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New Wave Artist You Met

Posted:
Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:19 am
by Spit
Has anyone met any new wave artist in there lifetime and if so , what were they like [?]

Posted:
Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:25 am
by GlitteringPrize
I met Tim Scott, Peter Godwin, the Comateens, yea all the big acts, I really dont know I talked to them for a minute and Im not sure how they were, nice to me


Posted:
Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:59 am
by chwbka
For whatever reason I've met quite a few folks...Dieter from Yello, Men Without Hats on Pop Goes the World Tour, Nitzer Ebb, Freur(when they just became Underwold), Steve Bronski (of Bronski Beat), Bow Wow Wow, and Erasure.

Posted:
Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:11 pm
by Coen
In 1980/81 I 2 times 'arranged' things around the concert of Orchestral Manouvre in the Dark at the Stokvishal in Arnhem. I can remember talking to the singer and how much he loved Joy Division.
Although he had not much to do with New Wave-music, I met Micheal Hutchence on the street at New Years Eve 1982/3. Barefoot on the Esplanade in St. Kilda. Talked for half an hour. Great guy. Didn't know who he was when I was talking to him. Heard it from a friend that it was MH. I did know INXS by then from the radio and songs from the Club I went to.
Furthermore I went to the pub with Mark Seymour (Hunters & Collectors) a few times. We lived in the same neighbourhood. And knew his brother Nick, through my then-girlfriend, who worked with him on something for RMIT then. Spoke to Graeme Revell (SPK), Barry Adamson (Magazine/Nick Cave), and Mick Harvey. I met Bruce Gilbert and also Graham Lewis after a Wire gig in Amsterdam. Great to talk to Bruce Gilbert. Once went with a friend backstage at a concert of Nick Cave in Amsterdam. She knew him well (she made the cover of the first solo-album of Cave). That's about it, I think.
PS. I met Tom Mega from Me and the Heat in 1984. I was going to be their tourmanager, according to a friend of mine who was managing them at the time. They had a real good year and totally positive press in 1984. Yhey were called the German Clock DVA. Good musicians...but unfortunately not to much together as group. The band never made the tour, and I just made some promotionphoto's of the band, which I came across on a V/A where Tom Mega appeared. never was a real fan of their music (as my friend was). But Mega was a great mind and a very creative person !
Plus also met The Clash backstage in Melbourne. And Gang of 4 after a Februari 1980 gig in the Stokvishal.
(I think Gill said he was jealous of me, seeing me and my girlfriend after the gig...snogging in after hours [:I] )

Posted:
Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:23 pm
by Frau_Blucher
Not to quell this conversation because I always love hearing more stories about this, but there were a couple of other really good threads too. Just for your reference...
http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2505
and
http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7644
The Ben_at_Work thing with Stacey Q has got to take the cake! [:p]

Posted:
Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:08 pm
by avcool4u
I've met Thomas Dolby, When In Rome, and Marian Gold from Alphaville.
And will soon meet Mike Score from Flock of Seagulls.
[:D]
-Tobes
Check out my new wave cover band in Western New York:
www.roar84.com

Posted:
Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:18 pm
by Spit
[quote][i]Originally posted by avcool4u[/i]
<br>I've met Thomas Dolby, When In Rome, and Marian Gold from Alphaville.
And will soon meet Mike Score from Flock of Seagulls.
[:D]
-Tobes
Check out my new wave cover band in Western New York:
www.roar84.com
[/quote]avcool4u , when you meetup with Mike Score tell him about this site . As you know , there's a lot of Flock of Seagulls fans here.

Posted:
Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:08 pm
by 2Nu
[quote][i]Originally posted by Tom D.[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by avcool4u[/i]
<br>I've met Thomas Dolby, When In Rome, and Marian Gold from Alphaville.
And will soon meet Mike Score from Flock of Seagulls.
[:D]
-Tobes
Check out my new wave cover band in Western New York:
www.roar84.com
[/quote]avcool4u , when you meetup with Mike Score tell him about this site . As you know , there's a lot of Flock of Seagulls fans here.
[/quote]Makes you wonder how many of these artists might be lurking on the boards[8)]
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Posted:
Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:54 pm
by BHols
I have met:
Debbie Harry
all members of the B-52's except for Ricky
Siouxsie & Budgie - mean bitch but still love her
Dave Stewart from Eurythmics
Roddy Frame
Ian McCulloch
Pete Wylie
Mike Peters
Boy George
Jimmy Sommerville
Tracey from the Primitives
Annabella Lwin
Cy from The Fixx
OMD
Terri Nunn
I spoke to Edwyn Collins on the phone twice and I acidentally felt up Fred from the B52s. He had a very firm ass & he seemed to enjoy it even though he was a horrible ass hole to everyone that night.
B

Posted:
Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:24 am
by geoffolehane
Nice list BHols. I also met Cy Curnan and a couple other members of the Fixx during their comeback tour in '98. Freindly guy. We talked about radio.
As a former broadcast reporter I met dozens and dozens of "celebrities" over the years but the only New Waver I met was Cy Curnan. I did send an e-mail to Robin Scott (M) one time and he responded very cordially.

Posted:
Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:11 am
by BHols
It was just luck meeting all of them. I used to hit all of the in store sign in's, hang out back stage & I live nr NYC.

Posted:
Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:57 am
by raserx
I got to go to a special screening of "Pet Sematary" with the Ramones! It was a WLIR promo thing & my buddy worked there.

Posted:
Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:17 am
by Surly
a-ha
Depeche Mode (recently, so not Alan Wilder)
The Fixx
Simple Minds
The B-52's (except Ricky)
OMD
The Call
Soft Cell
Glenn Tilbrook
X (except Billy Zoom)
Howard Jones
Peter Buck
Ramones
Marshall Crenshaw
Ian & Will from Echo & The Bunnymen
John Griffith (lead singer of Red Rockers - but in the '90s, with his current band Cowboy Mouth)
Midnight Oil
"Words like conviction can turn into a sentence"

Posted:
Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:23 am
by mare_idol
Debbie Harry (twice) Chris Stein, Frank Infante
Peter Murphy
Iggy Pop
Lydia Lunch
Diamanda Galas
Joe Strummer
The Ramones
The Plasmatics
Richard Hell
Tina Weymouth
Genya Raven
Bebe Buell
Steve Jones
Paul Cook
Johnny Rotten
Johnny Thunders
Jerry Nolan
Walter Lure
Sylvain Sylvain
Arthur Kane
The Bongos
The Bad Brains
A lot more, but I can't think right now ....

Posted:
Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:38 am
by Sean
I've met:
Anything Box (Claude, Dania, Paul, and Gary)
Cause & Effect (Rob Rowe and crew)
Kurt from Information Society
Marian Gold from Alphaville
Elegant Machinery
The Pet Shop Boys
and have talked to but not met in person:
Hubert Kemmler of Hubert Kah
Talla 2XLC of Moskwa TV
Tracy Howe of Rational Youth
The Twins