I agree with FredG up to a point. I actually really liked Pills Thrills and couldn't care a bit that the Mondays could barely strum their way through a show.
Where I live (Portland, Oregon) there was virtually no indication of the electronic dance music revolution underway, and though the Mondays were really just a sideshow to the Madchester scene where among many other places that blew up hugely, the energy and excitement that they somehow conveyed was a big jolt in the stale mass-market music landscape of 1990-91. It's also one of the few things Oakey has ever been involved with that I liked much at all. Anyway, I still play tracks from "Infinite Beat" fairly frequently in my DJ sets, while I listen to Pills Thrills maybe once or twice a year for nostalgia. I don't think there's any issue with who will be remembered in the history of electronic/dance/whatever music. For now, I only note that the 1988-92 period of PTV is noted by Wikipedia as the "Fred Gianelli Period." fh ----------------- >Yeah, well Tony Wilson can kiss my American butt. Any idiot with half a brain >knows that I was the greatest creator of a hybrid AcidTechnoHouseRock band. But it is true that no American record company wanted to support my vision. Happy Mondays were a complete waste of time. Absolutely no groove whatsoever because they were so f*cked up they couldn't play worth sh*t. > >Even on a rough night with Gen @ his egocentric worse, PTV 1988-1991 towered >above those Mancunian tossers. > >telepathic regards, >the kooky scientist > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- >From: "Martin Dust" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> You know how it goes, 4hrs listening to someone else tuning snares and >> pads.... >> >> This made me laugh tho, Derrick should have kicked Allen's arse... >> >> New Music Seminar organised by Tony Wilson, held in New York. Featuring a >> cast of Tony Wilson himself, Keith Allen, Derrick May and Marshall Jefferson >> http://dewit.ca/archs/JD/New_York_Story.html >> >> m >> >> >> > >
