Kód: 32598768 48,97 €
Dodanie trvá 12 týždňov.
Dátum vydania: 28.11.2013
Žáner: JAZZ
EAN: 9326425807842 (info)
Label: CITADEL
Obsahuje nosičov: 1
Nosič: CD
Popis - WAS THE BEGINNING:
The End were born in February 1979 in The Gap - a Brisbane vision of suburban nirvana, a vista of wide, tree-lined streets, well-kept front lawns, backyard swimming pools and two cars in every garage. They died four years later in the decidedly grimy streets of inner-city Sydney. There were two distinct End line-ups which, with an unintended but poetic symmetry, corresponded approximately to the two cities which they lived and died in. They began as an archetypal bunch of pals playing in the garage just for the hell of it in a Brisbane that was just then in the throes of a remarkably frenzied period of musical activity. Pioneered in 76 by the explosion that was the Saints, inspired also by the punk/post-punk convulsions of 76, a scene of sorts sprang up where previously there had been none. They played around Brisbane alongside the likes of The Go-Betweens, The Riptides, The 31st, The Apartments and others, building up a cult of respective proportions. Their repertoire at the time consisted largely of covers - mostly Velvet Underground but also The Stooges, Destroy All Monsters, Wire, Eno, The Feelies, Pere Ubu and even The Ronettes - that reflected some of their influence. More importantly, however, there was a small but steadily increasing number of originals by singer/guitarist Brett Myers. This period and those early songs are represented here by Birthday Boy and Just Skin, two dark blue moods illuminated only by an assonant guitar and Murray Davis spooky, childlike keyboards. They continued working infrequently into 83 but by April, discouraged by a lack of upward movement, The End decided to call it quits. Listen to the sheer atmosphere on the songs by the first line up. Listen to Cameron Humes bass on Through My Heart, to John Purcell's fractured rhythm guitar, to David Rowley's whirlwind of percussion and to the songs, vocals and twisted guitar of Brett Myers and you'll hear why this shouldn't be allowed to happen without at least some remembrance. Here it is.
