The A-Band

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I'm curious as to how many ILM-ers know The A-Band. The group Neil Campbell, Matthew Bower and Richard Youngs, among maaaany others, were a part of.

I'm listening to Anusol, the cassette release on Chocolate Monk (each released with a special object, ie a used condon wrapped in tissue...uh yeah) and it's like proto-New Weird everything. Great saxplaying as well

anyone?

― rizzx (Rizz), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JN80.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― and PappaWheelie, author of Have You Ever Been Poxy Fuled? (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

they would be even cooler if B.A. was in there, true

― rizzx (Rizz), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 18:25 (nineteen years ago)

I've heard of them.

― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

I own the Live @ 7th Annual Neil Young Convention '94 cassette on Union Pole. I think I even listened to it once.

There was an older A Band, a post-no wave/new wave NYC band featuring Wharton Tiers. Their song "No Love" is great and is on Homework volume 6.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah I picked up this LP last year on QBICO, a reissue from about '95/'96 that showcased their chuck-everything-at-the-walls-see-what-sticks approach - it worked very well as in they managed to, at the very least, create the illusion that everyone into rigidly focused playing.

Very basically I'd say it falls in between Sun City Girls and No-Neck blues band.

One of the ppl who played on the A-Band posted on ilm over at the 'richard youngs ,what's his best stuff? thread

― xyzzzz__ (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

Makes sense, Sun City Girls would be their most logical American brothers maybe. Although this Anusol cassette is a lot more jazz orientated. about to listen to the qbico release

― rizzx (Rizz), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

the fuckin' A-Band!...I'll be damned...

― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 19:28 (nineteen years ago)

I've got a tape laying around somewhere. I remember it really catching me off guard when it came out around '92 or so. I should re-listen again, I have a feeling I'd like it even more now.

― TRG (TRG), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

I havae a split 7" with Wickham-Smith and Youngs, also as I recall they play with that duo on the Durian Durian LP that Forced Exposure put out in like 1990. Neither of those releases really stuck with me very much.

― sleeve version 2.0 (sleeve testing), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

i've got the cd with the handpainted 'a' cover. s'alright. but like durian durian not really the kind of thing you remember after 10 minutes.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 23:17 (nineteen years ago)

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