan selzer, Friday, 26 June 2020 13:47 (three years ago) link
saw thread title and thought of Doctors of Madness, Be Bop Deluxe and Deaf School all of which are already mentioned.
Zolar X maybe?
I love Glass Candy, haven't paid attention to if they'd done much recently though
― chipstick rebellion (Colonel Poo), Friday, 26 June 2020 14:53 (three years ago) link
Hmm... Sounds like I got off the Glass Candy train around the right time.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 27 June 2020 03:17 (three years ago) link
Bumping this very old thread of mine for two reason.
1. Anthony Moore's Out coming from Drag City:https://www.dragcity.com/products/out
2. Realizing Skids deserve mention here, esp after the first album. Arty in a certain way, pompous for sure, but not bluesy/cock-rocky, just big.
― dan selzer, Monday, 26 October 2020 20:10 (three years ago) link
Also realizing I hadn't become a full Simple Minds convert prior to starting this thread, and should say better than Skids they scratch a big part of this itch.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
New York glam band from 1974. A couple of them ended up in David Johansen's post-New York Dolls band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8E-yjExXak
― everything, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 22:01 (three years ago) link
If no-one's mentioned Mott The Hoople I guess it's cos so much of their CV doesn't fit... but Honaloochie Boogie?And I don't know much about The Tubes, but the three tracks I do know seem relevant (White Punks On Dope single).
― Maltrsnapper, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 22:13 (three years ago) link
That Space Amazon song rules, thanks!
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
wish the intro just repeated over and over gain, don't love it otherwise.
― dan selzer, Friday, 30 October 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
smart art glam adjacent, more raw art punk perhaps but new to me, missed this reissue and can't find it on bandcamp sadly.
https://lightintheattic.net/releases/2230-dumb-records-1977-1979
― dan selzer, Thursday, 9 September 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
name sounds familiar, but should be more familiar to me ... considering ... let me know if you find it! I'd be shocked if no one I know has a copy.
― sarahell, Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:04 (two years ago) link
there are samples on that page and sound interesting. I just want to pay for a download is that too much to ask?
― dan selzer, Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
surely The Sensational Alex Harvey Band qualify here ? they were arty and rather glam from time to time
― mark e, Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
see that Neil Merryweather, touted by Scott up top, died earlier this year, https://rdfranciswriter.medium.com/neil-merryweather-rocks-rock-n-roll-space-ranger-dies-1837feff65f4. what an insane c.v.: the Mynah Birds with Rick James, recording the demo of Piano Man with Billy Joel, turning down CSN&Y, Mama Lion, Lita Ford, and numerous bands of his own (if that obit and his crazy wikipedia entry can be trusted).
― bulb after bulb, Thursday, 9 September 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
Someone called?
https://www.mixcloud.com/charliestoic/star-glam-prog-stompers-from-across-the-cosmos/
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 9 September 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
well, in theory that seems like a good idea, but in execution, not really what I'm going for at all.
― dan selzer, Friday, 10 September 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
Someone mentioned Sailor 17 years ago; I've only heard their second album, Trouble, and it's an unusual artefact. It sounds like Roxy Music if Ferry had committed fully to storytelling lyrics and the 40s pastiche that he just flirted with (his most Sailor-like song is maybe "Tokyo Joe" from In Your Mind). Trouble is pretty slight, but it's admirable how closely it fills its narrow niche: nostalgic glam romanticism meets Hope-and-Crosby exoticism. It uses a lot of synth for 1975, but somehow sounds retro instead of futuristic. I also note their UK hit single "A Glass of Champagne" sounds like XTC doing for the mid-70s what Dukes of Stratosphear did for the late 60s.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 11 September 2021 14:24 (two years ago) link
Have really been enjoying this Fáshiön music reissue (Birmingham, 1979)--was hipped to it by Tracy Wilson via her Turntable Report newsletter (RIYL Roxy, XTC, Costello & The Attractions)https://lukeskyscraperjames.bandcamp.com/album/pr-duct-perfect
― Kangol In The Light (Craig D.), Saturday, 11 September 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
Been meaning to check that out. Have some of the old vinyl. Also seen some people talking about how this is the good stuff and forget the later “Fashion” stuff, but that stuff is not without its charms or fans.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 11 September 2021 15:35 (two years ago) link
Hearing this for the first time do to friend posting it on Facebook. Hawkwind stripped down a bit for the new wave/punk years and fitting this description.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOCe7GGW3bQ
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 19:15 (one year ago) link
That was the first Hawkwind album I heard, back in the 80s. It's a big rebound from the previous album Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music, which is completely limp.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 21:11 (one year ago) link
“city of lagoon” rules tho
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 21:47 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svSV_G65CF4
― mark e, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 22:51 (one year ago) link
Seeing now that that hawk wind song was one of the first responses.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 23:09 (one year ago) link
I need to do a deep-dive on this thread.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 23:13 (one year ago) link
the next hawkwind album (PXR5 from 1980) kicks off with this great john-foxx-fronting-the-stooges banger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLRzKBShYjwHawkwind - Death Trap
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 23:48 (one year ago) link
...which might not be what you're looking for, but it is fucking great
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 23:49 (one year ago) link
PXR5 is a good album!
Be Bop Deluxe have been mentioned but Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Sound-On-Sound might fit here? I love that album.
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 23:54 (one year ago) link
Great thread. Dave Brock's solo lp 'Earthed to the Ground' from 1984:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EvGc61PUlo
I wish this track went on for a whole side:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT2ZkUS4gio
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 23:57 (one year ago) link
and scott metioned the hawklords album at the start of the thread but this song in particular is well worth checking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuSE9vFlyMQHawklords - 25 Years
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 10 November 2022 00:07 (one year ago) link
that whole album is worth checking out
I was at a gig last Friday, never heard the headline band before and I said to my friend, I liked the last song when it went all Hawkwind at the end. he just looked at me blankly. not sure if that was because he didn't know who Hawkwind were or if they actually didn't sound like Hawkwind at the end at all
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Thursday, 10 November 2022 00:12 (one year ago) link
oh! very relevant to this thread, Deaf School are playing in Brighton on Friday
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Thursday, 10 November 2022 00:13 (one year ago) link
sorry actually next Friday
dont really know much about deaf school other than the fact that clive langer was in them
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 10 November 2022 00:20 (one year ago) link
no idea who's in them now, but their first 2 albums are both good and in this area
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Thursday, 10 November 2022 00:21 (one year ago) link
I love Langer, esp his ep and love Deaf School, kind of musical theater Roxy Music with a cast of characters. Was talking somewhere about this whole genre on one of the DIY poll threads. The Yachts. Sailor. Metro. Some good bands and songs but kinda fell through the cracks and wiped away by punk and new wave, though some members reinvented themselves there of course.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 10 November 2022 00:43 (one year ago) link
very tangentially related self-promo...was on The Lot radio a few weeks back with nothing but late 70s/early 80s 7"s and while it's mostly post-punk/punk type stuff there's some arty power pop and stuff that crosses over with this thread in there as well. Worth a listen in any case. https://soundcloud.com/thelotradio/superimpositions-special-guest-dan-selzer-the-lot-radio-10-24-2022
― dan selzer, Thursday, 10 November 2022 17:54 (one year ago) link
Boy does "25 Years" sound like an early Ultravox! ripoff. But then John Foxx was deeply influenced by Hawkwind so chicken-egg-etc.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 10 November 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link