[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Heyall
Are there any mostly forgotten synth pop acts from the 80s that were
trying
to do their thing in Detroit?
I would think that with all the Euro/UK stuff coming over that all that
creative influence would have poured into more than just the techno cup.
Was there
could you email me those?
I'd be curious to hear it
MEK
Greg Earle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/01/2008 02:00:19 PM:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Heyall
Are there any mostly forgotten synth pop acts from the 80s that were
trying
to do their thing in Detroit?
I would think that with
Heyall
Are there any mostly forgotten synth pop acts from the 80s that were trying
to do their thing in Detroit?
I would think that with all the Euro/UK stuff coming over that all that
creative influence would have poured into more than just the techno cup.
Was there really no Human League
Figures on a Beach, courtesy of Dearborn's own Back Porch Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48SWnIJ17Dk
(A few resources mention Detroit, but the group did seem a bit more...
er... Wonderland than Northland.)
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Heyall
Are
And here (from a couple years prior), they're a lot more early Modern
English than Blancmange:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUx-yNTxrZ4
Each member has his own Post-Punk Halloween 1980 look (the singer is
an Ant, the guitarist is Bernard Sumner, etc).
Anyone know if the band recorded any of
thanks for that link - through that I found this little message on another
of their vids
Ah, The Ritz. So many memories of that place. I saw Guadalcanal Diary
there. Also, Dream Syndicate. Can't even tell you how many Detroit bands I
saw grace the stage. Rhythm Corps, Toby Redd,
they have a website
http://www.figuresonabeach.com/
this is great
any more?
MEK
Andy Kellman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/31/2008 09:54:48 AM:
And here (from a couple years prior), they're a lot more early Modern
English than Blancmange:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUx-yNTxrZ4
Each
Andy Kellman wrote:
Figures on a Beach, courtesy of Dearborn's own Back Porch Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48SWnIJ17Dk
(A few resources mention Detroit, but the group did seem a bit more...
er... Wonderland than Northland.)
Just a quick update; homeboy Chris Ewen (one-time sidekick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Considering that Figures pretty much moved to Boston in the mid-80's, they were
more or less considered a Boston band despite their truer Michigan origin.
the kooky scientist
Tis true indeed, but they'd already charted (in a small way) with
Swimming before they
