Johnny Rotten used to say 'I wanna destroy passers by'. With the 4-Skins you believed they were going to do it."
"The landlord thinks he's booked a Country & Western band. He couldn't be further from the truth."
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Firm Handed Records
Johnny Rotten used to say 'I wanna destroy passers by'. With the 4-Skins you believed they were going to do it."
"The landlord thinks he's booked a Country & Western band. He couldn't be further from the truth."
Monday, 10 November 2008
Rock Video Playlist
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Soul Sacrifice 08:50
Santana at Woodstock
Tags: Soul Sacrifice Santana at Woodstock Added: 2 years agoFrom:cerebralparsleyViews: 14,640
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Free Your Mind - En Vogue 05:01
Free Your Mind, with En Vogue and a bunch of hunky male dancers, including Alexis Valentin Ramos, Tony Burrer, Oliver Crumes, Kevin Stea and Carlton Wilborn. Search keyword boyg33 for more videos of gay interest.
Tags: Free Your Mind En Vogue hunks gay boyg33 alexis valentin ramos tony burrer oliver crumes kevin stea carlton wilborn Added: 1 year agoFrom:atologyViews: 246,847
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Ten Years After - I'm Going Home (live Woodstock '69) 11:32
One of the best Woodstock perfomances.
Tags: ten years after woodstock goin home alvin lee Added: 2 years agoFrom:TravisBickleViews: 1,545,303
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Joe Cocker Live at Woodstock 1969 08:57
Joe Cocker Live at Woodstock 1969
Tags: woodstock 1969 Joe Cocker Added: 2 years agoFrom:Ilivesober34Views: 921,607
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Crosby Stills and Nash - Suite Judy Blue Eyes (Woodstock 69) 09:10
Crosby Stills and Nash - Suite Judy Blue Eyes (Woodstock 1969)
Tags: Crosby Stills and Nash Suite Judy Blue Eyes Woodstock 1969 Added: 2 years agoFrom:TheDormouseViews: 755,447
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Crosby Stills Nash & Young - You Don't Have to Cry 01:18
Crosby Stills Nash & Young - You Don't Have to Cry1970
Tags: David Crosby Stephen Stills Graham Nash Neil Young Added: 2 years agoFrom:jochemgrViews: 339,720
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Carry On [video unavailable] 04:24
Carry OnOne morning I woke up and I knewYou were really goneA new day, a new way, I knewI should see it alongGo your way, I'll go mine andCarry onThe sky is clearing and the nightHas gone outThe sun, he come, the worldis all full of lightRejoice, rejoice, we have no choice butTo carry onThe fortunes of fables are ableTo sing the songNow witness the quickness with whichWe get alongTo sing the blues you've got to live the tunes andCarry onCarry onLove is comingLove is coming to us allWhere are you going now my love?Where will you be tomorrow?Will you bring me happiness?Will you bring me sorrow?Oh, the questions of a thousand dreamsWhat you do and what you seeLover can you talk to me?Girl when I was on my ownChasing you downWhat was it made you run?Trying your best just to get around.The questions of a thousand dreamsWhat you do and what you seeLover can you talk to me?
Tags: david crosby stephen stills graham nash neil young carry on deja vu folk rock 70s acoustic guitars vocal harmony supergroups instrumental classic songs tunes improvisations solos melodies lyrics Added: 2 years agoFrom:leonardomarioViews: 514,930
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Crosby Stills Nash Wooden Ships 03:17
Wooden stocks 1969.
Tags: Crosby Stills Nash Woodstock 1969 Added: 2 years agoFrom:skoebiedoeViews: 150,777
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Neil Young - Don't Let it Bring You Down (Live '71) 03:11
Neil Young performing Don't Let It Bring You Down. Great song.
Tags: Neil Young Folk Live Added: 2 years agoFrom:tornvmaxViews: 522,515
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Cinnamon Girl - Live [video unavailable] 04:38
From 1991
Tags: Neil Young Crazy Horse Cinnamon Girl live Added: 2 years agoFrom:SlowGlassViews: 231,350
Bill Haley & The Comets-Rock Around the Clock [video unavailable] 01:56
Great Video of great music
Tags: Rock Roll Added: 2 years agoFrom:56ratwagonViews: 447,083
"Goofin' Around" - Bill Haley [video unavailable] 01:50
Here's a short version of "Goofin' Around" by Bill Haley from the 1956 movie 'Don't Knock The Rock'.
Tags: Goofin Around Bill Haley Don't Knock Rock Roll 1956 vintage retro 1950's nostalgia Added: 2 years agoFrom:rockolarayViews: 59,413
"Calling All Comets" - Bill Haley [video unavailable] 02:01
GO RUDY GO!Bill Haley and his Comets performing "Calling All Comets" from the 1956 movie 'Don't Knock The Rock'.
Tags: Calling All Comets Bill Haley Don't Knock Rock Roll 1956 vintage retro 1950's nostalgia saxaphone instrumental Added: 2 years agoFrom:rockolarayViews: 42,663
"Rudy's Rock" - Bill Haley [video unavailable] 03:27
The marvelous Rudy Pompilli blowin' up a storm with "Rudy's Rock" from the 1956 movie 'Rock Around The Clock'.
Tags: Rudy Rock Roll Bill Haley saxaphone instrumental retro 1956 vintage 1950's nostalgia Added: 2 years agoFrom:rockolarayViews: 27,728
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Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 04:07
Music video by Sting performing If You Love Somebody Set Them Freewith Pete Smith [Producer], Sting [Producer](C) 1985 A&M Records
Tags: Sting If You Love Somebody Set Them Free Pop A&M Pete Smith [Producer] Added: 1 year agoFrom:universalmusicgroupViews: 160,215
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Aja - Steely Dan 07:55
"Aja, when all my dime-dancing is through / I run to you..."
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Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way - Dance Tour '97 05:45
I stumbled across this online one night. This is from the Dance tour in 1997. Geezers?Legends? ... hell maybe both, who knows? But damn good performers the fact remains.
Tags: fleetwood mac live go your own way stevie nicks mick john christine mcvie lindsey buckingham rumours rumors dance 1997 Added: 2 years agoFrom:pleasuretripViews: 1,508,807
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Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen 05:36
The 1981 video to Stevie Nicks' "Edge of Seventeen," a #4 Mainstream Rock hit and #11 Hot 100 hit.
Tags: stevie nicks edge seventeen white winged dove music videos Added: 2 years agoFrom:extremejtpViews: 797,410
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth/Mr Soul [video unavailable] 03:54
Buffalo Springfield al Hollywood Palace el 1966. Després de la primera tornada de For What It's Worth, per un cop i sense que serveixi de precedent, Stephen Stills s'aparta i cedeix el protagonisme al gran Neil Young, que s'arrenca amb un brutal Mr Soul.
Tags: buffalo springfield mr soul neil young Added: 1 year agoFrom:taralirotViews: 14,826
America - Ventura Highway (live 1974) 03:42
ABC IN CONCERT 2nd Anniversary Special 1974Live from the Rainbow Theater, London EnglandMake sure to check out Seals and Croft - Summer Breeze from this same showhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEF470mXqU4
Tags: IN CONCERT America band ventura highway horse with no name live co Added: 2 years agoFrom:thefoolsViews: 565,323
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Seals and Croft - Summer Breeze (Rare Live 1974) 03:17
ABC IN CONCERT 2nd Anniversary Special 1974Los Angeles California
Tags: seals and croft ABC IN CONCERT 2nd Anniversary Special Added: 2 years agoFrom:thefoolsViews: 246,541
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America - Sister Golden Hair (live) 03:04
Nice live version.
Tags: america sister golden hair classic rock Added: 2 years agoFrom:TravisBickleViews: 608,920
THOSE WERE THE DAYS - Mary Hopkins [video unavailable] 05:04
LE TEMPS DES FLEURS
Tags: hopkins fleurs Added: 1 year agoFrom:theophil26Views: 44,981
Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin [video unavailable] 02:15
Promo Clip of this great song featuring the very soulful voice of a young Stevie Winwood. (Only 17 or 18 years old here!)
Tags: Spencer Davis Steve Winwood 60's Rock Soul R&B Sixties Added: 1 year agoFrom:Alquit2Views: 54,929
The Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man [video unavailable] 02:37
This music and image doesn't have direct relation. If you watch this video, please understand about those circumstances...(^^;)I only want you to hear this music!--60otaku--
Tags: 1960s 60s sixties oldies pops British rock Spencer Davis Group Steve Winwood Chicago I'm Man Added: 2 years agoFrom:60otakuViews: 49,395
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames - Yeh Yeh [video unavailable] 01:38
The Blue Flames were one of the most popular R&B bands on the London club circuit in '63/'64.Originally, the Blue Flames were Billy Fury's backing band and Fame joined them in the summer of 1961. At the end of that year Fury sacked them and they decided to see if they could "make it" on their own. It didn't take them long to establish a reputation as one of the best live bands around.Of all the groups playing the London clubs at this time, Fame and his band were the most jazz-influenced.The groups' first three singles made no impact on the charts but in late '64 "Yeh Yeh" went to the very top. The first album was recorded live in their beloved Flamingo Club. But after two more successful albums and another No. 1 single, Fame disbanded the group in September 1966.
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Arthur Brown - Fire 02:43
Arthur Brown - Fire
Tags: mi_amigo_alfredo arthur brown fire Added: 1 year agoFrom:alfredopetardoViews: 380,373
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Tribute [video unavailable] 03:18
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels Tribute submitted by Clyde Gilmour
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Devil With A Blue Dress - Mitch Ryder 03:32
Devil With A Blue Dress On by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels.IMO, this was the 62nd best song of 1966 and the 440th best song of the 1960s.
Tags: Devil Blue Dress Mitch Ryder Added: 2 years agoFrom:Jaxom98125Views: 94,130
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Sock It To Me Baby ! [video unavailable] 03:04
This music and image doesn't have direct relation. If you watch this video, please understand about those circumstances...(^^;)I only want you to hear this music!--60otaku--
Tags: 1960s 60s sixties oldies rock soul pops Mitch Ryder Detroit Wheels Bob Crewe Laurence Russell Brown Sock It To Me Baby Added: 2 years agoFrom:60otakuViews: 8,321
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - "Jenny Take a Ride" [video unavailable] 03:18
In this clip Mitch and crew mime their blue-eyed soul classic "Jenny Take a Ride." I'm not a big fan of the overdubbed stereo soundtrack in this clip, but it's nice to have original footage of the band.
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CHRIS ISAACK - WICKED GAME 04:03
wicked game - Chris Isaack - Helena Christensen model of vídeo.
Tags: CHRIS ISAACK CRIS ISACK ISAK ISAAC ISAC WYCKED GAME GAMES HELENA CHRISTENSEN JEU MAUVAIS GEMEINES SPIEL GIOCO CATTI JOGO Added: 2 years agoFrom:marcoapcostaViews: 1,157,429
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Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You 04:39
Music video by Sting performing If I Ever Lose My Faith In Youwith Howard Greenhaulgh, James Bygrave, Megan Hollister(C) 1993 A&M Records
Tags: Sting If Ever Lose My Faith In You Pop A&M Howard Greenhaulgh James Bygrave Megan Hollister Added: 1 year agoFrom:universalmusicgroupViews: 321,468
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steely dan my old school 04:07
steely dan my old school
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Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne (Live) 04:50
Live in NY)"Two Against Nature - DVD -You are free to comment but.....I will remove commercials, spam, mindless BSor talking smack about anothers opinion.
Tags: Steely Dan Added: 1 year agoFrom:russha717Views: 449,336
Steely Dan-Hey Nineteen [video unavailable] 05:01
"Hey Nineteen, that's Aretha Franklin - she don't remember the Queen of Soul..."
Tags: Steely Dan Donald Fagen Walter Becker Added: 1 year agoFrom:MelegormViews: 217,551
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Donald Fagen - I.G.Y. 06:02
"90 minutes from New York to Paris - More leisure for artists everywhere!"
Tags: Donald Fagen Steely Dan Added: 1 year agoFrom:MelegormViews: 156,692
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Steely Dan - Josie 04:36
Montage - The last track from 1977's Aja.Lyrics:We're gonna break out the hats and hooters When Josie comes home We're gonna rev up the motor scooters When Josie comes home to stay We're gonna park in the street Sleep on the beach and make it Throw down the jam till the girls say when Lay down the law and break it When Josie comes home When Josie comes home So good Shes the pride of the neighborhood She's the raw flame The live wire She prays like a Roman With her eyes on fire Jo would you love to scrapple She'll never say no Shine up the battle apple We'll shake 'em all down the tonight We're gonna mix in the street Strike at the stroke of midnight Dance on the bones till the girls say when Pick up what's left by daylight When Josie comes home When Josie comes homeSo bad She's the best friend we never had She's the raw flame, The live wire She prays like a Roman With her eyes on fire [solo] When Josie comes home So good Shes the pride of the neighborhood She's the raw flameThe live wire She prays like a Roman With her eyes on fire Drums: Jim KeltnerBass: Chuck RaineyElectric Piano: Victor FeldmanGuitars: Larry Carlton, Dean ParksSolo Guitar: Walter BeckerSynthesizers: Donald FagenPercussion: Jim KeltnerBackup Vocals: Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit
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Aja - Steely Dan 07:55
"Aja, when all my dime-dancing is through / I run to you..."
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Steely Dan - Black Cow 04:55
"Down to Green Street there you go/looking so outrageous and they tell you so..."
Tags: Steely Dan Donald Fagen Walter Becker Added: 1 year agoFrom:MelegormViews: 137,914
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Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown (Live Video) 03:45
Communication Breakdown (Live Video) by Led Zeppelin. LedZeppelin.com(c) 1969 Atlantic Records
Tags: Led Zeppelin Communication Breakdown (Live Video) Rock Atlantic Records Added: 1 year agoFrom:ledzeppelinViews: 71,318
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Led Zeppelin - Black Dog (Live Video) 05:29
Black Dog (Live Video) by Led Zeppelin(c) 1975 Atlantic Records
Tags: Led Zeppelin Black Dog zep Rock Atlantic Records Added: 1 year agoFrom:ledzeppelinViews: 71,542
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The Doors - Touch Me 03:13
Smother bros. comedy Hour Performance
Tags: The Doors Touch Me Added: 2 years agoFrom:Misfit52687138Views: 3,940,991
The Doors - Light My Fire [video unavailable] 07:08
The Doors - Light My Fire
Tags: The Doors Light My Fire Added: 1 year agoFrom:lucasdioViews: 2,005,411
The Doors Love Me Two Times [video unavailable] 05:09
Video de The Doors Love Me Two Times. Incluye Texas Radio and the Big Beat. Subtitulado en ingles.
Tags: music rock acid doors jim morrison lizard king love two times texas radio big beat mexico video favorite guanajuato the Added: 2 years agoFrom:DragonzitoViews: 1,001,672
The Doors Roadhouse Blues [video unavailable] 04:29
Video de The Doors Roadhouse Blues. Subtitulado en ingles
Tags: music rock acid doors jim morrison lizard king roadhouse blues ingles mexico video favorite guanajuato dance fire the Added: 2 years agoFrom:DragonzitoViews: 789,794
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The Doors - The Soft Parade 10:02
The Doors interpretando la canción, Soft Parade.
Tags: The Doors Soft Parade Added: 1 year agoFrom:josblzViews: 12,047
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The Doors (The Changeling rare version) 04:37
clip from soft parade movie
Tags: doors jim morrison the changeling soft parade art music sex drugs Added: 1 year agoFrom:MrMojoRisinnViews: 63,432
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Heart - Barracuda (1977) 03:57
Not only a hot car..hot singer.......its a hot song
Tags: Ann Nancy Wilson Heart Barracuda Seattle Added: 2 years agoFrom:AsSquatch666Views: 2,749,142
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Heart - Magic Man 09:44
Heart performs "Magic Man" on the KWSU program "Second Ending" in 1976.Heart was:Ann Wilson - Lead Vocals, FluteNancy Wilson - Rhythm Guitar, Bkgrd. VocalsRoger Fisher - Lead GuitarSteve Fossen - BassHoward Leese - Guitar, Keys, Bkgrd. VocalsMike DeRosier - Drums
Tags: Heart Magic Man Ann Nancy Wilson classic guitar rock 1970s 70s '70s Added: 1 year agoFrom:aginggaijinViews: 638,755
Heart - Crazy On You (Live on TV - 1976) 05:26
Performed live at The Second Ending Show, with the classical line up from the 70's.
