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Torn Curtain 01.30.2008 04:54 PM

Love and Rockets
 
Are they worth checking out ? I really like Bauhaus, but I guess the music is different.

Toilet & Bowels 01.30.2008 04:57 PM

check out the comic they named themselves after instead

Cantankerous 01.30.2008 04:57 PM

yeah they're a good listen once in awhile

Savage Clone 01.30.2008 05:32 PM

Tones On Tail > Love and Rockets

Rob Instigator 01.30.2008 05:57 PM

I like thir song DESIRE

ChocolateJesus 01.30.2008 06:29 PM

I actually like Love and Rockets quite a lot. Good shit. Someone freaked out when they saw I had Resurrection Hex T-Shirt. I won't tell you who. It would make him seem gay.

I mean, Gay-er

Everyneurotic 01.30.2008 07:24 PM

i like some songs.

daniel ash and david j are coming to mexico, i don't think i'm going.

SuperCreep 01.30.2008 08:48 PM

Kundalini Express is a pretty awesome track. I haven't been too impressed with everything else I've heard from them.

Certainly no Bauhaus.

floatingslowly 01.30.2008 09:11 PM

I've been a fan since the 80's, along with pretty much everything else descended from Bauhaus (ie: Peter Murphy, Dali's Car, Tones on Tail / L&R).

as clone said, I think that Tones on Tail might be better, but I've always loved Love & Rockets.

Bauhaus was dark and moody and after the split with Murphy, the rest of the band wanted to go "psychedelic".

Torn Curtain 01.31.2008 10:44 AM

Thanks for the replies everyone :cool:

floatingslowly 01.31.2008 10:47 AM

I'll be happy to upload some if you want.

the Tones on Tail was all rereleased as "Everything", and I might even know where it is on my hard-drive...

Torn Curtain 01.31.2008 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floatingslowly
I'll be happy to upload some if you want.

the Tones on Tail was all rereleased as "Everything", and I might even know where it is on my hard-drive...


P.M. sent.

dionysusundone 01.31.2008 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floatingslowly
I've been a fan since the 80's, along with pretty much everything else descended from Bauhaus (ie: Peter Murphy, Dali's Car, Tones on Tail / L&R).

as clone said, I think that Tones on Tail might be better, but I've always loved Love & Rockets.

Bauhaus was dark and moody and after the split with Murphy, the rest of the band wanted to go "psychedelic".



Dalis Car? REALLY? I don't think I've ever met anyone who actually liked that one.

Dead-Air 01.31.2008 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savage Clone
Tones On Tail > Love and Rockets


I second everything this man says.

Seriously though, Tones On Tail felt like a natural evolution out of Bauhaus while Love and Rockets were much more a calculated shot at the mainstream.

Dead-Air 01.31.2008 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dionysusundone
Dalis Car? REALLY? I don't think I've ever met anyone who actually liked that one.


Dali's Car fucking kicks ass. Way better than Love and Rockets and actually better than most of Peter Murphy's solo career too.

floatingslowly 01.31.2008 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dionysusundone
Dalis Car? REALLY? I don't think I've ever met anyone who actually liked that one.


Create and Melt is one of my favorite songs done by Peter Murphy.

I have the vinyl. :D

Everyneurotic 01.31.2008 10:37 PM

i saw peter murphy like three years ago, it was like lestat playing bon jovi in a small place. it had it's moments, though, i did enjoy the show.

thewall91 02.02.2008 10:17 AM

i dig 'em

Savage Clone 02.02.2008 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floatingslowly
Create and Melt is one of my favorite songs done by Peter Murphy.

I have the vinyl. :D



I have the LP and the 12".
I loved it at the time, but it has dated in a not-so-great way.
I can still enjoy it for nostalgic reasons, but Mick Karn's fretless bass is a little over the top. Still, it's a pretty distinct album.

Dead-Air 02.02.2008 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savage Clone
I have the LP and the 12".
I loved it at the time, but it has dated in a not-so-great way.
I can still enjoy it for nostalgic reasons, but Mick Karn's fretless bass is a little over the top. Still, it's a pretty distinct album.



I know what you're saying about it dating, but I really think it did so the second they were done recording it. Even in the '80s I thought it had a dinstinctively '80s feel to it, but in a good way. It definitely feels rather canned, but it's an arty sort of canned, like a Warhol print. So for me it continues to date well. It's just the contemporary bands who try intentionally to ape this sort of sound that bug me.


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