Re: Haircut 100

[bland@enel.UCalgary.CA (Henry Cliffor Bland)]

Michael Portuesi <mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>Does anybody know of any albums from Haircut 100 other than "Pelican
>West", or were they really that short-lived?  What happened to the
>members of the band after they broke up?
>
>I recently picked up a copy of "Pelican West" for the sake of having
>"Love Plus One", but found the rest of the album to be much better
>than I had expected it to be (read: I liked it).

Some of the original members of Haircut 100 (Fox, Nemes, Smith, Jones but not
Nick Heyward) put out an album in 1984 called _Paint_and_Paint_ (Polydor 
HCLP 1).  I picked it up in the UK but haven't seen it anywhere else.  It
still has elements of what made _Pelican_West_ musically appealing: a great
groove, good bass playing, great percussion, solos by instruments *other than
guitar*, and catchy (if not deep) song writing.  It still has the familiar 
Haircut 100 rhythm guitar playing (even without Hayward).

Nick Heyward put out three solo albums (that I know of) - most notably his
first, _North_of_a_Miracle_ (Arista) which was produced by Geoff Emerick.

I would be enthusiastic to hear more about the band.  Although they were
musically sound, many wrote them off because they were promotted as teenage
idols - too bad.

Henry Bland   BITnet: BLAND@UNCANET