― mullygrubber (gaz), Saturday, 6 March 2004 02:56 (twenty years ago) link
― anode (anode), Saturday, 6 March 2004 03:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 6 March 2004 03:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Saturday, 6 March 2004 03:18 (twenty years ago) link
Slightly off-topic, I just limewired Stereolab's version of Eno's St. Elmo's fire, don't know where or when that's from, but it's pretty cool...
Even more off-topic, anyone else think Stereolab's Speedy Car is a bit of a Soft Machine cop? Maybe it's just the horns...
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 6 March 2004 03:22 (twenty years ago) link
Dan, check out the following Bauhaus tracks: "Dark Entries", "Lagartija Nick" and "Telegram Sam" (yes, a T.Rex cover). They were quite capable of full out rocking, from time to time.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 6 March 2004 03:23 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 6 March 2004 03:25 (twenty years ago) link
I wouldn't go nearly that far. One of the idiosyncracies of the Doctors of Madness story was a TV special that ran on them in the States. It was an orphaned affair, presented as a kind of documentary, and it preceded any domestic album release. It was diverting but didn't light any buzz on the band.
The first domestic release I saw and bought was a double album. It had moments but wasn't particularly better than any middle-tier arty Brit hard rock act of the time.
Something to look out for in the bargain bins was the David Werner solo. It was very glammy.
And Cockney Rebel's "The Psychomodo" really fit the art glam bill, too.
Also see Audience's "House on the Hill."
― George Smith, Saturday, 6 March 2004 03:30 (twenty years ago) link
Can't believe you're not feeling Debris'. Put it on again after listening to Roxy's debut.
Second "Psychomodo".
― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Saturday, 6 March 2004 03:31 (twenty years ago) link
Oh, then check out the early Enz of Mental Notes and Second Thoughts when Phil Judd was the main writer. There's a strong prog and glam influence in the earlier works you would appreciate. The music is very arty, but most of the songs are fairly short and rock quite a bit. Neil Finn learned how to write from his exposure to Judd in the early days, but never did it as well. "History Never Repeats" partly steals from Judd's "Bergen Aan Zee"--an unreleased demo that the Enz would sometimes perform live in the late 70s.
Alistair Riddel's Space Waltz might be worth checking out as well. Riddel was New Zealand's answer to Bowie, T. Rex, etc. The sole Space Waltz album features keyboardist Eddie Rayner and orginal drummer Emlyn Crowther from the Split Enz. I've only heard "Out in the Street," which is quite good. I am dying to hear the rest.
― Marcus Barr (Marcus Barr), Saturday, 6 March 2004 03:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 6 March 2004 03:37 (twenty years ago) link
― anode (anode), Saturday, 6 March 2004 03:47 (twenty years ago) link
dan you should check out sparks.
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Saturday, 6 March 2004 07:06 (twenty years ago) link
Dan, have you heard Marizane? They're the best Ziggy-era Bowie rip off I've ever heard. They have their own mythology and everything, and their record is gorgeous. Tony Visconti produced a few of the songs. They're from the Valley, but they sure don't sound it.
― Arthur (Arthur), Saturday, 6 March 2004 07:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 6 March 2004 07:51 (twenty years ago) link
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Saturday, 6 March 2004 07:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Saturday, 6 March 2004 08:02 (twenty years ago) link
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Saturday, 6 March 2004 08:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Jeff Strell (jeff_s), Saturday, 6 March 2004 13:32 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 6 March 2004 15:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 March 2004 16:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 6 March 2004 16:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Fragrant Vagrant, Saturday, 6 March 2004 17:03 (twenty years ago) link
There are two great glam-sounding tracks on John Kongos' album "Kongos" that you might like: He's Gonna Step on You Again and (ugh, I can't remember the name, but it's first song/first side). The rest of the record sounds very different, though.
― dlp9001, Saturday, 6 March 2004 17:25 (twenty years ago) link
Covered by some chancers two decades later...I forget their name.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 March 2004 18:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Gennifer Flowers, Sunday, 7 March 2004 04:22 (twenty years ago) link
Also, check out Pink's "My Vietnam" - AMAZING!!!
― Heimlich "Maneuver" Fassbinder Heimlich "Maneuver" Fassbinder, Sunday, 7 March 2004 04:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Arthur (Arthur), Sunday, 7 March 2004 06:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 7 March 2004 22:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Ben St. Jacques, Monday, 22 March 2004 22:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 22 March 2004 23:30 (twenty years ago) link
It sure as heck is Ben St. Jacques from West Orange, NJ. Your name came up in conversation with some other West Orange-ites, recently. So I googled your name and found this thread. I figured if it was you, then you would respond, which you did. How's it going?
Ben
― Ben St. Jacques, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 14:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 6 April 2004 06:28 (twenty years ago) link
― naturemorte, Tuesday, 6 April 2004 08:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 00:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 00:20 (twenty years ago) link
xpost, but did you READ the thread?
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 00:24 (twenty years ago) link
sparks.
just teasing, yes definately and I'd say much of the new wave material fits this as well, I could(and may...) devote a thread to big synth smart arty new wave, just to toss out some stuff:
Angst era Sparks, Cowboys International, Devo, Europeans(c'mon, who's got that single, I can't be the only one who likes it) The Cars, Magazine, more Ultravox, Alice Coopers' Clones etc
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 00:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 00:51 (twenty years ago) link
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 01:09 (twenty years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 02:21 (twenty years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!!!
Scott, tell me more about the rockets?(it's sounds like a combination of all my favorite musics into one!)
― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 02:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Ursula 1000, Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:49 (twenty years ago) link
I'm glad to see Audience was mentioned here. Was about to revive to ask about them. Haven't heard them but they came up when researching Howard Werth. Seems Audience was a 70s UK art-rock band who's lead singer moved to LA to potentially take Jim Morrison's spot in the Doors (Elektra label-mates). He didn't but he stuck around LA for a bit and was involved in the Dangerhouse scene, including producing X before Ray Manzerek, and releasing 1 single on Dangerhouse, the pretty awesome Obsolete, which fits this thread very well. It's a bit punk/new wave but with a heavy t-rex/ziggy glam vibe. Anybody actually heard Audience?
― dan selzer, Saturday, 28 July 2007 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes. I have the first two Audience records. They're best known for House On the Hill. Audience are arty and British. They also did twee well. Audience isn't a hard rock band, floating somewhere between Cockney Rebel and Jobriath. Very much a mood band, the mood being neurasthenic undernourished Brit. Did a Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill-like interpretation of "I Put a Spell On You." You should like reeds. At one point Werth used to say Led Zeppelin ripped the melody for Stairway to Heaven off them, having heard it in concert or off something from the first album. I have the first album and don't hear it. Interesting story, though.
― Gorge, Saturday, 28 July 2007 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Pretty Things: Silk Torpedo
http://www.prettythings.net/images/album7.jpg
― bendy, Saturday, 28 July 2007 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
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
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