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Camper Van Beethoven interview; Fontaines D.C., Tara Rez articles
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Jason Gross
Jun 1, 2023, 8:27:34 PM6/1/23
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Greetings,
In the latest issue of Perfect Sound Forever <http://www.furious.com/perfect/index0623.html>, you'll find (among other things):
CAMPER VAN BEEETHOVEN
Interview- Greg Lisher decodes their oddness, by John Wisniewski
"The unlikely story of a bunch of would-be ethno-musicologist jokesters gigging among the early ‘80’s SoCal hardcore punk scene is still kind of strange to recollect. Camper Van Beethoven was an anomaly yet found their place among the skinheads, even making a name for themselves with a song about bowling with them, not to mention covering punk songs in their own sardonic way. After their first album, guitarist Greg Lisher joined their ranks and stayed among them up to their signing to Virgin Records and break-up in 1990 and then becoming a part of their subsequent reunions starting in ’99 and continuing on for the last few decades."
DUBLIN'S POST-PUNK EXPLOSION,
Why is it happening, how & with who? by Brian Cousins
"in the last five years, the emergence of a vibrant Post-Punk movement is difficult to make sense of. This is music that is not really commercially viable in terms of reaching a mainstream audience. So why has there been such a huge resurgence of this music form in Dublin? By 2019, there was rash of quality Post-Punk Dublin bands, most noticeably, the Gilla Band (formally known as the Girl Band), Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital and M(h)aol. These bands have produced a torrent of exceptional music- all three of the Fontaines albums are excellent as well as the debut from the Murder Capital and the Gilla Band continue to produce some of the most unique and challenging music on the planet."
TARA REZ
The punk Patsy Cline? by Samantha Janette
"Tara was born in Iran and came to London with her family when she was 7 years old. She grew up in Camden and went to English public schools where I am sure people tried to make her eat shit from time to time because she was Iranian. A diversion of hers was to do living room impersonations of a popular Iranian TV Character for her siblings at home. While she's Iranian, Tara is also very, very Cockney. Time went by and she started to sing rock and roll and go to clubs and concerts. She became further absorbed in punk rock. She was in her early teens when a friend gave her a leather jacket. Manic panic and earrings came along soon."
We also have a Spotify playlist with most of the artists above here:
<https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3VkQ5rtp6KEb7XoFeUTXAO?si=aadf77e9ba48413e>
We're always looking for good writers and/or ideas so let us know if you have anything to share.
See you online,
Jason
In the latest issue of Perfect Sound Forever <http://www.furious.com/perfect/index0623.html>, you'll find (among other things):
CAMPER VAN BEEETHOVEN
Interview- Greg Lisher decodes their oddness, by John Wisniewski
"The unlikely story of a bunch of would-be ethno-musicologist jokesters gigging among the early ‘80’s SoCal hardcore punk scene is still kind of strange to recollect. Camper Van Beethoven was an anomaly yet found their place among the skinheads, even making a name for themselves with a song about bowling with them, not to mention covering punk songs in their own sardonic way. After their first album, guitarist Greg Lisher joined their ranks and stayed among them up to their signing to Virgin Records and break-up in 1990 and then becoming a part of their subsequent reunions starting in ’99 and continuing on for the last few decades."
DUBLIN'S POST-PUNK EXPLOSION,
Why is it happening, how & with who? by Brian Cousins
"in the last five years, the emergence of a vibrant Post-Punk movement is difficult to make sense of. This is music that is not really commercially viable in terms of reaching a mainstream audience. So why has there been such a huge resurgence of this music form in Dublin? By 2019, there was rash of quality Post-Punk Dublin bands, most noticeably, the Gilla Band (formally known as the Girl Band), Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital and M(h)aol. These bands have produced a torrent of exceptional music- all three of the Fontaines albums are excellent as well as the debut from the Murder Capital and the Gilla Band continue to produce some of the most unique and challenging music on the planet."
TARA REZ
The punk Patsy Cline? by Samantha Janette
"Tara was born in Iran and came to London with her family when she was 7 years old. She grew up in Camden and went to English public schools where I am sure people tried to make her eat shit from time to time because she was Iranian. A diversion of hers was to do living room impersonations of a popular Iranian TV Character for her siblings at home. While she's Iranian, Tara is also very, very Cockney. Time went by and she started to sing rock and roll and go to clubs and concerts. She became further absorbed in punk rock. She was in her early teens when a friend gave her a leather jacket. Manic panic and earrings came along soon."
We also have a Spotify playlist with most of the artists above here:
<https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3VkQ5rtp6KEb7XoFeUTXAO?si=aadf77e9ba48413e>
We're always looking for good writers and/or ideas so let us know if you have anything to share.
See you online,
Jason
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