Episode from a BBC series using family trees compiled by music journalist Pete Frame to explore the dramas that lie behind some of the best-known bands. Fifteen years after the original Mersey beat sound, Liverpool again became the breeding ground for many top bands, and they all started out in a damp basement club called Eric's. Featuring Echo & The Bunnymen, Teardrop Explodes, Big in Japan, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, OMD and Ian Broudie. Read more »
1998 sampler of international lo-fi, punk and girlgroup sounds After several Rock Don't Run volumes [ 1 2 3 ] of mostly male bands, Spinout collected sixteen girl groups for this 1998 release. But other than Sit 'n' Spin's note-perfect homage to the sixties, this is more punk rock than girl group. There's primitive Merseybeat from Japan's Pebbles and 5,6,7,8s, buzzing post-punk from San Francisco's Poontwang, Ramones-like intensity from The Neanderdolls and Bobbyteens, and garage rock from Holly Golightly and Greece's Meanie Geanies. The Neptunas give a swinging [...]
Stellar box set of four documentaries and a bonus disc Reelin' in the Years' five-DVD set includes excellent documentaries on Dusty Springfield, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits and the Small Faces, which are also available individually. Each film is packed with full-length performances (some live, some lip-synched for TV) and interview footage with the principles and other key personnel. Though all four documentaries are worth seeing, the chapters on the Small Faces and Herman's Hermits are particularly fine. In both of these episodes the filmmakers were able to get hold of a deeper [...]
wimple winch - "save my soul" (download) wimple winch - "lollipop minds" (download) Wimple Winch was a mostly-unknown British group back in the 602s. They were considered just another "Merseybeat" band who wanted to ride on the Beatles ' coattails. Originally calling themselves Just Four Men , they didn't start gaining their cult following until they changed up their [...]
Winning documentary of early British Invasion hit-makers It's Gonna Be All Right: 1963-1965 is one of four documentaries released as part of a five-DVD British Invasion box set by Reelin' in the Years Productions. Of the four artists profiled (which also include Dusty Springfield, the Small Faces and Herman's Hermits), Gerry & the Pacemakers might seem the most lightweight. But like all of the artists in this series, what U.S. audiences saw were just the tip of a larger artistic iceberg, and this collection of [...]
Teriffic Merseybeat sounds from the heart of the punk era Amid the skinny ties, safety pins and DIY ethos of late-70s punk rock, a few brave souls stood in contrast with well-crafted pop and tunefully sung harmonies. Among them, the Poppees most visibly swathed their sleeves with Beatles influences. Well, "influences," is probably an understatement. Though they weren't a Beatles tribute band, per se, "homage" is a more accurate description of the group's sound. Like the bands sprung directly from the Beatles' wake (e.g., Uruguay's Los Shakers, Poland's Czerwone Gitary and New Jersey's Knickerbockers), [...]
Jonny Cola & The A Grades Genre: Pop / Glam / Indie From: London, Zone 2, United Kingdom In the history of British indie music of the past 25 years the names of Blur , Oasis , Radiohead , The Libertines and The Smiths will be writ large. The influence of these five bands hover over the British indie scene like a London smog. [...]
The Solid Silver 60s Show , now in its 24th year, brings together the unforgettable talents of The Searchers, The Merseybeats, Wayne Fontana and very special guest John Walker (of the Walker brothers). The Solid Silver 60s Show commences in February 2009 and takes in 55 dates across the country. Almost a quarter of a century old, the Solid Silver Sixties Show is still going strong. Whether it's the chance to reminisce about the good old times or simply listen to some of the most influential sounds of the era the public love for [...]
THE CORAL on MySPACE . From the LP SINGLES COLLECTION , 2008 >>> [ MP3 ] "Dreaming of You" [ MP3 ] "Jacqueline" [ [...]
Chaironymus C. Chairington (1999-2007) You will be missed, I guess. My computer chair gave up the ghost last night. It was not an unexpected passing; the past few months were laden with portents of chairdeath. First, a couple of non-essential (as far as I could tell) bolts popped loose and were borne away by the cats. Then the threads on the adjustment knob for the backrest got stripped, forcing an improvised fix which involved a pair of locking pliers and a spare nut [...]
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