New Mullet on Monday - The BoDeans

Back in 1986, the BoDeans had college radio success with the album Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams. They also had nifty mullets.

From the aforementioned album, this is Fadeaway.

The BoDeans are still together, and earlier this month, released an album entitled Still.

Links:
The Official BoDeans Website
The BoDeans on MySpace
BoDeans.net -- A Fan Site

Lost and Found Video - Hunters and Collectors

All apologies for the lack of posts this week, but perhaps this overdue lost and found video will compensate. This is one that has alluded me for quite some time -- searches have turned up a later version, as well as covers by Eddie Vedder and Neil Finn (among others) -- respectable, but not this original 1986 version...

From the album Human Frailty, this is Throw Your Arms Around Me.

Hunters and Collectors, an Australian band, recorded ten studio albums, the last being 1998's Juggernaut. According to Wikipedia, Mark Seymour (guitar and vocals) and Jack Howard (trumpet, keyboard, backing vocals) have both pursued solo musical careers. Barry Palmer (lead guitar) is now a producer/songwriter and was the subject of the 2005 reality TV series The Hit Game.

Links:
True Believers - An officially supported, fan managed site.
Hunters and Collectors on MySpace - maintained by the above.
Mark Seymore's Official Website
Mark Seymore on MySpace
Jack Howard's Official Website
Jack Howard on MySpace

New Mullet on Monday - Lou Reed

In the video for the song No Money Down, Lou Reed was so displeased with his mullet, that he ripped it off -- along with most of his face...

No Money Down, from the 1986 album Mistrial.

Lou Reed's most recent effort is the 2007 album of ambient meditation music, Hudson River Wind Meditations. This month, Reed not only turned 66, but gave the keynote address and performed at the South By Southwest Conference. He has shows scheduled in the Eastern US in April and in Europe this summer.

Links!
Lou Reed's Official Website
Lou Reed on MySpace

Lost and Found Video - Eurogliders

In 1984, Heaven, from the Australian band Eurogliders, charted worldwide, achieving mainstream success here in the United States, as well as a good bit of alternative radio play.

From the album This Island, here is Heaven.

After releasing four albums, Eurgliders disbanded in 1989, then reunited in 2005, releasing a self-titled album the same year. The band now consists of original members (and former husband and wife) Bernie Lynch and Grace Knight, and is rumored to have another album, Blue Kiss, ready for release.

Links!
The Eurogliders Official Website
Eurogliders on Myspace

New Mullet on Monday - Yazoo/Yaz

It is quite a thrill to present another female mullet! This one was seen on Alison Moyet circa 1983.

Here is Nobody's Diary, from the album You and Me Both.

Yazoo fans have reason to rejoice with the recent reunion news. A four-disc box set, In Your Room, will be released in May, followed by a series of live dates that will find the lovely Ms. Moyet and Vince Clarke in Europe and the United States. All the concert dates are available on the Yazoo MySpace Page.

Adam Ant Art

Adam Ant fans will be interested to hear that a book featuring his artwork may be in the works, provisionally entitled Adam Ant Art.

The potential work is described as "...a very personal book from Adam that celebrates his artistic influences and inspirations, both musical and visual, and will include words and pictures on his musical and artistic heroes. The book will feature some of Adam’s unpublished original artworks, storyboards for videos, sketches, collages and original hand-written lyrics and lyrical ideas.

The book will be a lavish, full colour, hardback. This special book will have a limited print run and will not be available in bookshops; it will be sold exclusively online, direct to Ant fans."

Fans wishing to purchase such a book are asked to register their interest in pre-ordering it at adamantbook.com. By pre-registering, you will guarantee yourself a copy of this book from it's limited run.

New Mullet on Monday - The Boomtown Rats

Today's mullets graced the head of Bob Geldof and other members of The Boomtown Rats, circa 1980.

Here's Banana Republic.

Since the 1986 split of The Boomtown Rats, Bob Geldof has pursued a solo career, and has continued his humanitarian work, the most recent large-scale event being the Live 8 Concert.

According to the Boomtown Rats website, the band is scheduled to play live for the first time since splitting, at this summer's Rebellion Festival in the UK -- the ticket is said to include founding members Garry Roberts (guitar) and Simon Crowe (drums), and presumably, not Geldof.

Links!
The Boomtown Rats Official Website
The Boomtown Rats Blog
Bob Geldof's Official Website

Briefly...

From Billboard:

• The line up for the this year's True Colors tour, and stories on a Bob Marley biopic, Japan's Summer Sonic festival (the Sex Pistols will be there), and Björk.

From NME:

• News on The Charlatans UK, The Cure, The EXIT festival in Serbia (the Sex Pistols will be there, too, as well as Paul Weller), Dinosaur Jr., The Police, U2, Lou Reid, The B-52's, and Ray Davies.
  

Lost and Found Video - King

This week's lost and found video is another one that hearkens me back to the days of the Rock Over London radio show...

King, with Love and Pride.

King, the band, only lasted a bit more than a year, with singer Paul King continuing solo for a time. This BBC Article gives a pretty good history of the band. Otherwise, information is scarce, although I did manage to scrape up a MySpace page -- whether or not it is really Paul King or a fan, I am not sure.

MySpace Blogs This Week

There are a few notable blog posts from relevant bands on MySpace this week:

• News of US tour dates for the newly reformed Yaz are on the Erasure Blog. Alison Moyet's blog gives extra UK tour dates in June.
  
• The Fixx is in the studio.
• The B'52's blog has news of a free MP3 download from Rhapsody.
  

New Mullet on Monday - The Church

Our mullets for today were worn by the Australian band (and Classic Alternative Blog favorite) The Church.

From the 1990 album Gold Afternoon Fix, this is Metropolis.

The Church is still a working band, and still includes vocalist/bassist Steve Kilbey, and guitarists Marty Wilson Piper and Peter Koppes. According to their official website, acoustic gigs for both Steve Kilbey and the Church are scheduled in Australia this month, and Steve Kilbey released a live DVD in mid-January.

Briefly...

From Billboard:

• A story on the Heroes Soundtrack, featuring David Bowie and Iggy Pop, among others, as well information on the lineup of the Sasquatch! Music Festival.

From NME:

• Blurbs on Boy George, Anton Corbijn (on the movie Control), and Happy Mondays guitarist Kav Sandhu.

From Pitchfork:

• Stories on Björk, and familiar faces you may see on Converse shoes.