I didn't know that. And I am pretty sure I saw Glencoe support someone at The Dome. Could have been Argent. Calling monty uk!
(Edit I was right, September 1973!)
I saw Ian Dury and the Blockheads on the stiff tour, in Brighton and at Drury Lane. I've also seen Watt Roy playing with Wilco...
Indeed.
I love the first 2 Roxy albums and I love Avalon, but the rest is crap as far as I'm concerned. Street Life....Love is the drug :sick:
Japan were accused of copying Roxy Music. Odd that. I love Japan (not fond of the first 'glam rock' album, but after that....) and David Sylvian.
I didn't say it wasn't a massive change of direction. I said
Without
Changing
The
Band's
Name.
But let's not be picky. A reinvention, then, with possibly a band name change.
The Empty Vessels became Wishbone Ash. No, actually, that doesn't really interest me. Too easy. Perhaps I am a weirdo...
I really meant a band reinventing itself rather changing its name, lineup and direction.
I'll add a couple of others:
The Shamen. Their early stuff was extremely nodescript indie music, then they recorded Hyperreal :love:
Likewise early China Crisis was borderline unlistenable, and then they...
Following on from the Tull thread, can you think of a band you liked that 'rebooted' and became better? I'm going to suggest we stick only to bands with a catalogue of substance - that have been going 30 plus years.
I'd like to kick off with The Opposition. The Marcus Bell reboot (Love and...