Jack Off Jill - My Cat

It might be said that Florida based band Jack Off Jill was an American response for a British punk rock revivals Daisy Chainsaw. We can see clearly quite a lot similarities between these groups, especially their female vocalists used the same kind of scenic expression. 

 

Daisy Chainsaw - Last True Rebels

Trudno zdefiniować jednym zdaniem jaką muzykę tworzył zespół Daisy Chainsaw. Określano ją jako punk rock, garage rock, noise rock z elementami folku i muzyki eksperymentalnej. Zespół stworzyli w 1989 roku Katie Jane Garside ( vocals ) oraz Crispin Gray ( guitars ), a owocem ich spotkania był album "Eleventeen" oraz single "LoveSickPleasure", "Pink Flower", "Hope Your Dreams Come True", które osiągnęły umiarkowany sukces na listach przebojów. Do historii przeszły natomiast ich ekspresyjne, dzikie koncerty, ocierające się o szaleństwo. Katie Jane Garside opuściła Gray'a w 1993 roku, a zespół z nową wokalistką w osobie Belindy Leith wydał jeszcze jeden album "For They Know Not What They Do" z 1994 roku uzupełniony singlem "You're Grousome" z 1995 roku, które jednak były mało udane i przeszły niezauważone. Konkludując, polecam do oglądnięcia i posłuchania trzy utwory zespołu w składzie z Garside : 

Daisy Chainsaw - Love Your Money

Daisy Chainsaw - Pink Flower 

Daisy Chainsaw - Hope Your Dreams Come True

P.S. Katie Jane Garside i Crispin Gray utworzyli w 1998 roku zespół Queen Adreena, który do 2009 wydał kilka albumów i szereg singli, udanie również koncertując. Obecnie Katie Jane Garside mieszka wraz ze swoim mężem Chrisem Wittinghamem i ich dziećmi na łodzi, którą w 2012 roku przepłynęli Atlantyk. Jednocześnie wraz z mężem nagrała trzy albumy pod nazwą Ruby Throat.

Ruby Throat - Barebaiting

It’s hard to describe what kind of music was created by english band Daisy Chainsaw. It could be classified as punk rock, garage rock, noise rock with elements of folk and experimental music, etc. Daisy Chainsaw came to life in 1989 when Katie Jane Garside (vocals) met Crispin Gray (guitars). The result of their meeting was one full-length album "Eleventeen" and several singles "LoveSickPleasure", "Pink Flower", "Hope Your Dreams Come True", which achieved moderate success on UK hit charts. But they were notorious mainly of their wild concerts which touching madness. Katie Jane Garside left Gray in 1993, and the band with a new singer in the person of Belinda Leith released another album, "For They Know Not What They Do" in 1994 and another single "You're Grousome" in 1995, however they were gone completely unnoticed.

All About Eve - December

Winter is late this year but who cares. Adequate song for today is All About Eve's "December", my all-time favourite track from their album "Scarlet And Other Stories" (Mercury 838 965-2, 1989). The enchanting voice of Julianne Regan makes this song truly magical.

Spear Of Destiny - The Wheel

It's hard to say that the best for Spear Of Destiny is yet to come. Years 1984 - 1988 were their best  time when they achieved quite a big chart success with hit singles like "Never Take Me Alive" (10 Records, TENT 162) peaked at number 14 on UK Singles Chart in 1987. In this period they also released five studio albums which all were well received by music press and fans : "Grapes Of Wrath" (Epic EPC 25318, 1983), "One Eyed Jacks" (Epic EPC 25836, 1984), "World Service" (Epic EPC 26514, 1985), "Outland" (10 Records DIX 59, 1987), "The Price You Pay" (Virgin 2549, 1988). But when the ultimate breakthrough proceeding them to world star status was inevitably close it came the health problems of Kirk Brandon, band's leader and frequent changes in band's line-up which held their progress. The band survived for next twenty five years til nowadays, mainly around Kirk Brandon, the only ever present band's member, releasing albums and playing gigs in the UK and Europe. Their last work was a studio album "Omega Point" (EasterSnow Recording Company, ESRCLP 010) from 2010 recording by Kirk Brandon (guitar, vocals) and three experienced fellow musicians : Craig Adams (bass, ex-The Sisters Of Mercy, then member of The Mission, The Cult, The Alarm), Adrian Portas (guitar, ex-The New Model Army, ex-Sex Gang Children) and Mike Kelly (drums, The Mission). It was announced that the next Spear Of Destiny's album is due to release in 2014 and it will be titled "Thirty One".

Simple Minds - I Travel

"I Travel" is my favourite song from Simple Minds' album "Empires And Dance" (Zoom Records SPART 1140). 

Nico - All Saints Night From A Polish Motorway

This song was chosen for today's post because it's melancholic enough to suit the sad moods which were spreading around in last few days. It was taken from Nico's live album titled "Behind The Iron Curtain" (Dojo, DOJO LP27) recorded during her concerts in Prague, Budapest and Warsaw in autumn 1986. 

  

Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe

Chvrches is one of the new young bands which should achieve a worldwide success in a very short period of time. Formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2011by Iain Cook (synthesizers, guitar, bass, vocals) and Martin Doherty (synthesizers, samplers, vocals) and joined by Lauren Mayberry (lead vocals, synthesizers) the band spent next seven or eight months in their basement studio writing their new songs for their first records, a single "Lies" which was available in May 2012 as a free download from the blog of the Neon Gold label and an official debut single "The Mother We Share" (National Anthem Records) released in November 2012. Thanks to these highly acclaimed by music critics issues Chvrches was ranked fifth on the BBC's Sound of 2013 list of the most promising new music talents. The big step forward for the band was signing the contract with an independent record label Glassnote Records. Their next EPs titled "Recover", "Gun" and re-issued "The Mother We Share" entered on the UK Singles Chart peaking respectively at numbers 91, 55 and 38. On 20th September 2013 Chvrches released their debut studio album "The Bones Of What You Believe" which peaked at number 9 the UK Album Chart. Throughout the whole year 2013 the band toured extensively all over Europe. They also supported Depeche Mode during their The Delta Machine Tour in Nimes (July 16th), Milan (July 18th), Prague (July 23th) and Warsaw (July 25th). Personally I think that Chvrches are enormously good when performing live, much better than they work in studio. A classic example is live version their first single "Lies".