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| From | Bill Silvers <wsilvers@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: Exploding Hearts |
| Date | Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:35:34 -0500 |
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Bob Hutton wrote:
>I just discovered "Guitar Romantic" by Exploding Hearts on eMusic - top
>quality punky-pop (vocals similar to the Clash at times). They also have
>another great track, "Sniffing Glue" on a label comp., also on eMusic.
>Sadly, while digging around trying to find out more about the band, I
>discovered that 3 of them died back in 2003 when their tour van flipped
>over on the way back from a gig. What a tragedy.
>
and CC replied:
> My favorite Exploding Hearts track was "Making Teenage Faces," an incredible non-album 45 that distilled the essence of late '70s British punk-pop better than anything this side of The Buzzcocks or Undertones.
> CC!
>
>
I love Exploding Hearts, and yes, their accident was particularly tragic
- they really were just beginning to catch fire with their debut LP
around the time of the accident.
Some relatively good news about the band is that a compilation of their
odds and sods singles (including "Making Teenage Faces"), unreleased
material and such will be newly available next week, as it happens.
See http://www.punknews.org/article/18866 and
http://www.dirtnaprecs.com/zzz-32.htm for details, tracklisting, etc.
I can't decide whether it's really cool or just kinda sad, but a bonus
on the CD is a Quicktime video of five songs from their final show, at
Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, 7/17/03. There's a nice review of
GUITAR ROMANTIC at the Trouser Press site.
b.s.
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