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Itās impossible to post a single song which is representative of Bzark. They were a bit thrash, a bit prog rock, a bit indie rock, a bit trip-hop.
The closest comparison I can think of Faith No More, but they donāt really sound like them - itās more the scope of their sound. Perhaps Mike Pattonās entire career is a better touchstone - they had bits of all of his bands in their canon.
They only made two albums, but their live shows at The Tote were legendaryā¦
Today, itās all about Quincy.
So, Bruce Woolley writes a bunch of songs with Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, including Video Killed The Radio Star.
Woolley goes and forms The Camera Club (with Thomas Dolby on keyboards), while the latter two form The Buggles, and both groups use the co-written songs.
This version actually came out a couple of months before The Buggles, who of course had the massive hit with it. I suppose Woolley at least got to console himself with the royaltiesā¦
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And history repeats as this post comes out 6 hours before Ann St posts the Buggles version in the Songs You Havenāt Heard In Years thread.
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Thereās a new Brian Jones doco which looks intriguing for Stones nuts like myself, although I donāt imagine there could be much that we donāt already know.
The film maker does dismiss any suggestions that Brianās death involved skulduggery, in sharp contrast to the theories that have been expounded in various books over the years.
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I saw this band many times. I legit thought no-one else knew them.
I first saw them at the POW one night when I went to see Regurgitator. bZARK werenāt playing on the main stage but instead in a little corner. I couldnāt believe the riffage.
I saw them at Evelyn several times. I think the guitarist broke his leg in a car crash and they only played a few shows after that.
Great band.
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will always be a banger
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They work best as a fast forward full front skit where itās Shaza & Daza in the 80ās going full bogan
Listened to a few songs off their new album yesterday and to me the best part of it was āitās mineā that goes for 1 min 20.
Thatās about as long as I can handle them for as their riffs are just a dime a dozen and lyrically/melodically they are pretty uninspiring
This is in German but I absolutely love the emotion and passion in it.
altes fieber is about reminiscing on old times and spending moments with people from the past who may no longer be here.
Something really resonates in the song if you translate the lyrics you will get a more deeper connection with it.
Die Toten Hosen are a big rock band in Germany based in DĆ¼sseldorf they are popular throughout Germany and Austria as well as neighbouring countries like the Netherlands and Czech republic. But not so much in English speaking countries like ours.
I am fond of this band after coming across them in the middle of last year, they do great tunes that deserve more recognition elsewhere.
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From Computer Games through to Blue Day, Mi-Sex had a fine run of singles from the late-70ās to the mid-80ās. They never pulled it together IMO across a whole album, but a āgreatest hitsā style playlist is chockful of bangersā¦
Theyāre one of those āfantastic singleā Antipodean acts that often get overlooked, like Dragonā¦
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Hmm itās bothering meā¦ itās on the tip of my tongue but I canāt think of the song it sounds like. Is it Rolling Stones or some other British band?
Under My Thumbish sorta maybeā¦
Either way. Nice song
Maybeā¦ I think thereās something else closer to itā¦ Iāll forgot or get it soon.
Actually @Doggatron I listened to an album this week thatās worthy of testing how sturdy your shed is and I think youāll find a mood to really enjoy it.
Tony Allen, Jeff Mills - tomorrow comes the harvest
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Fonkee.
And i dig that artwork.
They came out for the first Oz Warped Tour in 1998. They seemed out of place on the lineup but put on a solid show.
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One more week.
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Interesting. Iām reading the Stones biography by Stephen Davis at the moment. He certainly casts Brian Jones in an extremely poor light as a heavy handed druggie.
The Buggles song āI am a Cameraā was also recorded by Yes as āInto the Lensā for the Drama album which was during the brief period that Horn and Downes were members of Yes.
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