tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post6848396119163912770..comments2023-11-05T09:33:34.696+00:00Comments on The 'Spill: Heather Leaves Mostly AutumnBlimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-10139236088623167482010-01-18T22:51:18.629+00:002010-01-18T22:51:18.629+00:00On the same day Heather left Mostly Autumn, anothe...On the same day Heather left Mostly Autumn, another prog band, Also Eden, lost their singer.<br /><br />Today, they've announced their replacement, Rich Harding, a.k.a AfraidOfSunlight, onetime RR contributor.<br /><br />Don't know if he reads The 'Spill, but congratulations anyway. Got the news from a mailing list post; will see if I can find their website and put up a link!Tim (Kalyr)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00960811565368970485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-91304310550622924622010-01-18T19:19:15.903+00:002010-01-18T19:19:15.903+00:00@lambretinha:
Heather isn't the principle son...@lambretinha:<br /><br />Heather isn't the principle songwriter, although she typically wrote or co-wrote 3 or 4 songs per album. A disproportionate number of her songs tended to make it into the live set, though.Tim (Kalyr)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00960811565368970485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-7584490109980582182010-01-18T17:26:41.057+00:002010-01-18T17:26:41.057+00:00The Buzzcocks did fine after Howard, but that'...The Buzzcocks did fine after Howard, but that's the only instance I can think of.Shoeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-28447935392023644692010-01-18T14:39:51.724+00:002010-01-18T14:39:51.724+00:00Another successful example of a band changing voca...Another successful example of a band changing vocalists was Bruce Dickinson substituting Paul Di'Anno for Maiden, I guess.<br /><br />Strange how most of the examples I can think of are from Prog / Hard-Rock / Heavy Metal bands, and such... Maybe it's because, in many of these cases, the main songwriter was somebody else (Lord, Blackmore for Purple, Harris for Maiden, etc... or songwriting duties were shared among the band members -Marillion-) I'd say that's the main factor in which Gabriel's departure hurt Genesis... Collins was a good enough choice as a singer in that context, but not so much as a creative force.<br /><br />What's Mostly Autumn's case, Kalyr? Is/Was Heather Findlay the main songwriter?lambretinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01489409289970997782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-55034653202057548312010-01-18T11:10:31.395+00:002010-01-18T11:10:31.395+00:00Ah! I'm listening to the Bellrays on Spotify n...Ah! I'm listening to the Bellrays on Spotify now, and it all makes a bit more sense. (The gig I went to was at Concordes in Brighton - originally supposed to be Evan Dando singing)barbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868299522572895432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-32559013584920281252010-01-18T11:03:37.063+00:002010-01-18T11:03:37.063+00:00That was Lisa Kekaula from The Bellrays. Spectact...That was Lisa Kekaula from The Bellrays. Spectactularly raunchy with Marc Arm if that was the Forum gig. Very good with her own group too.Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10632549982981770230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-49158312838931375172010-01-18T10:57:46.277+00:002010-01-18T10:57:46.277+00:00re. changing vocalists - one of the more unlikely ...re. changing vocalists - one of the more unlikely gigs I've been to was a reformed MC5 with vocals shared by Mark Arm from Mudhoney and the woman who sings vocals with Basement Jaxx (can't remember her name, but she was surprisingly effective).barbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868299522572895432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-26745913881981118792010-01-17T23:38:46.098+00:002010-01-17T23:38:46.098+00:00Yes. I was at the 1983 Reading Festival, with the ...Yes. I was at the 1983 Reading Festival, with the fibreglass Stonehenge later parodied by Spinal Tap, when Marillion completely blew them off stage.<br /><br />Going back to the original subject, I've exchanged several emails with Heather today, which reinforce my impression that she's not only the person who's created some of my favourite music, but a genuinely lovely person who's concerned about her fans. Never meet your heroes? Bollocks!Tim (Kalyr)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00960811565368970485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-83951697894939471342010-01-17T21:19:57.900+00:002010-01-17T21:19:57.900+00:00Anyone remember all the fuss with Gillan joining S...Anyone remember all the fuss with Gillan joining Sabbath?