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Hedda Gabler

About Me

Hedda Gabler, she'll go down in history

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/03/2006
Band Website: www.hedda-gabler.nl
Band Members: They came and went, an everchanging cast of musical talents, misfits, grocers and writers of self-obsessed poetry. And at all times the spirit of Hedda Gabler remained in place.
Influences: Hedda Gabler is informed by the Doors, Stooges and Velvet Underground
Sounds Like: List of checkpoints & clues in random order...? and the Mysterians ('96 Tears'), Gallon Drunk ('Chain of Gold')), Iggy and the Stooges ('Open Up and Bleed'), The Stooges ('Dirt'), Television ('Call Mr. Lee'), Richard Hell and the Voidoids ('Walking On Water'), the Doors ('I Will Never Be Untrue'), The Birthday Party ('Deep In The Woods'), Beasts of Bourbon ('A Town Called Bad'), John Cale ('Hedda Gabler'), David Bowie ('Something in the Air') The Saints ('The Chameleon'), The Modern Lovers ('Astral Plane'), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ('Oh My Lord'), Kevin Coyne ('Don't Blame Mandy'), REM ('I Took Your Name'), Neil Young & Crazy Horse ('Love And Only Love'), The Outsiders ('Filthy Money'), Dead Moon ('Dagger Moon'), Leonard Cohen ('Famous Blue Raincoat'), Suicide ('Harlem'),Everything/everyone else not mentioned here too.
Record Label: Vuurland, Skeltone, Luftmensch, xtinct, AlphaOmega
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

In Memoriam Willem Frederik de Jonge (1957-2006 )

Willem Frederik de Jonge is op 1 Juli 2006 op 49-jarige leeftijd gestorven en is begraven in Den Helder. Wim de Jonge werd geboren op 11 Maart 1957 in Leiden, en hij huwde in 1982 met Elly Wientjes. W...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:19:00 GMT

Hedda Gablers Black Streets on Dutch compilation

As out of nowhere Hedda Gabler's classic 'Black Streets' has appeared on a compilation album accompanying the book 'From The Black Rocking Cats to Spinvis: a half century of rock in Utrecht'. On the a...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:18:00 GMT

Hedda Gabler - Black Streets

'Black Streets' remains a favourite across the board of the HG Appreciationists. The clarity of vision and delivery, along with the local colours that inspired the song in the first place, make 'Blac...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:45:00 GMT

Hedda Gabler, grommende majesteit

Hedda Gabler, grommende majesteit Mannen met getrokken gitaar die ruïnes van dierentuinen betreden bedrinken zichzelf en verdringen elkaar omdat er vandaag leeuw zal worden gegeten. Echte kleuren...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:16:00 GMT

Hedda Gabler - Remaining Light

  Hedda Gabler recorded 'Remaining Light' on 9th February 1986, shortly after which founding member and drummer Trudy van Ewijk left the band; the song was mixed by Hedda Gabler and sound engine...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:49:00 GMT

Hedda Gabler - 069 tears

Hedda Gabler recorded their version of the classic '96 Tears' by ? and the Mysterians, and the track first appeared on their critically acclaimed first EP 'Scratching F.U.C.K on the Windshield' (Vuur...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:26:00 GMT

Critical Acclaim & Hedda Gabler contemporaries

Swie Tio (Dutch music journalist) annual 'best of' lists of 1986, 1987 and 1990 (from http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/TioS.htm) 1986 1 New model army The ghost of Cain 2 2 Hedda Gabler Sc...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:31:00 GMT

Hedda Gabler - Eating The Lion

Single: 'Single' (Luftmensch-002, 1990)       Album:  House of Mourning (Luftmensch-001, 1990) Download song: http://www.myspace.com/heddagabler YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/w...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:55:00 GMT

Hedda Gabler biography (in Dutch)

http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/hedda_gabler.5875.html
Posted by on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:42:00 GMT