How do the various members of Terrorvision spend their time these days?

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Bushell wrote for Kerrang BITD, I guess there was a lot of crossover w/ Sounds when it was still a new mag

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Hmm, this thread seems to have jumped back a decade with little hope of returning.
Anyone remember Rogue Male?
Xavier "Son Of Ken" Russell was Kerrang's resident "Suvvern Rock" authority, hence the preponderance of Molly Hatchet and 38 Special albums in the end of year lists.

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link

The best thing about Kerrang! in those days was how they had writers who handled their respective genres.

That sort of continues in "classic rock" magazine, which is pretty much targeted at ageing ex-80's-kerrang readers. They have people covering various sub-genres of metal, and someone covering prog rock. Many of the writers I remember from '80's Kerrang, and "Sounds" before that. They had a feature on all the less well-known nwobhm bands, written by geoff "deaf" barton iirc.

(x-post, yeah, I remember bushell writing for kerrang, but at least they didn't let him edit the bloody thing!)

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Also, after "Kerrang" took off, they (IE Sounds) launched another monthly or fortnightly spin-off covering independent chart music - "noise", I think it was called. I still have a couple of copies, or perhaps a couple of pages cut out from it in my file of old shit I should really chuck in the bin.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:04 (eighteen years ago) link

In the mid 90s Pandora Peroxide retired and her niece Pandora took over. She is a goth chick/marilyn manson type.
I assume it's still going now.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Kontinuum

Kontinuum is officially the worst music magazine cartoon ever. Even worse than those two DJs from Melody Maker.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:13 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.goatley.com/alicecooperarchive/Content/05-Gallery/images_page_4/ker-strip-01-lrg.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/burnmydress/clovepandora.jpg

Nurse! The screens!

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:16 (eighteen years ago) link

that second one is actually worse than "nemi", shich is an achievement of sorts, I suppose.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.earache.com/archive/akercocke/Kerrang_Pandora.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Isn't the Hokey Cokey an American invention?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link

http://home.clara.net/tiffany/brianpand.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link

I think Ray Zell used to be in a band with Razzle, pre Hanoi Rocks. They all had names that were variants on Raise Hell. God knows what the others were called.

Pashmina, throw it all in the bin! Really! You'll never regret it.

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Actually, at the weekend, I got all my old copies of "mojo", and pitched the lot of them! I don't regret it either. I have more space. I'll get round to it all eventually.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:28 (eighteen years ago) link

I was hoping Ray Zell was the not particularly clever pseudonym of Rahzel.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Pandora is always made to sort of represent the female Kerrang! reader at the time. She was a bombshell when glam rock was king, she became kinda grungy for a while and now she's got a gothic Avril Levigne thing going on. I also think it's fascinating how her tits have gotten smaller as well.

― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Can we talk about ECT now?

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT BLOODY PROGRAMME ALL MORNING!!!!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Robin George was on it!

Also, Manowar.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link

I also think it's fascinating how her tits have gotten smaller as well.

Oh yeah, me too

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Also, Marino The Band.
(ECT I'm talking about, not tits)
(although Lisa "Gypsy Rider" Dominique was in them)

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 14:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Wasn't she related to Frank Marino in some way?

For shame, I once saw Lisa Dominique live, although I'm sure she was supporting somebody I actually wanted to see.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link

I can remember reading some old kerrangs at a friends place in the very early 90s. It was full of posters of sexy girls like Lisa Dominique, Dora and other names i've forgotten.
There was also a few 80s ones and the letters pages were full of complaints about sexism and particularly some sort of page 3 style feauture.
Perhaps someone knows what that was?

So we don't leave the americans out - What were American metal mags like in the 80s? Which non-memorable bands were covered there?

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Those Senseless Things tracks sound remarkably similar to the Libertines. And I kinda like em, esp that 'Too Much Kissing' one. The album I adored by them was the one after that though, can't remember what it's called at all. Just relistened to some Terrorvision and blow me down, those guys could write a cracking pop track. A real barrage of hooks, esp on Pretend Best Friend. The ballads are shite though. And I'm probably never going to listen to them ever again. That's a decade-old boil lanced right there.

― Affectian (Affectian), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Senseless Things always sounded like The Replacements to me.
So you won't listen to the terrorvision ballads but you will listen to the pop rock ones?

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 19:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Remember how at the height of grunge, there was a few big soft rock ballads that became hits. Bands like Mr Big and Extreme.
I hated them so much.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Senseless Things always sounded like The Replacements to me.

