You quoted my post so I responded. Are we talking about the same band?
i.e. Porcupine Tree?
Edit; no I think you meant Japan were tight mofos, I just went back and looked at the quotes and saw how that got interpreted.
Good band live, I saw them at The Electric in Camden in 1980 or 81.
Shriekback were exceptional - spawned from XTC, and when I saw them they had Lu Edmonds on guitar - now with PIL again. Brilliant gig, one of the best I ever attended.
Back in the day eh?
How long ago was that? P.Tree are a pretty big band now, and have been smart about how they sell their material and merchandise. No mega-lable ripping them off, selling through their website etc.
The keyboard player Richard Barbieri was dating a friend who wasn't all that aware of what he did, of knew about Japan particularly.
We used to meet for lunch together as a small group and he was very quiet and perhaps shy or socially retiring (tortured artist effect!)
I was the one telling her...
The Simple Minds.
Empires and Dance 1980
Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call 1981
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) 1982
Sparkle in The Rain 1984
Once Upon A Time 1985
Live In The City Of Light 1987
Street Fighting Years 1989