First of...the bad news. And I was pretty gutted to hear about this recently. My good friends, label mates and partners in trouble D-Rail have split. I know most people won't have heard of them or think its very important but this was a band that seemed bulletproof. The epitome of a hard-working, DIY band. 8 years of countless gigging and tours. They played with American Nightmare back when they where called American nightmare for fucks sake! How many of your shit hardcore bands can say that? They have seen and done more than any other band in this country. Its a crying shame. So thats pretty shit....there new album was a blinder. Well onto good things...Telephone box sex cards...look.... Classic. I bought Highlander on DVD for 4 sterlings the other week, and even tho its a good film. It hasn't aged well at all. It did spawn some shite sequels ( and what ever people say about Highlander 3 being the proper sequel to the original it is still shite) and a abysmal TV series. But the Queen soundtrack is still outstanding. Outstanding indeed. I did download said soundtrack recently....and it is making an appearance on the ATP road trip ina few weeks and also tour ina few days..... I love touring. Cannot be beaten. Even tho sitting in a dark van for upto 7 or 8 hours can be a bit mind numbing its still always fun to hang out with your friends and see new places, new people and abuse locals. So this is the tour..... Don't be a dick.
The only 2 certainties in life. Depressing but a true fact. Bit of a gap since the last post. Well, for the very, very, very small amount of people that actually read this. ( which is me and Macky on occasion when he is bored )The Doomriders show was top notch. Doomriders where good, really good in fact. But SSS stole it with some hilarious stage banter and some awesome crossover tuneage. Freezing Fog and Tortuga where pretty sweet also. I did beat the illness after all ( fuck you!) and survived a messy Halloween weekend of debauchery. My skeleton costume did not quite work out really. But i did see a very convincing Mask costume, the Dark Horse / Jim Carrey character, not Eric Stolz in a prosphetic head one. Much wine, brandy, rum and beer was consumed and much hilarity was had. It sort of, alongside this other blog I came across, inspired me to put a little lsit of stuff together. To coincide with me and Macky's trip to ATP in December. Anyone that knows us, knows we love 80's music and most importantly tracks of films and soundtracks...so we are compiling a few mixes for the journey...so far...my favourite highlights have been....
Awesome tune, awesome band and a cool film from when i as a kid. Queen had it all. Tunes, image and skill. But this film was awesome as well. Let down by inferior sequels. And Clancy Brown who plays the Kurgen is Mr Crabs from Spongebobs voice...true fact.
Rocky did really put the montage sequence in the film technique manual. And Rocky 4 was no exception. Forget "Eye of The Tiger", the fourth film had so many good montage sequences with good tuneage. I chose this one because I like the bassline that starts it, very, very 80's processed sound. Probally played ona Hamer bass I reckon, that was dusky pink or maybe purple.
Known by most people for supplying the main track for the Back To The Future films, Huey Lewis has been ploughing his trade for a long time, and achieved some good pretty good accolades and written some tunes. This is my personel Huey favourite..taken from the album "Fore". Forget BTTF and get into Huey. Infact, in the original novel version of American psycho, there is a whole chapter about Patrick Batemans love for Huey Lewis & The News, and it makes it into a few lines in the movie. Also if you ever listen to " I Want A New Drug" by Huey and then Ray parker Jr's theme to The Ghostbusters, there is a slight similarity. More coincidence really. but it didn't stop Huey taking Ray to court for copyright infringment back in 1985. Go on huey.
