Artist description Post Everything

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Artist History If myths have substance then it would be possible to believe that LPDs change their line-up every week.Not true at all..The line-up changed once in the last 9 years.Right now it looks like this.......THE SILVERMAN/keyboards RYAN MOORE /drums, bass EDWARD KA-SPEL/vox,keyboards EDWIN VON TRIPPENHOF/guitars NIELS VAN HOORNBLOWER/horns,flute FRANK VERSCHUUREN/Sound wizardryIt wasnït always so stable.In the early 80s people came and went so fast that for about a month or so there were actually 2 versions of the Legendary Pink Dots with the same lead vocalist. A troubled merger occurred in 1981 and the peculiarly unified results can be heard on LPDs first official album "Brighter Now" released at the end of '82. LPDs first appeared live in October 1980 at a local folk club in East London.Unfortunately half of the audience retreated to the back wall, interpreting the bandïs nervous state as a bad attitude. This attitude problem seemed attractive to the rest of the 100 strong crowd,but alas the band was never invited back.The Dots were paid 5 English pounds for this spectacle. For some years during the 80s The Dots enjoyed a strong 6 person line-up (all English)and recorded albums such as "Island of Jewels","Any Day Now",and "The Golden Age".They also toured Europe seriously and signed with the then small independent label ,Play it Again sam Records. Perhaps a litle prematurely 4 people left the band in 1988, and Niels Van hoornblower stepped in as horn player while Bob Pistoor took over the guitaristïs role. With this line-up "The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse" and "The Maria Dimension" were recorded,and the success of these albums led to Warner Bros.USA approaching the band with a view to making a deal. A little naively , the Dots never followed up this approach and remained under the wing of PIAS. Tragedy struck in 1992 when Bob Pistoor died from cancer.Martyn de Kleer took over on guitar while Ryan Moore stepped into the band on bass after meeting them in his native Vancouver during LPDs second USA tour. A protracted battle with Play it Again Sam dominated the next years,and the band quit the label in 1994 ,deciding to take over their own affairs. A fruitful partnership began with USA label ,Soleilmoon in 1995 and the bandïs popularity steadily began to grow again on the other side of the Atlantic. The year ended in spectacular fashion when the Dots played to the biggest ever audience in Mexico city (around 2,500 people). It meant that The Dotsïfocus switched from Europe to America and the band returned there for a 30 show tour in 1997, and followed up with 36 dates one year later.THE PHILOSOPHY Sing While you May. The bandïs catchword since the start...it is an OPTIMISTIC statement in these disturbing times.

Group Members ONLINE UPDATE - 2nd December, 1999 THE NEW MILLENNIUM Looks like there's some new tour dates and some new releases in storefor the new year. New Tear Garden album is finished ("Crystal Mass") and is waiting release dateconfirmation from Nettwerk in Canada. A new solo album is still in production ("Red Letters")."The Scriptures of Illumina" is being re-mastered and reissued by Soleilmoon. And finally, the last ofcassette releases on CD (Basilisk/Atom Roses/Apparition) now being prepared for a Soleilmoonrelease - it will be a double CD. Plus Chem Playschool 8/9 re-press imminent. Also, keep your eyesopen for a New Twilight Circus release plus Mimir 3 and a possible Mimir 4 are also nearingcompletion and should be due soon. In concert news, the LPDs US tour is now planned for late May/june(with dead Voices on Air opening). A Tear Garden/Plateau tour is being planned for 3 monthslater. NEW EURO-TOUR DATES MON 24th Jan PRAGUE/Palac Akropolis (CZ) WED 26th Jan BOHUMIN (CZ) THU 27th Jan DRESDEN/Star Club (D) FRI 28th Jan BERLIN/Insel(D) SAT 29th jan JENA/Kassablanca (D) SUN 30th Jan ROSTOCK/Stubnitz (D) MON 31st JAN MUNCHEN/Feierwerk (D) TUE 1st FEB KOLN/Underground (D) WED 2nd FEB PARIS /La Locomotive (F)not confirmed THU 3rd FEB BRUSSELS/Magazin4 (B) not confirmed SAT 5th FEB RENNES/Le Jardin Moderne (F)

Press Reviews From the Desk of Qa’Sepel:It’s December 31, 1999...five minutes to midnight. Five minutes to the big one; an occasion to be marked in some way, remembered, related to the grandchildren in the years to come. The trouble is that I’m not a party animal. Give me a red nose, a glass of tequila, an armchair, and I’ll be happy to watch the festivities on TV. The trouble is that they cut the power off in August. My needs are simple. As long as I have enough to eat, a little to drink, a reliable supply of cigarettes, a warm room, a decent book, and a TV, I’m happy. And what I need right now is a slice of toast, lightly buttered, smeared with cream cheese.The trouble is that they cut the power off in August. It was like this...A rumor persisted that all the computers in all the world were set to go berserk as the clock chimed for the twelfth time on this very night. People panicked and withdrew all of their money from the banks in July.The Result? I’m sitting here, four minutes away from the year 2000 with a TV that does not work, toaster that does not toast, and Goddammit woman, I will complain about it! Whose idea was it to board up the doors and windows anyhow? Just take a peek through the crack. There’s nobody there. It’s a wasteland out there. Sorry, I shouldn’t take it out on you. Hey, my grandfather’s old watch says it’s time. Let’s light those last cigarettes and sing our song together...1,2,3:The dog just ate the margarine,She’s writhing on the floor.Snatched it when our backs were turnedShe won’t steal anymoreAnd if I was the only boy in the world,And you were the only girlWe’d fight like hell.O.K. It doesn’t rhyme, but at least it’s ours.Use Soleilmoon's toll free fon # to order this compact disc 1 800 678 6886

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