Posted by Mountain Fan on 11-26-2007 at14:56:
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Originally posted by Drtuddle
I always like The Connells. Especially One Simple Word album. They kind of dissappeared |
they're from the area we live in now. they occasionally play dates around here. it think they played a festival in the last summer or two near here and maybe the occasional bar/pub? of course i might be mixing them up with other similar bands?
info seems sketchy:
http://www.theconnells.com/
http://www.theconnells.com/bb/
The Raleigh, North Carolina-based jangle-pop outfit the Connells formed in the spring of 1984. Fronted by guitarist Mike Connell and his bassist brother David, the first incarnation of the group also featured vocalist Doug McMillan and drummer John Schultz, who was soon replaced by former Johnny Quest percussionist Peele Wimberley. In late 1984 the quartet recorded a four-song demo; after one of the tracks, "Darker Days," was selected to appear on the North Carolina compilation More Mondo, the Connells' ranks expanded with the addition of singer/guitarist George Huntley, who made his debut on a March 1985 session co-produced by Don Dixon.
With the help of the band's friend Ed Morgan, the resulting demo made its way to the offices of the British label Demon, which agreed to fund the recording of enough additional tracks to complete a full-length LP. Darker Days was released in Europe by Demon in 1985, and when Morgan returned to the U.S., he formed his own label, Black Park, to issue the album domestically. After the low-budget videos for the tracks "Seven" and "Hats Off" garnered MTV airplay, the Connells won a contract with the TVT label prior to entering producer Mitch Easter's Drive-In Studios to record 1987's brooding, more assured Boylan Heights, which featured the superb single "Scotty's Lament."
With the help of the band's friend Ed Morgan, the resulting demo made its way to the offices of the British label Demon, which agreed to fund the recording of enough additional tracks to complete a full-length LP. Darker Days was released in Europe by Demon in 1985, and when Morgan returned to the U.S., he formed his own label, Black Park, to issue the album domestically. After the low-budget videos for the tracks "Seven" and "Hats Off" garnered MTV airplay, the Connells won a contract with the TVT label prior to entering producer Mitch Easter's Drive-In Studios to record 1987's brooding, more assured Boylan Heights, which featured the superb single "Scotty's Lament."
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http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.shows
http://www.myspace.com/theconnells
About The Connells
Emerging from the famed "meat packing district" of Raleigh, NC in 1984, The Connells soon distinguished themselves as one of that city's dozen or so most enviro-friendly bands for their early efforts at recycling (trash and music). From there the boys launched a career that would take them from the 150 capacity clubs of Raleigh to similarly-sized venues stretching from Bozeman to Budapest. It was in these dingy, smoke-filled dives that they uncovered the secret to living healthy while on the road - always insisting on reduced sodium nacho chips along with the 3 cases of beer and 2 fifths of liquor that they received every night. The band, always noted for being well-mannered and polite, have attained new heights of civility in the past few years, having had nothing but positive things to say publicly about certain critics and their record company of 12 years, with whom they parted company in 1999. Now (and none too soon), The Connells emerge from hibernation with "Old-School Dropouts", an 11 song self-release sure to allay any concerns that the boys might be the figurative "step slower" than they were in the past. (The band hastens to note that the word "Old" in the title modifies "School" and in no way refers to the band members themselves). Adroitly side-stepping the dreaded "sophomore slump" (the band consider all previous releases "of a piece", hence constituting a single work), The Connells have assembled a collection of catchy numbers that lovingly laugh at the pitfalls and perils of human existence, while answering the more mundane question of how the individual is to remain sane in an insane world.
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