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Everything Else / Re: The R.I.P thread...
« Last post by Winterwulf on October 17, 2025, 07:58:31 PM »Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley, the coolest-looking member of the band IMO - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj41vwgv47no
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Everything Else / Re: Michael Mann
« Last post by Guillaume on October 16, 2025, 04:43:55 PM »MANHUNTER... far better than the remake, RED DRAGON, and personally I think that Brian Cox (no, not the scientist fella!) is way better than Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lector...
Here's a nice William Petersen interview, the underrated actor talking about MANHUNTER for this podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/it-happened-in-hollywood/id1437795866
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Everything Else / Re: what songs are you listening to RIGHT NOW
« Last post by Master Ray on October 09, 2025, 08:20:46 PM »I'd never heard of The Birthday Massacre before today but, on a day off, I was drinking with Dan The Postman (some of you will know that fine fella from previous NMA gigs) in Manchester, he mentioned that he'd been turned onto them by a friend and, damn, that's some pretty good stuff right there. Sort of female-fronted goth-y metal with a touch of pop in there, some great songs.
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On The Road / Re: So, whose doing NMA at Nottingham Rockers on Friday 12 Dec?
« Last post by Master Ray on October 09, 2025, 08:16:39 PM »Any update? C'mon, Shush, surely you and your good lady are turning up? Is there gonna be a pre-gig meet or an aftershow? Seems like it's another hot and sweaty sold out show.
Although I have to say... the last couple of NMA shows I've attended have been a little odd in terms of recognizing old faces. I'm not talking about people I know through this fine Forum, more so the people I don't know but who I have seen time and time again in what must be, for me, over a hundred NMA gigs over the decades. Is it just that some of the old fans are just not coming along anymore, they're just a bit too old and ache-y to manage it anymore?
Whatever... I look forward to endlessly queueing up in the freezing cold and usually pouring rain that a gig at Rockers in December will doubtlessly entail and, when we all finally get into the venue, the whole place smells like a wet dog...
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New Model Army / Re: Best vocals, drums, guitar and bass parts in NMA's discography?
« Last post by mooseharris on October 07, 2025, 01:08:34 PM »Too kind, thank you.
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Everything Else / Re: what songs are you listening to RIGHT NOW
« Last post by Winterwulf on October 06, 2025, 03:34:22 PM »The new Cardiacs album "LSD" - painstakingly created from the demos Tim Smith had recorded prior to his heart attack in 2008, one hell of an epitaph for his warped genuis...
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New Model Army / Re: Vinyl Re-Releases
« Last post by Guillaume on October 05, 2025, 06:55:38 PM »Any reviews of the re-release of NO REST FOR THE WICKED? Any differences between this 2025 re-release and the original LP released in 1985?
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New Model Army / Re: Best bass,drums and guitar parts in NMA's discography?
« Last post by Guillaume on October 05, 2025, 06:14:36 PM »"Could this be heaven" (i don't remember the name of Original Mirror's bass player, but i really like his/her bass line on this song):
Philip Trevor Spalding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spalding
Seems he died a couple of years ago, which was news to me.
An eclectic career with many bands and as a session bassist. Great finger style, good with fretted or fretless, and played a black Precision, so there's that.
One of my all time favourite bassists, and a very nice bloke despite all the heroin addiction issues and everything that went with it.
He ended up with hepatitis and his health went slowly downhill over many years, but he was an amazing player at his peak, and a great presence on stage.
A very sad story...thanks for the information, Moose. I'm keeping the "Best of" CD of Original Mirrors, among other things because Philip Trevor Spalding's playing is excellent. By the way Moose, I love your playing and sound on THUNDER AND CONSOLATION and THE GHOST OF CAIN, the two NMA albums I've listened to the most in these last thirty years! I never got tired of those two albums, and your bass work on 'White coats' still "haunts" me in 2025!
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New Model Army / Re: Album Day 2025
« Last post by Guillaume on October 05, 2025, 05:52:19 PM »Great news about this re-release of THUNDER AND CONSOLATION! It'll make a lovely double LP under the Christmas tree! And maybe NMA will finally play "Nothing Touches" live?
Others albums to be released on vinyl the same day as THUNDER AND CONSOLATION:
https://www.nme.com/news/music/liam-gallagher-manics-iggy-pop-queen-architects-and-more-lead-national-album-day-2025-vinyl-re-releases-3893770
NO REST FOR THE WICKED is also being re-released on vinyl this month, and I hope that the terrific THE GHOST OF CAIN will also be re-released next year, for its 40th anniversary!!
Others albums to be released on vinyl the same day as THUNDER AND CONSOLATION:
https://www.nme.com/news/music/liam-gallagher-manics-iggy-pop-queen-architects-and-more-lead-national-album-day-2025-vinyl-re-releases-3893770
NO REST FOR THE WICKED is also being re-released on vinyl this month, and I hope that the terrific THE GHOST OF CAIN will also be re-released next year, for its 40th anniversary!!
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Everything Else / Re: The BOOKS thread... what you reading?
« Last post by Master Ray on October 04, 2025, 10:53:26 PM »Mick Walls biography of John Peel. Mr Wall has done some fine books and this one is no exception.