Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band went through various stages and phases, their most infamous being the spastic noise-jazz breakdowns on Trout Mask Replica, which are much more carefully planned than they sound. Kurz darauf lernten die beiden Musiker den Rapper Ludacris kennen und veröffentlichten ihr erstes Debüt-Album unter dem neu gegründeten Label Disturbing Tha Peace. Und die Erfolgssträhne hört seitdem nicht mehr auf. When Sun Ra wrote “Nuclear War,” he legitimately believed he had a hit on his hands, or so the folklore goes. Ihre Einzigartigkeit, diverse Änderungen in der Bandkonstellation, sowie über 30 Single-/ Ep-Releases brachten dem charakteristischen Sänger mit seiner Band 2002 ihren ersten Grammy. Eric B. Co-founder of Threshold Festival, Chris has already graced our radio waves in the lead-up to the grassroots weekend. Last month, LCD Soundsystem ended their decade-long run as a band, closing the book on an incredible run by playing a lengthy, comprehensive ending performance at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Eric B & Rakim – “I Ain’t No Joke” – 3:52 I was there when Captain Beefheart started up his first band. The result is a series of songs like “Memories,” a little creepy, a bit arty, and much closer to disco than anything in punk rock up to that point… yet still worlds away. I’m losing my edge. All Rights Reserved. Genau einen Monat vor seinem 36ten Geburtstag veröffentlichte er sein Debüt-Album ‚Based on a T.R.U. It’s hop time! Die Platte verkaufte sich bis heute über 15 Millionen mal und brachte ihr mit dem Song “Time After Time” ihren ersten Nummer Eins Hit. Nonetheless, they knew how to get down when they wanted to, as on this psychedelic blues jam from the relatively more accessible Safe as Milk. ), Juan Atkins, David Axelrod, Electric Prunes, Gil! Ballard’s Crash set to a bare-bones Moog sequence. David Axelrod – “The Human Abstract” – 5:35 This Heat, Pere Ubu, Outsiders, Nation of Ulysses, Mars, The Trojans, The Black Dice, Todd Terry, The Germs, Section 25, Althea and Donna, Sexual Harrassment, a-ha, Pere Ubu, Dorothy Ashby, PIL, The Fania All-Stars, The Bar-Kays, The Human League, The Normal, Lou Reed, Scott Walker, Monks, Niagra, Heron! The Normal – “Warm Leatherette” – 3:21 Punk rock hasn’t been the same since. Not only does it name drop three of the Ramones, make a reference to New York and generally compile a system of human needs and desires into a hand-clapping powerhouse of a song, it grooves like hell. But in its own hypnotic way, it’s strangely alluring. [found on Dare]. Soft Cell – “What?” – 2:51 And frontman Ian Curtis had some moves, himself. Is there a more amazing duo in hip-hop history as Eric B & Rakim? Gil Scott-Heron – “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” – 3:09 Scott! I'm losing my edge to the Internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1962 to 1978. The sole single released by Daniel Miller, founder of Mute Records, “Warm Leatherette” is a cold and disturbing bit of mechanized new wave that more or less marked the beginning of the lesser known minimal wave movement. Der heutige amerikanische Superstar (bürgerlicher Name: Tauheed Epps) war anfänglich unter einem komplett anderen Namen bekannt. Pere Ubu – “Navvy” – 2:43 [found on The 13-Point Plan to Destroy America]. Or The Soft Cell, as Murphy says. John Lydon had ceased his fashionably snotty Sex Pistols persona and morphed into a wailing banshee of a frontman as Keith Levene’s guitar screeched and bassist Jah Wobble hammered out pulsing, throbbing grooves over ‘s hi-hat riding drums.