The Stone Roses
In the late 1980s, British pop music entered a low ebb. Manchester, which had created British New Wave music, also became depressed during this period.
Just when British music was about to enter the dreary 90s, a band called The Stone Roses emerged.
The band was formerly a Manchester band called English Rose, founded by guitarist John Squire and vocalist Ian Brown.
The Stone Roses were formed in 1985 when drummer Reni, guitarist Andy Couzens and bassist Pete Garner joined.
The publication of their first album "The Stone Roses" in 1989 ushered the British Indie-Rock phenomenon into a new era.
The Stone Roses have naturally become the leaders of Manchester's independent rock scene.
The music of this album is obviously influenced by the American folk rock band The Byrds in the 1960s.
At the same time, it was also influenced by the acid house dance music that had just formed a trend in the 1980s.
They blended guitar pop with indie-rock and further stimulated the development of dance culture. They were soon given the title of "new psychedelic music" by the media.
The Stone Roses are most popular among music fans because of Brown's nonchalant singing and aloof, detached character;
The seductive guitar playing and the ups and downs of the rhythm. Whether it's the 59-second "Elizabeth My Dear" or the nearly 10-minute "Fools Gold" on the album, they all show their talent in this area.
The first four songs of the album: "I Wanna Be Adored", "She Bangs The Drums",
"Elephant Stone" and "Waterfall" fresh and concise arrangement and flow The melody cheered up people who were stuck in boring British music at the time.
The band brought a revolution to British music: bringing dance music to the audience with the buzzing guitar sound, the revival of new wave music and the rebirth of new psychedelic music,
And the response to this album can be heard constantly in the pop music of the 1990s.
The re-recorded band's early singles also performed well on the charts during the first half of 1990. In July, new single "One Love" debuted at No. 4 on the charts.
Prior to this, the band held its own music festival, which attracted 30,000 enthusiastic fans. This was also their last concert in 5 years.
In the autumn of 1994, the long-awaited album "Second Coming" was finally released, and the single "Love Spreads" was aired on the radio in early November.
It received continuous praise and ranked second on the charts. . The album received mixed reviews and only stayed in the top 10 for a few weeks. The band planned to tour the world in early 1995 to promote the new album, but this was scrapped at the last minute. Reni left the band, leaving the band without a drummer, and was replaced by Robbie Maddix, formerly of Rebel MC. After Maddix joined the band, the band toured the United States, but it ended abruptly when Squire broke his neck in a bicycle accident.
This unexpected incident also forced them to cancel their performance at the Glastonbury Festival in the UK.
In 1995, after the band released the album "Complete Stone Roses", they began to tour the UK.
This was the first and last tour in the UK since 1990 once. In the spring of 1996, Squire announced that he was leaving the band he founded to form a more dynamic band. Eventually, he formed Seahorses and soon released the album Do It Yourself.
This also means that The Stone Roses finally disbanded.
THE WANNADIES
The wannadies are a Swedish band. Different from the series of young sound of sweden bands that have been very popular in the past two years, this band started earlier.
They are considered one of the important bands of Swedish pop. The band was founded in Skelleftea, Sweden in 1988.
The band members met each other in a music club called Musikfabriken (meaning music factory)
At that time, the club often had performances by famous bands from all over the world, the cult, the cure, joy division, Sex pistols, Kraftwerk, etc. The band members were watching at one time During Sister of Mercy's performance, we briefly discussed the idea of ??forming a band in pogo.
Not long after, at a local music festival, the band members took the stage for the first time to complete a fun performance. performance, and named the band the wannadies.
But this eventually became the beginning of the band. About 3 weeks after that performance, the band recorded their first album at a local studio called KN. 3, 4 songs.1
In 1989, they used the 4 songs they originally recorded to produce their first EP smile. Interestingly, smile is the title of the 4th song.
But in the end they did not include smile in the EP. Although the album had almost no publicity and the production was rough,
but they were quickly picked up by a group called single of the week! Newspaper columns and an independent music radio station called Bommen noticed.
The wannadies' popularity also increased rapidly. They performed at the Hultsfred Festival in August of that year, and after the performance and
MNW Records signed a record deal. In 1990, they released their first official album "the wannadies".
In the following year, news about the band began to appear on music television programs in Nordic countries.
In 1992, they released their second album Aquanautic, which was recorded and released by Snap Records, a subsidiary of MNW Records.
During a period from 1993 to 1994, when the band was trying to record new works, two producers People were actually forced to take a break due to hearing loss.
The band had to release only one single, love in june, in those months. In the summer of 1994, under the guidance of a new producer, With the help of the band,
the band recorded many songs that were originally intended to be b-sides and released the album "be a girl" in the fall.