<br /><br />I have a lot of time both for Coverdale-era Purple and, heaven help me, for Whitesnake, despite his undeniable knobness. As far as successions of vocalists go, Rainbow managed to weather the departure of little Ronnie Dio quite successfully, but I suppose the focus was always on Blackmore.Abahachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007129278000634520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-6911458091779012342010-01-17T19:45:41.397+00:002010-01-17T19:45:41.397+00:00I was never a huge Purple fan, but David Coverdale...I was never a huge Purple fan, but David Coverdale was a definite lurch to the worse.<br /><br />He is a bit of a knob IMO and it is a shame that he ever got to work with Jimmy Page.Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068889968857575433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-6075858642609873932010-01-17T19:11:29.580+00:002010-01-17T19:11:29.580+00:00@Toffeeboy
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The most successful cases seem to ...@Toffeeboy<br /><br />:)<br /><br />The most successful cases seem to be when the new singer sounds nothing like the old one, and they use it as an opportunity to radically reinvent the band - Such as David Coverdale in Deep Purple, Ronnie Dio in Black Sabbath, or Steve Hogarth in Marillion.<br /><br />Coverdale in Purple was slighly before my time, but in the other two cases a lot of fans refused to accept the new singer.Tim (Kalyr)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00960811565368970485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-14473287015228541892010-01-17T18:57:44.540+00:002010-01-17T18:57:44.540+00:00@ blimpy
"the only band I can think of that...@ blimpy <br /><br />"the only band I can think of that weathered that one well was AC/DC"<br /><br />Why is no one mentioning Peter Gabriel/Phil Collins??? <br /><br />Oh ... right ... yeah ... I see ...ToffeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610938852113922395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-43751121251585007222010-01-17T17:31:02.412+00:002010-01-17T17:31:02.412+00:00I actually really liked "Offerings", but...I actually really liked "Offerings", but the album reminds me of a couple of wonderfully intimate gigs in York the year it came out. I find it a good mellow chill-out album. Some of the songs would work well full electric band arrangements - "Magnolia Half-Moon" being an obvious example.<br /><br />"Unoriginal Sin" from Glass Shadows sounds to me like an electrified Odin Dragonfly song, albeit much angrier. (And I know the back-story behind that one).Tim (Kalyr)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00960811565368970485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-54180384295800023892010-01-17T17:21:38.960+00:002010-01-17T17:21:38.960+00:00I've seen them on YouTube, Tim.
A bit fey for...I've seen them on YouTube, Tim.<br /><br />A bit fey for my liking.Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068889968857575433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-83323341465755978182010-01-17T11:24:12.989+00:002010-01-17T11:24:12.989+00:00I'm pretty confident Olivia will be do the job...I'm pretty confident Olivia will be do the job - I've heard her sing some Mostly Autumn songs with Breathing Space, and I've been impressed with here ability to take a song like "The Gap Is Too Wide" and make it hers. She probably needs to work on her stagecraft, but that will come with experience. This is a singer who auditioned for Nightwish, and made the final shortlist.<br /><br />I hope Heather doesn't attempt to make a cookie-cutter indie-pop album. Not only would it would be a terrible waste of a great talent, but it's a crowded market where success depends more on the amount of money spent on promotion than the quality of the music. But I know Heather well enough to believe she's smart enough not to go down that road.<br /><br />BTW Carole, have you heard any Odin Dragonfly? That was the acoustic duo consisting of Heather and Mostly Autumn's then keyboardist and flautist Angela Gordon. Provides one pointer for the direction Heather's solo work might go.Tim (Kalyr)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00960811565368970485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-56278010830562347312010-01-17T10:37:58.069+00:002010-01-17T10:37:58.069+00:00Interesting. I think that Olivia Sparnenn is a goo...Interesting. I think that Olivia Sparnenn is a good singer, powerful certainly.<br /><br />The tricky bit will be seeing where Heather Findlay's solo work goes. If she looks for a commercial sound, the risk is that it will be bland.<br /><br />Still, good luck to all concerned.Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068889968857575433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-69120598580480335182010-01-17T09:22:34.162+00:002010-01-17T09:22:34.162+00:00it's always the most difficult when the "...it's always the most difficult when the "voice" of a group leaves -the only band I can think of that weathered that one well was AC/DCBlimpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.com