Excellent as always. I’ve got a bit of a sweet tooth from the 70s-90s pop days! As a longtime drummer, I can attest that playing stand up drums is hard AF. The only drummer I’ve seen pull it off with any panache was Boy Georges Culture Club drummer. He played his Simmons drums standing up. Foot pedals too. Looked difficult. Singing whilst drumming is particularly hard. I don’t sing well but I’ve tried while drumming. Drumming takes 4 way coordination and add singing and that’s 5 way coordination. Even if I could sing well, I can’t sing and play drums. So ima check this out. Aaron, you always make my Saturdays interesting!
Hey, Greg! You might find this piece I wrote several months ago kinda fascinating….especially if you like/liked XTC (they have a stylistic connection to the ‘Fish)! I saw Jellyfish twice in the early ‘90s, both in the general L.A. area! One of my faves, and they’re on my Mt. Rushmore of Power Pop!
I haven’t done an article on my indie label in the early 80’s yet. One of the artists that was on it later had Roger Manning join on keyboards…more soon!
Excellent as always. I’ve got a bit of a sweet tooth from the 70s-90s pop days! As a longtime drummer, I can attest that playing stand up drums is hard AF. The only drummer I’ve seen pull it off with any panache was Boy Georges Culture Club drummer. He played his Simmons drums standing up. Foot pedals too. Looked difficult. Singing whilst drumming is particularly hard. I don’t sing well but I’ve tried while drumming. Drumming takes 4 way coordination and add singing and that’s 5 way coordination. Even if I could sing well, I can’t sing and play drums. So ima check this out. Aaron, you always make my Saturdays interesting!
Hey, Greg! You might find this piece I wrote several months ago kinda fascinating….especially if you like/liked XTC (they have a stylistic connection to the ‘Fish)! I saw Jellyfish twice in the early ‘90s, both in the general L.A. area! One of my faves, and they’re on my Mt. Rushmore of Power Pop!
https://bradkyle.substack.com/p/audio-autopsy-1986-xtc-and-season?utm_source=publication-search
thanks, brother greg!!
I haven’t done an article on my indie label in the early 80’s yet. One of the artists that was on it later had Roger Manning join on keyboards…more soon!
Hi Lori, that is awesome. Would love to hear that story!