Sunday, 26 April 2009
Thursday, 23 April 2009
tHe niGht I JamMeD WiTh NeO
by Paul Moody/Martin Goodacre
It all came out of nothing one night in the early 90s. I was in a band called Fabulous at the time. One night, James our manager and our singer Simon went down to this club and got chatting to Keanu. He was in London filming, had a few days on his hands and was basically up for anything. Fabulous were on a roll so they told him we were the cutting edge of British rock'n'roll and understandably he wanted a piece of the action. He has his own band, Dogstar, and said he wanted to come down to our rehearsal the next day and jam with us. So the next day, Simon and James pull up at my flat and tell me they've got Keanu downstairs in the car.
Now the car in itself was something it had the words 'Arrest Me' sprayed in huge letters across the back but when I got down there, there was no sign of Keanu. When I turned around I heard this stifled laughter and realized that he was in the boot (trunk)! He'd just got in there when they picked him up because there was nowhere else to sit. I think he was used to it because of the times he'd dodged the paparazzi. The drummer in Dogstar was there and a girl he was seeing at the time: I think she was from Neighbours. Anyway, we drove off with Keanu still in the trunk. It must have been a half-hour drive. You could hear him giggling in the back every now and then. He looked a bit dishevelled but he got out like nothing had happened and said something like 'Awesome!'
Then we handed him a bass and he started playing really, really loud. He had all the moves too, but he wasn't much good. He couldn't play any of our songs because they were way too fast: he couldn't really keep up. In the end we just started playing the Velvet Underground's 'Sweet Jane'. It was pretty boring but he liked it. Every time we did a good version he'd say something like 'Awesome dude!', just like Bill and Ted.
He'd brought four cans of really weak lager with him but he only had one. There was no sign of his future life as Neo. I must say, I don't think you'd call it one of the greatest rock n roll jams but I hear the tapes are now going for thousands on the internet.
It all came out of nothing one night in the early 90s. I was in a band called Fabulous at the time. One night, James our manager and our singer Simon went down to this club and got chatting to Keanu. He was in London filming, had a few days on his hands and was basically up for anything. Fabulous were on a roll so they told him we were the cutting edge of British rock'n'roll and understandably he wanted a piece of the action. He has his own band, Dogstar, and said he wanted to come down to our rehearsal the next day and jam with us. So the next day, Simon and James pull up at my flat and tell me they've got Keanu downstairs in the car.
Now the car in itself was something it had the words 'Arrest Me' sprayed in huge letters across the back but when I got down there, there was no sign of Keanu. When I turned around I heard this stifled laughter and realized that he was in the boot (trunk)! He'd just got in there when they picked him up because there was nowhere else to sit. I think he was used to it because of the times he'd dodged the paparazzi. The drummer in Dogstar was there and a girl he was seeing at the time: I think she was from Neighbours. Anyway, we drove off with Keanu still in the trunk. It must have been a half-hour drive. You could hear him giggling in the back every now and then. He looked a bit dishevelled but he got out like nothing had happened and said something like 'Awesome!'
Then we handed him a bass and he started playing really, really loud. He had all the moves too, but he wasn't much good. He couldn't play any of our songs because they were way too fast: he couldn't really keep up. In the end we just started playing the Velvet Underground's 'Sweet Jane'. It was pretty boring but he liked it. Every time we did a good version he'd say something like 'Awesome dude!', just like Bill and Ted.
He'd brought four cans of really weak lager with him but he only had one. There was no sign of his future life as Neo. I must say, I don't think you'd call it one of the greatest rock n roll jams but I hear the tapes are now going for thousands on the internet.
Friday, 17 April 2009
FaBuLOus RapiDo Tv
Rapido was a television show which ran from 1988 to 1992 and was presented by Antoine de Caunes
FaBuLOus YoUnG bOys wORkin fOr tHe CoMmUnity
An insight into FabULoUs, with stage performance.
Also an interview with the front man
Simon Dudfield
and the then Agent Provocateur
James Brown.
EnJoy
Biographies - Tiscali Music - FaBulOuS
This UK post-punk band was formed in the wake of the media success of the Manic Street Preachers. Fabulous comprised Simon Dudfield (vocals), plus Martin Goodacre (guitar), "Hodge" (drums), Russel Underwood (second guitar) and Ronnie Fabulous (bass). They were managed by former New Musical Express assistant editor James Brown. Dudfield was a contributor and both Goodacre and Underwood were photographers on the same paper. Live they were characterized by Dudfield's studied Iggy Pop impersonations, while musically and ideologically they borrowed from the situationist tack of the Sex Pistols. Their first single, "Destined To Be Free", was just a small part of their stated agenda to reinvent 1977 and rid the UK music scene of the "Ecstasy" mentality. They also made a point of exhibiting a stolen carpet from EMI Records' offices. As more than one journalist noted, the Sex Pistols had taken that record company for £50,000, which put Fabulous's achievements in some sort of perspective. Not to be confused with the American rap artist of the same name.
Friday, 3 April 2009
woW. tHeRe yOu haVe It FroM thE Horses MoutH!!
This is what kept FaBulOuS down in the first place, getting banned from venues before they even played! The internet is no different!!
Thursday, 2 April 2009
PaUl cAnnELL
I heard Paul died from an OD.
So is that a suicide? or accidental?
Don't just listen to the journalist's!
A waste of a great character and a extremely talented guy.
Found this interview on him....
Thanks to www.diskant.net
http://www.diskant.net/interviews/cannell.htm
Interview and photos by Marceline Smith
DESTINED TO Be FREE
Label: Heavenly
Catalog#: HVN 11
Label: Heavenly
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single
Country: UK
Released: Nov 1991
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock
Notes: A-side run-out groove : SIMIAN SIMON SAYS...
B-side run-out groove : FUCKED BY FABULOUS
Tracklisting: A Destined To Be Free.
B There's A Riot Going On
Sleave Design: PAUL CANNELL
THE FABULOUS SINGLE LAST SEEN FOR SALE ON EBAY 02/04/09 10:30am
WHAT A BARGAIN!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-x-7%22-singles.-Weller%2FFabulous%2FDrugstore%2FWhite-Stripes_W0QQitemZ180341822014QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090331?IMSfp=TL090331113002r23809
or at
http://www.discogs.com/release/989961
or at
http://gemm.com/item/FABULOUS/DESTINED--TO--BE--FREE---l---THERE%27S--A--RIOT--GOING--ON/GML218496506/
or at
http://gemm.com/item/FABULOUS/DESTINED--TO--BE--FREE--*/GML188213973/
FaBulOUs "there's a riot going on" B side SinGle
b side from the destined to be free single (1991) audio only; copyright owned by artists & corresponding record companies thanks to gobangX
Fabulous Artwork by Paul Cannell
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
FABULOUS
fabulous
adjective
1 fabulous wealth tremendous, stupendous, prodigious, phenomenal, remarkable, exceptional; astounding, amazing, fantastic, breathtaking, staggering, unthinkable, unimaginable, incredible, unbelievable, unheard of, untold, undreamed of, beyond one's wildest dreams; informal mind-boggling, mind-blowing, jaw-dropping.
2 informal : we had a fabulous time.
adjective
1 fabulous wealth tremendous, stupendous, prodigious, phenomenal, remarkable, exceptional; astounding, amazing, fantastic, breathtaking, staggering, unthinkable, unimaginable, incredible, unbelievable, unheard of, untold, undreamed of, beyond one's wildest dreams; informal mind-boggling, mind-blowing, jaw-dropping.
2 informal : we had a fabulous time.
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