Why did B.A.D. "disband"?

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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?

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YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?

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I think im in the minority of the minority here as i think everything BAD and BAD II did was fantastic. I like to think of myself as in the other 99

I always felt they can be a bit lazy and didn't have a very good promotion team. Coupled with mick not really caring about the commercial side of the band.

I agree about the production side of the bands albums and feel the music never really threw it self at you like a band calling themselves dynamite should have done. Live was always where this band was at and that's where you see them at there best and most exciting. I don't think the albums can stand up at their best on their own they need the live performances as a memory to go hand in hand. Great Times !

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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?

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Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm
YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Beyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.
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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?

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Wolter wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:42pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm
YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Beyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.
Me and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm
YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Nah Megatop is great front to back for me. In fact over the years it's grown stronger and stronger as I appreciate more.
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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?

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Marky Dread wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:45pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm
YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Nah Megatop is great front to back for me. In fact over the years it's grown stronger and stronger as I appreciate more.
I tried so hard to warm to it, but I have to say I do not share this opinion
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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?

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Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:44pm
Wolter wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:42pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm
YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Beyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.
Me and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.
It’s been a while, but I remember it having lower highs and higher lows than Upping. Consistent and solid overall, though.
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Marky Dread wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:45pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm
YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Nah Megatop is great front to back for me. In fact over the years it's grown stronger and stronger as I appreciate more.
Yeah, same — Megatop is one of my top-2 BAD albums.

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Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:44pm
Wolter wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:42pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm
YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Beyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.
Me and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.
My favourite. Bloody brilliant album, Applecart and Battle of All Saints Road easily in my top 5 BAD. 2000 Shoes is the only real duff one here for me.

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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?

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Marky Dread wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:45pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm
YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Nah Megatop is great front to back for me. In fact over the years it's grown stronger and stronger as I appreciate more.
It hangs together pretty well as an album but a few slight songs for me.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?

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Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:44pm
Wolter wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:42pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm
YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Beyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.
Me and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.
I've got this terrible image now. It's 1987 Pat Sharpe is introducing Top Of the Pops "straight into the 40 this week go The Tighten Up Guys with their cover of We Built This City" cue two dodgy looking geezers with mullets stood in front of a huge 50s style radio, Tom wearing a cricket jumper and baggy trousers playing keyboards and Heston standing holding a guitar in one hand and what appears to be a huge snake in the other. The music is some some hybrid of a Jive Bunny backing track and Jimmy the Hoover.
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Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty


We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.

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Marky Dread wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 4:52pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:44pm
Wolter wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:42pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm
YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Beyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.
Me and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.
I've got this terrible image now. It's 1987 Pat Sharpe is introducing Top Of the Pops "straight into the 40 this week go The Tighten Up Guys with their cover of We Built This City" cue two dodgy looking geezers with mullets stood in front of a huge 50s style radio, Tom wearing a cricket jumper and baggy trousers playing keyboards and Heston standing holding a guitar in one hand and what appears to be a huge snake in the other. The music is some some hybrid of a Jive Bunny backing track and Jimmy the Hoover.
And the membership of IMCT saying to themselves, "This is why punk needs to exist."
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Re: Why did B.A.D. "disband"?

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Marky Dread wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 4:52pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:44pm
Wolter wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:42pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm
YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Beyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.
Me and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.
I've got this terrible image now. It's 1987 Pat Sharpe is introducing Top Of the Pops "straight into the 40 this week go The Tighten Up Guys with their cover of We Built This City" cue two dodgy looking geezers with mullets stood in front of a huge 50s style radio, Tom wearing a cricket jumper and baggy trousers playing keyboards and Heston standing holding a guitar in one hand and what appears to be a huge snake in the other. The music is some some hybrid of a Jive Bunny backing track and Jimmy the Hoover.
Ooof that sounds nearly as bad as Pat and Mick singing "Let's All Chant"
Mick Brown looks *so* awkward

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BitterTom wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 4:11pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:44pm
Wolter wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:42pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm
YoungParisians wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:37pm
Im probably in the minority here but BAD always wrote really great half-albums.
I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Beyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.
Me and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.
My favourite. Bloody brilliant album, Applecart and Battle of All Saints Road easily in my top 5 BAD. 2000 Shoes is the only real duff one here for me.
I'm a Tighten Up guy too. I even like 2000 Shoes.
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oliver wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 5:59pm
Marky Dread wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 4:52pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:44pm
Wolter wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 3:42pm
Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2021, 2:56pm


I'd agree apart from the debut and Tighten Up.
Beyond the excellent debut, BAD is a band that benefits from playlists for me. Several great tracks stretched across albums that wear out their welcomes after a while.
Me and Tom are the Tighten Up guys, we both swear by it.
I've got this terrible image now. It's 1987 Pat Sharpe is introducing Top Of the Pops "straight into the 40 this week go The Tighten Up Guys with their cover of We Built This City" cue two dodgy looking geezers with mullets stood in front of a huge 50s style radio, Tom wearing a cricket jumper and baggy trousers playing keyboards and Heston standing holding a guitar in one hand and what appears to be a huge snake in the other. The music is some some hybrid of a Jive Bunny backing track and Jimmy the Hoover.
Ooof that sounds nearly as bad as Pat and Mick singing "Let's All Chant"
Mick Brown looks *so* awkward

:yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck:
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Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty


We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.

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