Steve Temple Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 ...were apb. Does anyone remember them, or has anyone discovered them since their early 80s heyday? It's unlikely, since their records are unavailable, save a copy of their "Something to believe in" album being sold for 350.19 on Amazon Marketplace. Listening to the samples available there, I can tell Radio 4 stole their whole idea from them. I can be certain of this, as a former member recently met Radio 4, who said they were big fans of apb, and couldn't believe they were in the presence of said member. Their drummer is a friend of the popTart family, and I hear many tales from their period of success, and of their enduring popularity in America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Fit like New York? I think I have all the singles which compiled make "Something to believe in" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Temple Posted August 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Glad to hear it. You could make a great deal of money were you to choose to. There is one song that listeners to a New York radio station consistently put in their equivalent of the "festive fifty". I presume it is "Shoot You Down" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 I think I've still got the early APB singles.....I saw them live quite often...the first time being at the Copper Beech about a hundred years ago. I was impressed at Ian Slater's ability to sing and play great bass lines at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 So, you and me, can we afford to retire then? Mind you, you're half way there already!Ah the Copper Beach, what about The Crescent Hotel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 I vaguely remeber seeing folk things in the Crescent Hotel, but must've missed the louder bands, being so much younger than you (arf!!!!) George, APB's drummer, was at art school the year below me. I seem to remember him doing large New York cityscapes after they'd toured over there.They were Ellon loons, methinks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 i remember hearing apb many times on the peel show, including quite a few sessionsi would imagine that the vinyalists above have apb stuff which hasn't been played sincethey bought it new. its horded away gaining lots in valuecapitalists pigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_1903 Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Were they from ellon?Think one of their members' sons goes to my school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Haha i think i own the biggest claim to fame here. My dad was in APB . I've got pretty much all the albums on record, Something to Believe In is pure class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 i managed to buy a couple of old vinyls from a dealer in england a few months back, cost me about a fiver for the two. i recorded them into mp3s. interesting kind of music, considering the dates on the sleeves, it sounds like it predated a lot of stuff in the late 80's. missing you already was one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 what about The Crescent Hotel?Anybody remember The Miscreants(sp?)? I still remember "we will never surrender wur chibs" and that's about 20+ years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 i spoke to mike tonight and he said 'something to believe in' is set for a re-release in the US! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike iD Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Yep tis true. I saw an email on the nemis egroup about an American record label looking for them with a view to licencing their old stuff and called Mike C and Iain Slater (who is nowadays tour sound engineer for Keane) and they're moving things forward I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Soul Jazz would be the sort of lable that would reissue their material in the UK. So are Loveless singles worth heaps as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Rocker Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Did they not change their name to Loveless when they came back from the USA? They were class.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Yeah Loveless became...Pablo , I saw them at The Triple Kirks and Lemon Tree.Ian Slater the bass player looks a bit like Spike Milligan mwwaaaa ha ha ha and was the manager and in house engineer at Drummonds and consistently gave one of my bands (the mighty HUMAN Generator ) an excellent sound - we played there over 20 times around 50 years ago.Pablo released an ace CD called The story of Love and Hate a couple of moons ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Temple Posted August 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Much respect to Your Doctor, and his dad. What did he play?APB fans in America have tried to get their records re-released, and there has also been an attempt to get bands who are fans of them to do a tribute CD. It was Iain Slater who met Radio 4, and he also bumped into two members of Fun Lovin' Criminals, who are also big fans, and they said they would do "Shoot You Down" for it. That may not come to anything, thoSo do you agree that they are Aberdeen's most successful band? I suggested that to my dad (who works with the drummer George, the family friend in question) and he suggested a band called The Palace. I suggested Hedgehog Pie, and he laughed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 FWIW I'm sure I have seen the MHGenerator and Loveless live at The Palace in Aberdeen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Much respect to Your Doctor' date=' and his dad. What did he play?APB fans in America have tried to get their records re-released, and there has also been an attempt to get bands who are fans of them to do a tribute CD. It was Iain Slater who met Radio 4, and he also bumped into two members of Fun Lovin' Criminals, who are also big fans, and they said they would do "Shoot You Down" for it. That may not come to anything, thoSo do you agree that they are Aberdeen's most successful band? I suggested that to my dad (who works with the drummer George, the family friend in question) and he suggested a band called The Palace. I suggested Hedgehog Pie, and he laughed[/quote']I think your dad probably said Pallas. However I still think the Shamen would be the most successful, with Billy Bremner and Annie Lennox the solo equivalents.For Aberdeen's least beautiful band, come and see Mickel Mass at the Tunnels on Sunday, supporting United Bible Studies. You'll also get Aberdeen's most past-it mid-life crisis band (Kitchen Cynics) thrown in free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike iD Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 On a purely 'number of releases' basis, Chris Cowie would have to be Aberdeen's most prolific musician, with over 150 records out internationally, and his music licensed on possibly many hundreds more of compilations and mix cd's. My favourite story of his was when as a publicity stunt for a forthcoming mix cd his label were releasing, he hired a helicopter to take a set of decks, dj, and some journos to the top of ben nevis to record 'the highest mix cd ever'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzzlebutt Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 a little known story about apb...apb were proabaly more well known in ny than abz...while in ny they auditioned for backing singers...this would be around '80-81....cut a long story short...one of the female backing singers they rejected went on to do rather well on her todd...that would be madonna.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 My dad is Mike who you will probably have seen in Drummonds about a million times. He used to play percusion and do a bit of bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiecypher Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Anyone remember Bruce Clark, who played bass for APB on their last couple of tours of the U.S? This allowed Ian to play guitar. Bruce is a kung fu expert now, with his own school in Aberdeen. I think Glen lives in Cruden Bay now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Temple Posted September 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 I think your dad probably said Pallas. However I still think the Shamen would be the most successful' date=' with Billy Bremner and Annie Lennox the solo equivalents.[/quote']He almost certainly did. Shame on me for not realising it, especially since I've heard of said bandTo save myself further embarrassment, I'll ask if the Shamen are the same band that released "Ebeneezer Goode" before I make presumptions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 yes it certainly is the same shamen, i think (and correct me if i'm wrong) they were called alone again or before the shamen but by the time they hit the big time in the early 90's only colin angus was left from the original band and they had long since relocated to london.geneva were good, they were an aberdeen band were they not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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