Another Rediscovery

 

Whilst packing away my records, I came across an album by Ducks Deluxe. DD were formed in the early seventies by Sean Tyla, Nick Garvey and Martin Belmont, and were one of the last pub rock bands. Despite having many good songs, they never achieved commercial success, which was perhaps because glam rock and the relics of a bygone musical era were still calling the shots at the time. Robert Christgau once said about them The music is pure rock and roll, maybe too pure, combining the Rumour's spirited intensity and the Motors' cheerful manipulation at a more primitive stage. There is nothing more to add to that.

Ducks Deluxe - Daddy Put The Bomp

Ducks Deluxe - Here Comes The NIght

Ducks Deluxe - Coast To Coast

What Happened To Pub Rock # 11

I thought by myself to finish this little series with the last post. But I remember still some bands that would be worth to featured in this series. One of them were The Motors which was formed by former members of Ducks Deluxe Nick Garvey and Andy McMaster. After a short period of existing they got a new guitarist called Bram Tchaicovsky (what a name!). Trained by many appearances in a lot of pubs the released their first record called '1' in 1977. It was the time when punk and new wave started to open the ears of a lot of people. And The Motors released a record with classic Rock and Roll or how it was called later PowerPop. Dancing The Night Away is a guitar dominated song added with some good voices and harmony singing. I loved them songs because they had the best of 'two worlds'. The structures of guitar based songs with hooks and empathy. It was a record that showed a lot of folks how new music could sound.

Enjoy and have a good week.