tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post3643805964335009997..comments2024-03-24T08:17:55.097-04:00Comments on BLOG TO COMM: Christopher Stiglianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-33851485507804651022011-12-31T16:21:08.964-05:002011-12-31T16:21:08.964-05:00Chris - glad you checked out that Little Diesel cd...Chris - glad you checked out that Little Diesel cd. Taken at face value and apart from the bands that came later, it is a cool teenage/suburban snapshot of a culture that is long gone. I mean when "Phase-III" and "Crazy Horses" start to sound good as longplayers, you know we are in trouble! For what it is worth - and don't ask why I was listening to it - BTC gets a namedrop in the liners to the 2004 deluxe reissue of "Slanted and Enchanted" by Kannberg: "there were a few good reviews of our first singles in Black to Comm and Conflict who would compare us to Pere Ubu or Generation X." ok. On the heavy metal topic, in the authorized M.E. Smith bio, there are several references to the reviews of the first Sex Pistols gig in Manchester and Smith's reference to them (favorably) as a "pretty bad heavy metal band" and his love of Rotten's great "non-voice" over the racket. There are a few other contempo reviews where the HM tag is used. As a follow-on to the lps of the 70's post, did you see this clip of the Larry Wallis era of UFO (sent via Grady who found it):<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu1lb6-rWlw<br /><br />JBPapa Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669046072789049890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-66460233824548848732011-12-18T16:42:15.557-05:002011-12-18T16:42:15.557-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Papa Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669046072789049890noreply@blogger.com