I was referring to Soho and Don't make waves. I prefer the instrumentals, in almost all cases.Originally Posted by Proghound
I exaggerate. It is all top notch material.
I was referring to Soho and Don't make waves. I prefer the instrumentals, in almost all cases.
I exaggerate. It is all top notch material.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
You can usually find nice copies in the dollar bins of used record stores. I probably have 4 copies of all their albums on vinyl. I'll buy another copy just for the value and give them away later to friends who I know will appreciate them.
John Goodsall has said that they never saw any royalties from Hit & Run and Tony Smith.
I saw Percy Jones years ago with Tunnels and he told me the same thing. A real shame.
I completely forgot Jones was with Tunnels. When I was watching the Chicago performance I kept thinking I had seen him before, but I knew I had never seen Brand X.
No doubt! Both Fire Merchants albums are essential IMO.
Tunnels has some good moments, Percy is a monster, but I'm not crazy about the guitarist.
If you like Tunnles with no guitar, try Natural Selection. It's a very different sound for the band, and I like that it focuses just on the three players rather than having all the guests that imo only serve to confuse the core sound of the band. I had all the Tunnels stuff at one point, this is the only album I kept, and I love it. I had one of the Fire Merchants albums too, but that didn't hold my fancy either. I don't recall much about it now.
Inspired by this thread, and some encouraging from my EO drummer, I decided to buy Product and Do They Hurt, albums I've heard bits and pieces of, but never owned. They're on order and I'll report back when I've had a chance to listen to them.
Bill
Do They Hurt has some great moments.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
True !
I agree with this. Endorse. Second. Whatevs.I'm with you. After buying FrippWire's suggestions, move on to Product, Do They Hurt?, Is There Anything About?, X Communication, Manifest Destiny, Missing Period.
Then pick up some more live releases. Life may be good now, but owning their entire catalog will make it that much better.
"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
In 1998, Brand X put out a compilation/anthology release called "The X-Files".
In 2000, The X-Files TV show had an episode entitled "Brand X".
The Trilogy set contains a fine live-CD with a recording from 1979 (plus X-Communication and Manifest Destiny).
brand x.jpg
https://buckyballmusic.squarespace.c...rand-x-trilogy
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tr...ign-mpt=uo%3D4
thanks for pointing out that was back in stock been looking for one for awhile (I am cursed with always wanting the most complete release so never got those two albums for that reason)!
Dude, don't you know you never buy Brand X? You get reamed if you buy Brand X and not the product the commercial is about.
Don't get me started on Tunnels. Twinkle Ding-Dong music at it's best.
I have to agree that although they were amazing musicians the actual performance at NEARfest left me a bit cold.
those two
Livestock and Missing period (archive pre-debut album) are also worthy, but not as essential (IMHO)
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Totally agree, the NF performance was a mess. But as I said above, Natural Selection is something of a different beast. I just gave it a fresh listen tonight. Since the Brand X show Tuesday, I've played Unorthodox Behavior and Moroccan Roll, and tonight the Tunnels. Of the three, the Tunnels album was by far the most consistently compelling for me. I actually liked Moroccan Roll better than I had remembered, which was nice. But tonight I was totally digging the Tunnels.
So I'd say at least give that album a shot. If it's not to your taste, the OK. But I think that particular album is different from the earlier stuff.
Bill
Me too.
great band. I enjoy all of their releases. Moroccan Roll, Masques, Unorthodox Behavior, Product, Do They Hurt, are my favorites in that order.
Very much related (= featuring a lot of Brand X-members), although not as strong over all is Wilding/Bonus' Pleasure Signals:
In the related vein Marscape by Jack Lancaster & Robin Lumley is considered a pre/missing Brand X album with many of the same musicians and a similar vibe.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
Yeah I was going to add Livestock to the list myself.. I had the first 4 or 5 albums on vinyl back in the day and enjoyed each of them.. Do they hurt.. Masque..
So Product arrived a few days ago and I've given it two spins. I must say, pretty good album. I was expecting it to be a lot more poppy and a lot more of a jumble given that it's different combinations of players. But while a bit more streamlined than the earlier stuff, there's very little overtly poppy stuff (Soho leaning most in that direction), and the album has a surprisingly consistent sound. In fact if anything this albums seems a bit more 'focused" to me than their earlier albums. That might be a turnoff to some, but I actually like it. Percy sounds particularly good throughout, very clear and punchy tone. I'm definitely glad I took a shot on this, I really enjoy it.
Do They Hurt is still shipping, I'm hoping that one exceeds my expectations as well.
Bill
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