JBC influences on me
Date: Mon 10 Nov 2003 - 03:02:11 PST
Pat has turned me on to some really cool music too
British Sea Power (heard Pat mention them in an interview) The Song "A little Electricity" "Childhood Memories" is an awesome song.
Bill Drummond (The JBC did "King of Joy" on KCRW) I bought Bill Drummond The Man LP and it is a great piece of work
Slipstream - I received a tape from Pat a while back
that had a few slipstream songs on the B-side.
"Hearing Voices" was one of them. I bought their
self-entitled CD "Slipstream" from Carrot Top Records.
Let me first say that the drum sounds on this CD is
fucking incredible. It features a X Spacemen 3 member
Mark Refoy. There are several really great songs on
this disk. "One Step Ahead" "Feel Good Again"
"Riverside"
The Black Watch - I saw them play in Los Angeles with the JBC in the early 90's. My favorite CD by them is called "Flowering" on DR. Dream records. The song Jennifer is one of my favorites.
The Woodentops - Rolo McGinty's band. I only have the CD "Giant" but I must say, that their sound is very similar to early JBC stuff (Kinda). Sometimes Rolo's voice sounds like Pat, or the closest I have ever heard anyone sound like Pat.
Swamp Zombies - When I saw the JBC for the first time, their Roadie Harry Harris (I believe is his last name) {RIP} and drummer Paul Mulreany both had on Swamp Zombie tee shirts. Well I just had to hear what they sounded like with a name like that. I don’t know what kind of music it is, humorous, surf, folk??? Anyways they have several really cool songs like "Oatmeal" "I Bawled" "Oddball" "Damnedest Thing" "She's So Far Out She's In"
David J - I was a Bauhaus fan first but after learning
that David J played with the JBC I thought I should
listen to his solo stuff and that was one of the best
decisions I ever made. Now my two favorite songwriters
are Pat Fish and David J. It used to be John Lennon
until I heard Pat Fish and David J. To me I think
David J made Bauhaus and Love and Rockets. In my
opinion Peter Murphy basically tried to sound like
David Bowie, Daniel Ash was too glam for my tastes,
but David J is what brought that darkness and goth
sound. Oh yeah his brother Kevin Haskins is an awesome
drummer. When I listen to Bauhaus or Love and Rockets
I usually fast forward the Daniel Ash songs, but the
David J songs I am just in awe. David J wrote one of
the best lyrics of all time "You cannot go against
Nature, because when you do, Go against nature, Its
part of nature too"
Everyone should hear is new songs like "Mess Up" "Goth
Girls" "The Trees in silence sing" or the stuff he did
with Max Eider like "Songs from another season" or
"Urban Urbane". One really cool song is called "Ship
of fools" which has Max, Pat and O.P. Jones on it,
another is "The party's over" which has Pat singing
backup.
Shakespeare & the Bible - O.P. Jones gave me a copy of his band's CD "If you want to get to heaven...You don’t want to start from here. It has some really cool songs. My favorite is their version of "Mind like a playgroup" but Fritzi’s Bar is awesome too.
some other cool bands/musicians I heard of through or because of the JBC, Downly Mildew, M walking on the water, Spacemen3, Blue Aeroplanes
I know there are more but I cant think of any right now and I know I took enough of everyones time.
Mark
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