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Android 80s

About Me


12 years as keyboard player in self-destructive psychedelic freak circus POISONED ELECTRICK HEAD left me as damaged goods, so I hightailed it to Ibiza to work in a bar, figuring some normality and a change of scenery would straighten me out. Typically Fate had other plans, and I soon fell into the hands of the Manumission team (the island's superclub), where I rapidly became their resident paranoid android; a role which just led to more unrestrained madness on a grand scale. Returning to England, the chance to relocate to Belgium came along via romantic means, and emboldened by my recent adventures, little caution remained to throw windwards. Thus a respectable teaching career unfolded, but like a bubble under wallpaper or a body under the floorboards, the urge to make music eventually surfaced again - and this time it would be on my terms. So now I'm the Android 80s, a one man electronic extravaganza. Several hundred gigs under the belt has dulled the stage nerves to the degree where I've no qualms about being alone up there, and age and a long history of costume crimes comfortably allows me to dress the part. If I'm unhinged ( and it has been speculated upon ) then I'm quite happy with that - normality seems a much more punitive sentence.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/2/2005
Band Website: android80s.com
Influences: Kraftwerk, Devo, Human League, Magazine, Roxy Music, Butthole Surfers, Cardiacs, Yello, Julian Cope, Frank Zappa, Tangerine Dream, Rheingold, DAF, White Noise, Eno, Fad Gadget, Punishment of Luxury, Orbital, Sparks, The Normal This album pisses over most things ever recorded
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Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Comments ?, no, just Flyers.

Do I look like a Clear Channel street hoarding ? Give it a rest with the flyers you corporate hustling marketing freaks (and these are my friends !!)
Posted by Android 80s on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:16:00 PST

New Song

No facilities to record and upload a version at the mo, but new song "POP IDOL" was unveiled last night in Brussels at the Botanique, to good reactions. It's a scathing swipe at celebrity culture, mus...
Posted by Android 80s on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:00:00 PST

A lot can happen in 10 years

The 80s mean different things to different people (like the 70s; The Pistols or The Bee Gees?), and, much as I don't want to piss anyone off, I can't see the point of having 18,000 friends on here. So...
Posted by Android 80s on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:02:00 PST

Porn Convert

You know, I was never one for threesomes, shitty ringtones, bargain designer tat etc. but since those hackers phished my page, I've seen the light, and so have all my friends. So persistence does work...
Posted by Android 80s on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:44:00 PST

I would like to screen what you say...

...so any comments you send will be scrutinised and sanitised and neutralised and if they don't make me look good I'll pretend they didn't happen and...wait a minute. What a waste of time, if someone ...
Posted by Android 80s on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:08:00 PST

Francofolies

Android 80s appeared at the Francofolies in Spa , Belgium as part of the Freaksville concert. Imagine Glastonbury being staged in Tunbridge Wells town centre and you're not far out of the picture (tho...
Posted by Android 80s on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:29:00 PST

Les Ardentes 2007 (this only happens in films)

Buzzing with the offer to present the artists on the mainstage at Fridays Les Ardentes festival (I accepted of course), and armed with a collection of outfits, I arrived onsite in the middle of a smal...
Posted by Android 80s on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:12:00 PST

Ãndroid News

What's going on ? Marvin Gaye said that so his dad shot him. Thankfully my dear old dad is neither trigger happy nor a frequent visitor to MySpace, so I may avoid being capped (note the cool gangsta l...
Posted by Android 80s on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:31:00 PST

Dylan goes Electric !!!

In an sorry effort to ride the wave of renewed interest in "folk" music, I offer a rough demo recording of my take on Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues for your listening pleasure. Why do such a...
Posted by Android 80s on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:57:00 PST

What goes around comes around...

Ever found yourself trawling the profile of someone, you might on a bad day call a nutjob -only to discover-they're in your extended network? Talk about wheels within wheels,butterfly effect. That neo...
Posted by Android 80s on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:15:00 PST