Yeah, I think that the Replacements were quite a big influence on those sorts of bands. What Goes On or someone had released all those early 'Placements records under licence (for the first time in the UK?) a couple of years prior to those bands getting big, maybe that was some sort of trigger. Mega City Four always used to dress like they'd just climbed off the roof on the cover of Let It Be.

Anyhow, 'Too Much Kissing' is a great song! The wife has a copy of Postcard CV in the back of the wardrobe I think, maybe I'll have to dig it out on Friday night. Wish I still had Snuff's 'Not Listening' though, cos that was truly a corker.

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 23 February 2006 09:54 (eighteen years ago) link

What were American metal mags like in the 80s?

Not as good but we tried real hard.

― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Thursday, 23 February 2006 11:44 (eighteen years ago) link

What bands were covered that were shite but never made it big then?

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 23 February 2006 11:52 (eighteen years ago) link

One of the Redd Kross guys is now playing bass for Sparks, which got a lone cheer when he was announced at the Gateshead gig.

Actually, at the weekend, I got all my old copies of "mojo", and pitched the lot of them! I don't regret it either.

Pash, you should have bunged them on ebay, they sell quite well, especially the early issues.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 23 February 2006 12:02 (eighteen years ago) link

I checked ebay for prices, and apart from the really early ones, it just wasn't worth it.

I had a bunch of the early ones, starting at nr 3 or 4, but that block of them got ruined when the roof sprang a leak last year! Bloody typical...

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 23 February 2006 12:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Why hasn't DJ Martian posted on this thread yet?

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 23 February 2006 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link

I've seen early Kerrangs go for a fortune.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kerrang-RARE-issue-1-Near-MINT-condition-JUNE1981_W0QQitemZ7012065126QQcategoryZ98607QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Aust-Kerrang-Mag-Vol-2-issue-6-signed-Metallica_W0QQitemZ7592811283QQcategoryZ70897QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 14:43 (eighteen years ago) link

According to Chuck, Ginger from The Wildhearts has a solo album out Rolling 2006 Metal Thread

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Sunday, 12 March 2006 18:51 (eighteen years ago) link

six months pass...

So Ian have you listened to terrorvision lately?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 5 October 2006 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link

This thread is a fantastic read.

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Thursday, 5 October 2006 23:23 (seventeen years ago) link

It is.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 5 October 2006 23:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Not quite the same style but somehow I just got an image of the naked woman on the front of all the Electrafixion stuff.

I have a couple of those cd singles I think in a box up in the loft.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 6 October 2006 21:26 (seventeen years ago) link

snap.

electrafixation : ep + album in my loft too.
amongst the 100's of cds i will never listen to again.

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 6 October 2006 21:43 (seventeen years ago) link

I actually did like the two Electrfixion cd singles. But I haven't heard them since.

I think I might listen to the 2 Therapy? eps and Nurse album today if I can look them out.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Saturday, 7 October 2006 12:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I listen to Troublegum now and again. It's fun and quite well written and produced.

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Saturday, 7 October 2006 12:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Troublegum love seconded.

Oh, and also BEST THREAD EVER!

― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Saturday, 7 October 2006 13:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Troublegum is great but Nurse is better.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Saturday, 7 October 2006 13:56 (seventeen years ago) link

At one point in my life Terrorvision were streets ahead in the hot battle for Band I Had Seen Live The Most Times (seven, I think)

For me it was (and remains) a draw between Terrorvision and, er, Paradise Lost (five times each).

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Saturday, 7 October 2006 14:07 (seventeen years ago) link

They were quite good fun when I saw them at T In The Park as they were still touring the 2nd album.
Anyone seen The Wildhearts since they reformed? The 4th time I saw them nearly 10 years ago was so bad I never went to see them again thanks to Ginger's shitty attitude.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Saturday, 7 October 2006 14:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I tried re-listening to Terrorvision and co and yeah, good pop hooks but it doesn't say anything to me about my life anymore.

Can anyone answer the original thread question? What do Shutty and Tony and the others do these days? I know the guy from Kerbdog hosts a radio show over in Ireland but what about the rest of the 'peak at #34' lot?

― Affectian (Affectian), Saturday, 7 October 2006 14:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Terrorvision actually got a No 1 didn't they?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Saturday, 7 October 2006 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

I think #2 was as high as they got - it was a remix of "Tequila", kept off the top by "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)". Kerrang! were all "ROCK IS BACK!" about it at the time.

― LC (Damian), Saturday, 7 October 2006 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Maybe someone can confirm it.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Saturday, 7 October 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?week=19990130
There it is.

― LC (Damian), Saturday, 7 October 2006 20:30 (seventeen years ago) link

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