Tags: Ann Nancy Wilson Heart The Second Ending Show Dreamboat Annie Added: 1 year agoFrom:Chipi64Views: 567,977
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Heart - Strait On (Live 1990) 04:33
Heart performing the 70s hit off their fourth album: Dog & Butterfly during their Brigade tour.
Tags: Heart Strait On 1990 Live Nancy Ann Wilson Howard Leese Denny Carmassi Mark Andes Lovemongers Dog Butterfly Brigade tour Added: 1 year agoFrom:enrich0Views: 26,655
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (L.A. 1975) [video unavailable] 05:31
L.A Forum 11.July 1975
Tags: rolling stones gimme shelter lotus jagger keith richards ron wood charlie watts 1975 forum L.A Added: 1 year agoFrom:candyfromstrangerViews: 53,486
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (1969) [video unavailable] 04:21
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (1969)....
Tags: Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter Added: 1 year agoFrom:nutaswhitcoViews: 393,087
ROLLING STONES - Brown Sugar II (1971) [video unavailable] 03:59
Top Of The Pops, London (April 15th, 1971)
Tags: Rolling Stones Keith Richards Mick Jagger Taylor Bill Wyman Charlie Watts 1971 Added: 1 year agoFrom:RWe2str8Views: 331,765
The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black [video unavailable] 02:13
The Rolling Stones Paint It, Black videoclip. Please comment it.
Tags: The Rolling Stones Paint It Black Aftermath Mick Jagger Keith Richards Charlie Watts Brian Jones Bill Wyman Added: 1 year agoFrom:MoisexguitaristViews: 1,110,197
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction [video unavailable] 03:02
1966 showStones playing Satisfactionjust a classic!subtitles are in portuguese.
Tags: rolling stones satisfaction 1966 portugues legendas tradução Added: 1 year agoFrom:gammiscarsViews: 409,181
Jimi Hendrix with the Rolling Stones (Long version) [video unavailable] 08:54
NOTE: ABKCO and Experience Hendrix, LLC sent a takedown notification to YouTube to remove this video when they don't own the copyright of this video. I won twice and I'm back, but due to these actions, the video is not working properly, we were out for 6 weeks losing a lot of views, we lost all the favorites marks, the honors, etc.They are acting against the fans of the musicians they represent and that will result in negative actions by the fans; some of them are encouraging other fans not to buy stuff from them, not to listen their music on i-Tunes or Real Rhapsody.By coincidence both, Abkco and Experience Hendrix, LLC are making money from the hard work and talent of third parties and none of them were friends or relatives of the musicians they represent... shame shame shame!! Enjoy the money but you will lose fans and doing those really ugly remixes won't help, just see the fans' reaction. We want to thank Albert Maysles the owner of the copyright for being so nice with the fans, with this and the Maysles Institute Benefit... December 30th 2007This is the original video, there are some unauthorized copies of this video here on YouTube but in less quality as they downloaded and uploaded this one.NOW THE ORIGINAL VIDEO DESCRIPTION: You will see Jimi playing a guitar duet with Mick Taylor.At 5:50 You will be listening a conversation between Jimi Hendrix and Keith Richards, this is the only portion with the original audio.This is Jimi Hendrix celebrating his last birthday backstage with the Rolling Stones at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 27, 1969.Background music is "MY LITTLE ONE" recorded by Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Dave Mason and Mitch Mitchell studio recording at the Olympic Studios in London on October 5, 1967.BTW, sorry about my mistake in the video intro, I wrote "Conversating" when I switched from havin a "Conversation"... I can't edit the video, only this text.For more information, pictures and everything about Jimi with the Rolling Stones, including a free download of both takes of "My Little One" check http://rocksoff.org/jimi.htm
Tags: Rolling Stones Jimi Hendrix Mick Taylor Keith Richards Jagger Brian Jones ABKCO sucks Experience LLC Added: 2 years agoFrom:gliedoViews: 3,552,483
Jimi Hendrix RARE 67-03-07 Belgium - Hey Joe Tienerklanken [video unavailable] 03:25
http://www.myspace.com/theramblinkidenjoy :)
Tags: jimi hendrix belgim brussel belgique rock blues hey joe Added: 2 years agoFrom:goldberry1Views: 2,471,257
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic [video unavailable] 02:21
Gallery of Hendrix's pictures together with the song "Crosstown traffic"
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Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Lesson 07:09
Stevie gives a lesson
Tags: SRV Added: 2 years agoFrom:BroncoABQViews: 1,405,562
Jimi Hendrix - Fire - Woodstock [video unavailable] 03:20
Firelive at Woodstock1969
Tags: jimi hendrix woodstock 1969 fire guitar music live Added: 1 year agoFrom:matteofiftyViews: 443,886
New Orleans - The Louisiana Gator Boys/The Blues Brothers [video unavailable] 05:11
New Orleans - The Louisiana Gator Boys/The Blues Brothers BandBlues Brothers 2000
Tags: New Orleans Louisiana Gator Boys Blues Brothers 2000 Added: 2 years agoFrom:uther2000Views: 185,911
Blues Brothers [video unavailable] 02:43
Soul Man
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Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle & Roll 03:20
Master 'shout blues' artist Big Joe Turner marks another high point of his career here with "Shake, Rattle & Roll."Although Bill Haley's later sanitized version became a top rock-n-roller hit, it's said many folks sought out Turner's version instead. A pivotal figure in popularizing blues, jazz, classic R&B, and rock and roll, Turner's career lasted from the 1920's busking on the streets of Kansas City through the 1980's at the most lauded jazz festivals in America and Europe.See more at:http://www.weirdovideo.com
Tags: Big Joe Turner Shake Rattle Roll shout blues Bill Haley classic R&B Kansas City Added: 1 year agoFrom:weirdovideosViews: 144,911
Eric Burdon & The Animals - See See Rider [video unavailable] 03:52
There's been a lot of people asking for more clips by Eric and his mates. So here's another one, which was the first hit they had as Eric Burdon & The Animals.
Tags: Eric Burdon & The Animals See Rider Ma Rainey Chuck Willis UK 60's Rock Rhythm 'n' Blues Added: 1 year agoFrom:UltracoolsixtiesViews: 6,882
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Eric Burdon & WAR Feat. Jimi Hendrix - Tobacco Road (Live) 05:50
Place: Ronnie Scott's Club, 47 Frith Street, London W1, EnglandDate: September 16, 1970Jimi Hendrix's last ever live performance.Hendrix went to see his good friend Eric Burdon's new band WAR one night and was invited on stage to play guest guitar, he was dead less than 72 hours later.- Taped and brought to you by reel2reelbill.
Tags: Jimi Hendrix Final Perfomance Eric Burdon Rare Live WAR Jam Classic Rock Blues Bootleg Guitar Experience Music Added: 1 year agoFrom:CaptainCoconut87Views: 94,776
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Eric Burdon and War - Spill the Wine (1970) 06:41
Beautiful, great singer. Eric Burdon and War perform Spill the Wine. What a voice he has! Eric Burdon is without doubt one of the best Blues/Rock vocalists Britain has ever produced.
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Jefferson Airplane...Wooden Ships 06:36
Jefferson Airplane, global warming , terrorist dirty bomb attach, solar flare
Tags: Jefferson Airplane solar flare global warming Chlipala Added: 1 year agoFrom:ChlipalaViews: 4,969
CSN&Y - Wooden Ships (1974) [video unavailable] 06:30
Wembley, U.K 9-14-74
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Crosby Stills & Nash - Teach Your Children 02:25
Crosby Stills & Nash - Teach Your Children 1977
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Crosby Stills and Nash - Suite Judy Blue Eyes (Woodstock 69) 09:10
Crosby Stills and Nash - Suite Judy Blue Eyes (Woodstock 1969)
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Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (Woodstock 1969) 02:29
Oh my god.
Tags: Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit Woodstock 1969 Added: 2 years agoFrom:TheDormouseViews: 3,330,147
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers [video unavailable] 03:36
1970 performance from "Go Ride the Music".
Tags: jefferson airplane volunteers Added: 2 years agoFrom:dianeablesViews: 274,287
Jefferson Airplane - House at Pooneil Corners [video unavailable] 07:37
1968 rooftop concert in NYC.
Tags: jefferson airplane pooneil Added: 2 years agoFrom:dianeablesViews: 118,879
Jefferson Airplane - The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil [video unavailable] 07:52
1970 live performance "A Night at the Family Dog"
Tags: jefferson airplane Added: 2 years agoFrom:dianeablesViews: 64,114
Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation [video unavailable] 02:56
1968 performance on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" show.
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Come Up The Years - Jefferson Airplane 02:30
Come Up The Years by Jefferson Airplane.IMO, this was the 48th best song of 1966 and the 363rd best song of the 1960s.
Tags: come up the years jefferson airplane Added: 2 years agoFrom:Jaxom98125Views: 15,783
Jefferson Airplane - Triad [video unavailable] 04:54
This song more than any other is dedicated to my dear sweethearts Lisa and Sade, i love you both ;)Triad(David Crosby)You want to know how it will beMe and her or you and meYou both sit there with your long hair flowingYour eyes alive, your minds are still growingSaying to me what can we do now that weBoth love you -- I love you tooBut I don't really see, why can't we go on as threeYou are afraid, embarrased too, no one has ever in your sweet short life childSaid such a thing to youYour mother's ghost stands at you shoulderGot a face like ice -- just a little colderSaying you can not do that it breaks all the rulesYou learned in schoolBut I don't really see, why can't we go on as mmm threeYou know we love each other it's plain to seeThere's just one answer comes to meSister lovers -- some of you must know about water brothersAnd in time maybe othersSo you see what we can doIs to try something new - that is if you're crazy tooBut I don't really see, why can't we go on as three
Tags: jefferson airplane triad Added: 2 years agoFrom:leonardomarioViews: 21,708
Jefferson Airplane - Pretty As You Feel [video unavailable] 04:28
Pretty As You Feelyou're only pretty as you feelonly pretty as you feel insideyou'e only pretty as you feeljust as pretty as you feel insidewhen you wake up in the morningrub some sleep from your eyelook inside your mirrorcomb your hairdonn't give vanity a second chanceno no nobeauty only skin deepit goes just so far 'causeyou'e only pretty as you feelyou'e only pretty as you feel insidejust as pretty as you feelnow you'e feelin prettynow you'e feelin goodnow you'e readyto face the world girlnow you'e feelin goodgo out there knock m silly girlgo out there show m how ta thrill'cause you'e only pretty as you feelonly pretty as you feelyou'e only pretty as you feeljust as pretty as you feel insidefeelin so pretty, feelin so pretty
Tags: jefferson aiplane pretty as you feel Added: 2 years agoFrom:leonardomarioViews: 10,372
Jefferson Airplane - The Other Side of This Life (Altamont) 04:14
Altamont 1969
Tags: jefferson airplane the other side of this life chaos hells angels altamont 1969 flower power hippies Added: 1 year agoFrom:HelenaJ00Views: 12,472
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Jefferson Airplane We Can Be Together (Dick Cavett) 05:57
One of Paul's best. Guitar volume could use some turning up, though.
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Jefferson Airplane-She Has Funny Cars ('89 reunion) 03:50
Ah, the psychidelia of old. In the words of Jerry Garcia: "That's as surrealistic as a pillow!"
Tags: Jefferson Airplane She Has Funny Cars 1989 reunion performance Added: 1 year agoFrom:hippieride109Views: 1,564
If Only You Believe in Miracles ... Jefferson Airplane [video unavailable] 07:07
Listen to the words...this has to be, BY FAR, the best song I have heard in a long, long time.
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Coming Back To Me-Jefferson Airplane-1967 05:24
A Marty Balin Classic.He Wrote A Sad Beautiful Song.He Makes All Of Us Love This Record. I Think Of All My Passed Away Loved Ones Coming Back To Me.Thanks Marty For This Lovely Song.
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Early Seventies classic.
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One of smokey greatest hitsCruisin' Oldies
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James Brown - Living In America 03:54
Tribute to the Godfather of soul
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I'm so glad to have seen him in the Amsterdam Temple of Music.very very cool
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bonnie raitt - something to talk about 03:28
from "Road Tested
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Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower
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Purple Haze [video unavailable] 04:35
Jimi Hendrix
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Firelive at Woodstock1969
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Time has come today -The Chambers Brothers 09:31
the Nine Minute Version !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The Doors - Jonathan Winters Show 12/27/1967 06:16
Jim Morrison sings live over pre-recorded single versions (without vocal track) of Moonlight Drive and Light My Fire. A high-quality audio source (much better than what was on the vhs) was ripped from cd, dubbed over vhs audio and synchronized in Premiere.
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The Doors - Jonathan Winters Show 12/27/1967 06:16
Jim Morrison sings live over pre-recorded single versions (without vocal track) of Moonlight Drive and Light My Fire. A high-quality audio source (much better than what was on the vhs) was ripped from cd, dubbed over vhs audio and synchronized in Premiere.
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The Doors - Indian Summer 02:32
Indian Summer video clip (I made it)
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The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) 04:16
Music video by The Moody Blues performing I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)with Michael Furlong Productions Ltd.(C) 1972 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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The Beatles- Here comes the sun [video unavailable] 03:06
a video made by me with best moments and other scenes of the beatles**some scenes are from "real love" and "Free as a Bird" video
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The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (colour) 04:15
Promotional clip for Strawberry Fields Forever in colour
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The Beatles - I Am The Walrus 04:44
Music video by The Beatles for "I Am The Walrus."
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Jefferson Airplane - The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil [video unavailable] 04:38
The Rock Scene, 1967 (Poor Quality)
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Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers [video unavailable] 03:36
1970 performance from "Go Ride the Music".
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Phil Spector Tribute 03:21
a short tribute to a man who has given us so much. get him off the hook!
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FRANK ZAPPA ON VIDEO & MUSIC 1983 JOHN GALLAGHER PART 2 06:49
qrrq
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Heart - Magic Man 09:44
Heart performs "Magic Man" on the KWSU program "Second Ending" in 1976.Heart was:Ann Wilson - Lead Vocals, FluteNancy Wilson - Rhythm Guitar, Bkgrd. VocalsRoger Fisher - Lead GuitarSteve Fossen - BassHoward Leese - Guitar, Keys, Bkgrd. VocalsMike DeRosier - Drums
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frank zappa and steve vai duel each other as they improv stevies spanking in rome italy, 1982.....
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ELO-Strange Magic 04:24
Jeff Lynne and ELO performing the classic Strange Magic during the PBS concert in 2001.
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Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven [video unavailable] 05:08
Feb. 1, 1973
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Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down 04:03
http://www.elomusic.com/
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Temazo de la E.L.O.
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Sly And The Family Stone - Stand 03:17
Funk
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Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music - Music Lover 07:19
con't.
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Sly & The Family Stone - Sing A Simple Song 01:10
This song is cut short for tv, sounds like a teenie bopper show from the screams.
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Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth 04:15
Music video by Belinda Carlisle performing Heaven Is A Place On Earthwith Diane Keaton, Joe Kelly
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Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer 04:15
Music video by Bon Jovi performing Livin' On A Prayerwith Wayne Isham [Video Director], George J. Roewe III [Video Producer], Marc Reshovsky [Director of Photography], Michael Salomon [Video Editor](C) 1986 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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eagles - i can't tell you why [video unavailable] 04:52
eagles - i can't tell you why
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The Eagles - Love Will Keep Us Alive [video unavailable] 04:27
The Eagles - Love Will Keep Us Alive
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Don Henley - Not Enough Love In The World: Revised Version [video unavailable] 04:13
Music video by Don Henley performing Not Enough Love In The World: Revised Versionwith Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Benmont Tench(C) 1984 Geffen Records
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The Eagles - Tequila Sunrise [video unavailable] 03:18
One of the most popular songs of The Eagles from the live performance of their album, 'Hell Freezes Over'. Brings back a lot of memories back to the present.
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Moving!
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Swing Dancing to Bill Haley and the Comets (1956) 03:30
Bill Haley and the Comets performing See You Later Alligator from the movie Rock Around the Clock, 1956. Brought to you by the San Francisco Jitterbugs, www.jitterbugs.info
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Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (1956) 01:54
The DVD "The Legends of Rock & Roll"states this clip is from the Ted Steel show WOR-TV, New York (1955).Apparently, it is from Washington Square, a show hosted by Ray Bolger (1956).
