JIMI HENDRIX: would continue with the Band of Gypsys gig for a while, then disband them to explore jazz-fusion in 1971 or so. After recording an album with Pharoahe Sanders that gets critical acclaim but sells horribly, he becomes re-inspired by an unofficial rivalry with Funkadelic's Eddie Hazel and, at one point, is driven to bust out his own 18-minute feedback-crammed version of "Maggot Brain" during various live shows ca. '72-'73. He releases a small handful of high-charting albums (one produced by George Clinton himself) and flirts with rock/R&B crossover success, but he doesn't reach his most notorious post-Woodstock fame until Donna Summer handpicks him to play guitar on "Hot Stuff". Unfortunately, his 1980s career would mirror most of the other acid-rock leftovers of the area, and his output would be only marginally better than albums by, say, The Firm.
JIM MORRISON: would have a short-term mid-'70s romance with Patti Smith that would inspire many very bad poems and songs from Jim and lots of bitter post-breakup vitriol from Patti. I'm kind of scared to guess what else he'd do. Probably wind up really fat and performing awful Eagles-style coke-rock.
JOHNNY THUNDERS: would show up at Bob Stinson's funeral with a huge grin on his face, muttering "so, WHO's gonna die?" at Paul Westerberg under his breath.
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 2 February 2003 06:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tim D (Tim D), Sunday, 2 February 2003 06:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tad (llamasfur), Sunday, 2 February 2003 06:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron A., Sunday, 2 February 2003 07:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Sunday, 2 February 2003 07:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 2 February 2003 07:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― paul cox (paul cox), Sunday, 2 February 2003 08:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― DV (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 2 February 2003 11:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jack Battery-Pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Sunday, 2 February 2003 12:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lynskey (Lynskey), Sunday, 2 February 2003 14:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lynskey (Lynskey), Sunday, 2 February 2003 14:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
The aforementioned Hendrix. Buddy Holly. Joe Meek. Scott La Rock.
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 2 February 2003 15:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― autovac (autovac), Sunday, 2 February 2003 15:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 3 February 2003 00:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Monday, 3 February 2003 03:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― keith (keithmcl), Monday, 3 February 2003 03:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 3 February 2003 03:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― robert lashley (brotherman), Monday, 3 February 2003 08:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― bham, Monday, 3 February 2003 09:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― robert lashley (brotherman), Monday, 3 February 2003 11:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― di smith (lucylurex), Monday, 3 February 2003 11:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
... prevents them going so pop. There's no Ebeneezer Goode or smash hit with Boss Drum, but they retain indie credibility. By the mid 90s, the Shamen have dabbled with IDM and a grunge sound to no great effect. Become bored with drugs.
Then after hearing Radiohead's Kid A, The Shamen figure out what they wanted to do all along and release a blindingly good album mixing their early "Drop" style tunes with two-step garage beats; weird experimental electronics sections; and a stong anti-Blair political message.
― phil jones (interstar), Monday, 3 February 2003 11:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― the internet (scg), Monday, 3 February 2003 14:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
However, a change in the fashion of the times (and a certain loss of inspiration: "The songs...just weren't coming anymore, no matter how hard I worked") leads Drake to go on hiatus from the music business in the early eighties. He spends the next decade living quietly in the English countryside until, in 1995, Drake is coaxed out of retirement by a persistent German fan (whom he later marries), and after a few brief tours in the UK and Europe, quietly releases a comeback album of sorts, Dark and Devil Waters. While again critically acclaimed, the record fails to sell particularly well until yet another licensing deal -- this one with a small independent film that unexpectedly becomes one of the year's biggest smashes -- reignites interest in Drake's older material. He continues to tour sporadically through the '90s, releasing very little new material -- a live album, and The Best of Nick Drake which features two new songs, an unreleased outtake, and a rather schmaltzy cover of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" -- but then begins a much-anticipated new album in the summer of 1999. Tragically, after having completed about two-thirds of the album, he fails to show up to the studio one day and is found dead in his home, the victim of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. His wife is briefly regarded as a suspect, but the official police report deems the incident an accident.
― Phil (phil), Monday, 3 February 2003 15:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jm (jtm), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 05:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
Actually now that Fairport have been mentioned someone surely has to write an account of Sandy Denny's last 25 years. Won't be me, though.
― robin carmody (robin carmody), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 06:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 13:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 19:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 19:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 19:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 20:03 (twenty-one years ago) link