1 post tagged “classix nouveaux”
I didn't get to hear a lot of new wave music when I was in high school; my intake was limited to what they played on WHFS and what I could afford to buy. All that changed when I went to college in 1982 and got involved with the college radio station (WJHU). All of a sudden I had unlimited access to a 50,000-record library! It was incredible! So I spent a lot of time in the library, sampling and catching up, and that's where I first listened to Classix Nouveaux. Look at that picture: I had high hopes for unique, otherworldly music from them; I wanted weirdness. But no, most of their output was mildly interesting pop-rock. The only song I felt lived up to their image was their first single, "The Robots Dance," from 1980:
I suppose that qualifies as a "novelty" song; it's novel in their catalog, at least. Classix Nouveaux broke up after the release of their final album, Secret, in 1983. After that, according to Wikipedia:
Solo went on to become heavily involved in Catholicism, releasing several Christian-oriented albums after Nouveaux's break up. Mik Sweeney went on to move to Los Angeles, California where he build fretless basses and recorded studio session work, he currently lives in Ireland. Gary Steadman went on to join A Flock of Seagulls. Jimi Sumen became a record producer in Finland and release a number of successful solo works there.
I haven't heard any of that.
