FRIEND REQUESTS - I pretty much want to keep to people and bands where we have a connection. Send a message if you think I’ll need reminding. Thanks.Alot more stuff at http://rogerm.net
The German release of the 3rd CD still available from Moll-Selekta: http://www.moll-selekta.com
Hi everyone,
I have plenty of unrecorded songs and even a few new ones laying around. Recording is currently in progress.
The first Roger Manning album was released in 1989 by California punk recording label SST (Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.). I toured the U.S., and occasionally Europe, for over 10 years performing lyrical-solo-rock accompanied by highly amplified bass-heavy guitar playing.
My music developed in the streets, subways and dance clubs of New York City throughout the 1980s. The result was a style of solo performing that was dynamic enough to allow me to play in places where solo acts were not ordinarily accepted such as rock and dance clubs.
The viewpoint conveyed in the dense lyrics was shaped by a life of hitchhiking, street singing, low-income living, disgust with authority, and pondering the mysteries of love and beauty.
"People work hard and end up with nothing. I ain’t got nothing either, but at least I didn’t work hard for it" (from the ’Pearly Blues’).
The beat for many of my songs was inspired by the music being spun by DJs in New York clubs like Danceteria, The Ritz, and Palladium.
By the end of the 80s, the songs had evolved into a style where Jack Kerouac meets Led Zeppelin meets Joni Mitchell meets Sonic Youth meets Public Enemy meets the Clash meets Woody Guthrie meets Big Audio Dynamite. Various fellow downtown New York performers, including King Missile (John S. Hall) and Billy Syndrome were strong influences as well. These others, and I are associated with the beginnings of New York’s "AntiFolk" scene which came together in the mid 80s. Later influences include My Bloody Valentine, Elysian Fields (NYC) and various forms of electronica.
Roger Manning vintage video - 1991- video bio
Produced by Kristen J.
NEW - 11-7-07: Roger Manning - The Coney Fiery Island Blues
Live in County Clare
by Toby from Doolin
Roger Manning vintage video - 1988 - The 16 Blues
by Dave Fleischer
Roger Manning vintage video - 1996 - The Perisa Blues
Early online video by Nels Johnson.
Live at the Great American Music Hall, SF
