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Re: [Bombast] Mark E Smith in Mojo magazine


> There was a band that lived just around the corner from me in the 60's
> called Barclay James Harvest. They made a few albums and had very
> limited UK success but were massive in Germany, not sure what it was
> that the Germans saw in their music that no one else did. They (like The

They were huge in Britain too. Hardly limited success! I saw them in 75, 76 and
77 but by then they were well past their peak - they got bigger though. They
used to sell out the Guildhall / City Hall circuit.

Album I liked best was "Everyone Is Everybody Else".


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Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:26 pm

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Did anyone see the little piece in Mojo magazine where he talks about sixties weirdo band the Monks? Check out the entry in Wikipedia - ...
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Oct 14, 2006
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Very interesting. Having watched some of the clips of The Monks I see the similarities with The Fall. Driving drum beat, distorted bass, lo tech keyboard ...
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Oct 16, 2006
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... They were huge in Britain too. Hardly limited success! I saw them in 75, 76 and 77 but by then they were well past their peak - they got bigger though....
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... OK, maybe I didn't consider the "hall" circuit that big. There were lots of bands on that circuit back then. They were approx 2,000 capacity venues and I...
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... although the surviving ... interesting to see ... broad age range from ... Yes, I saw the Monks' first reunion gig, which was also their first in their...
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