Conference marvin::uk_music

    
    Well, I wouldn't say I'm a "fan" since I only have their latest
    album "Starfish" to judge them on, but it is a *very* good album.
    I think the vocal style is great, particularly on the songs "Antenna"
    and "Hotel Womb", the lead vocalist can certainly put the bass units
    of my Warfdales under stress...!  I heard that this album has been 
    released after quite a long break from recording...is the band's 
    earlier stuff very similar to what they're doing now?
    
    Ian!
                         

    re .1;
    
    		"Starfish" is similar in style to "Heyday" the previous
    	album (although there has been some progression).
    
    	From their first album "Of Skins and heart" (sold outside Oz
    as "The Church" and with one different track) through "The Blurred
    Crusade", "Seance", "Remote Luxury", "Heyday" and "Starfish" there
    has been a definite development of the bands music and style, they
    still retain a very 'acoustic' sound to much of what they do and
    as you say Steve Kilbey's voice and lyrics are pretty different
    - almost a cross between Lou Reed and Jim Morrison.
    
     If You'd like to hear any of there other stuff (before you buy
    it of course ! - 'cause taping is illegal and it doesn't sell them
    any records) Then mail me and we'll come to some arrangement.
    
    			cheers,
    
    			Graham_Who_Should_Be_The_Church's_UK_promo_manager

    "Unguarded Moment" is one of my favorite singles of all time.
    Then they seemed to disappear for five years! It's good to have
    them back, finally.
    
    Alan S.

    
    I've heard 'The Church' album - great stuff 
    
    Stuart_
    	
    

    
    Is Unguarded Moment the song that got played one New Year on the
    Whistle Test Video Review. It's a kind of Phsycadelic song with
    a lot of Rickenbacker guitar chords through it ?
    
    Walker "Angry Young Man of Pop"

    Yep !
    		Thats the one - incidentally, this song as well as being
    great is like an Albatross around the bands neck, they are very
    reluctant to play it live usually with Steve changing the emphasis
    on certain parts of the lyric ie "So hard finding inspiration.."
    and normally throwing in lyrics from a couple of much earlier singles
    such as 'Too Fast for You' and 'Bus Driver' - however they normally
    do finish up playing it !
    
    	By the way the Rickenbacker Guitar bits are courtesy of Marty
    Wilson-Piper on of the two Guitarists.
    
    					Graham_etc 

    Hi,
    
    I am a complete and total church fan ever since "Remote Luxery" came
    out in 1983. They're a great band! what more can I say? 
    
    Anyways, living here in Mass., I never heard much new about them
    before so I actually joined the church fan club which is based in
    the city! I wish I found this conference earlier! 
    
    I love their new album.....but "seance" is my favorite.
    
    Mai Mai

	Okay,
		three bits of info for those who are dedicated...

	 1) Casey's Cds in Chelsea now have every album available on Cd !!
	    at a very reasonable 11.95.

	 2)  'Reptile' is out as a single on green vinyl with a previously
	    unreleased track on the 'b' side (can't remember its name though,
	    and mine hasn't arrived yet).

	  3)  Carrere records who everyone thought had gone bust has released
	     an album called 'Conception' which has stuff from 'of Skins and
	     Heart/Church' and 'Blurred...' as well as 'Different Man' which
	     was only available on the 'Sing Songs EP'. As 'Sing Songs' is worth
	     about 12 quid (and very difficult to find) its worth buying for
	     that track alone if you haven't already got it.


						Thats all for now

							Graham


	Oops..
		Nearly forgot, did you all know that there are 3 Steve Kilbey
	albums and a couple of singles ana book available ??
	 Also a Marty Wilson-Piper solo album, and a Peter Koppes 12" and solo
	album.
	
	

    
    
    Hi,
    
    I heard some good news on the radio the other day.....the Church
    is playing at the Orpheum on Friday, September 9th !!
    
    Mai Mai

    > I heard some good news on the radio the other day.....the Church
    > is playing at the Orpheum on Friday, September 9th !!

    Yes, apparently the opening bands are PETER MURPHY and TOM VERLAINE...!

    /joe

	Okay, Now you've been what were they like ??

	What did They Play ??

	How about a quick Review ??

	I Couldn't afford to fly the Atlantic at such short notice and so
	unfortunately I missed them this time - hopefully they'll return to
	Britain before heading back to Oz though.

							Graham_etc

    i heard a while ago that the drummer (his name escapes me..
    is it plogge) was sacked by other members of the band..
    
    drummer says, he's taking a year of to do some of his own work
    
    

    If you happen to have the lyrics to "Under the Milky Way", could you
    please E-mail them to me at AIADM::LEVIN.
    
    Much appreciated.
    
    Suegene

    I've only just stumbled into this conference and am DELIGHTED to find a
    Church note in here.
    
    I have been an admirer since seeing that video on the Whistle Test, and
    spent many hours scouring record racks to find anything that they had
    done.
    
    Eventually, I found 'Blurred Crusade' -- and haven't looked back.
    
    My brother also flipped over them and as he's the real collector of the
    family he has, over the years, managed to get pretty much every peice
    of Church and related-to-Church product. This includes Kilbeys book(s).
    
