Brand X: C/D

All their albums were common in the collections of jazz-fusion/prog fans of the time. People have thrown away more Brand X albums than Battles will ever sell, so as for comparisons to hipster-math-rock-far-fringe acts, eh.

How was math rock invented in the Eighties? I was there and my Alzheimer-plagued brain has forgotten.

Ha, I say 80s only because that's where the wiki page suggests it congealed into a separate genre.

I remember seeing their daft album covers a lot in cut-out bins so I guess a lot of people weren't interested in them. I never heard them myself but I'll check out Nuclear Burn out of sheer curiosity. This thread is like the first time I've heard anyone mention them ever. I had no idea Phil Collins was involved.

Yeah that cover is pretty ridic and made me write it off, especially when I realized Phil Collins was the guy behind the blinds (but I only know him from "Something in the Air Tonight," so clearly I'm out of my element here).

http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/images/BX-UB.jpg

Well, actually the way I remember it is their other album covers were even worse. And the font for their logo is crap, too.

i like moroccan roll, the 2nd album, quite a bit. i only know the 70's stuff. never heard the 80's and beyond stuff. the 70's stuff is definitely worth the 4 or 5 dollars it would cost you to accumulate it.

the 4 or 5 dollars it would cost you to accumulate it

ya rly

Unorthodox Behavior and Moroccan Roll are definitely the two best by them that I've heard, and the only two (so far that I've heard) I would unhesitatingly recommend. Of course with Moroccan Roll you get Phil Collins singing in Sanskrit (worth the price of admission alone)
plus John Goodsall shredding on sitar and Percy Jones' bass stretching from ground to moon.

Masques and Product...eh, kind of bland IMO. Haven't heard Do They Hurt? or any other ones.

http://www.myspace.com/brandxfusion

They are mighty find. Stumbled upon them about a month ago. I read Brian Eno was involved with them somehow too.

err make that fine.

and I guess, they just used an Eno sample in one of their songs, so I guess no involvement.

Hmm...this is um...*cough* rather prog *COUGH COUGH*

What was that thread about Steely Dan with the thread title about punk fighting and dying to be free of this kind of crap?

I'm giving this smooth jazz/prog collection I bought a few months back...

I feel like this band might be some kind of jazz/prog Rubicon for me -- I love Yes, I love Steely Dan, I love Mahavishnu Orchestra, but this band feels like some kind of unholy bastard of the three and it just gets up to the line where I feel uncomfortable. At least their first record.

Nay, I shant! I shant!