Durn, is there a listing of where/when this film is playing? I got a swelling, itching brain trying to Google that info and gave up.by MrFab
I never missed that show. Used to pop tapes into mom's VCR and record it. As to how it made it on to network TV, I think it was on late at night, and on a Sunday? Still only lasted 2 seasons unfortunately.by MrFab
“the guy who wrote that Medium article is a notorious internet troll who was convicted of terrorist activities. ” Just looked him up. Wow, what a piece of work this guy is. Quite a lot of nerve for him of all people to be judging anybody’s morality.by MrFab
"Outside the punk, hardcore and metal scenes, I don't think signing to a major label or having commercial success has the same stigma." I don't ever remember pop fans crying "sell-out." They've never cared. Hasn't it always been just the punk scene? And then later, some segments of country and metal, when they had underground scenes develop. Metal was orby MrFab
True! I remember a friend on my street who loved James Taylor and sneered at my New Wave faves bought a Cars album. The Cars had a New Wave image, but musically, they were sort of a hipper version of Foreigner. Hear me out! Sorry for the sacrilege, but both bands mixed modern hard(ish) rock with synths and slick production. So I can see how mainstream rock fans could get with them.by MrFab
Ira started a post about "paired tastes": two (or more) very different artists with overlapping fan bases, e.g.: Sonic Youth and Sun Ra coming from totally different backgrounds but ending up with mostly the same audience. How about the opposite - two (or more) very different fan bases supporting the same artist? -They Might Be Giants made me realize this phenomenon, when this thby MrFab
DAMN, wow yeah, total shocker for me too. Not expecting this. Totally agree, BCE. "Atomizer" was huge in the rock underworld. An earlier EP was also great, but that album pretty much blew Albini up to the point where he COULD be asked to produce albums like "In Utero" (or Plant/Page, etc). Hearing songs like "Kerosene" on mid-'80s college radio, in betweenby MrFab
Yep, same here. Although I had seen Sparks in the movie “roller coaster,“ and thought they were pretty cool, it was KROQ s’ heavy airplay of “angst in my pants” that definitely turned them into local stars. Weirdly enough, I don’t ever remember hearing any college or public station playing any of their ‘70s stuff. (Except for maybe the occasional “ this town ain’t big enough for the both of uby MrFab
Thanks for the tip, chief. Listening now with big power-pop fan Mrs Fab. Lots of goodies indeed.by MrFab
I quite likes me some Dicks punk stuff. Even in the wild n wooly days of hardcore, Floyd's gay cowboy persona was, shall we say, rather unique. Sadly not really familiar with his later bands, who I've always been meaning to check out. Saluted in song by fellow Texas weirdos The Butthole Surfers, recorded for the trifecta of AmerIndie labels (SST, Alternative Tentacles, SubPop), tby MrFab
Tough to top this one: It was only after he died that we learned that exotica legend Korla Pandit, always wearing a jeweled turban and speaking in a soft Indian accent, was in fact an American black man born John Roland Redd. I was, as our British friends say, gobsmacked when a magazine ran an investigation that told his true story- I saw him live couple times, and even met him once and hadby MrFab
zwirnm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Big > NY Times obituary. (gift link) Thanks for the article, zwirnm. Duane Eddy wrote a song With Ravi Shankar, man that's crazy.by MrFab
Aaaw, poop... One of the orig guitar heroes, with a great tone. and one of the big influences on the still-thriving surf scene. This is sad because, not only did he make some records that still sound good today, he was one the last of the pioneering '50s rockers - his death means that (gasp! choke*) PAT BOONE is the last man standing?!?by MrFab
Oops, yes Dennis was the Surf Punk. Thanks! Will correct.by MrFab
I just bought a book at a Goodwill earlier today called “the Smith Tapes, Lost Interviews with Rock Stars and Icons, 1969 to 1972,” interviews by Howard Smith. And I was quite surprised to read in the interview with Andy Warhol that Armand Schaubroeck had been coming by the Factory, and Warhol had commissioned him to write an opera. And he was talking with Shaubroek about how the opera was comingby MrFab
