one of my favorite bands ever. if you are my friend, and love me....you should download this so we could gush over how amazing they are together, because as of right now im alone and sooooo in love with this band. so i really hope people actually give them a listen... and im too lazy to write anything about em so im stealing this from Wikipedia...
"The Chameleons (called The Chameleons UK on some American releases) were a post-punk band that formed in Middleton, in Greater Manchester, England in 1981 (see 1981 in music). They consisted of singer and bassist Mark Burgess, guitarist Reg Smithies, guitarist Dave Fielding, and drummer John Lever (replacing original drummer Brian Schofield). The core quartet were sometimes augmented live by keyboardists Alistair Lewthwaite and Andy Clegg in the 1980s, and percussionist/vocalist Kwasi Asante during their reunion period (ex-Magazine
drummer Martin Jackson also briefly replaced Lever during 1982-83 while the latter was on sabbatical).
Through Mark Burgess' vocals and dark and ironic lyrics, their songs often dealt with personal themes of childlike innocence and a reverence for nostalgia. Musically, perhaps most notable in their work was the band's innovative and distinctive use of dual guitar melodies, courtesy of Reg Smithies and Dave Fielding, as opposed to the traditional rhythm-and-lead guitarist format prevalent in rock music even to this day. These arrangements were often characterized by the use of delay and choral effects."
if you dont love this you have issues...
Perfume Garden - The Chameleons
those are two songs from the two different albums im posting here: Up the down escalator from script of the bridge, and perfume garden from what does anything mean?
SCRIPT OF THE BRIDGE -DOWNLOAD HERE
WHAT DOES ANYTHING MEAN? BASICALLY - DOWNLOAD HERE
6 comments:
the besttt, i almost posted them.
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Wow, I would have posted this first Had I not preferred to keep them a secret...the Chams along with the Cure are my definite favorites of all time. I saw Mark Burgess play live about two years ago at Maxwells, It was about 50 people there and he played several Chameleons tunes which I was able to keep the set list for. By far the best show I've ever seen. When I can't find the albums I don't have, I buy doubles!! Check out the peel sessions, sons of god, and anything else that has Burgess's name on it.
Chameleons post gets 1000 post-punk points.
hahaahahah im gladly collecting my points. thats awesome that you saw him live...im jealous. im so happy to hear other people i know love em
oh and i just added you on facebook joe.
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