no doubt you've seen the NME this week with their tribute to Joe Strummer and the clash that ties into the Juliam Temple film Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten but did you also see the news about Carbon/Silicon with features Mike Jones of the Clash and obv the producer of the libs finest moments!!! This project is with a dude called Tony James who was once in the Sister Of Mercy years ago, which can only be a good thing.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/CarbonSilicon.jpg

 

however on the other hand this supergroup might be very dodgy as Tony James seems to have been in a band further back which had comedy lead crooner Billy Idol as it's star. Also the drummer is from Kubb and he used to be in Reef, so obv not Tony Allen then!!! do you think this project will be any good? will the be the next TGTBATQ? or end up quite like some of the tunes below??? it could be good it could be bad but i guessit wont sound like queen :lol:

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/TheGoodtheBadandtheQueen.jpg

 

Big Audio Dynamite:

 

 

 

 

 

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

 

Sigue Sigue Sputnik is a British pop-cyberpunk band that achieved moderate fame in the mid- to late 1980s, when the song "Love Missile F1-11" hit the pop charts around the world. "Love Missile F1-11"'s success was due in part to the song's use in the cult-hit movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Led by former Generation X bassist Tony James, the band adopted a style of new wave music similar to that of such bands as New York electronica duo Suicide and Swiss techno-rock duo Yello, by layering vocals, yelps, guitar riffs, electronic sound effects and short samples over pulsating synthesizer bass lines.

 

The themes and imagery in the band's songs were often influenced by futuristic, dystopian or post-apocalyptic films such as A Clockwork Orange, The Terminator, Blade Runner and the Mad Max trilogy. The band's music and image also mashed together a range of other pop culture influences, including the electronica/Krautrock influences of Kraftwerk, Marc Bolan's T-Rex, and the swagger and sex appeal of Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley and glam rock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sisters of Mercy:

 

 

 

 

Generation X:

 

 

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Reef-rides.jpg

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2KRZz4G0s...ted&search=

 

Reef:

 

Thanks - I didn't know who Tony James was...

 

Nope, I haven't read the NME this week and won't either.

Thanks - I didn't know who Tony James was...

 

however it doesnt say whether he's wearing a big pink hat or if thats his actual hair :lol:

 

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/b/b2/180px-Tony_James.jpeg

 

http://www.nndb.com/people/411/000093132/tony-james-sm.jpg

 

however think the Sputnik stuff is just a bit better than the B.A.D. stuff here (which is B.A.D. by name C.R.A.P. by nature :lol: ) as the videos are alright. Joe Strummer might have actually been more of a hippy than a true punk but obv he's the clash dude who desearves a film trib.

 

btw Suicide are supposed to be cool, there's an album just been released on Mute by the suicide bloke Alan Vega and there's been a few things in the press about them recently. havent got round to reading everything yet :lol: