Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

9.26.2008

Lost and Found Video - The Cramps

It is surprising that I didn't think of using this video as a lost and found video until now, as it was one of the first non-mainstream videos I was exposed to, via Video Concert Hall.

From the 1979 album Songs the Lord Taught Us, this is Garbage Man.

I have the excellent Post Punk Progressive Pop Party (P5) to thank for the reminder, as they recently commemorated the release of the Cramps tune Crusher. This brief history and update were included in the blog entry: The psychobilly band was originally formed in Sacramento, California by Lux Interior and Poison Ivy but made their name in New York City as part of the early CBGB's punk scene. They are still together with Lux Interior and Poison Ivy still leading the way.

9.22.2008

New Mullet on Monday - The Vapors

Our mullet for this week is one I actually kind of like, really not quite a full-fledged mullet -- a pre-mullet, if you will, in the vein of David Bowie or Leonard Graves Phillips of The Dickies. It's a little shorter in front, so it's alright. Anyway, this pre-mullet belonged to David Fenton, lead vocalist and guitarist of The Vapors, a British band that released a pair of albums in 1980 and 1981.

Much to my surprise, Turning Japanese was not the only Vapors video to be found on YouTube. From New Clear Days (1980), this is Waiting for the Weekend.

Trivia: The Vapors were discovered by Bruce Foxton of The Jam (and prior New Mullet on Monday), and were managed by Foxton and and Paul Weller's father, John.

A bit of an update from the fan-run MySpace page of The Vapors: Dave Fenton has recently gone back to working as a solicitor (a lawyer who offers legal services outside of the courts), Howard Smith (drums) started at PRS (not sure what this is) in 1982 and still, Ed Bazalgette (lead guitar) works as a tape editor at the BBC, Steve Smith (bass and vocals) still plays in bands and does some sound mixing etc...

Links:
The Vapors on Wikipedia
The Vapors at the AllMusic
Secret Noise - A Fan Site

9.15.2008

New Mullet on Monday - Depeche Mode

Our former mullet-wearer for this week is none other than Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode.

From the 1984 album Some Great Reward, this is Master and Servant. Enjoy the mullet.

Update: A new Depeche Mode album is said to have been recorded, and is, set for, depending on the source, either late this year or early in 2009. Their last album was 2005's Playing the Angel. Dave Gahan released solo albums in both 2003 (Paper Monsters) and 2007 (Hourglass).

Links!
The Official Depeche Mode Website
Depeche Mode on MySpace
Dave Gahan on MySpace

9.08.2008

New Mullet on Monday - Let's Active

Well, it's another painful edition of New Mullet on Monday, as the mullet spotlight shines on Mitch Easter of Let's Active, a musician/producer whom I hold in particularly high esteem. Although most of the time, Easter did not have a mullet, there was a brief period in which he sported one that was nice and fuzzy on top...



from 1984, this is Waters Part, from the Cypress album.


From the 1983 EP Afoot, this is the video for Every Word Means No.
This video is pre-mullet, but I felt compelled to throw it be because of the puppy.

A post in the Classic Alternative Blog archives (click here) gave an update on the album released last year by the Mitch Easter Band, entitled Dynamico. More recently, Easter's new Let's Active cover band, Gravel Truck, opened for the newly reformed Pylon -- the story is here. Easter also plays in a band called Shalini.

9.05.2008

Lost and Found Video - Hindu Love Gods

Today's edition of the Lost and Found Video is from Hindu Love Gods, a supergroup of sorts that consisted of Warren Zevon and three-fourths of R.E.M.: Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Peter Buck. According to Wikipedia, the band released a single entitled Narrator in 1984 that didn't get much notice. Then in 1987, while Berry, Mills, and Buck were playing on Zevon's 1987 album Sentimental Hygiene, the four participated in what was rumored to be a drunken, late night recording session that resulted in 10 tracks -- all covers, and mostly blues. The album was apparently never intended to see the light of day, but ended up as a self-titled 1990 release.

From the album Hindu Love Gods, this is Raspberry Beret.

Band update: This will be a brief one as there are no surprises to reveal: Warren Zevon passed away in 2003 (RIP), Mike Mills and Peter Buck are still with R.E.M., and Bill Berry left R.E.M. to pursue a life of farming, golfing, and parenting.

Apple iTunes