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In-Between Days

An Armchair Guide To The Cure

By Dave Thompson

ISBN 1-905139-00-4

Paperback 256pp

235mm X 156mm

UK August 05 £12.99

US Nov 05 $19.95

The Cure’s complete career, chronicled for the first time.

The Cure is one of the most respected and well-loved of rock’s survivors, traceable right back to punk’s fabled “Bromley contingent”.

The band’s labyrinthine story has at its centre the enigmatic, charismatic frontman Robert Smith, forever shuffling personnel, themes and styles to make enduring music without losing an iota of credibility.

In-Between Days is the first book to make sense of a uniquely versatile band who are far more than the Goth band, documenting their development

from the new wave attack of 1979’s Boys Don’t Cry, the existential rock of Seventeen Seconds, the near-religious angst of Faith, the joyous pop of Wish, the dark beauty of Disintegration - right up to the majesty of Bloodflowers and 2004’s The Cure, consecutive 21st century masterpieces.

In-Between Days is also studies Robert Smith’s brilliant interweaving literary influences from Mervyn Peake and Coleridge to Albért Camus and

Jean Cocteau.

Additional Selling Points

This is also the first book to chronicle The Cure’s justly-celebrated and often hilarious achievements in video with Tim Pope, such as “Close To Me”, “Why Can’t I Be You?” and “Lullaby”.

Full story behind every single, album and album track and detailed record of every tour concentrating on key gigs, live performances of their best songs and more.

As well as rare photos, this also includes the most detailed Cure discography ever in print.

The last two Cure albums have seen the band’s popularity soar to unprecedented heights.

The Cure retain a hugely loyal and dedicated fanbase.

Fresh from a triumphant LIVE8 performance.

Marketing Notes

Part of an expanding and highly collectable series already featuring The Fall, Suede, Gary Numan and Nick Cave, with later volumes on Depeche Mode and Iggy Pop to come.

Reviews targeted in music press, Mojo, Uncut, Q, Record Collector and Classic Rock

The Cure have recently completed their most successful tour to date.

Let’s just hope the book is more factual and truthful than the “selling points” and “marketing notes” are.

Siouxsie

Primeiro eu coloquei um artigo do Wikipedia sobre o Scisor Sisters, agora é a vez da Siouxsie, depois vou colocando outros!!!!

Siouxsie & the Banshees

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Siouxsie and the Banshees are a British gothic rock band. Their musical career has also encompassed the punk and new wave genres, however.

Formation

The band was originally formed to fill an empty space on a bill at the first UK based ‘international punk rock festival’. This show was organised by Malcolm McLaren at the 100 Club in London’s Oxford Street on September 20th, 1976.

The initial line up consisted of ‘Bromley Contingent’ members Siouxsie Sioux (real name Susan Janet Ballion), Steven Severin (aka Steve Spunker/Havoc), Marco Pirroni (later of Adam and the Ants and Rema Rema) and Sid Vicious (real name John Simon Ritchie), later of the Sex Pistols, on drums. On this occasion their set consisted of a lengthy and chaotic unrehearsed improvisation of “The Lord’s Prayer”, which also included lines from songs like “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”, “Smoke On The Water” and “Twist and Shout”.

“God it was awful” and “excruciating!” were two eye-witness accounts of their performance. This was not a unanimous view, however. A recording of the concert, though of relatively poor quality, demonstrates that the group gave a performance which commanded and repaid attention.

Style and notoriety

Siouxsie courted much controversy in the band’s early days with her dress, often wearing ‘bondage’ clothes and fetish wear. She was also heavily critisised for wearing swastika armbands, although she always maintained that this was intended to be for ’shock value’ rather than any form of display of Nazi or fascist political sympathies.

Pistols guitarist Steve Jones’ infamous “you dirty bastard, what fuckin’ rotter” comment during the band’s December 1976 interview with Bill Grundy, which helped to fuel their notoriety, was sparked when Grundy attempted to ‘chat up’ Siouxsie on prime time TV.

History

By February 1977 the Banshees were taking themselves seriously as a musical unit. They recruited Kenny Morris and Pete Fenton to their line up, which was by now gigging regularly and had attracted a solid fan base. Fenton was subsequently sacked and replaced in July by John McKay. It was not until 1978 that they finally obtained a record contract with Polydor Records, where upon they released their first single “Hong Kong Garden” (which reached the top 10 in the UK), followed soon after by the album The Scream.