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Stevie Ray Vaughan- Texas Flood 03:14
This is the Video of 'Texas Flood (video version)' found on the album 'Blues at Sunrise'Its pretty incredible.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) 06:49
I've moderated the posts and reported spam/solicitors to YouTube moderation.Check out the videos I posted in the Video Response section!please keep comments insightful and useful. thanks. also, thanks to those who have marked those stupid webcam ads as spam. i freakin hate those things lol, so spam/chain posts will be marked as spam, blocked, and then deleted.Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV) - Live at the El Mocambo 1983
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Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile live [video unavailable] 04:00
This is a re-posting of the Jimi Hendrix video, with better picture quality. Taken from the BBC's "Happening for Lulu", 1969.I checked, the official title is Voodoo Chile, see:-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_Child_(Slight_Return)The title was changed by mistake though, and was not the original name intended by the artist.See alsohttp://www.amazon.com/Jimi-Hendrix-Live-at-Woodstock/dp/B00000JGNWhttp://www.jimi-hendrix.com/index.php
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Jimi Hendrix RARE 67-03-07 Belgium - Hey Joe Tienerklanken [video unavailable] 03:25
http://www.myspace.com/theramblinkidenjoy :)
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Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze [video unavailable] 02:53
A Collage of Jimi Hendrix set to purple Haze
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Pics of Jimi Hendrix on stage and backstage. Song is: Jimi Hendrix - Let Me Stand Next To Your Firehttp://www.prizerebel.com/index.php?r=602851
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Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel [video unavailable] 02:04
Live 1956You know I can be found, sitting home all alone, If you can't come around, at least please telephone. Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. Baby, if I made you mad for something I might have said, Please, let's forget the past, the future looks bright ahead, Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. I don't want no other love, Baby it's just you I'm thinking of. Don't stop thinking of me, don't make me feel this way, Come on over here and love me, you know what I want you to say. Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. Why should we be apart? I really love you baby, cross my heart. Let's walk up to the preacher and let us say I do, Then you'll know you'll have me, and I'll know that I'll have you, Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. I don't want no other love, Baby it's just you I'm thinking of. Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. Don't be cruel to a heart that's true. I don't want no other love, Baby it's just you I'm thinking of.
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Sunday, 9 November 2008
Bush: The definitive history
Bush - Playlist
Bush were a British post-grunge band, formed in London in 1992. Their debut album was the self-released Sixteen Stone in 1994. They have sold well over 10 million records in the United States. The band, while hugely successful in the United States, was less well known in their native UK and enjoyed only marginal success there.[1]
The group chose the name "Bush" because they used to live in Shepherd's Bush, London. In Canada, they were once known as Bushx, because the 1970s band Bush, led by Domenic Troiano, owned the Canadian rights to the name. In April 1997, it was announced that Troiano had agreed to let them use the name Bush in Canada without the exponent x, in exchange for donating $20,000 each to the Starlight Children's Foundation and the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund.
Contents[hide]
1 History
1.1 Formation: 1992-1994
1.2 Breakthrough success with Sixteen Stone: 1994-1995
1.3 Razorblade Suitcase: 1996-1998
1.4 A new direction with The Science of Things: 1999-2000
1.5 Golden State and breakup: 2001-2002
1.6 Post-breakup: 2003-present
2 Members
3 Discography
4 References
5 External links
//
[edit] History
[edit] Formation: 1992-1994
In 1992, British guitarist Nigel Pulsford had left his band, King Blank, after they recorded two albums without much success; he met Gavin Rossdale, who had achieved little success with his previous, short-lived band, Midnight. The two formed a new band, then called Future Primitive, and recruited bassist Dave Parsons (formerly of the punk rock band The Partisans and the somewhat successful pop band Transvision Vamp) and drummer Robin Goodridge to complete the lineup. They soon changed their name to Bush. The United States was at the height of the grunge movement, but Britain had yet to produce a popular grunge band. Bush was on the verge of becoming that band.
[edit] Breakthrough success with Sixteen Stone: 1994-1995
Bush's debut album, Sixteen Stone, featured several singles. Initial singles "Everything Zen," and "Little Things" did not sell well at first. However, with their third single, "Comedown" the band quickly saw great success in the United States. The song reached number one for two weeks Modern Rock Tracks as well as the U.S. top 40. The following single "Glycerine" was probably one of their most well known songs. Despite its elusive lyrics, the song is truly about heroin abuse, using such verses as "and when we rise its like strawberry fields" among others to refer to the use of the drug. It received much airplay and sold many singles in America. The band followed with "Machinehead" which reached the top 5 of the Modern Rock Tracks chart and narrowly missed the top 40. As a result of the success of "Comedown," "Glycerine," and "Machinehead," the first two singles from the album began to see airplay and reached the top 40, bringing the album's total to four top 40 hits. With the many hits from Sixteen Stone including regular airplay on radio and MTV along with a performance on Saturday Night Live the album went platinum multiple times, having now sold six million copies in America, poising Bush's follow-up for massive commercial popularity.
[edit] Razorblade Suitcase: 1996-1998
In late 1996 Bush released the first single "Swallowed" from their second album entitled Razorblade Suitcase, The song spent seven weeks on top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album hit number 1 in America and placed high in many European countries. Although a success, at two hit singles compared to four the album did not sell as well as Sixteen Stone.
Razorblade Suitcase featured Steve Albini as the audio engineer, a move which was heavily criticized by critics. Only 3 years before Albini had worked with Nirvana on their final studio album, In Utero. Many claimed they were trying too hard to sound like the grunge pack.
Following the success of "Swallowed," the album had one more hit, "Greedy Fly," but then failed to produce any more sizeable hits.
Possibly to boost the sales of Razorblade Suitcase or move into new ground, Bush released the remix album Deconstructed. The album saw Bush re-arranging their songs into dance and techno stylings. The album was a moderate success going platinum less than a year after release.
[edit] A new direction with The Science of Things: 1999-2000
Released in 1999, the band's third album was a major departure in several forms from Bush's first two albums. Unlike the multi-platinum successes of Bush's first two albums, The Science of Things barely limped to platinum. Also, while the band's previous albums were strongly influenced by grunge, The Science of Things featured heavy electronic music influences that distinguished the work from Bush's earlier sound. For example, although lead single "The Chemicals Between Us" had a prominent guitar riff, it also had many electronic elements usually found in dance music. Although the album had a few hit songs, the album failed to chart within the top 10. The band's performance at Woodstock '99, however, helped the album achieve platinum status despite its slow start.
Three singles were released from The Science of Things, most notably "The Chemicals Between Us", which spent five weeks at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks and peaked at #67 on the U.S. Hot 100. "Letting the Cables Sleep," the third single, reached #4 on the Modern Rock Tracks and also received considerable airplay.
Also in 1999, lead guitarist Nigel Pulsford released a solo album, Heavenly Toast on Paradise Road, which featured jazz elements that harkened back to his days with King Blank more than his work with Bush.
[edit] Golden State and breakup: 2001-2002
Bush released its final album, Golden State, in 2001. While the album attempted to return to the simple, catchy sound of the band's debut, it failed to achieve commercial success due to a lack of support from the band's new record label, Atlantic Records. Several singles were released, most notably the minor hit "The People That We Love", but none were mainstream successes. The album was the band's least successful, selling only 380,000 copies in the US.
"The People That We Love" was originally titled "Speed Kills." However, due to the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York, the band, intending for the song to be the first single from the album, changed the name of the song.
Pulsford left the band after the release of Golden State to spend more time with his family. Chris Traynor took over on lead guitar for the subsequent tour, which would turn out to be Bush's last.
Due to declining record sales and a lack of support from Atlantic Records, Bush disbanded in 2002. In 2005, the band released a greatest hits album called The Best of: 1994-1999, and, a few months later, a live album called Zen X Four.
[edit] Post-breakup: 2003-present
Gavin Rossdale formed a new band, Institute, in 2004, serving as their lead vocalist and guitarist, just as in Bush. Chris Traynor also joined the band, as lead guitarist. (In addition to playing in Institute, Traynor also joined the reunited metal band Helmet in 2004 on bass; he quit the band in 2006.) Institute released one album, Distort Yourself, but failed to achieve much commercial success in spite of opening for U2's Vertigo Tour at some shows. Institute broke up in 2006 and Rossdale then embarked on a solo career. In 2007, he covered the John Lennon song "Mind Games" for the Lennon tribute album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. His first solo album, Wanderlust, supported by leading single "Love Remains the Same," was released in June 2008. "Wanderlust" was originally intended to be the next Bush album but after originally agreeing to take part in the Bush reunion, guitarist Nigel Pulsford opted out as he doesn't care to tour anymore.
Rossdale has also ventured into the world of acting, appearing in the films Zoolander, Little Black Book, The Game of Their Lives, Constantine, How To Rob a Bank and others.
Robin Goodridge recorded with the British rock band Elyss in 2004, although they have not released any new material since. In 2006, Goodridge began drumming for indie rock band Spear of Destiny, and appeared on their 2007 album, Imperial Prototype. During the summer of 2008, he toured the UK with British rock band Stone Gods and on 6th October 2008, the band's website announced that he had joined the band full time.
Nigel Pulsford has spent most of his time since leaving Bush raising his children with his wife. He is currently producing Emma Holland's long-awaited sophomore effort. In 2004, he and bassist Dave Parsons reunited to appear in a car commercial together.
[edit] Members
Gavin Rossdale – lead vocals, guitar
Nigel Pulsford – lead guitar, string arrangements, background vocals (1992-2002)
Chris Traynor – lead guitar (2002)
Dave Parsons – bass
Robin Goodridge – drums, percussion
Sacha Puttnam – keyboards, background vocals
[edit] Discography
Main article: Bush discography
Year
Title
Label
1994
Sixteen Stone
Trauma Records
1996
Razorblade Suitcase
1997
Deconstructed
1999
The Science of Things
2001
Golden State
Atlantic Records
2004
The Best of: 1994-1999
SPV Records
2005
Zen X Four
Kirtland Records
[edit] References
^ Albums of the week, at Entertainment.uk
[edit] External links
Kirtland Records' Zen X Four website and eCard
'OneSecondBush' fansite
All Music Guide entry
MTV biography
July 2008 Rossdale interview, on ThrashHits
2008 Rossdalde interview, on ILikeMusic
[hide]
v • d • eBush
Robin Goodridge · Dave Parsons · Sacha Puttnam · Nigel Pulsford · Gavin Rossdale · Chris Traynor
Studio albums
Sixteen Stone · Razorblade Suitcase · The Science of Things · Golden State
Live albums
Zen X Four
Compilations albums
Deconstructed · The Best of: 1994-1999
Singles
"Everything Zen" · "Little Things" · "Comedown" · "Glycerine" · "Machinehead" · "Swallowed" · "Greedy Fly" · "Bonedriven" · "Cold Contagious" · "The Chemicals Between Us" · "Warm Machine" · "Letting the Cables Sleep" · "The People That We Love"
Related
Discography · Helmet · Institute · Spear of Destiny
Bush were a British post-grunge band, formed in London in 1992. Their debut album was the self-released Sixteen Stone in 1994. They have sold well over 10 million records in the United States. The band, while hugely successful in the United States, was less well known in their native UK and enjoyed only marginal success there.[1]The group chose the name "Bush" because they used to live in Shepherd's Bush, London. In Canada, they were once known as Bushx, because the 1970s band Bush, led by Domenic Troiano, owned the Canadian rights to the name. In April 1997, it was announced that Troiano had agreed to let them use the name Bush in Canada without the exponent x, in exchange for donating $20,000 each to the Starlight Children's Foundation and the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund.
Contents[hide]
1 History
1.1 Formation: 1992-1994
1.2 Breakthrough success with Sixteen Stone: 1994-1995
1.3 Razorblade Suitcase: 1996-1998
1.4 A new direction with The Science of Things: 1999-2000
1.5 Golden State and breakup: 2001-2002
1.6 Post-breakup: 2003-present
2 Members
3 Discography
4 References
5 External links
//
[edit] History
[edit] Formation: 1992-1994
In 1992, British guitarist Nigel Pulsford had left his band, King Blank, after they recorded two albums without much success; he met Gavin Rossdale, who had achieved little success with his previous, short-lived band, Midnight. The two formed a new band, then called Future Primitive, and recruited bassist Dave Parsons (formerly of the punk rock band The Partisans and the somewhat successful pop band Transvision Vamp) and drummer Robin Goodridge to complete the lineup. They soon changed their name to Bush. The United States was at the height of the grunge movement, but Britain had yet to produce a popular grunge band. Bush was on the verge of becoming that band.
[edit] Breakthrough success with Sixteen Stone: 1994-1995
Bush's debut album, Sixteen Stone, featured several singles. Initial singles "Everything Zen," and "Little Things" did not sell well at first. However, with their third single, "Comedown" the band quickly saw great success in the United States. The song reached number one for two weeks Modern Rock Tracks as well as the U.S. top 40. The following single "Glycerine" was probably one of their most well known songs. Despite its elusive lyrics, the song is truly about heroin abuse, using such verses as "and when we rise its like strawberry fields" among others to refer to the use of the drug. It received much airplay and sold many singles in America. The band followed with "Machinehead" which reached the top 5 of the Modern Rock Tracks chart and narrowly missed the top 40. As a result of the success of "Comedown," "Glycerine," and "Machinehead," the first two singles from the album began to see airplay and reached the top 40, bringing the album's total to four top 40 hits. With the many hits from Sixteen Stone including regular airplay on radio and MTV along with a performance on Saturday Night Live the album went platinum multiple times, having now sold six million copies in America, poising Bush's follow-up for massive commercial popularity.
[edit] Razorblade Suitcase: 1996-1998
In late 1996 Bush released the first single "Swallowed" from their second album entitled Razorblade Suitcase, The song spent seven weeks on top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album hit number 1 in America and placed high in many European countries. Although a success, at two hit singles compared to four the album did not sell as well as Sixteen Stone.
Razorblade Suitcase featured Steve Albini as the audio engineer, a move which was heavily criticized by critics. Only 3 years before Albini had worked with Nirvana on their final studio album, In Utero. Many claimed they were trying too hard to sound like the grunge pack.
Following the success of "Swallowed," the album had one more hit, "Greedy Fly," but then failed to produce any more sizeable hits.
Possibly to boost the sales of Razorblade Suitcase or move into new ground, Bush released the remix album Deconstructed. The album saw Bush re-arranging their songs into dance and techno stylings. The album was a moderate success going platinum less than a year after release.
[edit] A new direction with The Science of Things: 1999-2000
Released in 1999, the band's third album was a major departure in several forms from Bush's first two albums. Unlike the multi-platinum successes of Bush's first two albums, The Science of Things barely limped to platinum. Also, while the band's previous albums were strongly influenced by grunge, The Science of Things featured heavy electronic music influences that distinguished the work from Bush's earlier sound. For example, although lead single "The Chemicals Between Us" had a prominent guitar riff, it also had many electronic elements usually found in dance music. Although the album had a few hit songs, the album failed to chart within the top 10. The band's performance at Woodstock '99, however, helped the album achieve platinum status despite its slow start.
Three singles were released from The Science of Things, most notably "The Chemicals Between Us", which spent five weeks at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks and peaked at #67 on the U.S. Hot 100. "Letting the Cables Sleep," the third single, reached #4 on the Modern Rock Tracks and also received considerable airplay.
Also in 1999, lead guitarist Nigel Pulsford released a solo album, Heavenly Toast on Paradise Road, which featured jazz elements that harkened back to his days with King Blank more than his work with Bush.
[edit] Golden State and breakup: 2001-2002
Bush released its final album, Golden State, in 2001. While the album attempted to return to the simple, catchy sound of the band's debut, it failed to achieve commercial success due to a lack of support from the band's new record label, Atlantic Records. Several singles were released, most notably the minor hit "The People That We Love", but none were mainstream successes. The album was the band's least successful, selling only 380,000 copies in the US.
"The People That We Love" was originally titled "Speed Kills." However, due to the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York, the band, intending for the song to be the first single from the album, changed the name of the song.
Pulsford left the band after the release of Golden State to spend more time with his family. Chris Traynor took over on lead guitar for the subsequent tour, which would turn out to be Bush's last.
