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From: hall@beta.DEC (Dan Hall)
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Subject: Re:  SHRIEKBACK
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 11:40:37 EDT
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>Rob Rosen

> Subject: SHRIEKBACK

>     I'm sure that some of you enlightened musical gurus out there have
> heard of these guys.  Any comments on their music?  Are they compatable
> with, for example, Simple Minds?   

By all means, see SHREIKBACK live!  I saw them two weeks ago as the main
act at The Channel in Boston (cap. about 600 people) - WOW!  They are the
most energetic bunch of musicians that I've seen live for a long time.
I've enjoyed listening to them since their first album _CARE_ came out.
At first I thought it was very wierd with the exception of maybe two tunes.
After a few more listens (this always happens to me) I loved it.  It contains
some of their more "avant-garde" material, whatever that means, plus two
dance club hits;  "Lined Up" and "My Spine is the Bassline" (the latter only
on the domestic release and a couple of 12" singles).  I recommend the import
if it can still be found, because it contains a tune called "IN: AMONGST".
This little ditty, which fits comfortably under the "avant-garde" category,
sounds like they held a couple of microphones by the cord whilst spinning
them around REAL fast.  Great with headphones!  

After _CARE_ came _JAM SCIENCE_ and a funkier style, which is continued on
the new release _OIL AND GOLD_.  The show I saw was almost exclusively tunes
from _OIL AND GOLD_ so maybe you should start with that in order to be familiar
with what you'll hear, but once you're hooked you'll want it all.  They were
on an independent label, "Y" records at first, and are now on Arista, so look
for _CARE_ on "Y" before it's gone forever.  Also, a 12" single on "Y" called
"Sexthinkone" is very tasty.  As far as being compatible with SIMPLE MINDS -
if you haven't seen SM live then go, but in my opinion their sound and show
have seen better days.  I saw them also at The Channel around '83 and they
were great.  I saw them a year later at a bigger venue, The Orpheum (cap.
around 2500) and they were awful, mostly because of lead singer Kerr's stage
antics.  Oh well.

"We shake it up, and we break it down"
                       --SHRIEKBACK, "Fish Below the Ice" from _OIL AND GOLD_

Dan Hall
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