Cockney Rebel, Sparks, early Split Enz, early Tubes, some Todd Rundgren etc...Originally Posted by Sunlight Caller
Cockney Rebel, Sparks, early Split Enz, early Tubes, some Todd Rundgren etc...
^ I'm in full agreement with each of these, guess I may be more of an Art Rocker at heart!
Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Stackridge, David Sylvian, Lives And Times, Dresden Dolls...
Welllllll, from reading the rest of your post, I guess you and others won't agree with me, but in my neck of the woods, art rock was what we call prog rock nowadays... so I could cite the big 5, 6, or 7 in there
Most/all of that stuff ranks as glam in my book, alongside Bowie, Mud, Slade, Sweet, T Rex... and BBDL...
Odd (IMHO, of course)... Coz outside Stackridge (which was mainly over by 77), most of that stuff is from the later 70's and beyond
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Axe Victim leans in a glam direction but with each successive album those elements fade a bit.
And...?
This is relevant how?
Again, in my neck of the woods, by the later 70's, art rock was on its way out in our genre discussions
To the point that when I spoke of "art rock" in the early 90's, most everyone understood "hard rock"...
Mmmhhh!!!... I just thought of looking in PA to see if they were in the DB and they are... in crossover (I kind of expected to find them in prog-related)...
(I was looking at the album ratings in PA, and it's fairly impressive (between 3.75 and 4), though Gnosis is definitely more trustworthy (roughly 9 and slightly above)
Currently relistening to Sunburst Finish and indeed, it's proggier than I remembered it
I'll probably play Modern Music next.
Last edited by Trane; 03-25-2017 at 05:38 AM.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Ok, busy totally reassessing this band (I guess I'll check out what my library system's got on them)...
Yup, prog enough in my book, though their albums won't likely be accessing my already-overcrowded shelves
as fr the glam thing (aside the obvious Bowie slant of Axe Victim), I guess I was fooled partially by the looks of the band >> reminds a bit of Brian Ferry
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
^ Bowie obviously transcends genres but to me always brought that arch/art-rock quality that ensured attention was firmly grabbed. Roxy in their earlier incarnation were a heady mix of clashing influences and the material is stronger than the more successful latter phase.
Sparks and Cockney Rebel didn't sustain over a long period, though I have to admit I never kept pace with Sparks lengthy career. I would have like to see their team up with Franz Ferdinand a few years back.
Someone mentioned Sylvian too, and I think that is true for early Japan but by the solo career he was moving in a different direction, though one I absolutely love.
^^^ And here you are.
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
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