And here (from a couple years prior), they're a lot more early Modern English than Blancmange:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUx-yNTxrZ4 Each member has his own "Post-Punk Halloween 1980" look (the singer is an Ant, the guitarist is Bernard Sumner, etc). Anyone know if the band recorded any of this earlier material, before they signed? On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Andy Kellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Figures on a Beach, courtesy of Dearborn's own Back Porch Video: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48SWnIJ17Dk > > (A few resources mention Detroit, but the group did seem a bit more... > er... Wonderland than Northland.) > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:11 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Heyall > > > > Are there any mostly forgotten synth pop acts from the 80s that were > trying > > to do their thing in Detroit? > > I would think that with all the Euro/UK stuff coming over that all that > > creative influence would have poured into more than just the techno cup. > > Was there really no Human League wanna-be's? No Depeche Mode posers? > > > > We all know about the Euro-synth pop influences on Detroit techno/house > and > > seemingly everything from there became techno. What about pre-house/cusp > > days? > > There had to have been a few back-combing new wave teens with asymmetric > > buttoned shirts who wanted to be 21st Century synth pirates. > > > > Detroit old schoolers - speak up! > > > > We got A Number of Names & Cybotron that sort of fit the bill > > anyone else > > > > maybe in the Greater Detroit area? > > > > MEK > > > > >