    I like, very much, the solo stuff from Koppes and Wilson-Piper,
    prefering it to Kilbeys solo efforts. However, I rate this man very
    highly as a lyricist, vocalist and bass player. Having seen him in
    action at London's Town and Country Club a couple of years ago, I can
    tell you Kilbey is probobaly one of the best bassists around.
    
    Anyway, latest Church news appeas to be:
    
    Kilbey is working with the guy from the Go-Betweens?, something like
    that,
    
    Wilson-Piper is currently playing guitar for All About Eve, their new
    LP 'Touched by Jesus' has just received TWO stars in the NME -- but has
    charted in the LP charts!
    
    I don't know what impact this all has on the Church, but rumour has it
    they will still be recording stuff together in the future.
    
    Cheers,
    Terry.

    re: -1
    
    JUMBLY:: - You must be related to Timmy O.  
    
    That thang w/ whatshisname from the Go-Btwns is called Jack Frost.
    
    I could tell ya the story about following their bus back to their
    hotel in Arizona, but it's too embarrassing.
    
    -Vicki
          

    Re:-16
    
    No, I'm not related to Timmy O
    
    Is it THAT embarrassing? Is Arizona all sand and sun?
    
    And is your "empire..." moniker a play on old Bill Nelson's "...of the
    Senses"? If so, are you a fan or foe?
    
    regards
    Terry JUMBLY::

    Vicki, my new transient George is a Jack Frost fan. Tell me more.
    
    Roaring Dunder

    >>     -< Rathole Pack >-    (!!)

    Where were you when you thought of this one Ray ? (These things are
    important you know.)

    hey hey we're the monkeez!

    - Bungalow Bill
    

>    Where were you when you thought of this one Ray ? (These things are
>    important you know.)
    
    Somewhere else. 
    
    Dil Rickles

    re: 17
    
    Ok, so you're not related to Tim, but I bet you could walk over to his
    cube & kick him if you felt like it.  (Sometimes he needs it; you gotta
    keep these Irish pseudo-poets in line.)
    
    >>Is it THAT embarrassing? Is Arizona all sand and sun?
    
    Well, yeah.  But I talked to the drummer (before I embarrassed myself)
    and he was really nice.  This was 5 years ago, so I don't remember
    much.  And no, AZ isn't all sand & sun.  It has mountains & snow in the
    winter & rain in Aug. & sometimes it's even green. 
    
    re: the "empire..." p-name.  I got it from the Mekons' last album,
    "Rock and Roll," it's a song title.  (A brilliant song as well.)
    
    re: Jack Frost
    
    A project put together by Kilby, whatshisname, & possibly others.  
    (Gee Vic, your so knowledgable.)  They have one album and it sounds 
    like the Church meets the Go-Btwns.  They toured here a few months ago.
    I didn't see them.
    
    -Vicki

    >>my new transient George...
    
    Rage, don't you just love livin' out here on the wstcst!
    
    -Ms. Hwd

>    Rage, don't you just love livin' out here on the wstcst!
    
    Actually, I do. It's weird but having guests has always made me
    unreasonably happy, like buying bottles of Laphroaig for my starving
    artist pal Christina. In New York, I used to get them all the time, but
    no one wanted to visit Boston. Sensibly enough.
    
    It must be some atavistic pre-Christian Celtic-Scandinavian cult of
    hospitality urge. 
    
    Oh, George agrees with your assessment of Jack Frost.
    
    Doll Tearsheet

    re: -1
    
    Actually, I figured you meant a *real* transient (aka homeless person);
    everyone has one livin' on their doorstep in Frisco.  It's a very
    west coast phenomenon (mainly `cause of the warm weather.)  
    
    But I'm also glad to here you like entertaining out-of-town guests;
    a new place to stay when I go up north %-}  
    
    -Ms. Southern_CA 

    Oh yeah, we have plenty of those types of transients too (not so
    coincidentally, George has BEEN that kind of transient). The Haight &
    Fillmore homeless guys'n'gals are pretty much the same as in my old
    East Village haunts (healthier, and fewer families, thank goodness),
    but there's been a disturbing upturn in drug dealers lately (probably
    because of the computer terminal they've installed in one of the cafes,
    brings in a real ugly crowd) and of course just up Haight a bit you get
    a phenom peculiar to S.F., the "homeless wannabe". Buncha deadheads
    come to town to get drunk for a week and hassle tourists for change.
    Ain't that America?
    
    Hey, send me mail sometime & tell me about other places you stay up
    north. I could use a letter of introduction to polite society here.
    
    Ray

    Re -2
    
    Laphroaig - the man has taste.
    
    Mistress Quickly
    

    
    Geez, it's been quiet in here for a while...
    
    Just read in the NME that The Church are playing in London (at The
    Borderline) on 5th & 6th of August, soooo, who's going and more to the
    point do you have any spare bits of floor that 2 or 3 of us from up
    North could kip on for a night ??
    
    Graham

    Theres a good review of a Jack Frost album in this weeks NME.
    
    Mikef

    
    Great ! Any chance you'll rush out and buy it after reading the review
    ??
    
    G.

    I'll put it on my ever growing list....
    
    
    mikef