Support for Radio City show is Glasvegas

[withahip]

The don't really sound like the JAMC. Here are the reason I see for the comparison
A. Both bands are from Scotland
B. James Allan says the JAMC are a major influence and the most important band to come out of Sctoland
C. Alan Mcgee is promoting them and he got the MAry Chain their first single and managed them - he spread the word about Glasvegas by getting them on his show.
D. The songs are 3-5 chords - usually I-IV-V - in both bands - with a droning guitar line hanging on one note throughout
E. Both drummers on the first release played simple beats usually a lot of tom drums.

So there you go - a lot of it has to do with the situation more than the music - but people often like bands based on things like that rather than the actual music -

I liked them before finding any of this out - but after the fact it figures.

[Lancashire Fusileer]

I never understood that JAMC connection either. More like the Raveonettes IMHO, but sod it who gives?

[JackT]

The don't really sound like the JAMC. Here are the reason I see for the comparison
A. Both bands are from Scotland
B. James Allan says the JAMC are a major influence and the most important band to come out of Sctoland
C. Alan Mcgee is promoting them and he got the MAry Chain their first single and managed them - he spread the word about Glasvegas by getting them on his show.
D. The songs are 3-5 chords - usually I-IV-V - in both bands - with a droning guitar line hanging on one note throughout
E. Both drummers on the first release played simple beats usually a lot of tom drums.

So there you go - a lot of it has to do with the situation more than the music - but people often like bands based on things like that rather than the actual music -

I liked them before finding any of this out - but after the fact it figures.

You forgot to mention the use of diminished minor 9ths.

[Red]

The don't really sound like the JAMC. Here are the reason I see for the comparison
A. Both bands are from Scotland
B. James Allan says the JAMC are a major influence and the most important band to come out of Sctoland
C. Alan Mcgee is promoting them and he got the MAry Chain their first single and managed them - he spread the word about Glasvegas by getting them on his show.
D. The songs are 3-5 chords - usually I-IV-V - in both bands - with a droning guitar line hanging on one note throughout
E. Both drummers on the first release played simple beats usually a lot of tom drums.

So there you go - a lot of it has to do with the situation more than the music - but people often like bands based on things like that rather than the actual music -

I liked them before finding any of this out - but after the fact it figures.

hhmmm......i didn't know ANY of that.......i based my comparison on the song i heard the other day on youtube, knowing nothing about the band prior, and being a massive fan of the Mary Chain. just heard some similarities in one track, is all. (music only) they sound nothing alike vocally!

[withahip]

I meant the reason the music press is comparing the two. I don't know of anyone who heard the two bands drawing the comparison.

[watercolors]

hhmmm......i didn't know ANY of that.......i based my comparison on the song i heard the other day on youtube, knowing nothing about the band prior, and being a massive fan of the Mary Chain. just heard some similarities in one track, is all. (music only) they sound nothing alike vocally!

Bands like this ALL sound like they have the 80s influence... I even picked up on Bunnymen in the song I heard!

[JackT]

I'm beginning to think that the "who does this band sound like" phenomenon is pathological. I went to see a smattering of local bands last night, most of whom were pretty decent. Problem is, instead of really listening to the music, I find myself trying to figure out what or who each particular song reminds me of, as if that adds anything to appreciating the music at hand. I need to just listen and forget about all that.

[withahip]

i was going to joke that you are are indeed pathological - but you make a good point. Why is it? Is it because we look for bands and with a certain sound when we are younger? Is it the music press? Any review makes a recipe of what the band's influences seem to be comprised of.

So often we don't like it when a band steps out of the skin we see them in. Strangely, I think many are wishing for the Bunnymen to do just that.

[octavia]

What, the Leather Nun are not opening?

[JackT]

What, the Leather Nun are not opening?

Ha ha! That is a great idea, actually! The original RCMH opening band! Boy, they sure did suck, though. All I remember is a song about "Fist F**kers".

[In The Margins]

Ha ha! That is a great idea, actually! The original RCMH opening band! Boy, they sure did suck, though. All I remember is a song about "Fist F**kers".

I remember one of theres -- I can smell your thoughts. or maybe that was farts. something like that. truly terrible. they hit one note and wrecked my right ear drum. still can't get rid of the ringing in that ear 20 years later. i remember them selling leather nun condoms. yeah sure.