"Steven McDonald was part of Sparks' touring band in the 2000s" Indeed! I saw Mr McDonald with the Maels in 2/09. I believe I reported on that show on this here forum somewhere. Haven't seen Redd Kross since the '90s. Glad they're still around - the world needs more things like them.by MrFab
I know OF some of those bands, but really only The Toy Dolls got any kind of American popularity. Super fun band, kinda like the Dickies. Their remake of what was apparently a well-known UK childrens song, “Nellie The Elephant,” was a big college/alt-rock hit. GBH, and The Adicts were fairly well-known and I seem to recall that they toured here. Or at least GBH did. They got some college airplby MrFab
Absolutely Dick Dale should be in. He was pioneering aggressive guitar styles before the words "punk" or "metal" had been conceived (at least, as musical terms) - the still-breathtaking "Miserlou Twist" in all its 4-and-1/2 minute glory could be Sonic Youth transported back to 1962. He was the original "shredder," influencing everyone from Hendrix on down.by MrFab
JOE MEEK, yes! And considering how huge he is in the UK, certainly Sir Cliff should be in. But the Hall has always had this weird obsession with Brit bands that were huge in the US, no matter how good they were (really, The Dave Clark 5..?), but shunning Brit artists who were only huge in their actual, native land. Remember how long it took to induct Roxy Music...by MrFab
"If Yoakam and Earle hadn't had genuine country radio hits pretty much right out of the gate, I have no doubt their labels would've pivoted to push them harder towards the college rock crowd. It's not too hard to imagine "Guitar Town" as a left of the dial mainstay, sandwiched in between "Driver 8" and "Elvis is Everywhere." Right, that'sby MrFab
Can’t say I know much else by the Swinging Blue Jeans, but their version of “Hippy Hippy Shake” rocks like a mutha, one of my top Merseybeat rekkids.by MrFab
The missus just got tickets to see Dwight Yoakam, and The Mavericks at The Greek Theater for this July. Now, The Mavericks do have a TP entry, but not Yoakam. I'd say he's got as much alt cred as they do. Yoakam shunned Nashville, cutting his teeth on the LA club scene, and got his first airplay on college radio. When he emerged in the '80s, he seemed a lot more rockabilly than whaby MrFab
I had to look them up, too! I don’t really read much about music, and haven’t in years. Except for this place. For me it’s radio, or occasionally going through record stores. But these guys do sound intriguing - getting comparisons to theatrically minded faves like Kate Bush, Bowie, Roxy. So thanks for the tip.by MrFab
Real bummer about KDHX - we were following its’ gruesome demise at WFMU, and in fact brought aboard one of the veteran DJs, Dr Jeff, who’d been there for 22 years. A number of his old fans followed him over, so there’s the occasional St Louis banter in the chat. Thanks for these tips, Delvin, I’ll pass them on to Dr Jeff.by MrFab
Never heard of Firehouse. The real RIP (in my world, at least) was Clarence "Frogman" Henry, age 87. He could sing like a girl! AND he could sing like a frog! THAT is talent, ladies and gentlemen.by MrFab
I always figured he was black! Had no idea till I saw a picture of him a few days ago when he died that he wasn’t. Apart from being a founding father of hip-hop, “Malcolm X” sure seemed like something a black artist would do. “Malcolm X“ was quite the college radio sensation when it came out circa 1983. Might seem pretty basic now, but apart from Eno/Byrne‘s “my life in the bush of ghosts“, I’by MrFab
Uh oh, the band is called "Beat"? Wait til Dave Wakeling and Paul Collins find out!by MrFab
Who’s doing the Fripp parts? Vai?by MrFab
One common difference is the US label’s insistence on including hit singles on the album - often as the lead track. British acts so often treat singles and albums as two different things, which can be rather annoying for American audiences. Like, why do we have to buy all this extra stuff?! Hence, Roxy Music’s Virginia Plain” and New Order’s “Blue Monday” were appended to American releasesby MrFab
Yes, I'd say that the mashup /sound-collage on-line explosion around the turn of the century was a scene. Due to copyright laws, this couldn't really exist before the free-for-all of the early internet. Everyone seemed to know each other, there were "stars" that broke out into the mainstream, and a fair amount of collaboration. Tho mashup clubs did start to pop up in real lifeby MrFab
