Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. If you are the sort of person who likes to go to music festivals, I wonder if you are like me? I get just as excited about the possibility of seeing something unexpectedly special as I do of seeing some proven headliner. Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. Sometimes I think it is important to question the meaning of success. In music that is perhaps seen by many as being measured in number one singles and albums. That is probably fair enough but I think there is another barometer altogether Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. One of the many things that I love about music is when you stumble upon something that turns out to be very special. Acting on an inkling, I went to see a live performance of the AMBIENT ORCHESTRA (admittedly that inkling came Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. Often when people think of THE MONKEES they think of the US TV show based around the comedic antics of a band that mimicked The Beatles but whose members did not actually write their own songs or play their instruments. That particular Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. Australian electronic music artist, Simon Lewicki, aka GROOVE TERMINATOR has been at the top of his game for a long time. He was a part of the ever expanding dance music genre in the 90s. This was as part of a small Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. THE CURE probably require no introduction. Formed in 1976, they are still going strong. Although closely associated with the goth rock genre, that is unfairly limiting. Robert Smith and his team were unafraid of trying their hand across many genres, often with Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. It is no understatement to say that Gene and Dean Ween, aka WEEN, were a one-off. Words like strange, weird and difficult abound when discussion focuses on WEEN. The use of those words is not unwarranted and I can imagine that Gene Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. After his stint with UK band BAUHAUS in the early eighties and vampire like performances, vocalist PETE MURPHY was called the godfather of Goth. Not a bad achievement that is for sure but what that did not reflect was a musician who Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. UK band SNEAKER PIMPS burst on to the scene in the mid 90s with a particularly sophisticated take on electronica, celebrating both dance and ambient chill. Debut single 6 Underground and album BECOMING X were hugely successful. Losing your vocalist, who was Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. Formed in 1980, Australian band THE CHURCH have had a very long career that continues to this day. In that long career, they have definitely seen some massive highs – their 1988 album STARFISH and single Under the Milky Way saw them Read More