This time the band attracted more attention. Please note that in the summer of 1995, the British label Indolent signed a contract with the band. Due to frequent cooperation with the British label, the band and snap records eventually broke up. It was not until 1997 that they had enough energy and time. After getting out of the lawsuit, they completed the recording of the new album and released Bagsy Me. Later, the British helped the band release a large number of tracks. It was not until 1999 that the band released a new album in the true sense. yeah,
But this album made many people think that it was the band's attempt to change the original style, and it did not receive much praise.
It wasn't until 2002 that the band released this album
fore and after was considered to be the return of the wannadies-style indie rock
PETER MURPHY
Peter Murphy, like a man who has been hiding under a mask his whole life, like a drunken man Blue Bird, this guy is thinner than me!
In the days when there was no Leonard Cohende, I would choose Peter Murphy. I think they are very similar, both are the kind of inspired troubadours.
In 1919, an art school named Bauhaus appeared in the hometown of Goethe and Nietzsche.
This school advocating utopian social idealism is a pioneer in the history of modern German art development. An indelible page.
In 1933, the Bauhaus art school was forced to close permanently by the Nazis.
The number of students educated at the Bauhaus in 14 years never exceeded 1,300, but the number of students it produced The impact far exceeds the significance of this number.
In 1978, the whole world was still immersed in the inexplicable sadness after the climax of punk music, cold and powerless.
At this time, the appearance of a band called Bauhaus made the helpless young people feel even more frightened. Their music was as cold as a corpse, mechanically simple, and full of silence and howling. Called contrast. Lead singer Peter Murphy has indifferent eyes and is thin and angular.
I have always suspected that the naked man on the cover of Bauhaus's first album is Peter Murphy himself. His pale skin makes me feel dazzled.
In 1983, the Bauhaus band also disappeared and split into Peter Murphy and another Love And Rockets band.
The album "Wild Birds" records Peter Murphy's band from 1985 The musical journey he took in the ten years from 1995 to 1995 was also a process in which he gradually matured from the dark extreme. The original goth nature has become a gorgeous coat on Peter Murphy.
His music style is more diversified, adding a lot of pop elements, so some people describe Peter Murphy as the goth among the Goths. Rebellion,
Transformed from a warrior into a tender poet.
In fact, through the bright appearance of works such as "All Night Long" and "Heep Me From Harm", I can still feel that Peter Murphy's nature is still as cold as ice , but in these ten years he learned how to think rationally and how to completely hide his true self. This is an adjective we often hear - restrained.
The whole record is as warm and cheerful as spring water, sometimes majestic and sometimes as elegant as a cloud.
I like the song "I'll Fall With Your Knife" very much. When I'm lovelorn, late at night, confused,
when I'm drunk..." I'll Fall With Your Knife"'s spring-like beating notes always calm me down instantly.
Through the crowd, across the world, I, this sad blue bird, have always been by your side, just like snowflakes suddenly falling in the July season,
The river bed has also changed. dry up. I pray that the rainstorms will come and the floods will wash away our tired bodies, but I will always be around you because I still love you.
"Cuts You Up" from the album "Deep" may be Peter Murphy's most well-known song.
He was born in the 1970s and is now in his thirties. There are very few music fans who don't know this song. The violin sound in the background is running against the huge space-like drum beats, which gives a vivid and vivid pleasure.
"The Sweetest Drop" is another song about lost love, which is deep and difficult to understand.
"Deep Ocean Vast Sea" is a song that is exquisite in every detail, while "Subway" makes people feel deeply alone and lonely.
A cover of the punk band Pere Ubu The song "Final Solution" embodies a completely different comfort from the original.
First there is a beautiful melody, then there are firm lyrics. Peter Murphy stands on a high point and guides the children in a direction.
Even after several emotional twists and turns, he still stubbornly believes, Although the journey is difficult, there is always a little light ahead.
The ever-changing nature of David Bowie is as fascinating as a naughty lover, but it is Peter Murphy’s persistence that will really stay with him for a lifetime.
This thin man can make the world Everyone is sad, but they can’t move their lover.
Perhaps fantasy and reality are always at odds with each other. They are just like men and women. Fantasy is absolutely beautiful, but reality destroys it with a cruel blow. of crushing.
If it happens to be a rainy day, and there is still a corner in the world for me to live in, I will have the luxury to listen to "Wild Birds",
At the last note, suddenly The moment you stop, enjoy the joy that brings tears to your eyes.
Because Peter Murphy is still singing about love, I always believe it.