20 July 2010

STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE x FUZZBOX x CATERWAUL

I'm showing my age and getting all nostalgic for some old female synthpop of the nineteen eighties and although these bands might seem like a big fat joke at this moment in time, they still held an important place in music history...no matter how small a place, a place non the less.

1st up: Straight outta Scotland, Strawberry Switchblade covering Dolly Parton's 'Jolene'. Please note* my tits prick like a schoolgirl when I hear The Sister's of Mercy wreaking havoc & covering this same title.

2nd: We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It aka Fuzzbox (shortened their name to for US releases) of Birmingham, England. Like many other 80s post-punk, psycho-fuzz bands (Dr And The Medics, Transvision Vamp, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, etc)...a Cyndi Lauper video gone bad, way bad, but hella fun!

3rd: Caterwaul. I know, I know. Caterwaul isn't electro synthpop...in anyway what so ever, but found heavy rotation on my playlist (cassette tapes) never the less...along with other really strong female vocal bands ofthe same era: Cocteau Twins, everything on 4AD Records, everything on Nettwerk Records (before the 90s screwed that label up), etc.





1 comment:

  1. FUZZBOX! their early stuff was sooooo good!! then they had that makeover and went all bad 80's... but the early stuff rules. nobody in the usa remembers Fuzzbox.

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