Due to declining record sales and a lack of support from Atlantic Records, Bush disbanded in 2002. In 2005, the band released a greatest hits album called The Best of: 1994-1999, and, a few months later, a live album called Zen X Four.
[edit] Post-breakup: 2003-present
Gavin Rossdale formed a new band, Institute, in 2004, serving as their lead vocalist and guitarist, just as in Bush. Chris Traynor also joined the band, as lead guitarist. (In addition to playing in Institute, Traynor also joined the reunited metal band Helmet in 2004 on bass; he quit the band in 2006.) Institute released one album, Distort Yourself, but failed to achieve much commercial success in spite of opening for U2's Vertigo Tour at some shows. Institute broke up in 2006 and Rossdale then embarked on a solo career. In 2007, he covered the John Lennon song "Mind Games" for the Lennon tribute album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. His first solo album, Wanderlust, supported by leading single "Love Remains the Same," was released in June 2008. "Wanderlust" was originally intended to be the next Bush album but after originally agreeing to take part in the Bush reunion, guitarist Nigel Pulsford opted out as he doesn't care to tour anymore.
Rossdale has also ventured into the world of acting, appearing in the films Zoolander, Little Black Book, The Game of Their Lives, Constantine, How To Rob a Bank and others.
Robin Goodridge recorded with the British rock band Elyss in 2004, although they have not released any new material since. In 2006, Goodridge began drumming for indie rock band Spear of Destiny, and appeared on their 2007 album, Imperial Prototype. During the summer of 2008, he toured the UK with British rock band Stone Gods and on 6th October 2008, the band's website announced that he had joined the band full time.
Nigel Pulsford has spent most of his time since leaving Bush raising his children with his wife. He is currently producing Emma Holland's long-awaited sophomore effort. In 2004, he and bassist Dave Parsons reunited to appear in a car commercial together.
[edit] Members
Gavin Rossdale – lead vocals, guitar
Nigel Pulsford – lead guitar, string arrangements, background vocals (1992-2002)
Chris Traynor – lead guitar (2002)
Dave Parsons – bass
Robin Goodridge – drums, percussion
Sacha Puttnam – keyboards, background vocals
[edit] Discography
Main article: Bush discography
Year
Title
Label
1994
Sixteen Stone
Trauma Records
1996
Razorblade Suitcase
1997
Deconstructed
1999
The Science of Things
2001
Golden State
Atlantic Records
2004
The Best of: 1994-1999
SPV Records
2005
Zen X Four
Kirtland Records
[edit] References
^ Albums of the week, at Entertainment.uk
[edit] External links
Kirtland Records' Zen X Four website and eCard
'OneSecondBush' fansite
All Music Guide entry
MTV biography
July 2008 Rossdale interview, on ThrashHits
2008 Rossdalde interview, on ILikeMusic
[hide]
v • d • eBush
Robin Goodridge · Dave Parsons · Sacha Puttnam · Nigel Pulsford · Gavin Rossdale · Chris Traynor
Studio albums
Sixteen Stone · Razorblade Suitcase · The Science of Things · Golden State
Live albums
Zen X Four
Compilations albums
Deconstructed · The Best of: 1994-1999
Singles
"Everything Zen" · "Little Things" · "Comedown" · "Glycerine" · "Machinehead" · "Swallowed" · "Greedy Fly" · "Bonedriven" · "Cold Contagious" · "The Chemicals Between Us" · "Warm Machine" · "Letting the Cables Sleep" · "The People That We Love"
Related
Discography · Helmet · Institute · Spear of Destiny
Saturday, 25 October 2008
Joe Meek: The Definitive History
Joe Meek (born Robert George Meek; 5 April 1929 — 3 February 1967 in London[1]) was a pioneering English record producer and songwriter acknowledged as one of the world's first and most imaginative independent producers.
His most famous work was The Tornados' hit "Telstar" (1962) audio clip (help·info), which became the first record by a British group to hit #1 in the US Hot 100. It also spent five weeks atop the UK singles chart, with Meek receiving an Ivor Novello Award for this production as the "Best-Selling A-Side" of 1962.
Meek's other notable hit productions include "Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O" and "Cumberland Gap" by Lonnie Donegan (as engineer), "Johnny Remember Me" by John Leyton, "Just Like Eddie" by Heinz, "Angela Jones" by Michael Cox and "Have I the Right?" by The Honeycombs, "Tribute to Buddy Holly" by Mike Berry. Meek's concept album I Hear a New World is regarded as a watershed in modern music for its innovative use of electronic sounds.
Joe Meek was also producing music for films, most notably Live It Up! (US title Sing and Swing), a 1963 pop music film starring Heinz Burt, David Hemmings and Steve Marriott, also featuring Gene Vincent, Jenny Moss, The Outlaws, Kim Roberts, Kenny Ball, Patsy Ann Noble and others. Meek wrote most of the songs and incidental music, much of which was recorded by The Saints and produced by Meek[2].
His commercial success as a producer was short-lived and Meek gradually sank into debt and depression. On 3 February 1967, using a shotgun owned by musician Heinz Burt, Meek murdered his landlady before turning the gun on himself. Aged only 37, he died eight years to the day after his hero, Buddy Holly.
Contents[hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Pre-London years
1.2 London 1954-1959
1.3 Triumph Records
1.4 304 Holloway Road
1.5 Murder and Death
2 Meek's legacy
2.1 Artists Meek recorded
3 Tributes and references
3.1 Songs
4 "Telstar - The Joe Meek Story" - play and film
5 Documentary film
6 Photography
7 Literature
8 References
9 External links
//
[edit] Biography
[edit] Pre-London years
A stint in the Royal Air Force as a radar operator spurred a life-long interest in electronics and outer space. From 1953 he worked for the Midlands Electricity Board. He used the resources of his company to develop his interest in electronics and music production, including acquiring a disc cutter and producing his first record.
[edit] London 1954-1959
He left the electricity board to work as a sound engineer for a leading independent radio production company that made programmes for Radio Luxembourg, and made his breakthrough with his work on Ivy Benson's Music for Lonely Lovers. His technical ingenuity was first shown on the Humphrey Lyttelton jazz single "Bad Penny Blues" (Parlophone Records, 1956) when, contrary to Lyttleton's wishes, he 'modified' the sound of the piano and compressed the sound to a greater than normal extent. The record became a hit. He then put enormous effort into Denis Preston's Landsdowne Studio but tensions between Preston and Meek soon saw Meek forced out.
[edit] Triumph Records
In January 1960, together with William Barrington-Coupe, Meek founded Triumph Records. The label very nearly had a #1 hit with Meek's production of Angela Jones by Michael Cox. Cox was one of the featured singers on Jack Good's TV music show Boy Meets Girls and the song was given massive promotion. Unfortunately, Triumph, being an independent label, was at the mercy of small pressing plants, who couldn't (or wouldn't) keep up with sales demands. The record made a respectable appearance in the Top Ten, but it proved that Meek needed the muscle of the major companies to get his records into the shops when it mattered.
Despite an interesting catalogue of Meek productions, indifferent business results and Joe proving difficult to work with eventually led to the label's demise. Meek would later license many of the Triumph recordings to labels such as Top Rank and Pye.
That year Meek conceived, wrote and produced an "Outer Space Music Fantasy"' concept album I Hear A New World with a band called Rod Freeman & The Blue Men. The album was shelved for decades, apart from some EP tracks taken from it.
[edit] 304 Holloway Road
Meek went on to set up his own production company known as RGM Sound Ltd (later Meeksville Sound Ltd) with toy importer, 'Major' Wilfred Alonzo Banks as his financial backer. He operated from his now-legendary home studio which he constructed at 304 Holloway Road, Islington, a three-floor flat above a leather-goods store (currently empty).
His first hit from Holloway Road was a UK #1 smash: John Leyton's Johnny Remember Me (1961). This memorable "death ditty" was cleverly promoted by Leyton's manager, expatriate Australian entrepreneur Robert Stigwood. Stigwood was able to get Leyton to perform the song in several episodes of the popular TV soap opera Harpers West One in which he was making a series of guest appearances. Meek's third UK #1 and last major success was with The Honeycombs' Have I The Right? in 1964, which also became a number 5 hit on the American Billboard pop charts. The success of Leyton's recordings was instrumental in establishing Stigwood and Meek as two of Britain's first independent record producers.
When his landlords, who lived downstairs, felt that the noise was too much, they would indicate so with a broom on the ceiling. Joe would signal his contempt by placing loudspeakers in the stairwell and turning up the volume.
A blue plaque has since been placed at the location of the studio to commemorate Meek's life and work.
[edit] Murder and Death
Meek was obsessed with the occult and the idea of "the other side". He would set up tape machines in graveyards in a vain attempt to record voices from beyond the grave, in one instance capturing the meows of a cat he claimed was speaking in human tones, asking for help. In particular, he had an obsession with Buddy Holly (claiming the late American rocker had communicated with him in dreams) and other dead rock and roll musicians.
His professional efforts were often hindered by his paranoia (Meek was convinced that Decca Records would put hidden microphones behind his wallpaper in order to steal his ideas), drug use and attacks of rage or depression. Upon receiving an apparently innocent phone call from Phil Spector, Meek immediately accused Spector of stealing his ideas before hanging up angrily.
Meek's homosexuality - illegal in the UK at the time - put him under further pressure; he had been charged with "importuning for immoral purposes" in 1963 and was consequently subjected to blackmail. In January of 1967, police in Tattingstone, Suffolk, discovered a suitcase containing the mutilated body of Bernard Oliver, an alleged rent boy who had previously associated with Meek. According to some accounts, Meek became concerned that he would be implicated in the murder investigation when the Metropolitan police stated that they would be interviewing all known homosexuals in the city.
In the meantime, the hits had dried up and as Meek's financial position became increasingly desperate, his depression deepened. On 3 February 1967, the eighth anniversary of Buddy Holly's death, Meek killed his landlady Violet Shenton and then himself with a single barreled shotgun that he had confiscated from his protegé, former Tornados bassist and solo star Heinz Burt at his Holloway Road home/studio. Meek had flown into a rage and taken the gun from Burt when he informed Meek that he used it while on tour to shoot birds. Meek had kept the gun under his bed, along with some cartridges. As the shotgun had been registered to Burt, he was questioned intensively by police, before being eliminated from their enquiries.
Meek was subsequently buried in plot 99 at Newent Cemetery in Newent, Gloucestershire. His black granite tombstone can be found near the middle of the cemetery.
[edit] Meek's legacy
Despite not being able to play a musical instrument or write notation, Meek displayed a remarkable facility for writing and producing successful commercial recordings. In writing songs he was reliant on musicians such as Dave Adams, Geoff Goddard or Charles Blackwell to transcribe melodies from his vocal "demos". He worked on 245 singles, of which 45 were major hits (top fifty or better).
He pioneered studio tools such as multiple over-dubbing on one- and two-track machines, close miking, direct input of bass guitars, the compressor, and effects like echo and reverb, as well as sampling. Unlike other producers, his search was for the 'right' sound rather than for a catchy musical tune, and throughout his brief career he single-mindedly followed his quest to create a unique "sonic signature" for every record he produced.
At a time when many studio engineers were still wearing white coats and assiduously trying to maintain clarity and fidelity, Meek, the maverick, was producing everything on the three floors of his "home" studio and was never afraid to distort or manipulate the sound if it created the effect he was seeking.
Meek was one of the first producers to grasp and fully exploit the possibilities of the modern recording studio. His innovative techniques -- physically separating instruments, treating instruments and voices with echo and reverb, processing the sound through his fabled home-made electronic devices, the combining of separately-recorded performances and segments into a painstakingly constructed composite recording -- comprised a major breakthrough in sound production. Up to that time, the standard technique for pop, jazz and classical recordings alike was to record all the performers in one studio, playing together in real time, a legacy of the days before magnetic tape, when performances were literally cut live, directly onto disc.
Meek's style was also substantially different from that of his contemporary Phil Spector, who typically created his famous "Wall of sound" productions by making live recordings of large ensembles that used multiples of major instruments like bass, guitar and piano to create the complex sonic backgrounds for his singers.
[edit] Artists Meek recorded
He passed up the chance to work with David Bowie, The Beatles (the latter he once described as "just another bunch of noise, copying other people's music") and Rod Stewart. John Repsch, in The Legendary Joe Meek recounts that upon hearing Stewart sing, Meek rushed into the studio, put his fingers in his ears and screamed until Stewart had left. He preferred to record instrumentals with the band he sang with - The Moontrekkers.
In 1963 Meek worked with a then-little-known singer Tom Jones, then the lead vocalist of Tommy Scott & The Senators. Meek recorded seven tracks with Jones and took them to various labels in an attempt to get a record deal, with no success. Two years later after Jones gained popularity with the worldwide hit It's Not Unusual in 1965, Meek was able to sell the tapes he'd recorded with Jones to Tower (USA) and Columbia (UK)[3]. Meek also recorded the following artists:
Screaming Lord Sutch and The Savages, The Tornados, The Honeycombs, The Syndicats, The Buzz, Mike Berry, The Outlaws, The Moontrekkers, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Deke Arlon and The Offbeats, David John and the Mood, John Leyton, Geoff Goddard, Petula Clark, Lonnie Donegan, Humphrey Lyttelton, Diana Dors, The Blue Men, Tom Jones, Tony Dangerfield and the Thrills, Heinz and The Wild Boys, Dave Adams, Joy and Dave, Chico Arnez, Jimmy Miller and the Barbecues, Mike Preston, Emile Ford and the Checkmates, Chris Williams and the Monsters, Lance Fortune, Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers, Yolanda, Big Jim Sullivan, Ricky Wayne, George Chakiris, Michael Cox, Frankie Vaughan, Iain Gregory, Danny Rivers, Gerry Temple, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, The Charles Blackwell Orchestra, Don Charles, The Stonehenge Men, Andy Cavell, The Dowlands, Houston Wells and the Marksmen, The Packabeats, Jenny Moss, Burr Bailey and the Six Shooters, The Checkmates, The Saints, The Cameos, Sounds Incorporated, The Puppets, The Beat Boys, Mike Sarne, The Ambassadors, Pamela Blue, Glenda Collins, The Sharades, Roger LaVern and the Microns, Gunilla Thorne, Kim Roberts, Billie Davis, Freddie Starr and the Midnighters, Shade Joey and the Night Owls, Flip and the Dateliners, Valerie Masters, Alan Dean and his Problems, The Blue Rondos, Peter Cook, Jess Conrad, The Saxons, The Shakeouts, Bobby Rio and the Revelles, Peter London, The Four Matadors, The Cryin' Shames, The Riot Squad, The Millionaires, The Impac, Shirley Bassey, Anne Shelton, Kenny Graham and the Satellites, Tommy Steele, Chris Barber, The Fabulous Flee-Rakkers, Carter-Lewis and the Southerners, Brian White & The Magna Jazz Band, The Ferridays (Scorpions), Ray Dexter and The Layabouts, Neil Christian, Kenny Hollywood, Jamie Lee and The Atlantics, Toby Ventura, Wes Sands, The Thunderbolts, Silas Dooley Jr., Bobby Cristo and The Rebels, Malcolm and The Countdowns, The Diamond Twins, The Hotrods, Charles Kingsley Creation, Danny's Passion, The Classics, The Manish Boys and Joe Meek himself...
J.Repsch: The Legendary Joe Meek Published 2003
The Manish Boys
[edit] Tributes and references
[edit] Songs
British punk Wreckless Eric recounts Meek's biography and recreates some of his studio effects in his song "Joe Meek" from the album Donovan of Trash:
On the second floor of number 304
Above a handbag store and the heavy roar
Of traffic rolling down the Holloway Road
A one time bedroom housed the studio of Joe Meek
Where he conjured with the sound of another world
That Tin Pan Alley thought was too absurd
But miles of wire and recording tape
Brought fortune fame and no escape for Joe Meek
As he stirred up the sound of a hurricane
Joe Meek
Called upon forces from beyond the grave
Joe Meek
Suffered alone for his madness and pain
These were the only rewards that the hit parade
Held in store for Joe Meek
Joe Meek [4]
According to some, the song "Green Door" alludes to Meek. "When I said, 'Joe sent me,' someone laughed out loud behind the green door".[5]
The Marked Men, a Texas punk band, have a song titled "Someday" with lyric: "Joe Meek wanted all the world to know about the news he found."
The Bleeder Group, a Danish alternative rock group has a song on their second album Sunrise, called "Joe Meek Shall Inherit The Earth"
Matmos, an Electronic duo, have a song on their 2006 album The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of the Beast called "Solo Buttons for Joe Meek".
Pluto Monkey, British left field artist, released a three track CD single on Shifty Disco featuring the tracks "Joe Meek" and "Meeksville Sound Is Dead"
Swing Out Sister include a short instrumental named "Joe Meek's Cat" on their 1994 album Shapes and Patterns, inspired by Joe's 1966 ghost-hunting expeditions to Warley Lea Farm during which he allegedly captured recordings of a talking cat channeling the spirit of a former landowner who committed suicide at the farm
Graham Parker's 1992 album Burning Questions includes the cryptic "Just Like Joe Meek's Blues"
Sheryl Crow claimed that her song "A Change Would Do You Good" was inspired by an article she read about Joe Meek
Jonathan King recorded a song about Meek called "He Stood In The Bath He Stamped On The Floor".[6]
Johnny Stage, Danish producer and guitarist released an album in tribute of Meek, entitled The Lady with the Crying Eyes featuring various Danish artists, on 3 February 2007
Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin recorded the song "Your Lucky Star" dealing with the life and death of Joe Meek, released on the 1991 album "Spin".
The Spanish label Spicnic released in 2001 a tribute CD, "Oigo un nuevo no mundo. Homenaje a Joe Meek" , featuring various Spanish bands. [7]
Trey Spruance from the band Mr. Bungle has stated that the 10 part song/instrumental "The Bends" from their album Disco Volante is inspired by Joe Meek's music. Specifically "I Hear a New World".
Thomas Truax regularly performed his Meek tribute "Joe Meek Warns Buddy Holly" on his 2008 tours, a song apparently about Meek's supposed warning via spirit-writing predicting Buddy Holly's death. A single and accompanying video is scheduled for release on February 3, 2009, the 50th anniversary of Holly's demise, also the date of Meek's suicide.
[edit] "Telstar - The Joe Meek Story" - play and film
Telstar, a stage play by Nick Moran and James Hicks, premiered in 2005, is a dramatisation of Joe Meek's his life and starred Con O'Neill as Meek and Linda Robson as his landlady.[8] It is now being made into a film starring Kevin Spacey, Nick Moran and Martine McCutcheon with O'Neill reprising his stage role[9][10].
[edit] Documentary film
A Life in the Death of Joe Meek, an independent American documentary,[11] by Howard S. Berger and Susan Stahmann premiered on 24 January 2008 on the Reel Music Film Festival (Portland, Oregon). The production, which began shooting in 2003, includes over 60 interviews with Meek's family, close friends, associates, musicians and pop culture movers and shakers such as Alex Kapranos, Keith Strickland, Edwyn Collins, Liam Watson, Huw Bunford and Simon Napier-Bell.
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek A 1991 UK TV-documentary from the "Arena"-Series. Often repeated on BBC4 in the UK, the last time being 5 September 2007 [12].
[edit] Photography
Clive Bubley: Images of Joe Meek - a series of photographs of Joe taken both in the flat and outside 304 Holloway Road, shortly before he died. (All photographs copyright © 1966 Clive Bubley) [1] [13]
David Peters - Has the only genuine colour photographs of Joe, 2 taken in his studio and 1 in his lounge. details e-mail; dppeters1@tiscali.co.uk
[edit] Literature
John Repsch: The Legendary Joe Meek (UK; 1989, Jul 2003) ISBN 1-901447-20-0
Barry Cleveland: Creative Music Production - Joe Meek's BOLD Techniques (USA; Jul 2001) ISBN 1-931140-08-1
Nick Moran with James Hicks: "Telstar - The Joe Meek Story", (UK, Oberon Books 1/2007) ISBN 9781840025880 [14]
[edit] References
^ Joe Meek
^ Live It Up! at the Internet Movie Database
^ "Tom Jones' Visual Discography". B.J. Spencer. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
^ Untitled Document
^ Brian Boyd "The truth behind The Green Door" The Guardian 8 September 2006
^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbCsq9Rx-yc Video: "He Stood In The Bath He Stamped On The Floor"
^ Spicnic label website
^ http://www.musicomh.com/theatre/telstar.htm
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6132464.stm BBC news, 11 Nov 2006: "Rhys Ifans to play '60s pop mogul Meek"
^ Telstar at the Internet Movie Database
^ A Life in the Death of Joe Meek (documentary) at the Internet Movie Database
^ Arena: The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek at the Internet Movie Database
^ Joe Meek - Holloway Road. High resolution images for reproduction can be supplied. Please contact Clive Bubley for details, e-mail: clive(at)bubley.co.uk
^ http://www.oberonbooks.com/ Oberon Books
Tony Kent Holloway Road Hit Factory (Interview, 2007)
www.redferns.com enter Joe Meek in search box, to find the only 3 colour photographs taken of Joe Meek at 304 Holloway Road, these are copyright David Peters
[edit] External links
Joe Meek at the Internet Movie Database
Photo of Meek's grave
BBC Music Profile: Joe Meek
Biography by John McCready (Mojo Magazine)
Joe Meek: Portrait of a Genius feature
http://www.joemeekpage.info/ Fan site with list of recordings
http://www.rhis.co.uk/jmas/ The Joe Meek Appreciation Society
http://myspace.com/robertgeorgemeek Robert George Meek Appreciation Society (a different group, founded in 1966)
Joe Meek at Discogs
http://www.bubley.com/joemeek Clive Bubley: Images of Joe Meek, 1966
Gay Great From Fyne Times Magazine
Persondata
NAME
Meek, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Meek, Robert George (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION
English record producer
DATE OF BIRTH
5 April 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH
Newent, Gloucestershire, England
DATE OF DEATH
3 February 1967
PLACE OF DEATH
London, England
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Meek"
Life on the big screen
Telstar the Meek Cover
Telstar by the Tornados
All the stars in the sky
Do you come here often
Blackpool rock
Riding the wind
Life on mars
A life in the death of Joe Meek
The Joe Meek Story
The Joe Meek story pt 2
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 1
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 2
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 3
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 4
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 5
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 6
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 7
Joe Meek
His most famous work was The Tornados' hit "Telstar" (1962) audio clip (help·info), which became the first record by a British group to hit #1 in the US Hot 100. It also spent five weeks atop the UK singles chart, with Meek receiving an Ivor Novello Award for this production as the "Best-Selling A-Side" of 1962.
Meek's other notable hit productions include "Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O" and "Cumberland Gap" by Lonnie Donegan (as engineer), "Johnny Remember Me" by John Leyton, "Just Like Eddie" by Heinz, "Angela Jones" by Michael Cox and "Have I the Right?" by The Honeycombs, "Tribute to Buddy Holly" by Mike Berry. Meek's concept album I Hear a New World is regarded as a watershed in modern music for its innovative use of electronic sounds.
Joe Meek was also producing music for films, most notably Live It Up! (US title Sing and Swing), a 1963 pop music film starring Heinz Burt, David Hemmings and Steve Marriott, also featuring Gene Vincent, Jenny Moss, The Outlaws, Kim Roberts, Kenny Ball, Patsy Ann Noble and others. Meek wrote most of the songs and incidental music, much of which was recorded by The Saints and produced by Meek[2].
His commercial success as a producer was short-lived and Meek gradually sank into debt and depression. On 3 February 1967, using a shotgun owned by musician Heinz Burt, Meek murdered his landlady before turning the gun on himself. Aged only 37, he died eight years to the day after his hero, Buddy Holly.
Contents[hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Pre-London years
1.2 London 1954-1959
1.3 Triumph Records
1.4 304 Holloway Road
1.5 Murder and Death
2 Meek's legacy
2.1 Artists Meek recorded
3 Tributes and references
3.1 Songs
4 "Telstar - The Joe Meek Story" - play and film
5 Documentary film
6 Photography
7 Literature
8 References
9 External links
//
[edit] Biography
[edit] Pre-London years
A stint in the Royal Air Force as a radar operator spurred a life-long interest in electronics and outer space. From 1953 he worked for the Midlands Electricity Board. He used the resources of his company to develop his interest in electronics and music production, including acquiring a disc cutter and producing his first record.
[edit] London 1954-1959
He left the electricity board to work as a sound engineer for a leading independent radio production company that made programmes for Radio Luxembourg, and made his breakthrough with his work on Ivy Benson's Music for Lonely Lovers. His technical ingenuity was first shown on the Humphrey Lyttelton jazz single "Bad Penny Blues" (Parlophone Records, 1956) when, contrary to Lyttleton's wishes, he 'modified' the sound of the piano and compressed the sound to a greater than normal extent. The record became a hit. He then put enormous effort into Denis Preston's Landsdowne Studio but tensions between Preston and Meek soon saw Meek forced out.
[edit] Triumph Records
In January 1960, together with William Barrington-Coupe, Meek founded Triumph Records. The label very nearly had a #1 hit with Meek's production of Angela Jones by Michael Cox. Cox was one of the featured singers on Jack Good's TV music show Boy Meets Girls and the song was given massive promotion. Unfortunately, Triumph, being an independent label, was at the mercy of small pressing plants, who couldn't (or wouldn't) keep up with sales demands. The record made a respectable appearance in the Top Ten, but it proved that Meek needed the muscle of the major companies to get his records into the shops when it mattered.
Despite an interesting catalogue of Meek productions, indifferent business results and Joe proving difficult to work with eventually led to the label's demise. Meek would later license many of the Triumph recordings to labels such as Top Rank and Pye.
That year Meek conceived, wrote and produced an "Outer Space Music Fantasy"' concept album I Hear A New World with a band called Rod Freeman & The Blue Men. The album was shelved for decades, apart from some EP tracks taken from it.
[edit] 304 Holloway Road
Meek went on to set up his own production company known as RGM Sound Ltd (later Meeksville Sound Ltd) with toy importer, 'Major' Wilfred Alonzo Banks as his financial backer. He operated from his now-legendary home studio which he constructed at 304 Holloway Road, Islington, a three-floor flat above a leather-goods store (currently empty).
His first hit from Holloway Road was a UK #1 smash: John Leyton's Johnny Remember Me (1961). This memorable "death ditty" was cleverly promoted by Leyton's manager, expatriate Australian entrepreneur Robert Stigwood. Stigwood was able to get Leyton to perform the song in several episodes of the popular TV soap opera Harpers West One in which he was making a series of guest appearances. Meek's third UK #1 and last major success was with The Honeycombs' Have I The Right? in 1964, which also became a number 5 hit on the American Billboard pop charts. The success of Leyton's recordings was instrumental in establishing Stigwood and Meek as two of Britain's first independent record producers.
When his landlords, who lived downstairs, felt that the noise was too much, they would indicate so with a broom on the ceiling. Joe would signal his contempt by placing loudspeakers in the stairwell and turning up the volume.
A blue plaque has since been placed at the location of the studio to commemorate Meek's life and work.
[edit] Murder and Death
Meek was obsessed with the occult and the idea of "the other side". He would set up tape machines in graveyards in a vain attempt to record voices from beyond the grave, in one instance capturing the meows of a cat he claimed was speaking in human tones, asking for help. In particular, he had an obsession with Buddy Holly (claiming the late American rocker had communicated with him in dreams) and other dead rock and roll musicians.
His professional efforts were often hindered by his paranoia (Meek was convinced that Decca Records would put hidden microphones behind his wallpaper in order to steal his ideas), drug use and attacks of rage or depression. Upon receiving an apparently innocent phone call from Phil Spector, Meek immediately accused Spector of stealing his ideas before hanging up angrily.
Meek's homosexuality - illegal in the UK at the time - put him under further pressure; he had been charged with "importuning for immoral purposes" in 1963 and was consequently subjected to blackmail. In January of 1967, police in Tattingstone, Suffolk, discovered a suitcase containing the mutilated body of Bernard Oliver, an alleged rent boy who had previously associated with Meek. According to some accounts, Meek became concerned that he would be implicated in the murder investigation when the Metropolitan police stated that they would be interviewing all known homosexuals in the city.
In the meantime, the hits had dried up and as Meek's financial position became increasingly desperate, his depression deepened. On 3 February 1967, the eighth anniversary of Buddy Holly's death, Meek killed his landlady Violet Shenton and then himself with a single barreled shotgun that he had confiscated from his protegé, former Tornados bassist and solo star Heinz Burt at his Holloway Road home/studio. Meek had flown into a rage and taken the gun from Burt when he informed Meek that he used it while on tour to shoot birds. Meek had kept the gun under his bed, along with some cartridges. As the shotgun had been registered to Burt, he was questioned intensively by police, before being eliminated from their enquiries.
Meek was subsequently buried in plot 99 at Newent Cemetery in Newent, Gloucestershire. His black granite tombstone can be found near the middle of the cemetery.
[edit] Meek's legacy
Despite not being able to play a musical instrument or write notation, Meek displayed a remarkable facility for writing and producing successful commercial recordings. In writing songs he was reliant on musicians such as Dave Adams, Geoff Goddard or Charles Blackwell to transcribe melodies from his vocal "demos". He worked on 245 singles, of which 45 were major hits (top fifty or better).
He pioneered studio tools such as multiple over-dubbing on one- and two-track machines, close miking, direct input of bass guitars, the compressor, and effects like echo and reverb, as well as sampling. Unlike other producers, his search was for the 'right' sound rather than for a catchy musical tune, and throughout his brief career he single-mindedly followed his quest to create a unique "sonic signature" for every record he produced.
At a time when many studio engineers were still wearing white coats and assiduously trying to maintain clarity and fidelity, Meek, the maverick, was producing everything on the three floors of his "home" studio and was never afraid to distort or manipulate the sound if it created the effect he was seeking.
Meek was one of the first producers to grasp and fully exploit the possibilities of the modern recording studio. His innovative techniques -- physically separating instruments, treating instruments and voices with echo and reverb, processing the sound through his fabled home-made electronic devices, the combining of separately-recorded performances and segments into a painstakingly constructed composite recording -- comprised a major breakthrough in sound production. Up to that time, the standard technique for pop, jazz and classical recordings alike was to record all the performers in one studio, playing together in real time, a legacy of the days before magnetic tape, when performances were literally cut live, directly onto disc.
Meek's style was also substantially different from that of his contemporary Phil Spector, who typically created his famous "Wall of sound" productions by making live recordings of large ensembles that used multiples of major instruments like bass, guitar and piano to create the complex sonic backgrounds for his singers.
[edit] Artists Meek recorded
He passed up the chance to work with David Bowie, The Beatles (the latter he once described as "just another bunch of noise, copying other people's music") and Rod Stewart. John Repsch, in The Legendary Joe Meek recounts that upon hearing Stewart sing, Meek rushed into the studio, put his fingers in his ears and screamed until Stewart had left. He preferred to record instrumentals with the band he sang with - The Moontrekkers.
In 1963 Meek worked with a then-little-known singer Tom Jones, then the lead vocalist of Tommy Scott & The Senators. Meek recorded seven tracks with Jones and took them to various labels in an attempt to get a record deal, with no success. Two years later after Jones gained popularity with the worldwide hit It's Not Unusual in 1965, Meek was able to sell the tapes he'd recorded with Jones to Tower (USA) and Columbia (UK)[3]. Meek also recorded the following artists:
Screaming Lord Sutch and The Savages, The Tornados, The Honeycombs, The Syndicats, The Buzz, Mike Berry, The Outlaws, The Moontrekkers, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Deke Arlon and The Offbeats, David John and the Mood, John Leyton, Geoff Goddard, Petula Clark, Lonnie Donegan, Humphrey Lyttelton, Diana Dors, The Blue Men, Tom Jones, Tony Dangerfield and the Thrills, Heinz and The Wild Boys, Dave Adams, Joy and Dave, Chico Arnez, Jimmy Miller and the Barbecues, Mike Preston, Emile Ford and the Checkmates, Chris Williams and the Monsters, Lance Fortune, Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers, Yolanda, Big Jim Sullivan, Ricky Wayne, George Chakiris, Michael Cox, Frankie Vaughan, Iain Gregory, Danny Rivers, Gerry Temple, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, The Charles Blackwell Orchestra, Don Charles, The Stonehenge Men, Andy Cavell, The Dowlands, Houston Wells and the Marksmen, The Packabeats, Jenny Moss, Burr Bailey and the Six Shooters, The Checkmates, The Saints, The Cameos, Sounds Incorporated, The Puppets, The Beat Boys, Mike Sarne, The Ambassadors, Pamela Blue, Glenda Collins, The Sharades, Roger LaVern and the Microns, Gunilla Thorne, Kim Roberts, Billie Davis, Freddie Starr and the Midnighters, Shade Joey and the Night Owls, Flip and the Dateliners, Valerie Masters, Alan Dean and his Problems, The Blue Rondos, Peter Cook, Jess Conrad, The Saxons, The Shakeouts, Bobby Rio and the Revelles, Peter London, The Four Matadors, The Cryin' Shames, The Riot Squad, The Millionaires, The Impac, Shirley Bassey, Anne Shelton, Kenny Graham and the Satellites, Tommy Steele, Chris Barber, The Fabulous Flee-Rakkers, Carter-Lewis and the Southerners, Brian White & The Magna Jazz Band, The Ferridays (Scorpions), Ray Dexter and The Layabouts, Neil Christian, Kenny Hollywood, Jamie Lee and The Atlantics, Toby Ventura, Wes Sands, The Thunderbolts, Silas Dooley Jr., Bobby Cristo and The Rebels, Malcolm and The Countdowns, The Diamond Twins, The Hotrods, Charles Kingsley Creation, Danny's Passion, The Classics, The Manish Boys and Joe Meek himself...
J.Repsch: The Legendary Joe Meek Published 2003
The Manish Boys
[edit] Tributes and references
[edit] Songs
British punk Wreckless Eric recounts Meek's biography and recreates some of his studio effects in his song "Joe Meek" from the album Donovan of Trash:
On the second floor of number 304
Above a handbag store and the heavy roar
Of traffic rolling down the Holloway Road
A one time bedroom housed the studio of Joe Meek
Where he conjured with the sound of another world
That Tin Pan Alley thought was too absurd
But miles of wire and recording tape
Brought fortune fame and no escape for Joe Meek
As he stirred up the sound of a hurricane
Joe Meek
Called upon forces from beyond the grave
Joe Meek
Suffered alone for his madness and pain
These were the only rewards that the hit parade
Held in store for Joe Meek
Joe Meek [4]
According to some, the song "Green Door" alludes to Meek. "When I said, 'Joe sent me,' someone laughed out loud behind the green door".[5]
The Marked Men, a Texas punk band, have a song titled "Someday" with lyric: "Joe Meek wanted all the world to know about the news he found."
The Bleeder Group, a Danish alternative rock group has a song on their second album Sunrise, called "Joe Meek Shall Inherit The Earth"
Matmos, an Electronic duo, have a song on their 2006 album The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of the Beast called "Solo Buttons for Joe Meek".
Pluto Monkey, British left field artist, released a three track CD single on Shifty Disco featuring the tracks "Joe Meek" and "Meeksville Sound Is Dead"
Swing Out Sister include a short instrumental named "Joe Meek's Cat" on their 1994 album Shapes and Patterns, inspired by Joe's 1966 ghost-hunting expeditions to Warley Lea Farm during which he allegedly captured recordings of a talking cat channeling the spirit of a former landowner who committed suicide at the farm
Graham Parker's 1992 album Burning Questions includes the cryptic "Just Like Joe Meek's Blues"
Sheryl Crow claimed that her song "A Change Would Do You Good" was inspired by an article she read about Joe Meek
Jonathan King recorded a song about Meek called "He Stood In The Bath He Stamped On The Floor".[6]
Johnny Stage, Danish producer and guitarist released an album in tribute of Meek, entitled The Lady with the Crying Eyes featuring various Danish artists, on 3 February 2007
Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin recorded the song "Your Lucky Star" dealing with the life and death of Joe Meek, released on the 1991 album "Spin".
The Spanish label Spicnic released in 2001 a tribute CD, "Oigo un nuevo no mundo. Homenaje a Joe Meek" , featuring various Spanish bands. [7]
Trey Spruance from the band Mr. Bungle has stated that the 10 part song/instrumental "The Bends" from their album Disco Volante is inspired by Joe Meek's music. Specifically "I Hear a New World".
Thomas Truax regularly performed his Meek tribute "Joe Meek Warns Buddy Holly" on his 2008 tours, a song apparently about Meek's supposed warning via spirit-writing predicting Buddy Holly's death. A single and accompanying video is scheduled for release on February 3, 2009, the 50th anniversary of Holly's demise, also the date of Meek's suicide.
[edit] "Telstar - The Joe Meek Story" - play and film
Telstar, a stage play by Nick Moran and James Hicks, premiered in 2005, is a dramatisation of Joe Meek's his life and starred Con O'Neill as Meek and Linda Robson as his landlady.[8] It is now being made into a film starring Kevin Spacey, Nick Moran and Martine McCutcheon with O'Neill reprising his stage role[9][10].
[edit] Documentary film
A Life in the Death of Joe Meek, an independent American documentary,[11] by Howard S. Berger and Susan Stahmann premiered on 24 January 2008 on the Reel Music Film Festival (Portland, Oregon). The production, which began shooting in 2003, includes over 60 interviews with Meek's family, close friends, associates, musicians and pop culture movers and shakers such as Alex Kapranos, Keith Strickland, Edwyn Collins, Liam Watson, Huw Bunford and Simon Napier-Bell.
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek A 1991 UK TV-documentary from the "Arena"-Series. Often repeated on BBC4 in the UK, the last time being 5 September 2007 [12].
[edit] Photography
Clive Bubley: Images of Joe Meek - a series of photographs of Joe taken both in the flat and outside 304 Holloway Road, shortly before he died. (All photographs copyright © 1966 Clive Bubley) [1] [13]
David Peters - Has the only genuine colour photographs of Joe, 2 taken in his studio and 1 in his lounge. details e-mail; dppeters1@tiscali.co.uk
[edit] Literature
John Repsch: The Legendary Joe Meek (UK; 1989, Jul 2003) ISBN 1-901447-20-0
Barry Cleveland: Creative Music Production - Joe Meek's BOLD Techniques (USA; Jul 2001) ISBN 1-931140-08-1
Nick Moran with James Hicks: "Telstar - The Joe Meek Story", (UK, Oberon Books 1/2007) ISBN 9781840025880 [14]
[edit] References
^ Joe Meek
^ Live It Up! at the Internet Movie Database
^ "Tom Jones' Visual Discography". B.J. Spencer. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
^ Untitled Document
^ Brian Boyd "The truth behind The Green Door" The Guardian 8 September 2006
^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbCsq9Rx-yc Video: "He Stood In The Bath He Stamped On The Floor"
^ Spicnic label website
^ http://www.musicomh.com/theatre/telstar.htm
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6132464.stm BBC news, 11 Nov 2006: "Rhys Ifans to play '60s pop mogul Meek"
^ Telstar at the Internet Movie Database
^ A Life in the Death of Joe Meek (documentary) at the Internet Movie Database
^ Arena: The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek at the Internet Movie Database
^ Joe Meek - Holloway Road. High resolution images for reproduction can be supplied. Please contact Clive Bubley for details, e-mail: clive(at)bubley.co.uk
^ http://www.oberonbooks.com/ Oberon Books
Tony Kent Holloway Road Hit Factory (Interview, 2007)
www.redferns.com enter Joe Meek in search box, to find the only 3 colour photographs taken of Joe Meek at 304 Holloway Road, these are copyright David Peters
[edit] External links
Joe Meek at the Internet Movie Database
Photo of Meek's grave
BBC Music Profile: Joe Meek
Biography by John McCready (Mojo Magazine)
Joe Meek: Portrait of a Genius feature
http://www.joemeekpage.info/ Fan site with list of recordings
http://www.rhis.co.uk/jmas/ The Joe Meek Appreciation Society
http://myspace.com/robertgeorgemeek Robert George Meek Appreciation Society (a different group, founded in 1966)
Joe Meek at Discogs
http://www.bubley.com/joemeek Clive Bubley: Images of Joe Meek, 1966
Gay Great From Fyne Times Magazine
Persondata
NAME
Meek, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Meek, Robert George (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION
English record producer
DATE OF BIRTH
5 April 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH
Newent, Gloucestershire, England
DATE OF DEATH
3 February 1967
PLACE OF DEATH
London, England
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Meek"
Life on the big screen
Telstar the Meek Cover
Telstar by the Tornados
All the stars in the sky
Do you come here often
Blackpool rock
Riding the wind
Life on mars
A life in the death of Joe Meek
The Joe Meek Story
The Joe Meek story pt 2
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 1
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 2
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 3
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 4
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 5
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 6
The strange story of Joe Meek pt 7
Joe Meek
Friday, 24 October 2008
UK Subs: Official Website,Blog,History,Discography,Photos & More
The U.K. Subs are an English punk band, the mainstay of which is vocalist Charlie Harper, originally a singer in Britain's R & B scene.
Contents[hide]
1 Career
1.1 Band members
2 Discography
2.1 Albums
2.2 Miscellaneous albums
2.3 Compilation albums
2.4 UK chart singles
2.5 12" singles
2.6 Singles / EPs
2.7 Tributes/References
3 References
4 External links
//
[edit] Career
The U.K. Subs were part of the original punk rock movement in England that formed in 1976, with the initial name of the Subversives. The band's founder, Charlie Harper selected guitarist Nicky Garratt, bassist Paul Slack, and various drummers (eventually Pete Davis became fairly stable) under the initial name "U.K. Subversives". The London based band's early line-up changed frequently.
Their style combined the energy of punk and the rock and roll edge of the then thriving pub rock scene. The band had some hit singles such as "Stranglehold", "Warhead", "Teenage", and "Tomorrow's Girls", with several of their songs managing to enter the United Kingdom's Top Forty.
The band played several John Peel sessions in 1977 and 1978 for BBC Radio 1, and then signed a recording contract with GEM Records. Under GEM, the U.K. Subs recorded an album in 1979 called Another Kind of Blues. The group also played a few opening gigs for The Police, as well as recording a set at The Roxy (a punk club), which was issued in 1980 as Live Kicks. Their biggest selling album came with 1980s Crash Course.
With the arrival of new bassist Alvin Gibbs and drummer Steve Roberts in the early 1980s, the songs took on a more heavy metal-influenced edge. In 1991, the U.K. Subs also had Lars Frederiksen (now of Rancid) on guitar for a 30 date UK tour. Decades after the disbanding of other late-1970s punk groups such as the Sex Pistols and The Clash, the U.K. Subs continue to perform.
It is noted that successive U.K. Subs album titles, start with consecutive letters of the alphabet. The U.K. Subs song "Down on the Farm" was covered by Guns N' Roses on their 1993 covers album "The Spaghetti Incident?". The U.K. Subs joined the bill for the 2006 Fiend Fest. The band have toured with The Misfits, The Adicts, Osaka Popstar, Juicehead, and Orange. The U.K. Subs song "Warhead" is played in the movie, This Is England.
[edit] Band members
Charlie Harper - lead vocals (1976-present)
Nicky Garratt - lead guitars (1977-1983, 1988, 1999, 1999-2002, 2004-present)
Rab Fae Beith - drums (1984-1988)
Jim Moncur - guitar (1984-1988)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
Another Kind of Blues (1979) (UK #21)
Brand New Age (1980) (UK #18)
Crash Course (1980) (UK #8)
Diminished Responsibility (1981) (UK #18)
Endangered Species (1982)
Flood of Lies (1983)
Gross Out USA (1984)
Huntington Beach (1985)
In Action (1986)
Japan Today (1987)
Killing Time (1988)
Live in Paris (1989)
Mad Cow Fever (1991)
Normal Service Resumed (1993)
Occupied (1996)
Peel Sessions 1978-79 (1997)
Quintessentials (1997)
Riot (1997)
Submission (1999)
Time Warp (2000)
Countdown (2001)
Universal (2002)
Violent State (2005)
Complete Riot (2006)
[1]
[edit] Miscellaneous albums
Live Kicks (1979) (Recorded Live at the Roxy 1977)
Original Punks Original Hits (2006)
[edit] Compilation albums
The British Punk Invasion Vol 2 (1996)
[edit] UK chart singles
"Stranglehold" - 1979 - No. 26
"Tomorrow's Girls" - 1979 - No. 28
"She's Not There" / "Kicks" (EP) - 1979 - No. 36
"Warhead" - 1980 - No. 30
"Teenage" - 1980 - No. 32
"Party In Paris" - 1980 - No. 37
"Keep On Runnin' (Till You Burn)" - 1981 - No. 41
[1]
[edit] 12" singles
"Another Typical City" (1983) (EP)
"The Magic" (1984) (EP)
"Hey Santa" (1987) (EP)
"Motivator" (1988) (EP)
"Sabre Dance" (1989) (EP)
[edit] Singles / EPs
"C.I.D." (1978) (EP)
"Stranglehold" (1979) (EP)
"Tomorrows Girls" (1979) (EP)
"She's Not There" (1979) (EP)
"Warhead" (1980) (EP)
"Teenage" (1980) (EP)
"Party in Paris" (1980)
"Keep on Running" (1981) (EP)
"Countdown" (1981)
"Shake Up The City" (1982) (EP)
"Another Typical City" (1983)
"This Gun Says" (1985) (EP)
"Live in Holland" (1986) (EP)
"The Road is Long, The Road is Hard" (1993) (EP)
"Postcard from L.A." (Split single) (1994) (U.S. only)
"Betrayal" (1995) (U.S. only)
"War on the Pentagon" (1997) (EP) (U.S. only)
"Day of the Dead" (1997) (EP) (U.S. only)
"Cyberjunk" (1997) (EP) (U.S. only)
"Riot" (1998) (EP)
"The Revolution's Here" (2000) (EP)
"Drunken Sailor" (2002)
"666 Yeah" (2006)
[edit] Tributes/References
"I Lost My Love (to a UK Sub)" track by The Gonads (1982)
"(Give Me) Charlie Harper (Any Day)" track by The Bus Station Loonies (1996)
[edit] References
^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th, London: Guinness World Records Limited, p. 574. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
[edit] External links
Biography at Allmusic
Official website
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.K._Subs"
Stranglehold
Warhead
C.I.D.
New York state police
I couldn't be you
Tomorrows girls
Nazi cunts
Cocaine
I live in a car
I couldn't be you
Party in Paris
Keep on running (until you burn)
Teenage
Kicks
Organised crime live
Emotional blackmail live
Left for dead
Born a rocker die a rocker
Short biography
Contents[hide]
1 Career
1.1 Band members
2 Discography
2.1 Albums
2.2 Miscellaneous albums
2.3 Compilation albums
2.4 UK chart singles
2.5 12" singles
2.6 Singles / EPs
2.7 Tributes/References
3 References
4 External links
//
[edit] Career
The U.K. Subs were part of the original punk rock movement in England that formed in 1976, with the initial name of the Subversives. The band's founder, Charlie Harper selected guitarist Nicky Garratt, bassist Paul Slack, and various drummers (eventually Pete Davis became fairly stable) under the initial name "U.K. Subversives". The London based band's early line-up changed frequently.
Their style combined the energy of punk and the rock and roll edge of the then thriving pub rock scene. The band had some hit singles such as "Stranglehold", "Warhead", "Teenage", and "Tomorrow's Girls", with several of their songs managing to enter the United Kingdom's Top Forty.
The band played several John Peel sessions in 1977 and 1978 for BBC Radio 1, and then signed a recording contract with GEM Records. Under GEM, the U.K. Subs recorded an album in 1979 called Another Kind of Blues. The group also played a few opening gigs for The Police, as well as recording a set at The Roxy (a punk club), which was issued in 1980 as Live Kicks. Their biggest selling album came with 1980s Crash Course.
With the arrival of new bassist Alvin Gibbs and drummer Steve Roberts in the early 1980s, the songs took on a more heavy metal-influenced edge. In 1991, the U.K. Subs also had Lars Frederiksen (now of Rancid) on guitar for a 30 date UK tour. Decades after the disbanding of other late-1970s punk groups such as the Sex Pistols and The Clash, the U.K. Subs continue to perform.
