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Topographic Oce 
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 Topic: Anyone Else Remember MAN
Posted: December 02 2005 at 15:43 |
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One of the great cult prog bands of the 1970's who I must have seen a
dozen times.Any track under 10 minutes was short for Man and the way
the guitars of Deke Leonards and Micky Jones swirled around the
theatre's was just magic
So there is me,my mate Dave and a guy I once worked with in Wales who
loved and still love these kings of Welsh Prog,anyone else out there
remember them ?
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salmacis
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 15:49 |
'Remember' isn't the right word for me as I'm only 17, but Man are a terrific band regardless- I love all of their 60s and 70s albums. My particular favourites are '2 Ozs Of Plastic With A Hole In The Middle', 'Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day' and 'Rhinos Winos And Lunatics'. I'm not so fussed on their 90s albums, which veered towards pub rock a bit too much for me, but I believe they are still trodding the boards. However, Micky Jones had a brain tumour a while back and Deke Leonard retired from the band I believe, so those two are no longer there. Martin Ace is however...
They used to be my favourite band but that was before I heard a lot of other prog bands; even so, I really love their sound.
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ANDREW
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 16:07 |
Yes sure!!!
I'VE :
- 2 OZS. OF PLASTIC (WITH A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE)
- LONDON 1972
- REVELATION
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Space Dimentia
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 16:08 |
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Yeah I know MAN, I went to see them last year with my mate and his dad at Camden underworld
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Topographic Oce
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Posted: December 03 2005 at 03:08 |
 salmacis wrote:
'Remember' isn't the right word for me as I'm only
17, but Man are a terrific band regardless- I love all of their 60s and
70s albums. My particular favourites are '2 Ozs Of Plastic With A Hole
In The Middle', 'Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day' and 'Rhinos
Winos And Lunatics'. I'm not so fussed on their 90s albums, which
veered towards pub rock a bit too much for me, but I believe they are
still trodding the boards. However, Micky Jones had a brain tumour a
while back and Deke Leonard retired from the band I believe, so those
two are no longer there. Martin Ace is however...
They used to be my favourite band but that was before I heard a lot of other prog bands; even so, I really love their sound. |
Deke was with them when I saw Man about 6 months ago but then again he
is the yo yo member having left and rejoined loads of times
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Big Ears
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Posted: December 03 2005 at 06:13 |
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I love them, especially the Do You Like it Here Now Are You Settling In album. They are definitely one of my favourite bands. Deke Leonard's Iceberg were an excellent group too. Other great Welsh bands include Budgie and Sassafras.
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Dick Heath
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Posted: December 03 2005 at 06:24 |
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Also best ever LP cover concept, for Be Good To Yourself Twice A Day
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Trotsky
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Posted: December 03 2005 at 08:20 |
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I love the first psych-tinged album Revelation but thought that Rhinos,
Winos was a terrible waste of time ... very disappointed by that one
... haven't heard any others ...
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"Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.”
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salmacis
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Posted: December 03 2005 at 09:11 |
Yes I love the cover of 'Be Good To Yourself...'- a veritable map of Welsh rock! CDs, or the vinyl reissues, can do this cover no justice at all...
On the subject of Sassafras, what sort of music do they play? I'd been under the impression that they were really a West Coast influenced/ pub rock band like Brinsley Schwarz, but I've not heard any of their albums...
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The Hemulen
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Posted: December 03 2005 at 09:29 |
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I've only heard one song... "Keep on Grinting", was it? Anyway, it was on a prog compilation I got out the library about 5 years ago. I enjoyed it, wanted more, but have never got round to buying any albums and can now barely remember how it sounded. Very jammy, IIRC.
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Dick Heath
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Posted: December 04 2005 at 09:06 |
Trouserpress wrote:
I've only heard one song... "Keep on Grinting", was
it? Anyway, it was on a prog compilation I got out the library about 5
years ago. I enjoyed it, wanted more, but have never got round to
buying any albums and can now barely remember how it sounded. Very
jammy, IIRC. |
Several classics by Man on that excellent cheap 3CD set from EMI : All Good Clean Fun - worth the 15quid for Bananas! alone - but ad insome excellent Hawkwind, Bonzo Dog etc. there makes this a incredible bargain.
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The Hemulen
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Posted: December 04 2005 at 11:12 |
Dick Heath wrote:
Trouserpress wrote:
I've only heard one song... "Keep on Grinting", was it? Anyway, it was on a prog compilation I got out the library about 5 years ago. I enjoyed it, wanted more, but have never got round to buying any albums and can now barely remember how it sounded. Very jammy, IIRC. |
Several classics by Man on that excellent cheap 3CD set from EMI: All Good Clean Fun - worth the 15quid for Bananas! alone - but ad insome excellent Hawkwind, Bonzo Dog etc. there makes this a incredible bargain.
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Could be worth dishing out for... Thanks Mr Heath!
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Posted: December 04 2005 at 11:27 |
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They were great!!! What other band would have come up with album titles
like '2 Ozs Of Plastic With A Hole
In The Middle' or 'Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day' (incredible
cover artwork, indeed) or song titles like "Would The Christians Wait
Five Minutes? The Lions Are Having A Draw". And the music was
fantastic, too. Haven't heard what they did in the 80s or 90s, but I
loved them back in the 70s.
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"We've got to get in to get out"
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Froth
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Posted: December 04 2005 at 15:19 |
Caravan shared a bill with them once, along with Rare Bird and SteamHammer...
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