New Mullet on Monday - Shriekback

One of the things I did while on my break from blogging was to host my lovely sister and her lovely daughter on their visit to the Northern Plains (which are, in fact, lovely, although humid this time of year). While they were here, we caught an episode of 120 Minutes on VH1 Classic, which featured a video from Shriekback, a band that not only had a bald singer, but two bemulleted members...

Here's a promo clip of the 1985 single Nemesis, with the added bonus of a self-introduction to America. If you want to skip straight to Nemisis, it's at about 1:36.

Update: Shriekback is still around, although the only original member remaining is vocalist Barry Andrews, who, before Shriekback, was a member of XTC. Interestingly enough, Andy Partridge of XTC played guitar on the most recent Shriekback effort, 2007's Glory Bumps.

As for the other original band members, Wikipedia says: Dave Allen (bass) would go on to play in King Swamp, The Elastic Purejoy, and most recently in the reformed Gang of Four (his pre-Shriekback band). Carl Marsh (guitars/vocals) was in the band Happyhead. Both Allen and Marsh did return to the studio to contribute to the recording of Shriekback's 2003 release, Having a Moment.

Links:
Shriekback.com
Shriekback on MySpace
Barry Andrews on MySpace
The Barry Andrews Resource Center
Dave Allen's Blog