![]() "Mainly, I just want to make this sonic environment take place. ![]() "It will be strange because I'm not singing," says Gira. Those performing with him include Iggy Pop's drummer, Larry Mullins, on tympani, vibraphones, cymbals, and automobile horns ex-Ministry drummer Bill Rieflin on the analog synthesizer and sequence loops Phil Puleo (Cop Shoot Cop, ex-Swans) on the dulcimer and mouted kick drums Birgit Staudt on accordion Bill Bronson (ex-Swans) on bass and Gira on guitar. The performance will call on a wide array of musicians, and, at times, a few unorthodox instruments to create Gira's own little sonic temple. The Body Lovers will perform an hour-long piece of music based loosely on a track from Number One of Three at the Bowery Ballroom on Sept. It's essentially one long piece of music that migrates along the way." "Some parts are pretty violent and some are pretty, I guess you could say. "The Body Lovers sort of extends what I was trying to do with Swans, especially on the last tour, with long, instrumental sections based on everything from non-musical sounds to samples to live musicians," says Gira. According to Gira, the transition from extreme, shell- shocking punk to instrumental ear candy was a natural progression from Swans. Described as a "psycho- ambient soundtrack- without- a- film," the Body Lovers' debut CD, Number One of Three, was released last April. WITH MEMBERS OF IGGY POP, MINISTRYĮx-Swans frontman Michael Gira, whose dark, moody punk soundscapes have proved cathartic to a slew of post-early '80s punk bands, will perform an exclusive American engagement of his latest project, the Body Lovers, in New York in September.The Body Lovers are Gira's first project since Swans' farewell performance in London in 1997. Via Vintage Everyday, Flashbak, Northern Soul Train, and Reddit.EX-SWANS FRONTMAN PERFORMS IN N.Y. Zoot Allures!: Frank Zappa (colorization by Lauren). This pair were always more than a handful-Pete Townshend and Keith Moon.Įric Clapton-more ‘big’ than ‘slow’ hand. Rod Stewart wearing the original ‘budgie smugglers.’ George Harrison was always a bit of a dark horse.įreddie Mercury failing to hide his light under a bush or is it a tree? ![]() Robert Plant’s noticeable onstage ‘presence.’ However, having spent minutes if not hours poring over rock stars crotches I have got to the nuts and bolts of this subject and cobbled together a small (or should that be large?) selection of classic rock stars and their unfeasibly large talents… But with the arrival of four well-endowed young men from Liverpool, trousers which revealed everything and left nothing to the imagination quickly became the focal point of the sixties’ “British Invasion” and the inspiration for many bands over the following decade.įor some, what God had provided wasn’t enough and their trousers were often padded with socks, lead pipes, cucumbers, shuttlecocks, “armadillos,” and the massed pipe bands of a well-known Highland regiment. Within weeks, it seemed as if every singer was wearing a pair of strides one size too small leaving many broadcasters to shoot these performers from the waist up so as not to offend the less fashionable viewers at home. It’s well known that tight trousers have a long history in rock and pop music stretching all the way back and front to the 1950s when Elvis Presley first unleashed his “Hound Dog” on national television. Iris Mountbatten’s when she revealed her son “Leggy” had first appreciated the large talents of the Rutles after seeing their tight trousers. This didn’t quite satisfy our keen reporter who seemed to be hoping for an answer more akin to that given by Mrs. Sometime in the 1970s, an intrepid BBC reporter posited the question What is it about today’s pop stars that appealed so much to young girls and boys? After talking to a small selection of very emotional and breathy fans, he soon discovered the answer was music.
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