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Everything Else / Re: The R.I.P thread...

« Last post by Ghosttrain on November 03, 2025, 07:03:09 PM »

Donna Jean vocalist with The Dead during the 70's. not a favourite with a lot of the fans............i personally thought they did a lot of great stuff with her....RIP Donna ''May The Four Winds Blow Her Safely Home''........... ..

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New Model Army / Re: Happy 45th anniversary

« Last post by Stephanie on November 03, 2025, 08:02:15 AM »

45 years - woah...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY indeed - and hoping for many more.

But yeah, how time flies! It's a bit scary. 

But no doubt when I'm 56 (or 70 like Justin S in 2026!) I'll perhaps regret not being 47 anymore ha ha! As we say in France: "La vieillesse est un naufrage" ("Old age is a shipwreck")!

Well, yeah - over here (in Germany) we say that, if you're over 45 and don't have any aches and pains, you're dead. I used to laugh about that - now that I'm turning 57 in a couple of months, I am certainly not laughing anymore. 

Although...yeah...I am...it's alright, I guess, because it's ok, I am grateful to still be alive and fit enough to still do stuff I enjoy, like going to shows, even though it get tougher.

Let's hope we all get to see many more shows!

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New Model Army / Re: Happy 45th anniversary

« Last post by Ghosttrain on November 02, 2025, 11:12:10 AM »

I shall be 68 on November 4th.!!!!!!!  ''What a long strange trip it's been ''..........

And of course Happy 45th Anniversary..... ..

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New Model Army / Re: Happy 45th anniversary

« Last post by Tarsier on November 02, 2025, 06:50:56 AM »

Happiest anniversary to NMA! 
And thanks to you guys having a competition here who's the oldest, I feel positively young at forty  That said, none of us is getting any younger... I'm so glad that in two weeks time, first time ever, I'll go to see a gig together with my parents - NMA here in Prague! 

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Trades & Swaps / 1 spare ticket for Prague 15/11/25

« Last post by yarouzic on November 01, 2025, 12:20:28 PM »

Hi,
My friend Olivier (doesn't have a NMA login) ask me to announce this: he has a spare ticket for Prague, 22€/£20 contact him frogskip@hotmail.com
Thanks!

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Everything Else / Re: what Film / TV are you watching RIGHT NOW

« Last post by Tarsier on October 31, 2025, 08:57:25 AM »

Feeling down, seriously overworked, seriously needing sleep... Just saw there's Kung Fu Panda 4 in Netflix - perfect.
What's your go-to when you just need an empty head and to drift into oblivion?

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Everything Else / Re: what songs are you listening to RIGHT NOW

« Last post by Tarsier on October 31, 2025, 07:40:44 AM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzW1QUbeASU

This song is just so beautiful I can't get over it. The Mon, solo project of Ufomammut's singer/bassist Urlo, has a new album out on 7th November, titled Songs of Abandon. Looking forward, I hope there'll be a few more gems like this. 
Ufomammut is such a wonderful band and I've listened to them alot for years, especially during nights at work. And for some reason, every time I saw them live I've cried - it's like the music dislodges something that has been stuck or hidden, maybe it's just a memory of a feeling, or a memory of a bunch of contradicting feelings that clash, ignite and burn. At any rate, it's very beautiful. Just now I though of the title of their previous album "Hidden" just a bit differently. Damn, probably it would be good idea to write a bit more, you always find something when you do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKYmV0FrBzM

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New Model Army / Re: I think there should be, one day, an official biography of NMA... anyone agree?

« Last post by Gaijin on October 30, 2025, 08:10:17 PM »

If you want a book you may just have to make it yourself.

A fan project that collects gig flyers, press adverts, cover scans and reviews is a place to start. Another would be to contact people that were part of various sessions; engineers, tape ops etc. Or tour personnel, venue owners and booking agents. There are always a lot of people involved with a touring band.

Then there's NMA sleeve art too.

Justin doesn't have to write the book. There are other people that may want to look back and tell their part of the story, someone just needs to find them.

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New Model Army / Re: I think there should be, one day, an official biography of NMA... anyone agree?

« Last post by Guillaume on October 30, 2025, 01:15:33 PM »

Let me now your thoughts on this.

I completely understand the band's answer. Justin Sullivan has said many times over the years that he's not interested in revisiting the past, so there will be a band biography when the band wants to allow themselves a moment of self reflection. The band is  very active, too busy with various projects (writing new songs, recording new albums and touring, among other things) to be able to spend weeks/months/years on a retrospective work. Even though there are quite a few artists who write their autobiographies around the age of 60 or 70!

I think the 2013 documentary BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF THE NEW MODEL ARMY STORY is very good; its only major drawback, for me and I suppose for those who like the band, is that it's not exhaustive. For example, NMA's discography from IMPURITY to TODAY IS A GOOD DAY isn't covered, nor are Justin's solo albums. A (auto)biography, perhaps a more "conventional" illustrated book, could fill in these "gaps".

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New Model Army / Re: I think there should be, one day, an official biography of NMA... anyone agree?

« Last post by mudgeek on October 30, 2025, 01:42:25 AM »

A few days ago I wrote to the band with a proposal to write a Brazilian NMA book myself. This is what they wrote back:

"We have to say that, at the moment, we would NOT support a project like this. We have had many, many offers and requests to write a New Model Army biography, but the band, and in particular Justin, want to choose a moment for this and that moment is not now. Sorry.

Best Regards,

NMA"

Let me now your thoughts on this.