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A few years back, former Quiet Sun / Roxy Music / 801 behind-the-scenes mastermind Gill Manzanera--no relation to guitarist Phil Manzanera (whose real name is Philip Targett-Adams)--offered up a beguiling reminiscence of those heady days to the Swiss fanzine Sombre Reptiles:
"What we were trying to do, you see, was harness the future into the present. However, we were severely at odds with technology, a ring modulator on a Fender Rhodes and a bit of funny business through an analog synth being about as far as one could go then. The work with Quiet Sun was the foundation, then later Phil and Eno built upon that within Roxy and if only Ferry had acquiesced to Brian having a go at 'Bogus Man,' I think the results would have been stunning (as well as longer-lasting). But alas, so then for 801, the decision was to incorporate the progressive and avant garde through a chamber of fusion (so to speak), the results of which are undeniable. Mind you, this was all during the burgeoning punk era, so it took a bit of time for some to settle in with what was happening. But isn't that the future, really; someone has to be the first out the door to know if the rest of us will need a jumper or not. It was all quite brilliant in that way, absolutely so, I should think."

Some sadly overlooked Can-indebted post punk beauty here folks! Sticken-In's stark but fucked instrumental palette seems to take a leaf from both their mentor's collaborations with Japanese vocalist Phew and from Damo's vocalese, resulting in lots of harmonically/structurally sophisticated concepts being advanced here, with other tips 'o the hat in the direction of of Gang Of Four via scribble/scratch guitars and P.I.L. via dubwise production maneuvers of a downcast demeanor.

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Record Club No. 1:
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Finally, A Record Club That Won't Screw You
RS - M/U - ZS - DF

No recording of tonight’s show (due to a fuck-up by yours truly), which is just as well as technical problems in the studio made it not so swell…
There was a show. It was part two of Musically Speaking. It was ok, but chaos due to a completely fubar air-room made it frustrating and not very [...]

Year: 1992
Style: Rock
Country: France
Format: CD
Label: Remark records (517 194-2)
Tracks: Sergent Pépère / Pas d'papier water / Comme tu dégueules / Look anorak / Les p'tites bites / Assaut sur mon grand-père / L'usine in the sky / Twist n'chat / Hep / Seau d'eau sous-marine / Hard les smacs / A Walibi j't'emmène / Get claques / Hey Jules

Les Bidochons is a group of musical parodists wich took their name from Christian BINET's comic strip les Bidochons. The band's discography is based on parodies with lyrics rewritten in French of pre-existing songs from THE ROLLING STONES, THE SEX PISTOLS, TELEPHONE and, of course, THE BEATLES.

Yoko Ono, Paul Mc Cartney, Julian and Sean Lennon had no easy laugh about that. That's how Les Bidochons had to confront the lawyers of Apple Corps and that they finally achieved their biggest media blow.

They chained themselves on a huge bed, in the street, in front of fans, cameras and curious. In the end, the band won the right to parody The BEATLES. The procedure turned round against their authors and gave an unhoped exhibition to the album.