― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 20 February 2006 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― xero (xero), Monday, 20 February 2006 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link
Wasn't the Three Johns drummer a um (clears throat) drum machine?
The Mekons may be the most important least self-important band ever.
well I'd say supplying a reading list w/yr lyric sheet, asking "Rock & Roll" to answer for its sins etc qualifies as self-important!
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 20 February 2006 23:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― xero (xero), Monday, 20 February 2006 23:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 20 February 2006 23:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― xero (xero), Monday, 20 February 2006 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― xero (xero), Monday, 20 February 2006 23:49 (eighteen years ago) link
A short biography by Steve Goulding himself:I was born and raised in South London, England. I left school at 18, and worked in a publishing house and also house-cleaning for a couple of years. I played with bassist Andrew Bodnar in a pub rock band called Bontemps Roulez until we joined the Rumour, later Graham Parker's band, in 1975. After the band split in 1981, I played with Garland Jeffreys on his Escape Artist tour, having previously recorded the ESCAPE ARTIST album with him. Around this time I also played with David Bowie on the Johnny Carson Show at the invitation of GE Smith, who was the guitarist on Garland's album and was playing with Bowie at the time. A stint with the British band the Associates followed, as did a succession of European TV appearances with Roxy Music. A world tour with Lene Lovich led to an audition for Gang Of Four, who I played with for around 18 months until they split.
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 20 February 2006 23:51 (eighteen years ago) link
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― xero (xero), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 00:01 (eighteen years ago) link
x-post Yeah, but I always thought the reading recommendations and other liner note goodness on Mekons albums were kind of "for further research" bonuses, as much a pomo wink as Langford's cover art. Sure, some Mekons albums include bibliographies, but I figured that was not so much self-importance at work as it was the band's modest, honest eagerness to simply credit sources of inspiration.
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Wow, I've never seen this: Gang of Four, New Year's Eve 1980, with Mekons Jon and Tom and backing vox:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC7B6FmC0AA#at=59
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/Mekons-FUN-90/release/5196177
Mekons vs Baggy Dance Beats : i had forgotten just how fantastic this was
― mark e, Thursday, 7 September 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
Plus it's got their great Band cover.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 September 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42WnZxLYWrM
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 September 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
indeed.love it.
― mark e, Thursday, 7 September 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link