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From: bigstar@milton.u.washington.edu (william)
Subject: Stage Diving  .......hmmmmnn...
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 21:26:26 GMT


As an avid live music freak since the late 70's, I find myself having mixed
feelings on this subject as of late. When I first started to go see (and hear)
music in the late 70's and early 80's I was ready and eager for anything. 
Likewise, there were little in the way of normative structures governing 
behavior.

People in trash bags sipped cocktails as others dressed in everything from
see-thru vinyl to dresses to combat gear "pogoed" "throttled" etc etc to
whatever music was available. Rather quickly, directions started to form
and "hard-core" was all the rage. Words can't do justice to any attempt 
to describe the energy and ferocity of some of the early NOTA, Black Flag,
Circle Jerks, and Huskers shows. Slamming, stage diving, etc seemed more
than just a hobby, it seemed required.

The present state of things today puzzles me. Granted I am 12 years older  
and not always on top of the latest "thrash band at the local rec center"
parties, but I still go out to see music of all types several times a 
week.  I go to see the Leaving Trains...I expect to see the pit fast and
furious with bodies galore airborne.  I enjoy this.  I go to see fIREHOSE..
..I expect to see the same.  Usually adds to the show.  What really bothers
me though is at shows like Robyn Hitchcock or LUSH, there are always a few
idiots who decide that this form of behavior is acceptable.  

Just as I wouldn't slam-dance at a jazz-show, just as I wouldn't play tennis
at a movie, I do not expect to see bodies flying as Robyn Hitchcock sings, ....
"I often dream of trains." Furthermore, I've found that ususally the people
slam dancing and stage diving at such shows have NO FUCKING CLUE as to the
unwritten rules governing such behavior. (If you think there are no such rules,
look carefully next time you see such activity going on.  There is actually 
quite a bit of organization and order involved.)

Is this a valid observation or merely the idle ramblings of a dejected post
-twenties music goer ?

bigstar@milton.u.washington.edu
From: bperegoy@zardoz.East.Sun.COM (Bill Peregoy - Hardware)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: Magnetic Fields
Date: 17 Apr 92 15:00:58 GMT
Reply-To: bperegoy@zardoz.East.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc. - BDC
NNTP-Posting-Host: zardoz.east.sun.com

> 	Who has heard of Magnetic Fields ?   WHo has heard them?
> i have heard one album (i do not know the name) and i REALLY REALLY
> want more.

Magnetic Fields are from Boston MA.  They have the one record you
have (on Cherry Red I think) and a 7" single of Boston's Harriet 
Records.  The single has the songs "100,000 Fireflies" and "Old Orchard
Beach".  This single is the only recorded material I have heard.  It consists
of Stephen Merrit and a female vocalist. Stephen does all the instrumentation
(mostly sequenced stuff).  

They just started playing live recently and have a totally different sound.
The female vocalist is from a different state so she is not in the "live band".
Instead they perform as a 5 piece (2 guitars, bass, cello, drums) with Stephen
doing all the vocals.  It's really strange to see them live as Stephen has a very low, 
deep voice... completely different than the vocalist on the record.

They are planning to release a domestic CD this year (their own release).


Hope this helps,
Bill
From: mohagin@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mary K O'Hagin)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Vioent Femmes
Date: 9 Apr 92 23:30:22 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


 The actual subject of this is "Violent Femmes".  To date, I have not 
herd (heard)) an album from the avove (avXX above)) mentioned group that 
has matched their original self titled album.  "Add it up" is a memoralbe 
(memorable)) song.  It must be heard repeatedly to appreciate it in full.
.

mohagin@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
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From: mthorn@madvax.uop.edu (Charlie's enormous mouth)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: Nettwerk and KMFDM
Date: 17 Apr 1992 02:20:41 UTC
Reply-To: mthorn@madvax.uop.edu
Organization: University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

I wrote, in reply to hoffman@n1.math.umn.edu (John R. Hoffman):

>>I know of the following bands on the Nettwerk Label, are there
>>any others?
>>
>>Skinny Puppy
>>Consolidated
>>MC 900 ft Jesus
>>Severed Heads.
>
> [list of bands deleted]

sorry, I should have specified that that list was in addition to these four
mentioned above.

