Hello Pete and gang-

> ps - I haven't heard anything by "Dept of Crooks" - or anything
else
by Marc
> since WOV folded. Can anyone tell me a bit about their music/style?

Department of Crooks is a mix of Stan era WOV, and old west meets
modern day sampler-wacky keyboards, drunken party songs- some female
vocal accompaniment- by his wife Freddie? And the other guy on geetar
Sheldon Ferguson-well, I don't know too much about him- does anyone
know his story?Also it says Prieboy did some accompanying pianos-
Anyway, it's definitely a cult album-I would never get rid of my copy
of Plan 9- it's a little diamond in the rough...

When I met marc a couple of years ago the Depart of Crooks subject
came up & he quickly commented on his dissatisfaction with the
quality
of the recording- he mentioned he was workin on some new material-
I'm
still waiting! - You know everybody is always talkin about Stan &
course Prieboy is the best thing since sliced bread but what about
the
core of the WOV sound- a lot is cause of Marc. So buy his related
works and support him!
Ok I'm finished with my rant :)
Also I recommend Pretty & Twisted w/Marc & Johnette Napolitano of
Concrete Blonde- it's circa '95- and very good.


Stephanie


I've been known to forget to un-handcuff a few girls.
-Stiv Bators


















--- In WallOfVoodoo@egroups.com, macca <pete@m...> wrote:
> >
>
> Hi there,I've just recently joined this list, and thought I'd
better
> introduce myself. My name is Pete, and I'm from Australia. I've
been
a big WoV
> fan since 1986, when "Far Side of Crazy" made the top 40 here. I
was
lucky
> enough to see them live twice - first time was in '86 on the
"Sammystown" tour,
> and then again in '88 on the "Happy Planet" tour. The 2nd show was
the night
> recorded for the "Ugly Americans" live album.
> After seeing them the 1st time, I went and bought their entire
back catalogue,
> and Stan's first lp. Stan 1st toured here around the same time as
the
> "Sammystown" tour, but I couldn't attend that one, as my band was
playing the
> same night. I liked the "Big Heat" lp a lot, but always enjoyed WOV
more because
> of Marc's guitar playing style, and Prieboy's sense of drama.
> Anyway - that's enough of an intro...
> I hope there's a bit of activity on the list soon.
> pete.
>
> ps - I haven't heard anything by "Dept of Crooks" - or anything
else
by Marc
> since WOV folded. Can anyone tell me a bit about their music/style?