Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by Skeeter:
The original members? Damn - sorry I missed that. :)
Bands Reuniting....
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:I disagree about the Alarm. I picked up the "Declaration" reissue a few months back and it still sounds great to me. Then again, I just bought a Pat Benater disc about an hour ago, so what do I know.
The Alarm are a prime example of a band whose sound has not aged well. Same could be said for the Housemartins and Woodentops. Liked all those bands back in the day, but they sound BAD now.
i dunno about the alarm, they released some really great stripped down singles before "decloration", the whole acoustic guitar played through amps sound. then they went into the studio and came out all overproduced with horns and synths. i much prefer the orginial version of "the stand" then the one on the album. that first five song us ep is a good one…
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:Hell, I disagree about all three. Of course, like most bands, none of them could sustain the magic of their humble beginnings but they all rocked in their days and I still listen to the early stuff, especially Woodentops live disc.
The Alarm are a prime example of a band whose sound has not aged well. Same could be said for the Housemartins and Woodentops. Liked all those bands back in the day, but they sound BAD now.
It was worth it just to see how hot Terri Nunn is looking at, what is she 50? Did anybody else see that? I think she looks better than I saw Berlin in 83. Damn, it's no secret that I like them young, but I'd do Terri Nunn in a heart beat. And the best part is they didn't play "Take my Breath Away."
And as far as all of the discussion of who's together and who's not these days, the schtick of the show is that they're trying to get the ORIGINAL lineup's back together, and it's not so easy. The original line-up for BErlin hadn't played together since they were recording their second album and Flock - well just watch it and see how easy that was.
Lastly, if you ask what the hell is Dramarama doing on this show, you're clearly not from LA because people in LA have been asking for a reunion show for years.
And as far as all of the discussion of who's together and who's not these days, the schtick of the show is that they're trying to get the ORIGINAL lineup's back together, and it's not so easy. The original line-up for BErlin hadn't played together since they were recording their second album and Flock - well just watch it and see how easy that was.
Lastly, if you ask what the hell is Dramarama doing on this show, you're clearly not from LA because people in LA have been asking for a reunion show for years.
Originally posted by vansmack:I always thought they were underrated. Last Cigarette got some play. The Earth Day song got some play too, but I thought that was the worst song on Vinyl.
Lastly, if you ask what the hell is Dramarama doing on this show, you're clearly not from LA because people in LA have been asking for a reunion show for years.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:Ahh, Last Cigarette…you're going to make me break out my vinyl. "Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)" was and I'm sure still is on the KROQ playlist. Everytime I go home I hear it.
I always thought they were underrated. Last Cigarette got some play. The Earth Day song got some play too, but I thought that was the worst song on Vinyl.
Rodney Bingenheimer played that tune on his Sunday night Rodney on the Rock show and to this day that song is a KROQ favorite. So much that Cris Carter of D-Rama made a movie about Rodney to thank him for breaking his band. D-Rama is listed at number 79 on the KROQ bands of all time I guarantee that song is in the top 10 of all time on KROQ, even maybe #2 behind Blister in the Sun or 3 if they still credit "Smells like Teen Spirit" for saving them from bankruptcy.
I did see them in September at the KROQ Inland Invasion, but I'm not sure of it was the original line-up. They were better when I saw them in `990, so it may not have been the original line-up…..or they were 15 years older, I couldn't tell.
Great song!
Don't think that I've ever heard anyone say anything bad about that band.
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Don't think that I've ever heard anyone say anything bad about that band.
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It was obvious to me after seeing Flock play again on one days rehersal, that those guys really blew a chance at being a much larger band…great stuff but imploded after 4 years..
what was up with Mike Score?? seemed wary at best, everyone else was having a good time.
what was up with Mike Score?? seemed wary at best, everyone else was having a good time.
Originally posted by Metal Meltdown:>> To put it quite simply,too much too soon……Ali Score alluded to the drink & drugs and how it took it's toll especially on young Reno….I met them literally on their first tour of the U.S. and they were driving around in a white Ford econoline van……4 guys,road manager and driver all packed in….4 months later they were one of the biggest bands in the land in a giant tour bus and in the midst of a large international tour….Reno was and still is a gifted guitarist who never had the chance to reach his full potential…the problem with Mike is it was & still is in his mind all about HIM…..and it should have been about the BAND….now he's relegated to playing small venues around the country with the makeshift band he put together…shit happens….
