Quote Originally Posted by Dusty Chalk
Someone said I'd like them. Any fans? Which album should I start with?
I got Bevis Frond's first release in LP form back in the late 80's. It was an idependent UK import, destined to obscurity. I liked it, so I got his next few Lps too. The artwork on those LPs is really neat... sorta like hand-drawn psych-lithographs. When he (Nick Saloman) started releasing his recordings in CD-form in the mid-90's, he added extra (non-LP) cuts to fill up the discs. He's someone you either like, or don't like. I consider him one of my top-20... certainly a top-50... fave artist of the 90's.

He was playing a "retro" type of psychedelic rock/classic 60's R&R, but with his own sound. He's in the same (kinda) sound as Robyn Hitchcock or XTC, at least they were all playing in the same sandbox. But I'm timid about "comparisons" because others will completely misinterpret my meaning here. (He DOESN'T sound like XTC). It's the kind of LP you might have heard in '68-69 from many of the punk bands after they heard Jimi Hendrix. I don't have ALL his discs, primarily because he put them out like candy. I think a lot of his songs are similar sounding (this could be said of 90% of bands), but there's usually one or 2 really good things on each release.

Dusty, I'm not sure if you'd like it... you tend to like some "out there" stuff, and this is pretty mainstream (in spirit & sound). I'd even venture (careful) there's a comparison here with bands like the Dead or Phish, in that there are some long spacey jam type cuts (one LP is called "Acid Jam")... but I don't have ANY Phish or Dead recordings, so take that with a grain of salt. I recommend you go online and listen to some samples.