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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 1]
I’ve been chomping at the bit to write a Simple Minds Rock G.P.A. ever since starting this blog over four years ago. It’s taken will power to resist the urge until now, but I was saving this series for whenever … Continue reading
Rock GPA: Japan [part 8]
Japan – Oil On Canvas | 1983 – 3 Virgin Records convinced the band to soldier on through 1982 to reap the commercial whirlwind that had finally begun to coalesce around the group with the “Ghosts” single making them stars. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1983, David Sylvian, Japan, live album, Mick Karn, Oil On Canvas, Rock GPA
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ROCK GPA: Japan [part 7]
Japan – Assemblage | 1981 – 4 Hansa managed to release a compilation album to cash in on the gradually rising star of Japan at the time of “Tin Drum’s” release, no doubt causing Virgin some dissonance. The “Assemblage” compilation … Continue reading
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Tagged 1981, Assemblage, compilation album, Hansa Records, Japan, Rock GPA
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Rock GPA: Japan [part 5]
Japan – Gentlemen Take Polaroids | 1980 – 4 […continued from yesterday] Yesterday, we were discussing “Burning Bridges,” a song of such mannered poise that almost nothing happens in it but a gossamer breeze for the first minute and a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dayid Sylvian, Gentlemen Take Polaroids, Japan, Mick Karn, Rock GPA, Steve Jansen
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Rock GPA: Japan [part 2]
Japan – Obscure Alternatives | 1978 – 2 Japan was moving fast from their initial outburst on the scene. The opener, “Automatic Gun” features Stones-like guitar raunch, quickly joined by wailing synth, electric piano, and the dawnings of fretless bass … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Mick Karn, Obscure Alternatives, Rob Dean, Rock GPA
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