Mike Badger Curriculum Vitae
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2 to Be Somebody: Ambition and the Desire to Be Different
2 To Be Somebody: Ambition and the Desire to Be Different The context for difference This chapter aims to identify some of the bands that enjoyed chart success during the late 1970s and ’80s and identify their artistic traits by means of conversations with band members and those close to the bands. This chapter does not claim to be a definitive account or an inclusive list of innovative bands but merely a viewpoint from some of the individuals who were present at the time and involved in music, creativity and youth culture. Some of these individuals were in the eye of the storm while others were more on the periphery. However, common themes emerge and testify to the Scouse resilience identified in the previous chapter. Also, identifying objective truth is a difficult task, as one band member will often have a view of his band’s history that conflicts with that of other members of the same band. As such, it is acknowledged that this chapter presents only selective viewpoints. Trying something new: In what ways were the Liverpool bands creative and different? ‘Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticized anyone for taking a chance.’ David Morrissey1 In terms of creativity, the theory underpinning this book which was stated in Chapter 1 is that successful Liverpool bands in the 1980s were different from each other and did not attempt to follow the latest local or national pop music trends. None of the bands interviewed falls into the categories of punk, disco or New Romantic, which were popular trends at the time. -
Mike Badger & Tim Peacock
LIVERPOOL Liverpool in the 1980s. With prospects for the city’s youth bleak, an ill-fated scheme for unemployed musicians commenced, inadvertently shaping the MIKE BADGER & TIM PEACOCK future for members of Space, Cast and The Lightning Seeds, thus giving fresh impetus to the idea of song as a saviour for the city. Spearheading this was The La’s, first they conquered their home town, and then on the brink of hitting the big time (and eventually inspiring what would become Britpop) Badger quit to form Americana pioneers The Onset and find international recognition as a sculptor, before eventually co-founding Liverpool’s Viper record label (which has recently released its 100th album). As well as featuring a host of Mersey Musicians and characters there are chance meetings with Captain Beefheart, Jonathan Richman and Frank Sidebottom to name a few but above all new insights are revealed into the great lost Liverpool band The La’s. From the emergence of Punk and New-Wave in the 1970’s and on through to the acknowledgment of Liverpool as Cultural Capital some thirty years on. The Rhythm and the Tide is Mike Badger’s personal story as a restlessly creative individual, and a reflection on the ebb and flow of the music scene in the city that he loves. “Had the La’s been able “Badger makes sculpture from to accommodate Badger a hybrid collection of exotic tins and Mavers, could world and cheese graters, convincing domination have been as a collection of survivalist far away?” junkyard fetishism” AND EVER AFTER LIVERPOOL, THE LA’S MOJO Magazine The Guardian “We kind of want to finish “The Onset: The most what The La’s started.” arresting group in captivity” Noel Gallagher Pete Frame (oasis) (Rock Family Trees) Mike Badger is a singer, songwriter, artist and co-founder of Liverpool’s Viper record label. -
The La's the La's 1986-1987 Callin' All Mp3, Flac, Wma
The La's The La's 1986-1987 Callin' All mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Rock Album: The La's 1986-1987 Callin' All Country: UK Released: 2010 Style: Acoustic, Indie Rock MP3 version RAR size: 1141 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1981 mb WMA version RAR size: 1106 mb Rating: 4.1 Votes: 829 Other Formats: FLAC ASF MOD AUD AHX VOC AA Tracklist The Original Recordings 1 Son Of A Gun 1:58 2 Doledrum 2:55 3 Liberty Ship 1:58 4 Freedom Song 2:29 5 Clean Prophet 1:44 6 IOU 2:00 7 I Can't Sleep 2:29 8 Callin' All 4:11 9 Failure 2:39 10 Looking Glass 6:53 11 Son Of A Gun (Alternative Version) 1:55 Rehearsal Tapes 12 Tears In The Rain 1:58 13 Leavin' 1:06 14 She Loves 1:56 15 Don't Get Me Wrong 3:18 The Picket Session 16 Way Out 2:37 17 Come In Come Out 1:31 18 Liberty Ship 1:59 De Freitas Session 19 Timeless Melody 4:01 Local Radio Session 20 Feelin' 1:52 21 I Can't Sleep 2:29 22 Failure 2:53 23 Callin' All 3:26 The Stables 24 Don't Lock Me Out 2:13 25 Leavin' 2:07 Liverpool Poly "Live" 26 Way Out 2:50 27 Timeless Melody 3:09 The Picket "Live" 28 There She Goes 2:47 29 Jumpin' Jack Flash 3:11 30 Failure 3:19 Credits Backing Vocals – John Power (tracks: 16 to 30), Mike Badger (tracks: 8, 12) Bass – John Power (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 16 to 30), Lee Mavers (tracks: 4, 6, 11) Drums – Barry Walsh (tracks: 1, 2, 8), John Timson (tracks: 9, 16 to 30), Lee Mavers (tracks: 3, 5, 7), Paul Rhodes (tracks: 4), Tony Clarke (tracks: 6), Tony Russell (tracks: 11) Guitar – Mike Badger (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 9), Paul Hemmings (tracks: 16 to 30) Vocals, -
Comes with a Smile Reviews
COMES WITH A SMILE REVIEWS ART OF FIGHTING / BABY LEMONADE THE HIGH LLAMAS / JESSAMINE SAM PREKOP / RETSIN / SEBADOH MIKE BADGER / THE BEACH BOYS / BECK JOHN WESLEY HARDING / DAMIEN JURADO SLEATER-KINNEY / SMOG / JOHN P. STROHM BEN & JASON / THE BLACK HEART KARATE / PETE KREBS / THE LAPSE SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE PROCESSION / BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY LOOPER / THE MINDERS / NINIAN HAWICK THE SUNSHINE CLUB / TRAM / TOM WAITS BRIAN / BUILT TO SPILL / CAT POWER STINA NORDENSTAM / THE OLIVIA TREMOR THE WEBB BROTHERS / CHUCK E. WEISS COTTON MATHER / DAKOTA SUITE CONTROL / JIM O’ROURKE WILCO / KELLY WILLIS / THE WONDERMINTS DIESELHED / JASON FALKNER JOEL R.L. PHELPS: THE DOWNER TRIO XTC / ZITA SWOON / AND MORE GRAND DRIVE / GRANFALOON BUS LIZ PHAIR / THE PINS / PIZZICATO FIVE Art of Fighting – Mike Badger – Volume (Viper) A few standards in Big Stereo and two compiled album from a band once The Very Strange Year (Half a Cow) With the ragged, no bones tone of a concert promos that equal zilch still constantly redefining itself, jumping on Solemn, soothing and seductively good home demo, Volume marks Mike leaves twenty live and studio tracks no-one’s bandwagon. They were the slovenly, Ollie Brown, Peggy Frew and Badger’s first release since his days as circa 1966-1975 when they could do bandwagon. SR Cameron Grant’s sprawling six-tracker founding member of Liverpool’s proto- no wrong. A live 1966 surf’n’cars takes the unhurried path laid down by Oasis, The La’s. While his replacement medley is still full of youthful zest rather Beck - Mutations (Geffen) Red House Painters with a slacker’s in that band, Lee Mavers, went on to than the distorted metal madness Nowhere as roughly hewn as his low- attitude.