artists changed the way...

[firefall]

Weirdness wasn't only a characteristic of new wave years, but also a common ground, for some very special bands/artists of the seventees which in a way influenced it(NW).These artists totally out of time,are now categorized as ''proto punk', but then were only a bunch of outlaws experimenting with primitive electronics,music hall,early power pop and cabaret-Brecht like sounds!Sparks-these early power poppers crushed with the glam rock storm and survived,Stackridge-obscure swing- music hall zaniness and Andy Davis a later member of Korgis,White Noise-adding some psychedelia to their core electronic sounds,created the perfect late sixtees synth obscuro album,Seventh Wave-space glitter at its best and titles like''Camera Obscura''-reminds you something?We could add Roxy Music,Jet,Mud,Silver apples etc.But to be weird and outsider in the years of hippy decadence and macho guitar virtuosity, was a big fact and the first step for the real revolution in music-the Punk one.Everything after that are our sweet dreams!!

[Borneojimy]

Zolar X were another early LA band that influenced a lot of the early scene out that way. Apparently they went everywhere dressed as spacemen & did a lot of gigs with Sparks back in the early 70s. I think they went largely unrecorded until the recent CD o

[firefall]

Yes, Zolar-x''timeless'' was one of the greatest reissues of the year.Icould add some more early -mid seventees obscure artists like-Stavely Makepeace(10cc influenced strange pop),Brett Smiley(similar to Bavid Bowie glam crooner, and there's a cd out''bre