― FAN DEATH (teenagequiet), Thursday, 13 July 2006 12:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 13 July 2006 13:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Thom Yorke Is My Spirit Guide (kate), Thursday, 13 July 2006 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Johnny Boy (lovelyludwig), Monday, 17 July 2006 21:35 (seventeen years ago) link
Good grief, what was this store? My family lives in Carmel and who knows what else might be tucked away there.
As for inaudible vocals, well, that's kinda the way Robert sung then!
Anyway, welcome, but a tip -- don't say "I didn't read the rest of the thread responses" or anything like that. Actually *read* them first. We're here to help. ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 July 2006 21:42 (seventeen years ago) link
"31.10.06. Loop reissuesI'd like to announce, after much pleading, badgering, coercement etc. from many (THANK YOU!), that I am finally putting the wheels into motion on a LOOP Reissue programme. No formal plans have been made as yet, it is very, very, very early days and it may take some time, but the intent is there after all this time. Seeing that 2007 will mark the 20th Anniversary of the release of HEAVEN'S END, I feel I have no excuses left to leave the material out of print. Hopefully, a full and extensive remastering process will be involved, but that's all I can say right at this moment. I will certainly keep you all up to date with further postings... "
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 13:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― hank (hank s), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 14:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― come on baby let's go downtown (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 14:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― righteousmaelstrom (righteousmaelstrom), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link
omg, got this album in the post today and am currently listening to it! to quote nathan barley, coincimental!
― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link
I have teh dronerock cred! Nyeah!
(But it, with all my vinyl, is still in storage at my mum's house. Bah.)
I will probably get all the reissues anyway. Coz I'm sad like that.
― Breaking Under The Crush (kate), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 19:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 19:53 (seventeen years ago) link
especially since i slept on the early releases (though i did get much of them as cutout casettes for $1 each - thank you coconuts).
― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 01:07 (seventeen years ago) link
Heaven's End was/is a great album and was my soundtrack to many a hazy evening. That meld from Too Real To Feel to Fix to Fall still gets me!There really was something about LOOP - I travelled from Dublin to London a couple of times to see them play and their gigs were like an open invitation to space out. great light show too.
My girlfriend at the time was particularly upset about how excited i got at laying my hands on a gorgeous pink sleeved World in Your Eyes album.She didn't undersatnd my enthusiasm and I can only guess that she wished I'd show the same level of enthusiasm and childish excitement toward her. Needless to say, she's now an ex.
Anyway, glad to see that LOOP continues to inspire such enthusiasm from new listeners. If it's worth anything, I too would love to hear a remasterrd Heaven's End, (if you ain't hearing it on vinyl you're probably ain't hearing it at its best) but that's just being picky.
― David Rafferty (davidrafferty), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 21:31 (seventeen years ago) link
Trust me, you've found the right board for it (and welcome!). I admit I was hoping this was more about the reissues!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 21:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 21:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― David Rafferty (davidrafferty), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 22:06 (seventeen years ago) link
Any news on the reissues?
― flowersdie, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 09:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Look, I really can't stand it. There's got to be a better place to post about Loop than the goddamn "best shoegazing band" thread. I mean wtf? They were the fucking shit though. Oh yes they were. Do you know what I really think about them is that they predicted American grunge. Yep. I'm serious. They knew exactly where it was all going to go. Come on damnit, Loop. They make me feel like I'm 16 again for sure.
So yeah...predicted American grunge. Anyone wanna take me on? Let's argue about it, if need be. I'm ready.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 4 May 2008 23:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Also the goddamn ARC LIGHT 12"
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 4 May 2008 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Does anyone remember "Arc Light"? Jesus won't one person tell me they remember that riff.
I remember "Arc Light"...I still have the CD single...there was a "radar" and a "sonar" version, or something like that...truly awesome riff...I do kinda like the flip, "Sunburst", a little more though...
― henry s, Monday, 5 May 2008 01:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I actually like "Arc-Lite (Radiated)" most of all.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 5 May 2008 02:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I always thought this band was seriously underrated in the weeklies. I noticed a kind of hostility towards Loop and they always seemed to lump them in with Spacemen 3 which I didn't really understand (always preferring Sonic, Jason and co.). Sonic also seemed to hate them (some story about them ripping off his idea).
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 5 May 2008 02:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Spacemen and Loop, both great bands, no need to fight over it, Sonic... :)
― stephen, Monday, 5 May 2008 03:10 (sixteen years ago) link
There was some actual bad blood re: ripoff accusations! Elvis T. can tell the story.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 May 2008 04:39 (sixteen years ago) link
the hostility was mutual, as I recall in interviews back then...I wonder did they ever rumble?
― henry s, Monday, 5 May 2008 13:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Loop were awesome. whats the difference between the tracks "the nail will burn" and "the nail will burn (burn out)" from the Gildered Eternity? is it a joke?
― Zeno, Monday, 5 May 2008 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link
oh, it's prob a different mix (very slightly), a bonus track that doesnt appear as such in my cd version at least
― Zeno, Monday, 5 May 2008 13:42 (sixteen years ago) link
from the same area and sound, i waqs impressed by Strobe, like the psychedelic version of Loop. Sea Beyond the Sun was awesome.
― Zeno, Monday, 5 May 2008 14:00 (sixteen years ago) link
and also Sun Dial. Return Journey,what a record.
― Zeno, Monday, 5 May 2008 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
main > loop
― am0n, Monday, 5 May 2008 14:21 (sixteen years ago) link
kinda interested in the heaven's end reissue as thats their only good one :3
― am0n, Monday, 5 May 2008 14:24 (sixteen years ago) link
shuddup
true, though.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Monday, 5 May 2008 14:43 (sixteen years ago) link
ok fade out is good too
― am0n, Monday, 5 May 2008 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't remember a band called Strobe at all.
― Bimble, Monday, 5 May 2008 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
about Strobe:
http://www.psychedelic-music.net/pmdb/db3/db_band.php4?id=127
― Zeno, Monday, 5 May 2008 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
The Spacemen 3 book touches on this in some detail - the story is that Hampson was working in the same studio where SP3 were recording at and helped himself to (for lack of a better description) SP3's public image. Instead of being just another band that listened to Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, Husker Du, and all the latter day SST that everyone was namechecking, Loop recast themselves as "cooler" MC5/Krautrock/Suicide heads and got themselves a record deal and the cover of Melody Maker before SP3 did.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 5 May 2008 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
'mother sky' cover is nice
― am0n, Monday, 5 May 2008 17:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I actually can't really think of any Loop I don't like!
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 5 May 2008 17:26 (sixteen years ago) link
I suppose there are Spacemen 3 moments I like more, but they're far less consistent (or monotonous if you're not feeling very generous).
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 5 May 2008 17:27 (sixteen years ago) link
See, I don't get this. Everything I've heard by Main was boring (to me) ambient drone. Loop was droney, but they rocked. I got into Loop when I first started driving, and will for the rest of my life associate Heaven's End with riding around in my car - just blasting the shit out of that tape over and over.
xpost- never really got into Spacemen 3 either.
― rockapads, Monday, 5 May 2008 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link