New Wave Outpost Forum

Posted: **Wed Apr 02, 2003 5:45 pm**

What ever happened to Freur? Doot Doot is a great song!

Good night. Courage.

Posted: **Thu Apr 03, 2003 5:39 am**

dial35,

Freur released a rare 2nd album [i]Get Us Out of Here[/i] that was totally ignored. Are you aware of Underworld? Two of the key members of Freur -- Karl Hyde and Rick Smith -- went on to form Underworld in the late 80's. They virtually reinvent

Posted: **Thu Apr 03, 2003 1:11 pm**

I will have to look for Underworld; never picked up Freur's 1st album, never mind their second.<p>

How close was the 80's version of Underworld to Freur?

Posted: **Fri Apr 04, 2003 5:29 am**

The late 80's Underworld (e.g., [i]Underneath the Radar[/i], [i]Change the Weather[/i]) was nearly a logical progression of Freur's sound (I recall "Glory Glory" being played on college radio), but both of these albums were critically panned. Their electr

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2003 9:26 am**

Actually, the first UNDERWORLD album from the late '80s (produced by Ruper Hine, I believe) was the same band line up as Freur, just under a new name and new direction. By the 2nd late '80s Underworld album, two members had drifted off. By the time of t

Posted: **Thu Apr 10, 2003 6:32 pm**

Wasn't a member (or members) killed in a plane accident before Underworld???

~~EB~~

Posted: **Tue Apr 29, 2003 10:24 am**

The UK version of the first album by Freur has on it 2 12'' mixes as bonus tracks if you bought it on tape (I did) 'Doot Doot' and 'Matters Of The Heart' this was re-issued here in about 1996 with the same extra tracks. Also in many publications at the t

Posted: **Thu Jul 03, 2003 2:20 am**

There are 2 versions of the Freur album Doot Doot available on CD. The Sony version has the 12" mixes mentioned above. The Oglio version has a couple of mixes from later on which really should be extras on the second album "Get us out of here".

I was r

Posted: **Thu Jul 03, 2003 10:20 am**

And weren't they Fortran 5 in between Freur and Underworld?
Persian Blues anyone?

Posted: **Sat Jul 26, 2003 2:03 am**

No I don't think so. Rick Smith & Karl Hyde were in a synthpop band called "The Screen Gems" in '87 between Freur and Underworld but I don't think they recorded anything.

Posted: **Sat Jul 26, 2003 8:54 am**

Sorry; I was confusing them with I Start Counting! duh!