the only thing i've been able to find is this excerpt from a 1981 show at Hurrah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyCWgGhG00o
― I don't care if you're Black Sabbath, James White, or Deep Purple (Karl Malone), Friday, 28 March 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
Did you ever see this: Athens, GA: Inside/Out is a documentary film about the mid-1980s music scene in Athens, Georgia, USA.
The film features interviews and concert footage of local bands who were a part of the scene at the time of the documentation as well as local legends R.E.M., Pylon, and The B-52's. It also features an interview with famous folk artist Howard Finster.
Also Wiki says in Vanessa's bio: They broke up for the first time in 1983 after playing a "final" show, which was taped for 'The Athens Show.' This was never formally released.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 March 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
Karl Malone, either you or me did not actually vote for "Working is No Problem" or there are shenanigans afoot.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 28 March 2014 14:23 (ten years ago) link
i think i voted for it! i meant to, at least. did you?
i guess it's also possible that i told myself i'd go ahead and listen to their entire catalog again really quick and make a decision, and never actually voted.
― I don't care if you're Black Sabbath, James White, or Deep Purple (Karl Malone), Friday, 28 March 2014 14:28 (ten years ago) link
I meant to, and I am pretty sure I did!
― Three Word Username, Friday, 28 March 2014 14:29 (ten years ago) link
curmudgeon i have seen that doc! actually i'm pretty sure that's where i first learned of them! and yeah, there's some footage in there as well, although again, it seems like just a bunch of snippets. i feel like some dude in athens has an amazing tape buried under a pile of dirty underwear
― I don't care if you're Black Sabbath, James White, or Deep Purple (Karl Malone), Friday, 28 March 2014 14:29 (ten years ago) link
dang, then that should be TWO votes for working is no problem, then, vaulting it into the upper echelons of these poll results
― I don't care if you're Black Sabbath, James White, or Deep Purple (Karl Malone), Friday, 28 March 2014 14:30 (ten years ago) link
Woo hoo!!
― Three Word Username, Friday, 28 March 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link
I voted for "Yo-yo", Karl. I only have one album though.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 2 April 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
The film features interviews and concert footage of local bands who were a part of the scene
are there any good "scenes," anymore?
― Daniel, Esq 2, Wednesday, 2 April 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
i'm not aware of any, but OTOH, i am o-l-d old.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Wednesday, 2 April 2014 22:59 (ten years ago) link
some of you might enjoy reading this: http://www.netnik.com/jollybeggars/pylon.html
vanessa's history of the group. it spends say too much time on post-1990 activities, understandably, but still worth a read!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 2 April 2014 23:08 (ten years ago) link
"Cool" (well part of it) is heard in a new 2016 Lexus RX car commercial
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 15:33 (eight years ago) link
That's, erm, cool! Hope it brought the band some dough.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link
i'm trying to make arrangements to see pylon reenactment society next month. i hate that i never got to see randy play with them though
― dynamicinterface, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 17:56 (eight years ago) link
“We laughed that we were trying so hard to be authentic,” continues Lachowski, “We were like the Pylon Historical Reenactment Society instead of just being people in our late 40s in a band again"
2010
http://georgiamusic.org/we-are-pylon/
2016- Pylon Reenactment Society featuring Vanessa Briscoe-Hay
Dressy Bessy
Thu, February 18, 2016
Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm
Cat's Cradle - Back Room
Carrboro, NC
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
They were great back then in the early 80s
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 18:03 (eight years ago) link
Vanessa's top 5 Pylon songs
― Brad C., Wednesday, 17 February 2016 14:10 (eight years ago) link
Anybody go to this last night:
― curmudgeon, Friday, 19 February 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link
i had to work :(
― dynamicinterface, Friday, 19 February 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link
Reissue of “Cool/ Dub” single today for record store day. Vanessa, Michael, & Curtis will be doing 2 in-stores in Athens, GA
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 November 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
Wow
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 November 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
I'm hoping this means the albums will be reissued on New West soon and this isn't just a one-off partnership.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 November 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
Ah, I answered my own question. Apparently a box is due in 2020.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 November 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
dude, used copies of the first two albums are out of hand and they are unavailable digitally. curses.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 31 December 2019 00:49 (four years ago) link
Console w this thread PYLON! C or D?
― dow, Tuesday, 31 December 2019 02:35 (four years ago) link
Gyrate is reasonably priced on the used market (I've bid on and lost copies that go for under $25 on ebay), but Chomp is the one that's absolutely ridiculous.
I really hope this deal with New West results in reissues of the individual albums and not just some astronomically priced box set/collection.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 31 December 2019 05:21 (four years ago) link
If I remember right, Pylon was really late getting those first two records onto CD. I don't think either of them were ever in print on disc in the 90s...I know I found the first one on vinyl and did not get them on CD until the later post 2000 reissues.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 31 December 2019 15:11 (four years ago) link
the one Chomp LP that i saw for like ten bucks at wuxtry records in athens circa 2005 perpetually haunts me
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 31 December 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
Just a head's up if anyone missed out on the recent-ish reissues, New West is having a huge 50% off sale (today only, I think) including the box set
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 12:48 (four months ago) link