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The Psychedelic Furs Reunite... Again, Tour America... Again -

Late-1970s post-punk/new wave/John Hughes movie soundtrack hitmakers The Psychedelic Furs are preparing to rock America during a brief summer tour. Word on the street (internet) is that brothers/founding members vocalist Richard Butler and bassist Tim Butler, along with guitarist John Ashton, were all living in upstate New...

Sumner inspired by Bad Lieutenant -

BERNARD SUMNER has revealed that Harvey Keitel inspired the name of his new band.

The New Order star said he named the three-piece Bad Lieutenant after the award-winning actor's 1992 ultra-violent film.

Sumner has teamed up with former New Order guitarist Phil Cunningham and newcomer Jake Evans to form the band who...

Echo And The Bunnymen Rain Down On Radio City Music Hall - To celebrate their 30th Anniversary as a group (which apparently includes the seven year period when the band broke up in 1990 before reforming in '97), post-punk gods Echo And The Bunnymen will perform their fourth (and widely hailed as their classic) album Ocean Rain October 1 at New York...

Former Cure Drummer Wants Back In -

Former drummer for The Cure, Lol Tolhurst, wants to rejoin the band and tour.

In the late '80s Robert Smith and Tolhurst had a huge falling out, Smith calling him “useless” due to a reported drinking problem.

Tolhurst was a founding member of the band, working on Three Imaginary Boys, Boys Don't...

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - History of Modern -

In the late 70s OMD were early synthesizer adopters and pop musicians with a serious avant-garde bent, who were looking to Kraftwerk and Harmonia for inspiration before most people had even got to grips with punk. This combined with a warm-hearted, Liverpudlian melodic sensibility saw them turn out...

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