Without wishing to come across all pompous and highbrow on you, the time has come for a serious reappraisal of Rock Goddess, three (occasionally four) hard-rockin’ girls who sashayed out of the seething musical hotbed of Wandsworth, south London, in the early 1980s.
In rockin’ retrospect no one should’ve been surprised when the debut – and so far only – album from Glenn Hughes and Pat Thrall turned out to be such a consummate release. The shrewdly titled, and supremely crafted, Hughes/Thrall was, and remains, a prime example of – if you’ll pardon the variation on a theme – Heroic/Teamwork. Or as the headline in BAM magazine read back in the day: ‘A…
We’ve heard some odd stories during this series. But this is as insane as any. Moby Grape’s tale includes one member in a mental hospital, whose death bed scene is beyond any soap opera, some of the most incredible business decisions anywhere, and a vast talent just thrown away. It’s a doozie. Check out the past Cult Heroes here.
Cult Heroes come in the most unlikely guises. They don’t have to be musicians, or a band. This week we celebrate Irish label Good Vibrations, a label that did so much for the scene over there at the end of the 70s. Check out previous Cult Heroes.
Ugly Kid Joe suffered a singles-chart hammer-blow from which they never recovered: they had a maddening top-five hit called Everything About You in 1992, and their career nosedived from there.
Rococo were all things to all fans. But not enough of one thing to appeal to the music industry. So while this 70s Brit crew had the ability to be megastars, in the end they were visited by their hairy godfather, who said: “You shall go to the Cult Heroes section.” Almost punk pioneers, as well as being uniquely progressive, Rococo nearly worked with David Bowie, and had one cunning…
Van der Graaf Generator are the most singular of English (as opposed to British; there’s a crucial distinction, of course) prog bands. Come inside for a celebration of their epic, oddball and angst-ridden career… Check out all the Cult Heroes here.
How could a genteel, classically inspired new band expect to compete with the manic punk movement in the mid-70s? But the story of The Enid is far from being a lovely stroll in the fields, sniffing the flowers and making nice music for tea drinkers. This has violence, insanity and more than a touch of controversy. Malcolm Dome explains out why The Enid deserve to be hailed as Cult Heroes….
This year, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Eddie Cochran’s death. And to put this into the proper perspective, when he died – on April 17, 1960 – this man was barely 21 years old. Yet, with a recording and touring career that was already six years old, Cochran was a veteran of the rock ‘n’ roll era, a pioneer and innovator who’s legacy would go on to inspire countless…
They toured with Queen and Black Sabbath, were hotly tipped by many in the mid-70s to become big news, and even had a management connection with Peter Grant. But Liverpudlians Nutz were destined to be consigned to features such as this, eventually failing to make the grade in the unforgiving yet all too forgetful world of contemporary music. Malcolm Dome looks back at what might have been. Check out all…
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