"Metal Urbain" back on stage at Rennes

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The french punk band of the 80s is back on stage at Rennes "transmusicales". Any information about that ?

― babstat, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Only that I'm sure I saw US Tour dates on one of the discussion lists I'm on, which rather surprised me - I'll see if I can dig up the details.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 13:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Uh.... no. Certainly couldn't find it where I thought I'd seen it. Maybe I imagined it. Strange thing to have imagined 'though.

I did find out that a "Best Of" coming out in a month's time 'though http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000VCT6M/qid=1068040289/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/171-7371520-2309052

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

There were US tour dates knocking around on ILE, an ILx0r is tour managing their American jaunt.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

There are tour dates on the Acute Records site.

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I know that all those NY dates are correct, btw (the Acute site says "still tentative").

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Metal Urbain NYC listening party and subsequent dates.

― George Smith, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Great article in the Village Voice! I would like to add the same thing must've happened in Australia. Of all the places in the world, there was an entire scene of bands who claimed Metal Urbain as a, if not THE, primary influence. Severed Heads, SPK, Primitive Calculators and the Slugfuckers are the 4 australian industrial/punk acts I can think of. Severed Heads are WAY underrated btw, but that's another topic for another day! Anyway, the listening party is tonight at Niagara, and yes, all those dates are correct. I handed out flyers and posters at every records store in downtown NYC yesterday, and managed to spend hundreds of dollars at each. Whoops.

dan selzer/acute

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Going on a short tour...

― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Severed Heads, SPK

Those bands had more traction than the Smershes and
F/i (Surfin' Fuhrers). Paradoxically, they wound up on
a French compilation called "The Gift of Noise" round about the
mid-80's.

― George Smith, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

my good friend BooksOnTape will be opening for them!!

― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

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