Wall of Mouths

interzone wrote:

How many people were you there about ?

About 4000…

mr self destruct wrote:

I’m tempted by this gig but have never even listened to New Model Army!
Am I missing out, and if so, what albums of theirs should I check out?

All of them:

The Independent Years/No Rest for the Wicked (1984/85)- Raw and aggressive, best bass guitar playing in the world

The Ghost of Cain (1986) - more sophisticated songwriting, acoustic guitars, still pretty wild and bass-oriented

“Thunder & Consolation” (1989) - a real masterpiece.
For me, one of the best albums ever recorded.
Went gold in Germany.
Has an electric violin in some songs.

“Impurity” (1990) - Not quite as good as T&C but still VERY good.

“The Love of Hopeless Causes (1993) - Straight rock album with really great songs

“Strange Brotherhood” (1998) - The end of an era (drummer/co-writer left afterwards), most people don’t like it too much (production wise), I do ;-)

“Eight” (2000) - Good songs but bad production (IMHO)

Carnival (2004) - Very good songs, great sound, lots of (real) drum and bass

High (2007) - the new one - expect to hear about 6-8 songs from this record

As I said earlier, Cologne gigs are traditional and VERY special :-)))

Dennis wrote:

More like a Levellers for the 80’s than the new Clash, but they had their moments for sure.

Um…they world’s apart…NMA had a violin once, but that’s all ;-)

Shade wrote:

What is it all about, really?

I’d say you can expect a 45-60 min. set by T? and some 120 min. NMA.

The place to get the tickets in Germany is http://www.contour-music.de
The contour staff is very helpful.

See you there,

Andreas

grant wrote:

or german rather

I should have written KÖLN instead ;D