1984's Hot New Bands (Part 1)
The March 29, 1984 issue of Rolling Stone featured an article highlighting "the future of rock & roll" via "ten new bands you'll be hearing from soon." Most of the featured bands have now faded into obscurity, but for the sake of nostalgia, Chazzbot brings you their names and their respective write-ups in the magazine, and seeks to find any trace of them on the internetz.
The individual profiles do not credit specific authors, though a byline on the first page of the article notes that the profiles "were reported and written by Kurt Loder, Debby Miller, Steve Pond, David Fricke and James Henke."
Band #1!
Breakfast Club
"We write very quirky love songs," says the Breakfast Club's drummer, Steve Bray. "The songs are really sad, lyrically, but they sound up." As the band's first single, "Rico Mambo," amply demonstrates, the Breakfast Club's forte is dance music: jumping rhythms, modern textures and smart, funny lyrics.
The songs may be about sorry situations, but they certainly aren't mopey. "Now, you want to hear about people who have their emotional armor intact," says Dan Gilroy, who, like his brother Eddie, sings and plays guitar in the band. Previously, the Gilroy brothers had been fooling around with weirder, more comedic stuff as the Acme Band and Voidville. But when Bray, who used to work with Madonna, came to New York from Detroit, his funkier influences were the perfect foil to the Gilroys' artier roots. "The chemistry is great," says bassist Gary Burke, "because we're coming from two different directions."
With Bray supplying the dance-groove tracks and Dan and Eddie concentrating on lyrics "with humor running through them, humanizing them," says Dan, the Breakfast Club is recording its first album. After the LP's done, they'll be performing live again. In pajamas, of course. "The Eighties," Dan says, "will be Thriller and Breakfast Club."
So, where are they now?
Steve Bray has an interesting web page that features lyrics to his "Ballad to Madonna" and some of his other thoughts about Hollywood. (Warning: Page features automatic music and some photos of Steve's ass.)
This page, linked from the band's Wikipedia entry, features video and audio clips of Madonna performing with the band. (Warning: automatic music)
The perhaps slightly better known film, The Breakfast Club, was released on February 15, 1985. If one assumes Dan is referring to the film, rather than his band, in the article's final quote, he wasn't half wrong.
Chazzbot Recognition Factor: Zero. I've never heard anything by this band.
Next up: Lone Justice
The individual profiles do not credit specific authors, though a byline on the first page of the article notes that the profiles "were reported and written by Kurt Loder, Debby Miller, Steve Pond, David Fricke and James Henke."
Band #1!
Breakfast Club
"We write very quirky love songs," says the Breakfast Club's drummer, Steve Bray. "The songs are really sad, lyrically, but they sound up." As the band's first single, "Rico Mambo," amply demonstrates, the Breakfast Club's forte is dance music: jumping rhythms, modern textures and smart, funny lyrics.
The songs may be about sorry situations, but they certainly aren't mopey. "Now, you want to hear about people who have their emotional armor intact," says Dan Gilroy, who, like his brother Eddie, sings and plays guitar in the band. Previously, the Gilroy brothers had been fooling around with weirder, more comedic stuff as the Acme Band and Voidville. But when Bray, who used to work with Madonna, came to New York from Detroit, his funkier influences were the perfect foil to the Gilroys' artier roots. "The chemistry is great," says bassist Gary Burke, "because we're coming from two different directions."
With Bray supplying the dance-groove tracks and Dan and Eddie concentrating on lyrics "with humor running through them, humanizing them," says Dan, the Breakfast Club is recording its first album. After the LP's done, they'll be performing live again. In pajamas, of course. "The Eighties," Dan says, "will be Thriller and Breakfast Club."
So, where are they now?
Steve Bray has an interesting web page that features lyrics to his "Ballad to Madonna" and some of his other thoughts about Hollywood. (Warning: Page features automatic music and some photos of Steve's ass.)
This page, linked from the band's Wikipedia entry, features video and audio clips of Madonna performing with the band. (Warning: automatic music)
The perhaps slightly better known film, The Breakfast Club, was released on February 15, 1985. If one assumes Dan is referring to the film, rather than his band, in the article's final quote, he wasn't half wrong.
Chazzbot Recognition Factor: Zero. I've never heard anything by this band.
Next up: Lone Justice
posted by Chazzbot at 10:05 AM
1 Comments:
Meh. I've always preferred the slightly fluffier, but highly quotable __Sixteen Candles__.
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