"Lost Boys: The Tribe [film soundtrack]" (direct-to-video movie out on July 29featuring The Von Bondies, Aiden, Seether, Eagles of Death Metal, Dave Gahan, Blind Melon, etc.; See here; Read here)
(Artists' Addiction, July 22, 2008)
Paul Weller
"22 Dreams" (2 CDs; producers: Weller, Simon Dine; guests: Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Graham Coxon, Ocean Colour Scene's Steve Cradock, Aziz Ibrahim; first single: "Echoes Round the Sun"; Hear here; Read here)
"The Walking Wounded: Gold Edition" (2007 album; includes live acoustic tracks recorded at a special performance at Looney Tunes in Long Island on May 12; Hear here)
(Victory, July 22, 2008)
Black Sabbath
"Rules of Hell [box set]" (5 CDs; contains the Dio-era albums "Heaven and Hell," "Mob Rules," "Dehumanizer" and the double-disc "Live Evil," all remastered)
"CSNY/Déjà Vu Live [film soundtrack]" (live album captured during their 2006 Freedom of Speech Tour, which is the subject of a documentary that will hit theaters July 25; Read here)
"Fields/Aquamarine" (early 1980s album and EP; remastered, with bonus tracks)
(Bar/None, July 22, 2008)
BTW: Singer/guitarist/songwriter Glenn Morrow looks back fondly on The Individuals' beginnings and growth in Hoboken, N.J., in the 1980s.
Pause & Play: What was the indie scene like in Hoboken back then?
Morrow: "Hoboken was a bit of an oasis for a bunch of like minded bands. We all played in New York as well but thanks to Steve Fallon, Maxwell's in Hoboken was an incubator for bands like the Bongos, Individuals, the dBs, Human Switchboard, the Cucumbers and all the off shoot bands of the Feelies: Young Wu, the Trypes, the Willies.
"CBGBs already had their stable of acts playing there. The No Wave bands of the time tended to stay in the east village and the art performance spaces and had some scary unapproachable types in their ranks. The Hoboken scene was a little more friendly and upbeat TR3 in Tribeca was where all the different scenes converged."
P&P: What caused the band to split up?
Morrow: "The final lineup of the Individuals included myself along with Janet Wygal, her brother Doug, her sister Tricia and her boyfriend Gene Holder. When I left, they just kept going with a few extra players as the Wygals."
P&P: How did you find the extra tracks?
Morrow: "Bar/None bought the rights to the recordings from Martin Kollaart of Plexus
Records. He had the tapes in storage for the last 25 years in the Netherlands."
P&P: How did you segue from the breakup to Bar/None?
Morrow: "After the Individuals, I recorded an album with a band called Rage To Live with Ed Tomney, Rich Grula and the late Bob Riley. Tom Prendergast, one of the owners of Pier Platters, started Bar/None and the Rage To Live album was the first release on the Bar/None label. I decided at one point that I wanted to get off the road and try something new so I offered to throw in my lot with Tom and we decided to work with a band I had recently become friendly with called They Might be Giants (the label's second release was their debut album). After 10 years of being in bands, I was ready to take what I had learned and try something new. Our first releases were vinyl only some 22 years ago. Since then, we've released close to 200 albums."
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