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"When humans were young, they were pushed around in strollers.  When they were
old, they were pushed around in wheelchairs.  In between, they were just pushed
around." -- Tom Robbins
From: msaj+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark R. Stemm)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: New Janes Addiction
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:27:24 GMT
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Yeah, Perry has started a new band called Pyros for Pornos(Maybe the
other away around). Stephen Perkins(the drummer) is also in the band, I
believe. They blayed at an AIDS benefit with The Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Primus, Fishbone, and some other bands I can't remember.(Boy that show
would really suck...not).

I don't know what it sounds like, but one of the members is D.J.
something-or-other, so it's got some sampling. A metal version of Urban
Dance Squad would be interesting...

					--Mark
From: mcdonghj@unix2.tcd.ie (Nascent Virion.....)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Gothic Music, Sisters... Alt.Gothic.
Date: 9 Apr 92 08:57:00 GMT
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin

I must admit that I get annoyed 'occasionally'
to see posts that should have been to alt.gothic regarding bands of 
this genre 
Sisters, Neph, Bauhaus etc..
Please remember there is a newsgroup specially for these bands.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-John Mc Donagh.                   ~~                         {Nascent Virion}
mcdonghj@unix2.tcd.ie              ~~                        "In Fear of Fear"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Carrion child, prey for me, Play your wild card,
 See your house come down around your head..." -Sisters of Mercy- Possession
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: odwak@fraser.sfu.ca (Hartley Odwak)
Subject: Re: TMBG concert dates? (was Re: CMJ- TMBG #1 Breakthrough!)
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 21:28:43 GMT

I think they're playing a free show in Pittsburgh on 14 April (or
around then..)

Open yer fears,

H.
From: cj00+@andrew.cmu.edu (Carl B Jabido)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Lollapallooza II
Date: 15 Apr 92 05:36:21 GMT
Organization: Freshman, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Anyone know the tour dates yet?

Thanks,
Carl Jabido
cj00@andrew.cmu.edu
From: sasefj@junebug.unx.sas.com (Edith Jeffreys)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: nyc easter weekend
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:25:07 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
Originator: sasefj@junebug.unx.sas.com
X-Bytes: 390

anyone know of any good shows going on in nyc over easter weekend?
i dont get up there very often, and i would really like to see a
band or two.


-- 
Edie Jeffreys            The fact is, no matter how closely I study it
SAS Institute, Inc.      No matter how I take it apart
SAS Circle, Cary, NC     No matter how i break it down
(919)677-8000 x6946      It remains consistent.  -- Belew
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: klf@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Brian Mark Bishop)
Subject: Re: NIN and MINISTRY news...(?)
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 04:54:37 GMT

I've heard from a friend of mine that NIN is coming to Chicago sometime
soon.  Any one else hear anything about this???

Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: rwyatt@niji.claremont.edu (Robert Wyatt)
Subject: Washington D.C. Bands
Organization: Harvey Mudd College
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 20:03:35 GMT

I posted a note last night under the heading Gothic Revival (or  
something close to that) about Washington D.C.'s greatest band,  
Strange Boutique.  SB is still very underground.  They produce and  
finance their own albums (1 EP, 1 7", and finally now a full length  
CD/Cass.).  There is so much garbage "alternative" music out there,  
that it is nice to catch a breath of fresh air, like Strange  
Boutique.  If anyone is familiar with the D.C. music scene, then you  
probably assume that most of D.C. music is like the stuff on Dischord  
records...  Check out Strange Boutique and be pleasantly surprised.   
If I had to describe them in a sentence:  Take old Siouxsie (JuJu,  
Kiss in the Dreamhouse), old Cure, and Cocteau twins, shake, don't  
stir, and voila...

Has anyone out there heard of SB ?  If so, what do you think ?  If  
not, would you like to know more ?  EMAIL me and I'll send some info.   
If you can receive NeXTmail, I'll even digitize a sample from the  
album...  The CD is $12 postpaid, the Cass. $8, from the band.  

(By the way, I'll just an avid fan.  I'm not in the band, or on their  
payroll...)

rwyatt@claremont.edu
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: jlitchfi@descartes.waterloo.edu (Jon Litchfield)
Subject: Re: new jane's addiction?
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 20:59:44 GMT

