Most of y’all probably don’t remember Gary Numan, and/or his first band, Tubeway Army; I’d be interested to know what reputation, if any, he has today among the under-30 crowd. He was on the fringes of the punk/new wave explosion that I’ve written about the past couple of days; he didn’t fit neatly into either, [...]
I mentioned my college’s station yesterday, KDVS at UC Davis, and should at least follow up that breadcrumb. What I remember most, I suppose, is a 2-hour-plus-long live interview with David Thomas from Pere Ubu—Davis, California, to Cleveland, Ohio. In the middle of the day. Back when one had actually to pay exorbitantly for “long [...]
The timing of Here Come the Warm Jets could hardly have been more auspicious: besides the mounting friction within Roxy Music, the three main streams within rock & roll were teetering on the brink of artistic bankruptcy; Here Come the Warm Jets served eviction notices on them all. Blues-based guitar rock (cf. Led Zeppelin), progressive [...]
So, it’s high time to bring this unpremeditated mini-thread on rock cover versions to a close—or at least to put it on pause for awhile. Hoping to make this all a bit more interactive, I thought I’d post my list of Top 10 covers, and invite y’all to post yours—or even individual entries—in Comments. I’m [...]