It is noted that successive U.K. Subs album titles, start with consecutive letters of the alphabet. The U.K. Subs song "Down on the Farm" was covered by Guns N' Roses on their 1993 covers album "The Spaghetti Incident?". The U.K. Subs joined the bill for the 2006 Fiend Fest. The band have toured with The Misfits, The Adicts, Osaka Popstar, Juicehead, and Orange. The U.K. Subs song "Warhead" is played in the movie, This Is England.
[edit] Band members
Charlie Harper - lead vocals (1976-present)
Nicky Garratt - lead guitars (1977-1983, 1988, 1999, 1999-2002, 2004-present)
Rab Fae Beith - drums (1984-1988)
Jim Moncur - guitar (1984-1988)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
Another Kind of Blues (1979) (UK #21)
Brand New Age (1980) (UK #18)
Crash Course (1980) (UK #8)
Diminished Responsibility (1981) (UK #18)
Endangered Species (1982)
Flood of Lies (1983)
Gross Out USA (1984)
Huntington Beach (1985)
In Action (1986)
Japan Today (1987)
Killing Time (1988)
Live in Paris (1989)
Mad Cow Fever (1991)
Normal Service Resumed (1993)
Occupied (1996)
Peel Sessions 1978-79 (1997)
Quintessentials (1997)
Riot (1997)
Submission (1999)
Time Warp (2000)
Countdown (2001)
Universal (2002)
Violent State (2005)
Complete Riot (2006)
[1]
[edit] Miscellaneous albums
Live Kicks (1979) (Recorded Live at the Roxy 1977)
Original Punks Original Hits (2006)
[edit] Compilation albums
The British Punk Invasion Vol 2 (1996)
[edit] UK chart singles
"Stranglehold" - 1979 - No. 26
"Tomorrow's Girls" - 1979 - No. 28
"She's Not There" / "Kicks" (EP) - 1979 - No. 36
"Warhead" - 1980 - No. 30
"Teenage" - 1980 - No. 32
"Party In Paris" - 1980 - No. 37
"Keep On Runnin' (Till You Burn)" - 1981 - No. 41
[1]
[edit] 12" singles
"Another Typical City" (1983) (EP)
"The Magic" (1984) (EP)
"Hey Santa" (1987) (EP)
"Motivator" (1988) (EP)
"Sabre Dance" (1989) (EP)
[edit] Singles / EPs
"C.I.D." (1978) (EP)
"Stranglehold" (1979) (EP)
"Tomorrows Girls" (1979) (EP)
"She's Not There" (1979) (EP)
"Warhead" (1980) (EP)
"Teenage" (1980) (EP)
"Party in Paris" (1980)
"Keep on Running" (1981) (EP)
"Countdown" (1981)
"Shake Up The City" (1982) (EP)
"Another Typical City" (1983)
"This Gun Says" (1985) (EP)
"Live in Holland" (1986) (EP)
"The Road is Long, The Road is Hard" (1993) (EP)
"Postcard from L.A." (Split single) (1994) (U.S. only)
"Betrayal" (1995) (U.S. only)
"War on the Pentagon" (1997) (EP) (U.S. only)
"Day of the Dead" (1997) (EP) (U.S. only)
"Cyberjunk" (1997) (EP) (U.S. only)
"Riot" (1998) (EP)
"The Revolution's Here" (2000) (EP)
"Drunken Sailor" (2002)
"666 Yeah" (2006)
[edit] Tributes/References
"I Lost My Love (to a UK Sub)" track by The Gonads (1982)
"(Give Me) Charlie Harper (Any Day)" track by The Bus Station Loonies (1996)
[edit] References
^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th, London: Guinness World Records Limited, p. 574. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
[edit] External links
Biography at Allmusic
Official website
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.K._Subs"
Stranglehold
Warhead
C.I.D.
New York state police
I couldn't be you
Tomorrows girls
Nazi cunts
Cocaine
I live in a car
I couldn't be you
Party in Paris
Keep on running (until you burn)
Teenage
Kicks
Organised crime live
Emotional blackmail live
Left for dead
Born a rocker die a rocker
Short biography
Discharge: Official Website,Blog,History,Discography,Photos & More
Discharge is a British hardcore punk band formed in 1977 by Terry "Tez" Roberts and Roy "Rainy" Wainwright. While the band had substantial lineup changes over its history, the core members over the early 1980s, when the band produced its key recordings, were Kelvin "Cal" Morris (vocals), Tony "Bones" Roberts (guitar), Roy Wainwright (bass), and Terry Roberts (drums).[1]
The band's music is characterized by a heavy, distorted, and grinding guitar-driven sound and shouted or screamed vocals, with lyrics on anarchist and pacifist themes. The band's first album in 1982, Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing, went to number two on the UK Indie charts and number 40 in the UK Album Chart. In the early 1980s, the group had a number of singles and EPs place in the top 10 of the UK indie charts, including the 1981 EP Why(#1) and the 1982 single State Violence State Control.
After 1982, the addition of guitarist Peter "Pooch" Purtill brought significant thrash metal crossover elements to the band. In the 1990s, the band released several metal-influenced albums, which alienated some of the original fan base. In the early 2000s, the original line up was reunited and they released a self-titled album using the 1980s musical style. Discharge's music influenced hardcore punk, thrash metal, crust punk, grindcore and various extreme metal subgenres. The most well-known thrash metal bands covering Discharge songs include Metallica, Anthrax, and Sepultura.
Contents[hide]
1 Career
1.1 Late 1970s
1.2 1980s
1.3 1990s-2000s
2 Influence
2.1 D-beat
2.2 As cover songs
3 Discography
3.1 Singles
3.2 EPs
3.3 Albums
3.4 Compilations
3.5 Other
4 Past members
4.1 Vocals
4.2 Guitar
4.3 Bass
4.4 Drums
5 References
6 External links
//
[edit] Career
[edit] Late 1970s
Discharge formed in 1977 in Stoke-on-Trent, an industrial city in the West Midlands region of England, by Terry "Tez" Roberts (vocals) and Roy "Rainy" Wainwright (guitar).[1] They soon recruited Terry's younger brother Tony "Bones" Roberts on lead guitar, Nigel Bamford on bass and Tony "Akko" Atkinson on drums.[1] This line-up recorded a demo in 1977. Atkinson left, followed by Bamford, and the band recruited Kevin "Cal" Morris (previously one of their roadies) as vocalist, with Tez moving to drums and Wainwright moving to bass.[1] The musical style of the band was initially influenced by 1977-era punk bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Damned and The Clash.
When Cal joined the band, the group abandoned their previous Sex Pistols-style material, and developed a new set of songs for the lyrics written by Cal. With this new lineup, the band's sound changed. "Bones" played guitar with a heavy, distorted, and grinding sound and Cal shouted or screamed vocals in an anti-melodic fashion. The tempo of the band's songs also steadily increased over the next year or so.[1]. The stylistic transition made by the band was part of a broader trend in the early 1980s in the UK, which is known as "UK 82" or Second Generation UK Hardcore. Bands such as Discharge, Chaos UK, Amebix, and Charged GBH took the existing 1977-era punk sound and melded it with the incessant, heavy drumbeats and "wall of sound" distortion guitar sound of New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) bands such as Motörhead. The new, harder-edged style also tended to use much darker, more nihilistic, and more violent lyrics, and vocals were often shouted rather than sung.
The first gig with this new line-up and new sound was at Northwood Parish Hall, and among the audience was local record shop owner Mike Stone. He had just started the Clay punk record label, and had attended the gig at the band's request.[1] Cal's lyrics focused on anarchist and pacifist themes emphasizing the grisly effects of nuclear warfare and the social ills caused by capitalism. Cal's approach to lyric-writing also added to the raw power of the band's sound. Cal's songs often stripped down the lyrics to a guttural, repeated message, to forcefully express a song's theme. Perhaps the most extreme example of this approach is the song "Free Speech for the Dumb," which consists solely of the words from the song's title.
The band also expressed its political and social themes in its albums artwork, which depicted the horrors of war using an iconic black-and-white photography style.
[edit] 1980s
In 1980, Discharge signed with Clay Records, and recorded their first single "Realities of War" in February 1980, which made the UK Indie Chart when it was released in April, after being played on John Peel's show, peaking at number 5 and spending 44 weeks in the chart.[1] The band also performed their first shows outside of Stoke-on-Trent in 1980, playing in Leicester, Preston and Glasgow. After two further EP releases in that same year, founding member Terry Roberts (drums) departed, later joining UK Subs, and he was replaced by Dave 'Bambi' Ellesmere (formerly of The Insane) before the Why EP was recorded.[1]Ellesmere did not stay long, and the band replaced him with Gary Maloney of The Varukers on drums. Why gave the band their first UK indie number one[1].
A reviewer from Punknews.org calls the music from this period "ugly and jagged without the artistic convolution of their no-wave contemporaries overseas", comprised of "catchy, repetitive, stomping chords[,]...drumming that seems to emphasize creating a hellacious racket rather than keep a steady beat" and "very serious and socially conscious" song lyrics. The reviewer notes that "Instead of creating a melody, vocalist Cal’s grunting shout...blends in with the rhythm", in effect becoming "a fourth [rhythm] instrument". [2] The reviewer argues that the early 1980 EP "Why?" "...revolutionized everything...[paving the] way for the atonal shredding of hardcore punk, thrash, death metal, and grind, but also the dead-serious political ideals and brutal backing of crust hardcore." [2] Ian Glasper described the EP as "one of the most potent anti-war records ever made".[3]
Discharge recorded their first album, 1982's Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing, which was the number one punk album of all time in a poll by Terrorizer magazine.[1] The album reached number two on the indie album chart and number 40 in the UK Album Chart.[1] The group played regularly throughout the UK, often appearing with bands such as GBH and The Exploited, and the success of the debut album also saw them touring Canada, the United States, Italy, Yugoslavia, Holland, Finland, and Sweden.[1]
Guitarist Tony "Bones" Roberts departed after 1982's "State Violence State Control" single, later joining his brother Terry in Broken Bones, and he was replaced by Peter "Pooch" Pyrtle who brought significant metal influences. The "Warning..." EP shows drastic stylistic differences, with Cal changing his angry shouts to a mix of regular singing and football chants. As well, the band used significantly slower tempos and their D-beat punk style was replaced with metal-oriented beats. With the release of Ignorance, Pyrtle and Maloney left the band to form the punk/metal crossover band HellsBelles. The lineup changed once more in 1986 for Grave New World, a mainstream metal album with a glam sound from Cal's high-pitched singing style. Although the album reached the indie top 10 (before exiting the chart as swiftly as it had entered), the change from punk band to a typical hard rock band prompted a negative reaction from fans, and the group disbanded in 1987.
[edit] 1990s-2000s
Morris formed a new version of the band in 1991 following the reelase of the Live at City Garden, New York City album by Clay, with Andy Green on guitar, Anthony Morgan on bass, and Garry Maloney on drums.[1] In 1991 they released "Massacre Divine", which retained the metal sound, though with a noticeably harder edge than on "Grave New World". Cal changed his vocal style, this time to rougher growling, similar to Brian Johnson of AC/DC. They toured widely in support, including their only visit to Japan, but the tour was negatively received. In 1993 they released "Shootin' Up The World", which continued Cal's new vocal style, but the songs were significantly heavier than on Massacre Divine. The album retains the metal direction, although experiments with strange lyrics and song structures, coming close to thrash metal at times. The album received no publicity, and the band did not tour in support of it, resulting in the group's disbandment once more.
In 2001, the original line up reunited after meeting at a party held by original bassist Bamford, and in 2002 they released their self-titled album Discharge, a return to their early 1980s style of politically infuriated and aggressive playing.[1] As well, they brought back their intense D-beat drumming style, although combined with the remaining metal influence, it gave the album a speed metal influence with its thrashy riffs. Cal would not commit to touring to promote the album and left the band, to be replaced by "Rat" of The Varukers. The single "The Beginning Of The End" was released in 2006, finally casting off all metal influences to a return to true hardcore D-beat punk. The band is currently recording a new album with Rat, slated for release in 2008. A book is also currently being written about Discharge, although as Cal's whereabouts are unknown, and his input is essential on documenting the history of Discharge, it is indefinitely on hold. [2]
[edit] Influence
[edit] D-beat
The intense Motörhead- and Buzzcocks-influenced drum beat used by Discharge early in their career is referred to as D-beat (with the D referring to Discharge). It was first played as the drum-beat to the song "Fascist Dictator" by London school-age punks The Cortinas and was copied by a number of hardcore bands in the 1980s and 1990s. In the 2000s, D-beat became a subgenre of hardcore punk, especially in Japanese, Brazilian, and Scandinavian hardcore and punk scenes.
Many bands that followed Discharge's stylistic approach, primarily in Sweden, began using the "Dis-" prefix and "-charge" suffix in their names, and even began using "Des-" words with "Dis-" in its place as a parody. Examples include Disfear, Disclose, Discard, Recharge, Disarm, and Distraught. The bands who followed this naming trend also imitated Discharge's logo.
[edit] As cover songs
Discharge's influence on the musical scene can also be seen in recordings of Discharge songs by range of hardcore punk and metal groups from the 1980s to the 2000s. The Scottish anarcho-punk band Oi Polloi covered the song "State Violence, State Control". During the same period, the Swedish hardcore punk band Mob 47 covered "Never Again" on their Ultimate Attack recording. New York City anarchist crust band Nausea, which was active from 1985-1992, recorded "Ain't No Feeble Bastard" along with "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing", on The Punk Terrorist Anthology, Vol. 1. Swedish grindcore band Nasum covered "Visions of War" for a tribute compilation. D-beat/hardcore punk band From Ashes Rise recorded the nuclear war-themed "Hell on Earth". In 2003, New Jersey hardcore band, Ensign, covered "Protest and Survive" on their album of covers, Love the Music, Hate the Kids.
Metal groups from several metal subgenres have recorded Discharge songs. Thrash metal bands covering Discharge material include Metallica ( "Free Speech For The Dumb" and "The More I See", on their studio covers album Garage Inc.); Anthrax ("Protest and Survive" on their studio album Attack of the Killer B's); and Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura ("A Look At Tomorrow", "Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing" and "Protest and Survive").
Discharge songs also attracted interest from the "darker" metal subgenres, such as doom metal and black metal. UK doom metal band Moss covered "Maimed & Slaughtered", and Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest covered "The Possibilities of Life's Destruction" on their compilation album We're Going to Hell for This - Over a Decade of Perversions, and the grindcore/death metal band Napalm Death covered "War's No Fairytale" on their Leaders not Followers Part 2 album. As well, the Swedish melodic death metal pioneers At the Gates covered "The Nightmare Continues" as a hidden track on their With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness album.
The Canadian industrial metal band Monster Voodoo Machine named their second album release State Voodoo/State Control after Discharge's "State Violence/State Control", and they included a cover version of "Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing", on their "Bastard Is As Bastard Does" single. Other metal bands covering Discharge songs include Soulfly ("Ain't No Feeble Bastard" and "The Possibility of Life's Destruction") and Machine Head ("The Possibilities of Life's Destruction" on The More Things Change digipack).
[edit] Discography
Chart placings, unless stated, are shown are from the UK Indie Chart.[4]
[edit] Singles
State Violence State Control (1982) (#4)
The Price of Silence (1983) (#5)
The More I See (1984) (#3)
Ignorance (1985) (#7)
[edit] EPs
Realities of War (1980) (#5)
Fight Back (1980) (#4)
Decontrol (Discharge EP) (1980) (#2)
Why (Discharge EP) (1981) (#1)
Never Again (Discharge EP) (indie #3, UK Singles Chart #64)[5]
Warning: Her Majesty's Government Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1983) (#6)
Beginning of the End (Discharge EP) (2006)
[edit] Albums
Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982) (indie #2, UK Album Chart #40)[5]
Grave New World (Discharge album) (1986) (#8)
Massacre Divine (1991)
Shootin' Up The World (1993)
Discharge (Discharge album) (2002)
Desensitise (August 2008)
[edit] Compilations
Never Again (1984) (#13)
1980-1986 (1986)
Protest and Survive (1992)
Vision of War (1997)
The Clay Punk Singles Collection (1995)
Hardcore Hits (1999)
Society's Victims (2004)
[edit] Other
Demo recording from 1977
Live album: Live at the City Gardens, New Jersey (1989)
Tribute album: Discharged (1992)
Live album: Live: The Nightmare Continues (1996)
Tribute album: In Defence Of Our Future: A Tribute To Discharge (1999)
Split album with MG15 (2006)
[edit] Past members
[edit] Vocals
Tony Rat* 2008
Terry "Tez" Roberts (1977)
Kelvin "Cal" Morris (1977-1987, 1991-1995, 1997-2003)
Rob "Rocky Shades" Berkley (1987)
[edit] Guitar
Roy "Rainy" Wainwright (1977)
Tony "Bones" Roberts
Andy Green (1991-1995)
Stephen "Fish" Brooks (1986-1987)
Les "The Mole" Hunt (1984-1986)
Peter "Pooch" Pyrtle (1983-1984)
Labanthorsen "The Torn" Ekeroth (1995-1999)
[edit] Bass
Roy "Rainy" Wainwright
Anthony "Jake" Morgan (1991-1995)
Nick Bushell
Nigel Bamford
[edit] Drums
Dave "Proper" Caution (2006-present)
Terry "Tez" Roberts (1977-1981, 1997-2006)
Micky Gibson (1984-1986)
Garry Maloney (1981-1984, 1986-1987, 1991-1995)
Dave 'Bambi' Ellesmere (1981)
Tony "Akko" Atkinson (1977-1979)
Keith Haynes (1981)
Andrea Pisu 2005
[edit] References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Glasper, Ian (2004). Burning Britain: The History of Punk 1980-1984. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 1-901447-24-3.