In article <1992Apr17.070628.6978@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> chm8v@fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU (Chris "Dread" Mann) writes:
>schnitzi@cs.ucf.edu  writes:
>> WKM101@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>> 
>> >has anyone heard of perry ferril joining a new band?
>> >is it true or a viscious rumor?
>> >TTHHEE GGOOOOBB-c/o will
>> >wkm101@psuvm
>> 
>> The band is called Porno for Pyros and will be starting
>> with an upcoming concert (I forget where and when).
>> 
>> mark
>They are playing sometime this summer in LA for some type of benefit thing
>a ma jig with a couple of other cool bands. Sorry I don't know the exact 
>date.
>
Not only is PfP Perry Farrel's new band, but the drummer from Jane's A. is in
the band as well...Stephen Perkins is his name if I remember correctly


-- 
No man with a good bus pass needs to be justified...

jon litchfield
jlitchfi@descartes.waterloo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: ges@stiatl.salestech.com (Gerald Sullivan)
Subject: Re: Roger Manning--a figment???
Organization: Sales Technologies, Inc.
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:29:49 GMT

lell@dec2.wu-wien.ac.at (Christoph Lell ) writes:

>In article <Apr.10.22.38.09.1992.22076@romulus.rutgers.edu>, woj@romulus.rutgers.edu (voy toy) writes:
>|> hansencarlaa@bvc.edu writes:
>|> >       Has anyone ever heard of Roger Manning?
>|> ...

>I talked to Roger when I was in New York. He played (practiced) in Washington
>Square Park and he is very, very good. ANyway I Asked him how I could get
>ahold of his album and he said that not he himself had a copy. So I
>assume this thing is out of print. Furthermore he was looking for
>a label, but I believe he still doesn't have one. The guy is too leftist....

>Christoph
>-- 
>Christoph Lell                         lell@wu-wien.ac.at, lell@awiwuw11.bitnet
>Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien         |   
>Augasse 2-6, A-1090 Wien, Austria    |     "Free your mind and your 
>Tel. (43) (222) 31 336 x4449 or x4443|      ass will follow!"         

His CD seems to be available here in Atlanta at Tower records. It is
from SST. He seems to only have one CD out at this time. Funny, you
should think he sounds Leftist. I think he sounds possibly "libertarian".
One of his songs seems to be quite anti-leftist (somthing about "lefty
folksinger rhetoric has such a boring ring,.. they oversimplify everything,..")
Most of the songs aren't political anyway. The CD is quite good.



-- 
___________________________________________________________________
Jerry Sullivan, Sales Technologies, Inc.  Atlanta,GA 
ges@salestech.com,...uupsi!stiatl!ges I don't speak for my employer.
Withdrawing in disgust is not apathy. Vote none of the above.
From: broadhrj@harry.cs.rose-hulman.edu (Robert J. Broadhead)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: 120 minutes tour 4-11-92
Date: 7 Apr 92 07:29:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr7.072946.21108
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Keywords: 

  If anyoone is looking for a pair of tickets for the 120 minutes tour in Chicago
this saturday for $25 I have a pair for sale.  Get in touch through E-mail if you
are interested, if you are in the Indianapolis area especially.  The address is:
  broadhrj@cs.rose-hulman.edu
From: watts@csa2.lbl.gov (PAUL N WATTS)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: boston bands
Keywords: ping pong
Date: 12 Apr 92 00:22:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: dog.22656
Reply-To: watts@csa2.lbl.gov
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.254.197
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4

In article <1992Apr9.223429.7945@cs.uri.edu>, reynhout@cs.uri.edu writes...
>>watts@csa2.lbl.gov (PAUL N WATTS) writes:
>>>I'm not mentioning the ones everyone probably knows about, like the Pixies
>>>and Throwing Muses.
> 
>   Throwing Muses are most definitely *NOT* from Boston.  Not even from 
>Massachusetts.  None of them.  Ever.

I don't know where you're getting your information from, but here's where I get
mine from:

When the first album came out, import only on the 4AD label, WFNX (the Boston
alternative station) made a big deal out of the fact that they were the first
American band on that label.  Why?  Because they were from Boston.  This is
first-hand information, since I was a faithful listener of WFNX at the time.

Also, I quote from the latest edition of the Trouser Press Record Guide:
"If for no other reason, this Boston-based quartet has its reserved seat in
music history for being the first American band signed to the British 4AD
label."
From: bmacdona@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Brian K!z!K MacDonald)
Subject: Re: Love n' Rockets
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Reply-To: bmacdona@ics.uci.edu (Brian K!z!K MacDonald)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:44:02 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.142635.4628@cs.tcd.ie> droe@cs.tcd.ie (David Roe) writes:
>I've heard of the band Love n' Rockets, and heard some stuff. However, a
>long time ago (about six to seven years) I taped a song from the radio,
>ostensibly buy a band called Loven n' Missiles. The D.J.s voice over is
>Many thanks
>
>	Dave Roe.

