Christine
1985 To 1986
Optimistically described as ‘a cross between Bauhaus & Joy Division’. At least until I joined at which point ‘with Eric Clapton on guitar’ was added to the description.
Potentially some potential I thought but when the buggers made it clear they were pissing off to University I packed it in. They may have careers and money now but I still have my principals!
Here are a few examples of their ouvre which all go on a bit long except Sister Ray which is about twenty minutes too short.
Murder My Emotion 1986
From the Perfect Union Cassette
This was based on Adrian Mitchell‘s To Whom It May Concern
Fireworld 1986
From the Perfect Union Cassette
That bass line has a certain familiarity.
Sister Ray 1986
Live At Collyer’s College ‘Orsham
Joy Division added an extra chord to their take on Sister Ray and we added yet another so our version was obviously superior to the Velvet Underground original.
This was from a charity gig at Collyers College in Horsham at the end of March 1986 and the keyboards are a bit quiet as they were so loud on stage there wasn’t much of them going through the mixing desk from which the recording was largely taken.
Cracked Black 1986
From Fred & Friends
This was after I left but as they’d had some problems recording and as the machine they’d borrowed had to be back the next day I played on it to get it done. This is of the few tracks I was involved in writing. You can hear my pure pop sensibility coming through.
Me & t’bass player were Voice Of The Rain alsowise.
I’ve included a couple of live tracks I like from the olden days, Follow Me and a cover of Sister Ray, which are probably from a charity gig at Collyers College in Horsham at the end of March 1986, at least the year is right. The keyboards are a bit quiet as they were so loud on stage there wasn’t much of them going through the mixing desk from which the recording was largely taken as the microphone we hung in the roof largely produced a swirling mess of reverb.
The playlist also includes a couple of tracks I recorded with Christine’s singer in 1988, Heaven This Side Of Heaven and Stay This Way, the latter of which way originally a much faster track written with Richard of Voice Of The Rain as well as Fred. I slowed it down and used my entire arsenal of three effects pedals to get a swirly pad like background..
Stay this way originally a much faster track written with Richard of Voice Of The Rain as well as Fred which I slowed it down and used my entire arsenal of three effects pedals to get a swirly pad like background.