Where do these guys fall in music classification? Bill Nelson one of my old faves always defied classification to me.Music Platform was all over the place , but always intruiging.Love and Rockets I think suck these days but right after Bauhaus Tones on Tale was very cutting edge Gritty electro pop with dark lyrics. Just wondering thought.
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Bill Nelson and Tones On Tale/Love and Rockets
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Bill Nelson and Tones On Tale/Love and Rockets
by oneno » Tue Jun 17, 2003 11:33 pm
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by MikeP » Thu Jun 19, 2003 3:40 am
I'd say that Bill Nelson had a sort of avant-pop, new romantic style similar to Japan and David Sylvian, but you're right, difficult to categorize. Tones on Tail definitely had goth leanings leftover from Bauhaus, whereas Love & Rockets were more neo-psyc
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by XTC » Fri Jun 20, 2003 3:51 pm
AH the early ones...Bill Nelson, Gary Numan and Kraftwork.....wow!
I remember when 'Empire of the senses' had radio play.
Steve Strange was in that (Where to put it) thing too....more like ULTRAVOX (gee I wonder why) but with more of that dance beat
I remember when 'Empire of the senses' had radio play.
Steve Strange was in that (Where to put it) thing too....more like ULTRAVOX (gee I wonder why) but with more of that dance beat
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