Basic and Escape sound a heck of a lot more contemporary to me now than they did when I heard them back in the late 90s for the first time. Back then I kept thinking - you know this would sound so much better with a full band - now it kinda just sounds like how more like how music is made. You got to pay to get sample packs that sound that grungy, that's an upgrade now.
― earlnash, Thursday, 9 September 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
Sorry, thought I'd already linked this, which incl. lots of Quine talk, esp. lately:Lou Reed: The Blue Mask
― dow, Saturday, 25 September 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
Hadn't seen this interview before!https://www.vintageguitar.com/2918/robert-quine/
also:For this feature we spoke with Quine’s bandmates Richard Hell and Ivan Julian, his longtime collaborator Fred Maher, songwriters Matthew Sweet and Lloyd Cole, disc jockey and author James “the Hound” Marshall, and others. Times good quotes from The Man Himself:https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/forgotten-heroes-robert-quine
― dow, Saturday, 25 September 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
that vintage guitar interview is fantastic. what an articulate, self-aware guy he is there. and what a scholar of early rock guitar. tremendous.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 25 September 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
That’s a great interview. His mention of Mickey Baker brought to mind Andrew Hickey’s “A History Of Rock In 500 Songs” podcast episode on “Love Is Strange”: https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-49-love-is-strange-by-mickey-and-sylvia/I was listening to that episode while driving. My surprise at hearing that Baker had studied with Xenakis — and hearing one startling result of those studies — almost made me drive off the road.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 25 September 2021 21:53 (two years ago) link
wonderful, thank you for posting
― brimstead, Saturday, 25 September 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link
Speaking of Quine and guitars, I remember reading eons ago that during the Voidoids tour of the UK (opening for the Ramones, maybe?) he would get into fights in the audience with gobbers for spitting on his vintage Strat.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 25 September 2021 22:36 (two years ago) link
just another thank you for that Vintage Guitar interview, really cool
― sleeve, Sunday, 26 September 2021 02:54 (two years ago) link
like, I love how he casually drops this
After the Velvet Underground, there hasn’t been much that influenced my playing. There are three, however – Iggy & the Stooges, Raw Power; Miles Davis from ’72 to ’75, and Brian Eno’s On Land from ’82.
(can you spot the one that's different?)
― sleeve, Sunday, 26 September 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
Thanks to sleeve for recent Television thread remynder of this one!
Ikue Mori | Robert Quine | Marc Ribot – Painted Desert [Full Album]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vGHBqept3Q
― dow, Thursday, 2 February 2023 00:50 (one year ago) link