From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V3 #99 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Monday, April 27 1998 Volume 03 : Number 099 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Fashion ["Adrian M. Johnson" ] [AVALON] P & O shares up 25p ["Michael Hillman" ] Re: [AVALON] Fashion [ASchulberg ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 11:50:18 +0100 From: "Adrian M. Johnson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Fashion Heather Marie Propes writes > >Anyway, I just picked up this album by a band called "Fashion." The album >is "Product Perfect" and it came out in 1979. The lead singer seems very >influenced by Ferry's singing style and although he doesn't hold a candle >up to Ferry, the album is still interesting. Does anyone know any more >about Fashion and whether Product Perfect is a particularly strong release >by them? > I vaguely remember them, but they didn't particularly move me. In the absence of anything else to offer, the following is their biography on th MS Music Central 97 CD-ROM. Hope this helps, Jelly. Fashion This band from Birmingham, England blended offbeat funk with an independent spirit that seemed destined to ensure them commercial success. Originally a trio, comprising John Mulligan (bass), Dix (drums) and Luke (guitar), Fashion issued three diverse singles on their own label, spurred on by the D.I.Y. attitudes in the wake of punk. After November 1978's "Steady Eddie Steady" came "Citinite" in June and then PERFECT PRODUCT, an impressive debut album. "Silver Blades" followed in March 1980, ensuring a deal with Arista. Now swelled to a six-piece with Martin Stoker (ex-Dance; Bureau) on drums, vocalist Tony (ex-Neon Hearts) and main songwriter De Harriss, many predicted that their resultant singles would break the band on the back of the futurist scene of the early '80s. "Street Player -Mechanik," in March 1982, "Love Shadow" in August and later, "Eye Talk" in January 1984, all scraped the lower reaches of the chart, but failed to establish the band in the public eye. Despite this, Fashion enjoyed a strong undercurrent of support, reflected in a UK Top 10 album FABRIQUE, in June 1982. But interest gradually waned, the band moved to Epic, and TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS, issued exactly two years on, was not as warmly received, despite two singles, "Dreaming" in April 1984 and "You In The Night" in June. © 1996 Microsoft Corporation and/or its suppliers. All rights reserved. - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Adrian M. Johnson EMail: jelly@thebigj.demon.co.uk | | Wild-eyed loner at the brink of a new dawn, seer, prophet, revolutionary| | OK, I lied, beer and sports and rock'n'roll, and a bit of mining | - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 22:21:40 +0300 From: "Michael Hillman" Subject: [AVALON] P & O shares up 25p Well, just a guess actually Anyone get the message I'm trying to put across regarding the content of this chat forum of recent? As BF once put it "I'm a master of disguise as you well know" Have a great week Michael ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 21:05:17 EDT From: ASchulberg Subject: Re: [AVALON] Fashion In a message dated 98-04-26 12:06:15 EDT, you write: << . In the absence of anything else to offer, the following is their biography on th MS Music Central 97 CD-ROM >> Hey, Jelly How about posting the Roxy and Ferry entries as well, assuming they have them. Arnie ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V3 #99 *************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to avalon-digest-owner@smoe.org