Tag Archives: Martin Fry

Rock GPA: ABC [part 6]

Posted on August 12, 2011 by postpunkmonk

ABC – Up | 1989 – 1.5 After revisiting blue-eyed soul on “Alphabet City,” ABC’s next move was their hardly innovative jumping of the house music train that by the end of the decade, was hogging the musical tracks. After … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: ABC [part 5]

Posted on August 11, 2011 by postpunkmonk

After the wacky third album from ABC hit the streets in 1985, you could be excused for wondering “well, what will those guys come up with next?” Three albums, three images; all very different from each other. The truth is, … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: ABC [part 4]

Posted on August 10, 2011 by postpunkmonk

ABC – How To Be A Zillionaire | 1985 – 4 After striking out on a massive commercial level with their second album, “Beauty Stab” as well as losing a third of the remaining band when saxophonist Stephen Singleton departed … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: ABC [part 1]

Posted on August 5, 2011 by postpunkmonk

I remember vividly when I first heard ABC. Again, I was listening to WPRK-FM a lot back in the summer of ’82. They were moving from the West Coast Hardcore trend of late ’81 to the UK funk trend of … Continue reading →