   Well, this MUST be the 1347th reply, but
     it IS Love and Rockets with "The Kundalini Express"
        off the _Love_Express_ album from 1986,
            or is it _The_Big_Express_ ?

     (I must be getting confused with XTC's _The_Big_Express_)

                                                        K!z!K
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: sasso@flounder.phy.anl.gov (John F. Sasso)
Subject: Re: Love and Rockets question
Organization: Argonne National Laboratory
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 16:04:02 GMT

In article <1992Apr11.205649.4981@ac.dal.ca> zeppelin@ac.dal.ca writes:
>
>	The song that you are looking for is "Express Kundilini" off of the 
> EXPRESS album by Love and Rockets....if you like the song it is worth picking
> up the CD as it is full of good tracks...as well as a remix of their hit Ball
> of Confusion that originally appeared on "Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven"
>
>
I remember BoC as an EP between SDoTH and Express.  Unless you mean the
CD...?

								JFS



-- 
"The only way to true inspiration is the study of TedDo.  And lots
of MauMau, of course."  The Elvis Lectures
"I am not the False Bob, I am a free man."  The Book of FalseBobs
"Since the introduction of MauMau, HP sales have skyrocketed." Book of MauMau
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: charest@Aig.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Len Charest)
Subject: Social D. "1945" lyrics??
Keywords: the punk rock stuff
Reply-To: charest@aig.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 22:48:05 GMT

Anybody who has (or knows where I can get get) the lyrics to "1945" by Social Distortion please email to the address in my sig. 

ObAltMusic: "1945" was an early single, so don't go looking for it on your shiny new Elektra CD.
-- 
..................................................
                                  Len Charest, Jr.
                 JPL Artificial Intelligence Group
                          charest@aig.jpl.nasa.gov
From: shj@login.dkuug.dk (Stig Jacobsen)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: info on CRANES,LUSH and CURVE
Date: 10 Apr 92 23:52:52 GMT
Organization: Asis Electronic Intl., Copenhagen, Denmark

buch@iesd.auc.dk (Henrik Buch Pedersen) writes:

>A title list for the two CURVE EP's BLINDFOLD and CHERRY wouldn't be bad at all, maybe I've just lost them while the Curve diskussion where running!

Blindfold EP, ANX CD 27:

Ten little girls
I speak your every word
Blindfold
No escape from heaven

Cherry EP, ANX CD 35:

Clipped
Die like a dog
Galaxy
Cherry
--
Stig Jacobsen                                                   Born confused
shj@login.dkuug.dk                                              Died dazed
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: sasso@flounder.phy.anl.gov (John F. Sasso)
Subject: Re: Love n' Rockets
Organization: Argonne National Laboratory
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 17:54:49 GMT

In article <12000@tamsun.tamu.edu> hnb5164@tamuts.tamu.edu (Heather Noel Bobbie) writes:
>In article <1992Apr8.142635.4628@cs.tcd.ie> droe@cs.tcd.ie (David Roe) writes:
>>I've heard of the band Love n' Rockets, and heard some stuff. However, a
>>long time ago (about six to seven years) I taped a song from the radio,
>>ostensibly buy a band called Loven n' Missiles. The D.J.s voice over is
>>				      
>
>i'm thinking that would be love n'rockets
>from their (1st?) album express.
>


2nd album.

Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
Express
Earth, Sun, Moon
"Love and Rockets"

							JFS




-- 
"The only way to true inspiration is the study of TedDo.  And lots
of MauMau, of course."  The Elvis Lectures
"I am not the False Bob, I am a free man."  The Book of FalseBobs
"Since the introduction of MauMau, HP sales have skyrocketed." Book of MauMau
From: jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: even more Boston bands
Date: 9 Apr 92 17:45:24 GMT
Organization: AIAI, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Salem 66
Xref: sparky alt.music.alternative:2925 rec.music.misc:13793
From: dylan@ibmpcug.co.uk (Matthew Farwell)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative,rec.music.misc,uk.misc
Subject: Re: When is the Fall coming to Chicago?
Date: 8 Apr 92 08:51:43 GMT
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.