Their second album, Join Hands, was released in 1979, and included a lengthy version of the aforementioned “Lord’s Prayer” track. However, two days into a tour promoting this album, Morris and McKay unexpectedly quit the band. They were hastily replaced by Robert Smith (whose band The Cure opened for the Banshees during the tour) on guitar and Budgie (real name Peter Clarke, formerly of The Slits and Big In Japan) on drums. After the completion of the tour, Budgie stayed on as the Banshees’ permanent drummer, whilst John McGeoch, formerly of Magazine joined as guitarist.

McGeoch played on the albums Kaleidoscope, Ju-Ju, and A Kiss in the Dreamhouse. McGeoch was hospitalized in 1979 after collapsing onstage during the tour for the latter. He was replaced on tour by Smith, who later became a full time member. Smith contributed to the live double album Nocturne and Hyaena, but quit the following year to concentrate all his energy on fronting the Cure.

Ex-Clock DVA guitarist John Valentine Carruthers replaced Smith. The Banshees re-recorded the The Thorn EP with Carruthers and cellist/keyboardist Martin McCarrick, who later became a full-time member.

1986 saw the release of Tinderbox and the single “Cities in Dust,” followed in 1987 by the cover album Through the Looking Glass. Carruthers was absent from one of the music videos.

Following a long break, the rest of the band recruited McCarrick and the ex-Specimen guitarist Jon Klein and recorded Peepshow, Superstition and The Rapture. Klien left after the completion of their last album and was replaced on tour by ex-Psychedlic Furs guitarist Knox Chandler.

While probably best known for songs like “Kiss Them For Me”, Siouxsie and the Banshees has done everything from punk (in the 1970s) to goth to new wave. How to classify this band depends on what era/song/album one is talking about.

Siouxsie and her husband Budgie also started a side-project band called The Creatures.

LP discography

The Scream Polydor, 1978

Join Hands Polydor, 1979

Kaleidoscope Polydor, 1980

Juju Polydor, 1981

Once Upon A Time: The Singles Polydor, 1981

A Kiss In The Dreamhouse Polydor, 1982

Nocturne (live) Polydor, 1983

The Thorn Polydor/Geffen, 1984

Hyaena Polydor/Geffen, 1984

Tinderbox Polydor/Geffen, 1986

Through The Looking Glass Polydor/Geffen, 1987

Peepshow Polydor/Geffen, 1988

The Peel Sessions 1991

Superstition Polydor/Geffen, 1991

Twice Upon A Time: The Singles Polydor/Geffen, 1992

The Rapture Polydor, 1995

The Best Of Universal, 2002

Seven Year Itch Sanctuary, 2003

Downside Up (B-Side Box Set) Polydor, 2004

Minha nossa, ontem o Marcão falou que para a primeira avaliação ele quer o primeiro, segundo e se possível (lê-se EU QUERO) o terceiro capítulo, lá vou eu correr contra o tempo!!! Bom, fora isso, me empolguei com o projeto, ele mandou pensar em como eu quero a campanha, ver logo o briefing da empresa ou da situação, enfim, mandou correr atrás. Tomara que dê tudo certo, é um assunto que amo e domino, vai dar tudo certo!!!

Consegui o crack do The Sims 2, é um programinha bem legal que engana o computador, como se tivesse mais um drive e o cd original estivesse ali.

Deixa eu voltar para a labuta, vou postando notícias durante o dia!!!

Lissinha te amo estou morrendo de saudade e sono, quero ir pra casa dormir!!!

t h e c r e a t u r e s

AU! Dvd do Dreamshow da Siouxsie, poxa tomara que um release maior veja a luz do Sol, estou precisando de coisas novas!!!!

Dreamshow DVD

23.06.05

The Dreamshow DVD is released in the UK on July 25th 2005.. The rest of the world’s release dates will be announced by mid July. But it seems that the USA will be in September this year..

Technically the UK version is Region 0, PAL - so it can be use anywhere in the world on equipment that reads PAL (most players do these days, but ‘NTSC’ countries do not advertise this: USA, Canada, Japan, most of South America.) The main area to watch out is that your TV can use a PAL signal, otherwise you’ll only see it in black and white.. it will still look and sound great.. but it was filmed in COLOUR (COLOR) ..

The end result is stunning, two hours of footage plus extras including 5 tracks from the incredible 100 club shows and an interview with Siouxsie and Budgie.

The DVD can be preordered from HMV and Sisterray, and if you live in the UK please pre order it from your local HMV or specialist store. Support those who support us !!

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All @ Sioux