Uh-oh

[J.D. P. Lafrance]

Andrew Dinn writes:
> 4AD records is a wierd label. It used to be ultra-hip, mostly
> specialising in ambient music before it turned into ambient techno.
> Most famous signing has to be `The Cocteau Twins' whose album
> `Treasure' includes a song `Ivo' named after the guy who founded the
> label and who was instrumental in getting them onto vinyl. Their other
> famous early signing was Bauhaus, the original `Goth' band - although
> they really preceded the whole `Goth' thing and were regarded as part
> of the Punk movement for their fist few years (and they are a damn
> sight more interesting than most `Goth' bands). Check out `Bela
> Lugosi's Dead' and their awesome cover of T-Rex's `Telegram Sam' with
> a superb John Cale song, `Crowds', on the B-side.

and let's not forget the cache of alternative pop bands on 4AD, like The Pixies,
Belly, Lush, etc. that was a great antidote to a lotta the crap music out there
in the late '80s, early '90s...

bfn,
JDL