^ a b Punknews.org Discharge - Why [reissue]
^ Glasper 2004, p. 171.
^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1999. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
^ a b Strong, Martin C. (1999). The Great Alternative & Indie Discography. Canongate. ISBN 0-86241-913-1.
[edit] External links
Discharge Official Website
Discharge at MySpace
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discharge_(band)"
State violence, State control
Never again
Realities of war
Live punk and disorderly
Hyper overload
They lie, you die
Decontrol
See nothing, hear nothing, say nothing
2006 live in Croydon London pt 1
2006 live in Croydon London pt 2
TJ's Newport South Wales 2008
A look at tomorrow: Wasted 2004
A look at tomorrow: Bristol 2006
Cries of help: Newport 2008
Never Again:Hanley 1983 crowd camera.
Live '83-The Possibility Of Life's Destruction
The band's music is characterized by a heavy, distorted, and grinding guitar-driven sound and shouted or screamed vocals, with lyrics on anarchist and pacifist themes. The band's first album in 1982, Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing, went to number two on the UK Indie charts and number 40 in the UK Album Chart. In the early 1980s, the group had a number of singles and EPs place in the top 10 of the UK indie charts, including the 1981 EP Why(#1) and the 1982 single State Violence State Control.
After 1982, the addition of guitarist Peter "Pooch" Purtill brought significant thrash metal crossover elements to the band. In the 1990s, the band released several metal-influenced albums, which alienated some of the original fan base. In the early 2000s, the original line up was reunited and they released a self-titled album using the 1980s musical style. Discharge's music influenced hardcore punk, thrash metal, crust punk, grindcore and various extreme metal subgenres. The most well-known thrash metal bands covering Discharge songs include Metallica, Anthrax, and Sepultura.
Contents[hide]
1 Career
1.1 Late 1970s
1.2 1980s
1.3 1990s-2000s
2 Influence
2.1 D-beat
2.2 As cover songs
3 Discography
3.1 Singles
3.2 EPs
3.3 Albums
3.4 Compilations
3.5 Other
4 Past members
4.1 Vocals
4.2 Guitar
4.3 Bass
4.4 Drums
5 References
6 External links
//
[edit] Career
[edit] Late 1970s
Discharge formed in 1977 in Stoke-on-Trent, an industrial city in the West Midlands region of England, by Terry "Tez" Roberts (vocals) and Roy "Rainy" Wainwright (guitar).[1] They soon recruited Terry's younger brother Tony "Bones" Roberts on lead guitar, Nigel Bamford on bass and Tony "Akko" Atkinson on drums.[1] This line-up recorded a demo in 1977. Atkinson left, followed by Bamford, and the band recruited Kevin "Cal" Morris (previously one of their roadies) as vocalist, with Tez moving to drums and Wainwright moving to bass.[1] The musical style of the band was initially influenced by 1977-era punk bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Damned and The Clash.
When Cal joined the band, the group abandoned their previous Sex Pistols-style material, and developed a new set of songs for the lyrics written by Cal. With this new lineup, the band's sound changed. "Bones" played guitar with a heavy, distorted, and grinding sound and Cal shouted or screamed vocals in an anti-melodic fashion. The tempo of the band's songs also steadily increased over the next year or so.[1]. The stylistic transition made by the band was part of a broader trend in the early 1980s in the UK, which is known as "UK 82" or Second Generation UK Hardcore. Bands such as Discharge, Chaos UK, Amebix, and Charged GBH took the existing 1977-era punk sound and melded it with the incessant, heavy drumbeats and "wall of sound" distortion guitar sound of New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) bands such as Motörhead. The new, harder-edged style also tended to use much darker, more nihilistic, and more violent lyrics, and vocals were often shouted rather than sung.
The first gig with this new line-up and new sound was at Northwood Parish Hall, and among the audience was local record shop owner Mike Stone. He had just started the Clay punk record label, and had attended the gig at the band's request.[1] Cal's lyrics focused on anarchist and pacifist themes emphasizing the grisly effects of nuclear warfare and the social ills caused by capitalism. Cal's approach to lyric-writing also added to the raw power of the band's sound. Cal's songs often stripped down the lyrics to a guttural, repeated message, to forcefully express a song's theme. Perhaps the most extreme example of this approach is the song "Free Speech for the Dumb," which consists solely of the words from the song's title.
The band also expressed its political and social themes in its albums artwork, which depicted the horrors of war using an iconic black-and-white photography style.
[edit] 1980s
In 1980, Discharge signed with Clay Records, and recorded their first single "Realities of War" in February 1980, which made the UK Indie Chart when it was released in April, after being played on John Peel's show, peaking at number 5 and spending 44 weeks in the chart.[1] The band also performed their first shows outside of Stoke-on-Trent in 1980, playing in Leicester, Preston and Glasgow. After two further EP releases in that same year, founding member Terry Roberts (drums) departed, later joining UK Subs, and he was replaced by Dave 'Bambi' Ellesmere (formerly of The Insane) before the Why EP was recorded.[1]Ellesmere did not stay long, and the band replaced him with Gary Maloney of The Varukers on drums. Why gave the band their first UK indie number one[1].
A reviewer from Punknews.org calls the music from this period "ugly and jagged without the artistic convolution of their no-wave contemporaries overseas", comprised of "catchy, repetitive, stomping chords[,]...drumming that seems to emphasize creating a hellacious racket rather than keep a steady beat" and "very serious and socially conscious" song lyrics. The reviewer notes that "Instead of creating a melody, vocalist Cal’s grunting shout...blends in with the rhythm", in effect becoming "a fourth [rhythm] instrument". [2] The reviewer argues that the early 1980 EP "Why?" "...revolutionized everything...[paving the] way for the atonal shredding of hardcore punk, thrash, death metal, and grind, but also the dead-serious political ideals and brutal backing of crust hardcore." [2] Ian Glasper described the EP as "one of the most potent anti-war records ever made".[3]
Discharge recorded their first album, 1982's Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing, which was the number one punk album of all time in a poll by Terrorizer magazine.[1] The album reached number two on the indie album chart and number 40 in the UK Album Chart.[1] The group played regularly throughout the UK, often appearing with bands such as GBH and The Exploited, and the success of the debut album also saw them touring Canada, the United States, Italy, Yugoslavia, Holland, Finland, and Sweden.[1]
Guitarist Tony "Bones" Roberts departed after 1982's "State Violence State Control" single, later joining his brother Terry in Broken Bones, and he was replaced by Peter "Pooch" Pyrtle who brought significant metal influences. The "Warning..." EP shows drastic stylistic differences, with Cal changing his angry shouts to a mix of regular singing and football chants. As well, the band used significantly slower tempos and their D-beat punk style was replaced with metal-oriented beats. With the release of Ignorance, Pyrtle and Maloney left the band to form the punk/metal crossover band HellsBelles. The lineup changed once more in 1986 for Grave New World, a mainstream metal album with a glam sound from Cal's high-pitched singing style. Although the album reached the indie top 10 (before exiting the chart as swiftly as it had entered), the change from punk band to a typical hard rock band prompted a negative reaction from fans, and the group disbanded in 1987.
[edit] 1990s-2000s
Morris formed a new version of the band in 1991 following the reelase of the Live at City Garden, New York City album by Clay, with Andy Green on guitar, Anthony Morgan on bass, and Garry Maloney on drums.[1] In 1991 they released "Massacre Divine", which retained the metal sound, though with a noticeably harder edge than on "Grave New World". Cal changed his vocal style, this time to rougher growling, similar to Brian Johnson of AC/DC. They toured widely in support, including their only visit to Japan, but the tour was negatively received. In 1993 they released "Shootin' Up The World", which continued Cal's new vocal style, but the songs were significantly heavier than on Massacre Divine. The album retains the metal direction, although experiments with strange lyrics and song structures, coming close to thrash metal at times. The album received no publicity, and the band did not tour in support of it, resulting in the group's disbandment once more.
In 2001, the original line up reunited after meeting at a party held by original bassist Bamford, and in 2002 they released their self-titled album Discharge, a return to their early 1980s style of politically infuriated and aggressive playing.[1] As well, they brought back their intense D-beat drumming style, although combined with the remaining metal influence, it gave the album a speed metal influence with its thrashy riffs. Cal would not commit to touring to promote the album and left the band, to be replaced by "Rat" of The Varukers. The single "The Beginning Of The End" was released in 2006, finally casting off all metal influences to a return to true hardcore D-beat punk. The band is currently recording a new album with Rat, slated for release in 2008. A book is also currently being written about Discharge, although as Cal's whereabouts are unknown, and his input is essential on documenting the history of Discharge, it is indefinitely on hold. [2]
[edit] Influence
[edit] D-beat
The intense Motörhead- and Buzzcocks-influenced drum beat used by Discharge early in their career is referred to as D-beat (with the D referring to Discharge). It was first played as the drum-beat to the song "Fascist Dictator" by London school-age punks The Cortinas and was copied by a number of hardcore bands in the 1980s and 1990s. In the 2000s, D-beat became a subgenre of hardcore punk, especially in Japanese, Brazilian, and Scandinavian hardcore and punk scenes.
Many bands that followed Discharge's stylistic approach, primarily in Sweden, began using the "Dis-" prefix and "-charge" suffix in their names, and even began using "Des-" words with "Dis-" in its place as a parody. Examples include Disfear, Disclose, Discard, Recharge, Disarm, and Distraught. The bands who followed this naming trend also imitated Discharge's logo.
[edit] As cover songs
Discharge's influence on the musical scene can also be seen in recordings of Discharge songs by range of hardcore punk and metal groups from the 1980s to the 2000s. The Scottish anarcho-punk band Oi Polloi covered the song "State Violence, State Control". During the same period, the Swedish hardcore punk band Mob 47 covered "Never Again" on their Ultimate Attack recording. New York City anarchist crust band Nausea, which was active from 1985-1992, recorded "Ain't No Feeble Bastard" along with "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing", on The Punk Terrorist Anthology, Vol. 1. Swedish grindcore band Nasum covered "Visions of War" for a tribute compilation. D-beat/hardcore punk band From Ashes Rise recorded the nuclear war-themed "Hell on Earth". In 2003, New Jersey hardcore band, Ensign, covered "Protest and Survive" on their album of covers, Love the Music, Hate the Kids.
Metal groups from several metal subgenres have recorded Discharge songs. Thrash metal bands covering Discharge material include Metallica ( "Free Speech For The Dumb" and "The More I See", on their studio covers album Garage Inc.); Anthrax ("Protest and Survive" on their studio album Attack of the Killer B's); and Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura ("A Look At Tomorrow", "Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing" and "Protest and Survive").
Discharge songs also attracted interest from the "darker" metal subgenres, such as doom metal and black metal. UK doom metal band Moss covered "Maimed & Slaughtered", and Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest covered "The Possibilities of Life's Destruction" on their compilation album We're Going to Hell for This - Over a Decade of Perversions, and the grindcore/death metal band Napalm Death covered "War's No Fairytale" on their Leaders not Followers Part 2 album. As well, the Swedish melodic death metal pioneers At the Gates covered "The Nightmare Continues" as a hidden track on their With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness album.
The Canadian industrial metal band Monster Voodoo Machine named their second album release State Voodoo/State Control after Discharge's "State Violence/State Control", and they included a cover version of "Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing", on their "Bastard Is As Bastard Does" single. Other metal bands covering Discharge songs include Soulfly ("Ain't No Feeble Bastard" and "The Possibility of Life's Destruction") and Machine Head ("The Possibilities of Life's Destruction" on The More Things Change digipack).
[edit] Discography
Chart placings, unless stated, are shown are from the UK Indie Chart.[4]
[edit] Singles
State Violence State Control (1982) (#4)
The Price of Silence (1983) (#5)
The More I See (1984) (#3)
Ignorance (1985) (#7)
[edit] EPs
Realities of War (1980) (#5)
Fight Back (1980) (#4)
Decontrol (Discharge EP) (1980) (#2)
Why (Discharge EP) (1981) (#1)
Never Again (Discharge EP) (indie #3, UK Singles Chart #64)[5]
Warning: Her Majesty's Government Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1983) (#6)
Beginning of the End (Discharge EP) (2006)
[edit] Albums
Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982) (indie #2, UK Album Chart #40)[5]
Grave New World (Discharge album) (1986) (#8)
Massacre Divine (1991)
Shootin' Up The World (1993)
Discharge (Discharge album) (2002)
Desensitise (August 2008)
[edit] Compilations
Never Again (1984) (#13)
1980-1986 (1986)
Protest and Survive (1992)
Vision of War (1997)
The Clay Punk Singles Collection (1995)
Hardcore Hits (1999)
Society's Victims (2004)
[edit] Other
Demo recording from 1977
Live album: Live at the City Gardens, New Jersey (1989)
Tribute album: Discharged (1992)
Live album: Live: The Nightmare Continues (1996)
Tribute album: In Defence Of Our Future: A Tribute To Discharge (1999)
Split album with MG15 (2006)
[edit] Past members
[edit] Vocals
Tony Rat* 2008
Terry "Tez" Roberts (1977)
Kelvin "Cal" Morris (1977-1987, 1991-1995, 1997-2003)
Rob "Rocky Shades" Berkley (1987)
[edit] Guitar
Roy "Rainy" Wainwright (1977)
Tony "Bones" Roberts
Andy Green (1991-1995)
Stephen "Fish" Brooks (1986-1987)
Les "The Mole" Hunt (1984-1986)
Peter "Pooch" Pyrtle (1983-1984)
Labanthorsen "The Torn" Ekeroth (1995-1999)
[edit] Bass
Roy "Rainy" Wainwright
Anthony "Jake" Morgan (1991-1995)
Nick Bushell
Nigel Bamford
[edit] Drums
Dave "Proper" Caution (2006-present)
Terry "Tez" Roberts (1977-1981, 1997-2006)
Micky Gibson (1984-1986)
Garry Maloney (1981-1984, 1986-1987, 1991-1995)
Dave 'Bambi' Ellesmere (1981)
Tony "Akko" Atkinson (1977-1979)
Keith Haynes (1981)
Andrea Pisu 2005
[edit] References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Glasper, Ian (2004). Burning Britain: The History of Punk 1980-1984. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 1-901447-24-3.
^ a b Punknews.org Discharge - Why [reissue]
^ Glasper 2004, p. 171.
^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1999. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
^ a b Strong, Martin C. (1999). The Great Alternative & Indie Discography. Canongate. ISBN 0-86241-913-1.
[edit] External links
Discharge Official Website
Discharge at MySpace
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discharge_(band)"
State violence, State control
Never again
Realities of war
Live punk and disorderly
Hyper overload
They lie, you die
Decontrol
See nothing, hear nothing, say nothing
2006 live in Croydon London pt 1
2006 live in Croydon London pt 2
TJ's Newport South Wales 2008
A look at tomorrow: Wasted 2004
A look at tomorrow: Bristol 2006
Cries of help: Newport 2008
Never Again:Hanley 1983 crowd camera.
Live '83-The Possibility Of Life's Destruction
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