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| From | Mike Nicholson <mnick@nc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: dB jeebies / Lef Deppard |
| Date | Wed, 9 Apr 2003 20:20:47 -0400 |
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> I believe Like This is terribly underrated, but
> Repercussion will always stand, for me, as the best
> the band did in its heyday. Everything about it -- the
> songs, production, mix of pop smarts and weirder
> elements -- is there. Maybe I have an emotional
> attachment to it -- it was purchased at an important
> developmental point in my life (from Schoolkids'
> Records in Ann Arbor, R.I.P.); yet it is the one I
> find myself playing most often.
Ditto on Repercussions. I was managing the Record Exchange in
Greensboro at the time. They came back home as triumphant rock stars
in the early fall of 1981. No one had actually left the Golden Triad
and "made it" in the big city except for Billy "Crash" Craddock (a sub
Elvis). The dB's were hardly storming the Billboard charts, but there
was a "scene" of sorts in G-boro and expectations were high. That week
I saw them five times (Raleigh, Greensboro [2 shows] & Chapel Hill [2
shows). Those were some of the coolest shows I've ever seen, ever. Not
a traditionally fantastic band of ultra-pro showmen, the dB's were
totally on fire and played way above anything I witnessed the other
two times I saw them in late '79. I counted that I eventually saw them
11 times during the course of their career. I only saw the Stamey-less
combo once... the 9:30 club in '87 supporting "The Sound of Music".
Even Gene Holder had left at that point. Still a great show.
About that same LP... we got copies in with a somewhat different cover
than what most people see. It was similar but was more grey in color.
The track sequence was different, too. These were all on Albion
import. Most of them were warped too!
Rumors still circulate around here about a dB's reunion at Cat's
Cradle. With Arrogance re-uniting every other week it seems less
like speculative fiction.
****
On the other subject... Def Leppard?! Ick.
They represent everything I hate about modern hard rock. Overproduced
glop. Gimme Budgie, Fast Eddie-era Motorhead and Humble Pie.
I do like that one guy in Leppard, ya know, that one on lead hairdo.
Mick
http://www.stratocruisermusic.com
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