It was obvious to me after seeing Flock play again on one days rehersal, that those guys really blew a chance at being a much larger band…great stuff but imploded after 4 years..
what was up with Mike Score?? seemed wary at best, everyone else was having a good time.
They getting the original line-up of Squeeze together!!!! :eek:
Even Jools Holland?
That I have to see.
Even Jools Holland?
That I have to see.
i'm diggin the series so far, i dig how ordinary many of the people are at the time of the reunion.
fav so far is the romeo void, you can still sense the bitterness over being dumped because they didn't project the right mtv image. but, they have all moved on. the sax players story was so refreshing. they did cheat a little on this one because they didn't find the orginial drummer…
the flock of haircuts episode was better than i thought… although mike score is sounding a bit too gruff these days, to make me ever want to see the touring version of the band.
the berlin episode was a bit to tabloid for me
fav so far is the romeo void, you can still sense the bitterness over being dumped because they didn't project the right mtv image. but, they have all moved on. the sax players story was so refreshing. they did cheat a little on this one because they didn't find the orginial drummer…
the flock of haircuts episode was better than i thought… although mike score is sounding a bit too gruff these days, to make me ever want to see the touring version of the band.
the berlin episode was a bit to tabloid for me
Originally posted by mankie:i saw squeeze a few years ago when jools's brother was sitting in on keyboards, it was a bit creepy…
They getting the original line-up of Squeeze together!!!! :eek:
Even Jools Holland?
That I have to see.
Originally posted by mankie:January 30 on VH1, check local listings, but it's on either on at 7 or 10 on the East Coast (I forget which channels I have east coast feeds for on DirecTV).
They getting the original line-up of Squeeze together!!!! :eek:
Even Jools Holland?
That I have to see.
Originally posted by vansmack:Terri Nunn of Berlin: At 42 years old, she is BY FAR the most gracefully-aged rocker featured on VH1's 'Band's Reunited'.
It was worth it just to see how hot Terri Nunn is looking at, what is she 50? Did anybody else see that? I think she looks better than I saw Berlin in 83. Damn, it's no secret that I like them young, but I'd do Terri Nunn in a heart beat. And the best part is they didn't play "Take my Breath Away."
And as far as all of the discussion of who's together and who's not these days, the schtick of the show is that they're trying to get the ORIGINAL lineup's back together, and it's not so easy. The original line-up for BErlin hadn't played together since they were recording their second album and Flock - well just watch it and see how easy that was.
Lastly, if you ask what the hell is Dramarama doing on this show, you're clearly not from LA because people in LA have been asking for a reunion show for years.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:A great, great band…it's a crying shame that shite like Wilco make it big and real talent like Dramarama can't get a break.
Originally posted by vansmack:I always thought they were underrated. Last Cigarette got some play. The Earth Day song got some play too, but I thought that was the worst song on Vinyl.
Lastly, if you ask what the hell is Dramarama doing on this show, you're clearly not from LA because people in LA have been asking for a reunion show for years.
I haven't seen any of the episodes except for snippets of Berlin (I'm taping them all at once on Saturday), but I'm looking forward to it! I loved Dramarama in the day…It's all good.
So I'm watching the Klymaxx episode, which is cool because the band is fighting over rights to the name. BUT, even seeing it, I don't know who the hell they are. I have never heard these songs… They sound vaguely familiar, but they sound like other songs. Other songs I didn't know the names of either.
Ha, the promo to Frankie Goes to Hollywood is fun. "The friction forced the band to go down…in flames" – ha, he said "go down." :p
Ha, the promo to Frankie Goes to Hollywood is fun. "The friction forced the band to go down…in flames" – ha, he said "go down." :p
thumbs up on the frankie reunion show. paul rutherford is listed as being a free spirit :D
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:Wasn't Holly Johnson in Frankie? Isnt he dead now?
thumbs up on the frankie reunion show. paul rutherford is listed as being a free spirit :cool: