Member Since: 10/29/2006
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Influences: Sparks
Alfie
Jean-Claude Vannier
Claude Francois
Aphrodite's Child
Camel
ELO
Yamasuki
Super Furry Animals
Os Mutantes
Twisted Nerve
Halfnelson
Menudo
Lambchop
Devo
Supertramp
B-Music
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Kiss
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
INXS (1979-83)
Dragon Break
New England
Flaming Lips
Tindersticks
Relatively Clean Rivers......
Sounds Like:
Winchester, 1973.
Three middle-aged gentlemen, expelled from the education service for reasons unknown, survey the nation's musical landscape and declare it depressingly barren. Taking matters into their own hands Joe McGrath, Joe Hankinson and Ginger Dixon forge Dragon Break and titilate barflys at their local Green Dragon Hotel every Sunday afternoon.
The air is thick with the clinking of tankards and the haunting spectre of the three-day week, yet the patron's nerves are soothed by the lumpy-faced trio's organ-based output.
A live album is recorded, distributed and met with a retarded cold shoulder of indifference from the public at large.
Crushed, Dragon Break split and the three pudding-nosed visionaries are never heard of again.....until now.
I for one can't think of a finer sight than a reunited, revitalised Dragon Break headlining the main stage at Glastonbury on Sunday night.
An on-line petition is in the offing - sign up or stand aside and allow the bewildering success of the Arctic Monkeys to trundle on.
It's Chauncey Sparks!
Sparks worked on the family farm before becoming a judge and then defeating James Folsom to claim the role of Governor of Alabama in 1943.
Once in office Chauncey became the scurge of schoolchildren throughout the state by extending the school year from seven to eight months.
He built a number of farm experiment stations and reduced Alabama's state debt by 25%.
He vacated the Governor's chair in 1947 and devoted the remaining years of his life to the running of his private law practice.
The band Sparks formed as Halfnelson in 1968, the year of Chauncey's death. I'm currently unable to confirm whether or not Chauncey attended a Halfnelson gig before his untimely passing.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None