glampunk
Crab On The Rampage
gloompunk; glitter goth: disciple of Rikki Nadir: demonik in disguise, etc.
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Post by glampunk on Mar 18, 2008 12:19:20 GMT
Great moments from GLAM: Denim bringing it back! In The 'seventies the Rollers came
Best retired from the game
and Cassidy quit, oh what a shame .... And in the 'nineties, Brummie rock icon Lawrence of VU disciples Felt, stunned his adoring public with new project, Denim, a Glam Rock aggregate who were Against The Eighties. Denim were more a scratch band than settled line up, but his old colleague Siobhan Brooks (synth, backing vocals) was ia constant, and Lawrence drafted in two authentic pop gods to give it credence - ex-Glitterband supremo's the late Gerry Shepherd (star guitar and vocalist on that fantastic Neanderthal stomper Angel Face) and Pete Phipps (drums). They still had it! It wasn't the groovy glam of Bowie, Marc, Roxy, Mott & co., that Lawrence celebrated but the novelty groups, one-hit wonders, also rans, bandwagon jumpers and/ or MOR acts like Lieutenant Pigeon, Lynsey de Paul, Paper Lace and bloody Shoddywaddy. And head and shoulders above the rest of their repertoire was Lawrence's tormented epic, the seven-minute Osmonds. In the 'seventies there was long hair
there were left-over hippies everywhere ....
men dressed like Jesus in crushed velvet flares
and in the 'seventies there were OSMONDS
there were lots of OSMONDS
there were lots of little OSMONDS everywhere, everywhere ..." Lawrence chucked everything 'seventies he could think of into Osmonds: the bands, fashion outlets like Orange Hand, the pin-ups, the day's big news events (the verse concerning the IRA Pub Bombings is so incongruous as to be shocking), Rollermania, Jeremy Thorpe's resignation, Lee Perry dub, David Essex, Hurricane Smith, Chicory Tip, Ben Sherman's, hot-pants, side-pockets, Candlewick Green ..... When the Back In Denim album was released in 1992, Denim showcased a truncated but still wonderful version of Osmonds along with the aggressive pseudo-bland out Middle Of The Road on Later With Jools Holland. The show was also memorable for Nick Cave and Shane McGowan duet on their attempt at a Christmas number one smash, a cover of Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World. "You don't like them, do you? They sound like two old drunks" was an appalled the mother of demonik's considered verdict. Anyway, if you get in quick, you can catch the Denim Osmonds performance on YouTube by clicking Here
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Post by Calenture on Mar 18, 2008 12:32:27 GMT
Seriously disappointed. I was hoping for little Jimmy and Rockin' Robin' !  |
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Post by franklinmarsh on Jul 24, 2009 13:09:38 GMT
Mwah ha! I've just picked up Denim On Ice from a local charidee shop. Track one is called The Great Pub Rock Revival and namechecks Roogalator, Ducks Deluxe and The Rumour.
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