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January 25th, 2010
THE-BOMB-PARTY.
THE-LAST-SUPPER.
The band formed in the early 1980s, initially as Farmlife by Andy Mosquera (vocals), Steve Gerrard (bass), Dave Mitcheson (guitar), Simon Crane (saxophone) and Mark Thompson (drums), who met on a fine art course at Leicester Polytechnic. They released one single under this name in 1982, “Susie’s Party” (later covered by Yeah Yeah Noh); A second single on Dan Treacy’s Whaam! label was withdrawn. In 1984 Farmlife split up, and Andy “Jesus” Mosquera (vocals), Steve Gerrard (guitar), Mark Thompson (drums) formed the The Bomb Party, with Sarah Corina (bass). They took their their name from a Graham Green novel, debuting in 1985 with the Ray Gun EP on the Abstract label, the new sound described as “a Molotov cocktail of hardcore grebo gothability lying somewhere between The Cramps and Bauhaus”. The debut album Drugs appeared in 1986. Signing to the Workers Playtime label, they released a second album, 1987’s Liberace Rising, now featuring Leszek Rataj on guitar, preceded by a compilation of their early Abstract singles, The Last Supper. A year later they signed to Normal records, releasing their most commercial record, a cover of The Archies’ “Sugar Sugar” (featuring Voice Of The Beehive on backing vocals) followed in 1989 by the album, Fish. A final album, Nativity #3 appeared on Artlos in 1990, the band split up immediately after it was recorded. The band played their final gig at The Powerhaus in London on December 17, 1989.
Thompson subsequently joined members of Gaye Bykers on Acid and The Janitors in the band G.R.O.W.T.H., who released the album For Lack Of Horses They Straddle Dogs. Mosquera reverted to a career in fine art. Corina joined The Mekons and Striplight (with Alex Mitchell of Curve). She has also recorded with Bill Carter of Screaming Blue Messiahs.
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RockersNYC presents:
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January 19th, 2010
The Three Johns - Atom Drum Bop (1984).
click.&.enjoy!!!
A side group started in 1982 by Mekons co-founder Jon Langford, The Three Johns, originally made up of Langford, John Hyatt, Phillip “John” Brennan, and a drum machine, specialized in abrasive, politically charged, danceable rock. Sounding almost nothing like Langford’s main band, the Johns were a silly-serious bunch of political and cultural provocateurs. Recording during the height of Margaret Thatcher’s ill-conceived Tory rebellion, the Johns were openly antagonistic to this new, conservative vision of Britain’s future. And while their elliptical and epigrammatic lyrics might not offer the sloganeering that would easily identify them as lefties, certainly there were enough hints dropped along the way to remove any doubt. Unlike other rock agit-prop, the Johns played a fairly accessible version of polemical post-punk anti-pop that embraced big, messy arena-rock-sounding guitars and hard, repetitive, quasi-hip-hop dance beats. Perhaps the most subversive thing about the Johns is that, despite Langford’s and Hyatt’s goofy vocals, they were, in their own weird way, pure pop for now people, especially those who hated Thatcher. With collective tongue planted firmly in cheek, the Johns took on British and American obsession with materialism, the diabolical Reagan-Thatcher lovefest, the machinations of the pop music industry, all of it done with a great sense of humor mixed in with genuine fear and horror. Frequently hard to pin down, the Johns reveled in being slippery, exhibiting a love and loathing for pop music. In some respects, the Johns resembled friends and fellow Leeds, England mates Gang of Four, but where Gang of Four was dour and serious (bordering on academic), the Johns were loutish and boisterous, which when combining politics and rock & roll can, ultimately, be a good thing. After the release of Eat Your Sons in 1990, Jon Langford turned his attention full-time to The Mekons, putting The Three Johns on what has turned out to be an indefinite sabbatical.
The Three Johns - The Death of Everything (1988).
The Three Johns:English white boy engineer.click.&.watch.
The Three Johns - Never And Always.click.&.watch.
THIS.BAND.IS.SUPA.EPIC.SPAZZ!!!
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