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Henry Badowski’s “Life Is A Grand” Has Finally Reached Monastic Ears After 44 Year Wait
This is just ludicrous. I can recall seeing the viddy for “My Face” in some pre-MTV situation and thinking to myself, “this sounds good, I should get that album!” The album in question was called “Life Is A Grand” by … Continue reading
Holy Moly! Henry Badowski’s 1981 Album “Life Is A Grand” Is finally Coming To CD…44 Years Later!
This was one I sure didn’t expect at this late stage in the game! The sole album by former Alternative TV member Henry Badowski, which was an early I.R.S. Records release from 1981, snuck out on CD reissue on March … Continue reading
“Short Back n’ Sides” – Ian Hunter’s Outlier To Post-Punk [part 4]
[…continued from last post] Following a deceptively clattery start, “Na Na Na [Extended mix]” got down to brass tacks as a rip roaring old fashioned Rock n’ Roll song such as Jerry Lee Lewis might have ripped out. Big bleats … Continue reading
“Short Back n’ Sides” – Ian Hunter’s Outlier To Post-Punk [part 3]
[…continued from last post] For his next trick, Hunter reached back into his bag of tricks, but shook up the paradigm at the same time. I always thought that the whole idea the Guy Stevens had for Mott The Hoople … Continue reading
“Short Back n’ Sides” – Ian Hunter’s Outlier To Post-Punk [part 2]
[…continued from last post] Ian Hunter: Short Back n’ Sides – CR – 2xCD [2024] Disc 1 [Short Back n’ Sides] Disc 2 [Long Odds n’ Outtakes] Ian sure looked like a spiv on the Lynn Goldsmith cover shot, which … Continue reading
“Short Back n’ Sides” – Ian Hunter’s Outlier To Post-Punk [part 1]
I was mildly conversant with Mott The Hoople as a kid by the late 70s. Everyone and their pet ferret knew and loved “All The Young Dudes,” their career resuscitating, Bowie-penned hit from 1972 that brought the band from the … Continue reading
Definitive Afterimage Anthology Paints Piquant Picture of Post-Punk L.A Ca. 1981
Independent Project Records is once more diving deeper into the Los Angeles underground to once more find rare examples of Post-Punk in the L.A. morass of Hardcore and Hair Metal. I love having my biases eliminated by heretofore unknown sounds; … Continue reading
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