OK, so JC's not gone away yet. But we can still have confession time.
After all the good taste that is 45 45s @ 45, these are about those dirty little musical secrets we all have. None of that post-modern "guilty pleasures" nonsense.
Next up, a musical genre that seems to have been airbrushed from history - New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM).
We’ve all got skeletons in our closet. NWOBHM is mine. As punk petered out at the end of the 70s, arty New Wave was taking over. This all seemed too remote to me, so I dived headlong into the head banging, devil sign flicking cacophony that was heavy metal. But at least I never wore spandex. Honest.
Even within NWOBHM, Tygers of Pan Tang were a bit wussy and a bit preening. The band, which came from Whitley Bay in the North-East of England, formed in 1978. The name of the band derives from an elite group of chaos-worshipping warriors in Michael Moorcock's Elric stories called the Tigers of Pan Tang.
Even within NWOBHM, Tygers of Pan Tang were a bit wussy and a bit preening. The band, which came from Whitley Bay in the North-East of England, formed in 1978. The name of the band derives from an elite group of chaos-worshipping warriors in Michael Moorcock's Elric stories called the Tigers of Pan Tang.
After the near-poodle rock of Tygers of Pan Tang, some true Northern NWOBHM grit with FIST. I only ever had their first single “Name, Rank And Serial Number” but it grew crackly from over-playing.
Formed in North East England in late 1979, but gone within a few years (the band had dissolved by the end of 1982). What was different about them was that they came from a bluesy Rock background which they then updated in Heavy Metal vein.They were one of the initial groups to record for legendary label Neat Records (alongside Tygers Of Pan Tang, and White Spirit), and also put out one of Neat Records most famed singles (Name, Rank, And Serial Number, which contained cover art drawn by a guy who not to long after became Cronos of Venom). They were also one of the many bands from that scene, and period that, against all intents, drifted off into obscurity even in spite of support from a major label (MCA).
So...TVVers, are you ready to RAWK!?
Tygers of Pan Tang - Paris By Air
FIST - Name, Rank And Serial Number
Buy NWOBHM
2 comments:
Its just as well that I believe in freedom of speech, otherwise:-
(a) this post would be removed immediately; and
(b) my lawyers would be suing your ares for damage to my reputation,
I near had a heart-attack when I saw how you had defaced my work of art, so lovingly put together over the past 21 months.
What next my amigo??? If you dare post anything by any X-Factor winner/participant, I swear I will come down to your house and rip off both of your ears.
I need my holiday. Just 48 hours to go.
This blog has just turned into a classic 70s sitcom. It's the episode of 'Vinyl Villain' where clean cut JC has been left in charge of the house while the parents are away for the weekend. Unfortunately his less clean cut little brother Ctel has decided to throw a party. Will JC clean the house before the parents return?
Who is the drunken pretty blonde who is asleep in the parental bed? Who scrawled graffiti across the expensive work of art in the dining room? Where is the cat?
Tune in next time for more hilarious episodes.
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