Hammond’s solo material was rooted in singer-songwriter sensibilities, but backed by indie rocking drive, particularly in the newer compositions. Here with his own band, he sang lead and often played no instruments at all, allowing the band to back him while he crooned two handedly into a microphone. In The Strokes, Hammond plays rhythm guitar with an occasional lead. Hammond’s third solo album, Momentary Masters, released on July 31, 2015, is his first solo album in seven years.Īt the Bowery Ballroom for two consecutive sold-out nights, Hammond drew a clear line between his solo work and The Strokes. The Strokes went on to sell five million records. In New York City in 1998, Hammond reconnected with Casablancas, who invited him to play guitar in the newly forming Strokes. While attending boarding school in Switzerland, Hammond met Julian Casablancas. was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of a pop singer and a model. Ride might be the most imaginative band in a comparatively unimaginative genre of rock music.Īlbert Hammond Jr./Bowery Ballroom/September 22, 2015Īlbert Hammond Jr.
Nevertheless, Ride filled out its power chords with enough lead guitar runs and swooning vocal harmonies to stimulate its audience. When should a song end? Approaching no climax, it was usually impossible to calculate. The fault of the performance (and of shoegaze in general) was the expansive monotony of sound, relying on a pleasant easy-flowing groove and seldom building up to crescendos. Opening with an eight-minute version of “Leave Them All Behind,” Ride began a jangly psychedelic trance that lasted nearly two hours. Ride’s sound was a Pink Floyd lush ethereal aesthetic, with early 1960s melodic pop vocals. This year was also the 25th anniversary of the release of the band’s debut album, Nowhere, and so the band’s set focused heavily on the album and its later bonus tracks. Ride’s current tour, the first in 20 years, brought the quartet to Irving Plaza for two consecutive sold-out nights. The band’s most recent album is 1996’s Tarantula.
Ride briefly reunited for a television show in 2001, then reunited again in 2014 for a 2015 tour of Europe and the United States. After four albums, the band split in 1996, and Bell later became the bassist for Oasis. Releasing a debut album in 1990, Ride became a pioneer in England’s emerging “shoegazing” scene. They recruited drummer Laurence Colbert and bassist Steve Queralt, and played Ride’s first gig at the college’s Christmas party. Guitarists Andy Bell and Mark Gardener formed Ride in 1988 while attending art college in Oxford, England. This could spark a comeback for Pop Will Eat Itself. The high-energy duo of Crabb and Byker rapped, sang and bounced, leading a razor-edged electro rock set laced with thrash punk, hardcore dance, Goth industrial and sometimes noise-driven grooves by New Jersey’s hard-rocking End Of An Era. New York’s top promoter of industrial artists, Xris SMack, celebrated the seventh anniversary of his Stimulate monthly music events by bringing Pop Will Eat Itself to Santos Party House, PWEI’s first New York appearance in 20 years. Pop Will Eat Itself’s seventh album, Anti-Nasty League, was released on April 25, 2015. Crabb is the only remaining original member he is joined on vocals by Mary Byker (Gaye Bykers on Acid, Pigface) and various available musicians. PWEI reformed briefly in 2005, and again in 2010. Crabb eventually became a lead vocalist, but left the band in 1995. The band started as a punky guitar band but transitioned into indie pop, hip-hop and industrial music. Graham Crabb played drums in From Eden, which later became Wild And Wandering, and by 1986 evolved into Pop Will Eat Itself. The roots of Pop Will Eat Itself (also known as PWEI or The Poppies) originated in 1981 in Stourbridge, England.
Pop Will Eat Itself/Santos Party House/September 19, 2015
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