Re: Nggt of the Day - Food & Money

New wave from Springfield, Illinois

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Springfield was about as far back as a backwater could be in 1980, aside from the fact that Adrian Belew was living there at the time (and was listed in the phone book, as I discovered when I checked while in Springfield on a National Guard weekend in 81 or 82.) That said, I don't think he was connected with this band - who sound varyingly like early XTC, Wall of Voodoo, Devo or straight-up punk depending upon the song - in any way beyond maybe hanging out in Appletree Records at the same time as them at some point.



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Cool! And their retrospective comp album is up on Bandcamp, yay.

Just saw a post on Facebook from the (I think) only current record store in Springfield, IL showing one Bill Janssen proudly holding that store's copy of Adrian Belew's Twang Bar King. Janssen tooted a saxophone on that album and The Lone Rhino, and was a member of Food & Money. So my guess when I first posted this that Belew had no connection to the band beyond living in Springfield at the same time was wrong.

Yknow, just in case anyone was losing sleep wondering.