Duran Duran

T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Tue, Nov 23, 2004 5:13 PM Mick Karn was THE MAN. I'd have to say, actually, that Japan was my fave band of that era. All of the members are still doing music to this day. Japan were a huge influence on all of the other bands mentioned above on this thread, having come out a few years before the rest of them. I think their music holds up really well (especially LPs like Tin Drum), and their fashion sense DEFINITELY inpired DD and their ilk. When I was a kid I listened to most of the bands mentioned above, and now I find that some of them hold up and some don't. In retrospect, A Flock of Seagulls, for example, were a really shitty band, save for perhaps some of the guitar licks on their first record. Frankie GTH, I hate to tell you, couldn't play their instruments at all, and their entire record (save for the vocals) was done by Trevor Horn on Fairlight and Emulator samplers (fact). They were the Ashlee Simpsons and Brit Spears of their day. Propaganda's record was made similarly (it was quite good tho!), and the first Art of Noise (the band, not the manifesto!) LP was also Trevor's samplers in action. But again, it's a good record, lots of fun to this day, no matter how it was made. One band Mick, that you didn't like that deserves another listen is Bow Wow Wow. I pretty much wrote them off an disposable too, but give some of their albums a listen. There's some good playing there, and they are tight and have some cool tribal grooves. Visage were great musicians, but they weren't a full time band, they were pulled together by a nightclub owner (Steve Strange) to back him singing his own songs. Still they were a dream-supergroup from the era, with members of Ultravox, Magazine (an AMAZING and largely forgotten band of the era), and Rich Kids helping out. Their first LP stands up to time. It sounds VERY dated, but it is strong enough musically to still work. Another record like this is the first Missing Persons LP. They were all ex-Zappa sidemen (except the singer), and there is some really hot playing on that record. Of course, their guitarist went on to join DD, which brings this thread full cicle. And now: Tiki. [ Edited by: tikibars on 2004-11-23 17:25 ]

Mick Karn was THE MAN. I'd have to say, actually, that Japan was my fave band of that era. All of the members are still doing music to this day. Japan were a huge influence on all of the other bands mentioned above on this thread, having come out a few years before the rest of them. I think their music holds up really well (especially LPs like Tin Drum), and their fashion sense DEFINITELY inpired DD and their ilk.

When I was a kid I listened to most of the bands mentioned above, and now I find that some of them hold up and some don't. In retrospect, A Flock of Seagulls, for example, were a really shitty band, save for perhaps some of the guitar licks on their first record. Frankie GTH, I hate to tell you, couldn't play their instruments at all, and their entire record (save for the vocals) was done by Trevor Horn on Fairlight and Emulator samplers (fact). They were the Ashlee Simpsons and Brit Spears of their day. Propaganda's record was made similarly (it was quite good tho!), and the first Art of Noise (the band, not the manifesto!) LP was also Trevor's samplers in action. But again, it's a good record, lots of fun to this day, no matter how it was made.

One band Mick, that you didn't like that deserves another listen is Bow Wow Wow. I pretty much wrote them off an disposable too, but give some of their albums a listen. There's some good playing there, and they are tight and have some cool tribal grooves.

Visage were great musicians, but they weren't a full time band, they were pulled together by a nightclub owner (Steve Strange) to back him singing his own songs. Still they were a dream-supergroup from the era, with members of Ultravox, Magazine (an AMAZING and largely forgotten band of the era), and Rich Kids helping out. Their first LP stands up to time. It sounds VERY dated, but it is strong enough musically to still work.

Another record like this is the first Missing Persons LP. They were all ex-Zappa sidemen (except the singer), and there is some really hot playing on that record.

Of course, their guitarist went on to join DD, which brings this thread full cicle.

And now:

Tiki.

[ Edited by: tikibars on 2004-11-23 17:25 ]

Post #127118 by tikibars on Tue, Nov 23, 2004 5:13 PM