Sometime in the Autumn, I think :-)

Dylan.
-- 
'If there is a hung parliament, and John Major and Neil Kinnock have
both been hung, then I am willing to take over.  Vote Insanity - you
know it makes sense' - Screaming Lord Sutch
From: ez003338@rocky.ucdavis.edu (Tara)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: Opal/Kendra Smith
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:00:26 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, UC Davis

In article <j8k0jfs@zuni.esd.sgi.com> steve@europa.esd.sgi.com (Loopy - the spineless boy) writes:
>She used to have show back in the late 70's/ early 80's on KDVS, the UC Davis
>station.  I used to listen to her show every week when I was a dorky high school
>student (as opposed to a dorky engineer).  
>
>Other cool UC Davis bands included Alternate Learning, which evolved into Game
>Theory (anyone have Game Theory's first album that came in a plastic garbage
>bag?) and Thin White Rope.  
>
>KDVS is responsible for my deviant music habits.
>
Hey, me too! :) That's interesting that Kendra Smith used to DJ on KDVS.  Do
you know if she was a student at UCD?

I recently heard that Thin White Rope have broken up, but I'm not entirely sure
about the truth of this rumor.  One really good Davis band that I would recom-
mend to fans of so-called "college rock" is Thornucopia.  I believe that they
recently signed a record deal, although I'm not sure about the details of this
either.  I have their demo. tape, which is called _Out_.

-- 
 |Tara Marchand        |  "I am you,  |   "To live is to fly, low and high,   |
 |---------------------| and you are  |  So shake the dust off of your wings  |
 |---------------------|    not me."  |   And the sleep out of your eyes."    |
 |ez003338@ucdavis.edu | -REM, "LMR"- | -Cowboy Junkies, "To Live is to Fly"- |
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Friday, 10 Apr 1992 11:55:27 EDT
From: Tina Goetzl <TXG108@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Robert Smith...

Does anyone know what albums Robert Smith worked on with the Banshees
besides "Hyena"?  (if any)  Or if he's done any other work with groups
like 'The Glove'?
                          thank you muchly...
From: v084re5x@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (no escape from reality)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: REQUEST: Depeche Mode lyrics
Date: 6 Apr 92 14:20:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Apr2.201224.18454@acsu.buffalo.edu>, tung@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Hammer) writes...
> 
> 
>	Yes I know there is the site cs.uwp.edu, where they have some of the 
>lyrics, but I am trying to get a hold of some of the stuff from Construction
>Time again, A Broken Frame and finally People are People. I am trying to put
>together a postscript version of all of their lyrics with some fancy fonts.
>If anyone can either help me with the lyrics from one or two songs, it will 
>be helpful. 
> 
> 
>								-Thanks!!!	-------------------------------------------------
>| Lyndon aka The Hammer |  tung@acsu.buffalo.edu| 
>-------------------------------------------------
>Thought:
>	
>All things are possible except skiing thru a revolving door.


   -any songs in particular--i am VERY familiar with a broken frame and
construction time again, and most of people are people.
   if i can help please tell me the particular lyrics needed!!

julie
From: poole@castor.cs.uga.edu (BRYAN POOLE)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: The Jody Grind (was:Re: Bands and labels you may have never heard of...)
Date: 11 Apr 92 21:14:54 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

The Jody Grind's new album is out on DB Records out of Atlanta. The album
is called 'Lefty's Deceiver.' It was produced by Micheal Blair - drummer
for Tom Waits - at John Keane's Studio here in Athens. Guest appearances
from Peter Buck (REM) and Mike Mantione (Five-Eight). If you liked
"One Man's Trash.." you'll probably like this one. This one contains almost
all originals as opposed to the last. The Jody Grind are a GREAT live band
and I sometimes feel their albums don't serve them justice. I suppose
that they will be touring in support of the new album so check'em out!

=- Bryan -= poole@castor.cs.uga.edu -=
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: etamuzs1@cc.swarthmore
Subject: Re: Robert Smith = Sandman???
Organization: Swarthmore College
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 18:57:43 GMT

In article <92106.102253TXG108@psuvm.psu.edu> Tina Goetzl
<TXG108@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>    Is anyone familiar with the DC comic "SANDMAN"?  If so, do you find
>a striking resemblence between Dream and our hero Robert Smith???  In one
>of the issues, there is the "Boy's Don't Cry" poster on one of the walls
>which was a nice touch I thought.  I think Dream and Rob both share that
>quality of being appealingly somber.
>                                                            tina
>
I've heard that the character was based on Peter Murphy, actually, but that
nowadays he looks more like Robert Smith or Ogre.

Edis