Word: bassists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still, the Huxtons retain enough force to resemble the early Who, with drummer Arch Law and bassist Matthew Eddy's rumbling rhythm section and lead singer Rob Craw's milk-curdling snarl. Paris suggests that the Huxtons must be a killer live band. The credit for the successes of Paris--and the blame for its failures--must rest on the shoulders of producer Ian "Mack" McKenzie, who committed that live sound to vinyl. For most of the songs, the production is too antiseptic, too well-scrubbed for the type of rough, crude music the Huxtons play. Occasionally, though, McKenzie...
Well, the trio has proved me wrong--twice. Peter Prescott, of course, reformed Volcano Suns into one of Boston's best and most experimental bands. And the other two members of that primitive trio (guitarist Gary Waleik and bassist Steve Michener) have formed Big Dipper, a group with more obvious roots and less fervor for weird than Volcano Suns, but on the same track nonetheless...
...Firm congealed two years ago after the ARMS benefit concert in London, in which Page and former Bad Company vocalist and Page chum Paul Rodgers combined talents for the first time. A few months after the concert, with the addition of drummer Chris Slade and bassist Tony Franklin, the Firm was incorporated...
Well, in these days of Hying V's and Strats, wood sounds good. "Hammering Heart," the best song on the disk, starts with Harvie riff, and builds with a viscous background strum, drummer Paul Tyagi's fast snare, bassist Justin Currie's hoarse but melodie shout and leaves you at the end with what is both powerful and complex. Similarly, "I Was Here" has a tremendous acoustic guitar solo and "Deceive Yourself" some treacherously lovely harmonies...
...first rock band attempting to cross over into the field of Lechmere background music, was formed by vocallist Terry Hall, formerly of the Specials (a decent two-tone band) and Fun Boy Three (a synth outfit that gave the Go-Gos their first hit, "Our Lips Are Sealed.") With bassist Karl Shale and guitarist Toby Lyons, Hall strikes out after something different with this group, and regrettably...