No thread for Goblin?

my friends are opening the nic turner show here on halloween.

Can someone find out why all these old dudes can't be friends long enough to rake in some $$ together?

Doesn't sound that bizarre to me, this sort of thing happens all the time with bands from Faust to Bucks Fizz.

now i'm imagining a band made up of half of Bucks Fizz and half of Faust.

Bucks Fauzt

I think this happened to Wishbone Ash and Christian Death too. When I saw them I'm sure there was 3 original members and some metal guys filling in.

when i went and saw pretty things in philly years ago i think their manager played drums? something happened to their drummer. but that's a different kind of emergency.

they should just have dueling goblins. goblin opening up for goblin.

I like the idea of multiple permutations of a band simultaneously touring the US at all times under the same name. One is awesome and pumped and one is tired and weird and there's a third one who just robs you outright...

Tangential to this thread but Robert's post has reminded me of a really weird dream I had the another night about a band called Fishbone Ash.

xpost I think that's happened with the Vulgar Boatmen, two different sympatico versions of the same band. Oh, and the Aussie/US indie band Ashtray Boy has two editions as well, to circumvent travel costs.

I think Legendary Pink Dots and King Crimson also had an agreed upon thing to have different versions of their band (?)

There are two versions of the (English) Beat in existence too, but it neatly breaks down into Dave Wakeling's lot that play in the US and Ranking Roger's band that do Europe.

I'm still puzzled why they all can't get along and play in the same version of the same band.

Not sure the two (English) Beats are allied. And there's definitely only one King Crimson, though there are bands around with ex members that play KC material. But there are plenty of feuding acts that share a catalog. Like, I dunno, Supertramp and the singer going around doing Supertramp stuff.

I'm still puzzled why they all can't get along and play in the same version of the same band.

Because they probably all fell out over money and don't trust each other, no doubt with good reason.

I heard that Simonetti's Goblin is all long leather coats and Cradle Of Filth guitars, I could be wrong. The other version with the original guitarist, bassist and drummer is the one that played in the UK a few years ago. I've got lost with it now, no idea which version is touring the US.

That's totally bizarre because it seems to be the same exact thing happening with the Hawkwind reunion (the Chicago show was postponed to March because it had caused Dave Brock so much stress induced illness?!) Nic Turner's Space Ritual Hawkwind Assembly is playing here in like a week too.

Didn't Brock lose the rights to the name in the US? Ah who knows, you get more drama with these old bands than when they were young and actually making worthwhile music.

I thought Projekcts was King Crimson split into different bands?

Claudio Simonetti, Massimo Morante and Maurizio Guarini were at the Glasgow, Scotland 2011 gig for sure. The Scotsman (of all places) has an interview with Simonetti from that time, including talk of the unstable lineup...
http://www.scotsman.com/news/interview-goblin-prog-rock-band-1-1494605

Looking for details on that gig, I see that they played the Phenomena theme, which I was not familiar with at the time and when I finally saw that film I didnt know I had heard it before; I wish I had known it before the gig because I love that tune. Interestingly, some of the performances got put on a Tenebre dvd.

I also recall that whoever was controlling the background screen made a terrible job of it, the clips kept stopping and showing a dvd menu behind the band.

I've only heard Suspiria, Deep Red, Tenebre, Phenomena, Dawn Of The Dead, Roller and the Libra - Shock album (I think they did stuff for The Church and Terror At The Opera but I cant remember any of it).

Is there anything else as ambitious as Suspiria? Because that one seems totally different from the others, especially the range of sounds used.

the soundtrack to the suspiria laserdisc is still to this day one of the most phenomenal things i've ever heard. sound/audio-wise. jaw-dropping sound.

I've seen the film plenty of times but whenever I looked for the album it was always oddly expensive for something so big a classic. Does anyone know why you never see it in shops? I've seen quite a few of their other albums in stores but never Suspiria oddly.

i have the dvd set that includes a compact disc of the soundtrack. you could probably find that online. anchor bay? i can't remember.

just a quick search and here's one for 25 bucks on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suspiria-DVD-2001-3-Disc-Set-Limited-Edition-out-of-print-dario-argento-/221295636350?pt=US_DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray&hash=item33863f6f7e

probably find one cheaper if you look.

I bought my latest version from eMusic, no idea if it's easily available in the physical. Before that I had the anthology DRG disc with a handful of tracks from each film.

the anchor bay 3-disc set is well worth getting.

The rival Goblins should tour like the Gallagher brothers and have a Goblin 1 & a Goblin 2. They should also incorporate watermelon smashing into their live act.

skull smashing more like

there was a 6 cd box set out (in uk at least) just last christmas that had suspiria as one of the discs.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Awakening-Goblin/dp/B0094GMS24/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381825579&sr=8-1&keywords=goblin

(has gone up a bit since i bought mine)

actually, single disc is £12

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Suspiria-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B003H3D2C0/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1381825662&sr=8-9&keywords=goblin

Yes, I have noticed it becoming more affordable recently, I'll probably get it in a few days.

So this was finally addressed:

To avoid unpleasant misunderstanding we are sorry to announce that Claudio Simonetti, Bruno Previtali and Titta Tani will not be present in the line up of the next Goblin tour in the United States, it seemed right to inform all our fans.
This was an amazing and unrepeatable tour!!!

(The link itself might or might not work but it was up and saying that earlier today; post itself was from Wednesday.)

The "next" tour? Does that mean the leg with Zombi opening?

Saw Goblin when they came thru Portland on Saturday. Great show. It was really endearing, they seemed to be so happy to be up there.

No real set surprises, they played most of Roller up front (although I didn't recognize a lot of it) and then dove into the segmented soundtrack parts towards the last half.

Profondo Rosso killed.

So is the non-Claudio version worth seeing? They are playing Worcester MA in July.

I imagine they are much like the non-anybody anything bands, perfectly fine.

But I think there are three other actual members in this band IIRC.

They were great when they played in London a few years ago.

Looking at Claudio's Facebook page I think it actually may be his lineup on tour right now: https://m.facebook.com/claudiosimonettiII?fref=nf

Just got back from a screening of L'Inferno (1911) with accompaniment by Maurizio Guarini. I don't know anything about Goblin or their other soundtrack work, but the total effect was stunning.

this is an all-around awesome jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHhpYE4Ap4I

love these guys

Guarini is returning to AFI Silver to accompany L'Inferno (https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/Movies/Details/m-0100002202) and Nosferatu (https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/Movies/Details/m-0100000238).

For those who missed it on the obituaries thread, RIP Massimo Morante. The bandana king is no more!

https://pitchfork.com/news/massimo-morante-goblin-founder-and-guitarist-dead-at-70/

I was at this Goblin performance in Glasgow. As others have noted here, on the night they were really surprisingly loud and heavy - it was quite a smart and effective updating of their original sound. Really glad I went. RIP Massimo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ConNBa3HSIM