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offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-25 02:29 [#01848568]
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Anyone hear like them? I'm on about the 80's band that did
Party Fears Two and Club Country here, not some Missy Elliot
producers.
They sound like what Joy Division would have been if they
had a much higher singer. Billy McKensie (hope I spelt that
right) was a great singer, shame he comitted suicide.
Try Sulk if you want to hear them. I'm downloading Fourth
Drawer Down at the moment. Very dark, crazy in places, but a
good album so far.


 

offline core from London (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-25 03:11 [#01848575]
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fantastic band, and hugely underrated.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2006-02-25 06:07 [#01848604]
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Sulk is so freakin awesome, must-hear. The ''operatic''
vocals just wail steady, the beats are nuts too. I wasn't
aware the singer killed himself, that just sucks.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-25 10:47 [#01848667]
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Yeah, bought a load of over-the-counter drugs and took an
overdose 9 years ago after his mum died. Wonder what he'd be
doing if he was still alive.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2006-02-25 10:50 [#01848669]
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Sulk is amazing!


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-27 10:36 [#01849760]
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God, I really do love this band now. Check out the early
Peel Sessions, this album is AMAZING.


 

offline big from lsg on 2006-02-27 14:49 [#01849911]
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dont be dissin missy


 

offline IronLung from the 91fwy in soCAL (United States) on 2006-02-27 14:52 [#01849912]
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They sound like a good listen worth checking out...And I do
LOVE me some Joy Division...

Thanks for the reco


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-28 11:03 [#01850304]
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I'm not dissin missy, some of her stuff is great. It's just
the Associates were probably way better than some producers
for Missy Elliot.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-03-01 10:30 [#01850791]
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Try:
Sulk
The (early) Radio One Sessions
Fourth Drawer Down


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-08-18 13:53 [#01956355]
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Yeah, just listening to "Club Country". No band now would
have the balls and style to do something like this.

Found the vid.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-08-19 02:26 [#01956522]
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Link didn't work
You mean this? cos it's nothing like what they were really
like.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-08-19 02:29 [#01956523]
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I'm on about the performance, not the notes. Apparently
during Sulk they filled the studio with balloons. Not for
helium for Billy's voice, just for general fun. Also:
"Rented guitars got pissed on" and rented drums were "filled
with water".


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2006-08-19 02:37 [#01956525]
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Sorry for my posting habits:
Great song
Another great song



 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2006-08-19 03:14 [#01956537]
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i'm getting "affectionate punch". another good band from the
past. with great singer.


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-08-19 05:41 [#01956587]
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Yeah duh, sowwy.
Yeah, you've got to listen to the albums to really get into
what they were about musically. It's great that something
like that could get onto TOTP though. "White Car in Germany"
and "Q Quarters" are prob the best songs.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-19 13:00 [#02145413]
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Holy shit, if you can find their set at The Marquee in 1980,
download it asap, it's so frantic, hectic and powerful.
Sulk-era the Associates were a wild animal.

I'm very very tempted to upload this if enough people are
interested.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-19 13:26 [#02145454]
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Yeah, it's way too good. Everyone needs this.


 

offline EDDIE MURPHY from EDDIE (United States) on 2007-11-19 14:16 [#02145503]
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ONE TIME IN THE 80S BILLY MCKENZIE WHUPPED MY ASS AT
BASKETBALL, THEN MARTIN FRY WAS ALL LIKE "FUCK YO COUCH
NIGGA"

POST PUNK NEW POP MOTHAFUCKAS

I WAS MAD



 

offline D-Steak from Kansas City, Mo. (United States) on 2007-11-19 14:41 [#02145534]
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The lead singer is currently performing some hilarious stand
up, check it out.

Two Cookies?


 

offline Sido Dyas from a computer on 2007-11-19 15:39 [#02145573]
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Sounds good. Must remember to check out.


 

offline afxNUMB from So.Flo on 2007-11-19 15:45 [#02145575]
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SAVED!


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-20 10:49 [#02145869]
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I wouldn't take the piss out of a guy who committed suicide
years ago.

Such a shame, he was such an amazing singer.


 

offline EDDIE MURPHY from EDDIE (United States) on 2007-11-20 13:04 [#02145952]
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HE SUNG LIKE A BITCH


 

offline D-Steak from Kansas City, Mo. (United States) on 2007-11-20 14:30 [#02146015]
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Sorry, I wasn't aware of that. That's sad to hear.

The lead singer appears to be quite the happy fellow in
those old videos so that is kind of surprising to me.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-21 00:23 [#02146251]
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Yeah, he couldn't handle the death of his mum and overdosed
on painkillers I think. It's a real shame cos he started to
do some quite big collabs at that time and could easily now
be a big name again.

Associates are one of the most underrated bands of all time.
End of.


 


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