Telekon, Gary Numan’s fourth album, the second album post Tubeway Army, begins with the most crushing slow rock synth groove of “This Wreckage” and, in that early, nasal, almost robotic, most distinctive voice, he sings the first lyric: “And what if God’s dead?” This was heady stuff for a 16 year old me, who hadContinue reading “#818: N is for Numan, Gary”
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#801: M is for The Minus 5
Portland, Oregon music giant, Scott McCaughey, inducted into the state’s Music Hall of Fame in 2022, founder of The Young Fresh Fellows, once an auxiliary member of R.E.M., frequent collaborator and friendof Peter Buck and English rocker Robyn Hitchcock, has been over the last few decades writing and recording under the band name The MinusContinue reading “#801: M is for The Minus 5”
#697: F is for The Fixx
The Fixx stands near the top ofmy list of the greatest 80’s bands, in part because their music doesn’tsound dated–there are no dumbdrum machines, no easily identifiablesynthesizer cliches or sequencers. Their timelessness comes from the key instrumental fact that they were a rock band. They stand outbecause each player, not just oneor two, had aContinue reading “#697: F is for The Fixx”
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