The great fashion crimes of the Irish Republic...

Back in 1975, when Northern Ireland was up to it's eyeballs in blood and thunder, it seems the fellas in the Irish Republic were fighting their own heroic struggle, only their fight was with the twin evils of prog rock and glam fashion!!! Looks like the bass player has lost his particular battle...it's The Horslips of ...course. The snakes were obviously frightened out off Ireland by the flute players trousers and platform shoe combination! A nice piece off music and all that...

Insanely Cool Polish Prog from 1969...

It seems Poland was thee swinging place to be in 1969, if this clip is anything to go by. Weirder than Tropicalia at it's most weirdest, this slow burner is full of aural and visual delights.

The singer is Polish legend Czeslaw Niemen, and I think that's the bands name too, and even though he may look like a serial killer and could be singing about anything from cleaning drains to laying a patio, I can't stop listening to this killer track. Hairier than a busy barbers floor, this is classic stuff for a wet Sunday afternoon in Auckland.


Personnel: Czeslaw Niemen sing, Hammond / Zbigniew Namyslowski - Alt Sax/ Janusz Zielinski - Bass guitar /Tomasz Jaskiewicz - Guitar /Czeslaw "Maly" Bartkowski - Drumsy / Zbigniew Sztyc - Tenor Sax / Michal Urbaniak - Tenor Sax, flute / Alibabki - choir.

Love this font...

I don't know what it's called but I love the font on this album by Swedish or Danish (I really don't know anything about them) prog. rock band Euclid. I bet they did carry some heavy equipment. Seem like a nice bunch of guys all the same.