Box 2736, Wincarton, BA8 0YF, U.K., phone: +44 (0)1274 660923. Business-New Model Army, P.O. 300, Los Angeles, CA 90036, phone: (213) 692-1100. Addresses: Record company-EMI, 5750 Wilshire Blvd., Ste.
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The group's spirited, uncluttered brand of punk-folk music-often compared to the classic British rock stylings of the Clash, the Who, and Billy Bragg-spoke of subjects ranging from concern for the environment to disdain for a culture stricken with materialism and greed. Today we have the re-release of the BD3 video, originally filmed by Matt Stanley on an extremely cold night in Bradford in the winter of Firmly rooted in the punk era, New Model Army emerged on the British music scene in the 1980s, a period rife with governmental conservatism and civil disorder. The release of the redux of the Carnival album will be on November 20th.
At the time, citizens of Great Britain were being thrown off balance by the first blows of a conservative government headed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and New Model Army intended to stir up controversy. The founding members included Sullivan, born in 1956 to a Quaker family in Buckinghamshire, England bassist and guitarist Stuart Morrow and drummer and guitarist Robert "Robb" Heaton. And round and round."Formed in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, in 1980, New Model Army outlined their objectives by naming themselves after the historical Thomas Fairfax/Oliver Cromwell revolutionary army that called for the abolition of the monarchy and the House of Lords. We haven't been hanging around in night clubs playing at pop stars, we've been around for these people. "They stay loyal and put themselves out for us because we've maintained from the start that we're not a fad. "Our following is the cream of the type of people that follow bands around," insisted New Model Army's vocalist and guitarist, Justin "Slade the Leveller" Sullivan, as quoted by New Musical Express writer Amrik Rai.
I'm not a pacifist by any means."Also in 1984, New Model Army enjoyed a surprise number-two British independent chart hit with the single "The Price," leading to an unlikely relationship with the major label EMI. And I don't think that all war is wrong, just that particular one was bloody stupid. It's a straight political song against the politicians who sent those young guys out there.
In addition to their often argumentative lyrics, the band welcomed confrontation, as when they wore T-shirts for the Top of the Pops television program bearing the slogan "Only Stupid Bastards Use Heroin" to express their anti-drug stance. Beginning in 1985 with the single "No Rest," which climbed to number 28 on the British singles chart, the group went on to claim an impressive run of hits through 1991.Despite the popular success, New Model Army never softened their stance for commercial benefit. On both records, the band opted for a more lush, folk-influenced sound, resulting in a wider audience for the group. Because of an increased recording budget, New Model Army were able to explore a more experimental, though no less impassioned, musical direction.
Here, according to critics, the band achieved a perfect balance between the personal and political with memorable tracks such as the all-out rage "Stupid Questions" and the violin-laden "Vagabonds." Thereafter, Harris left the group and was replaced by former Brotherhood of Lizards bassist Peter Nelson. I don't need to escape and drugs are escapism, pure and simple." The television stint was met with ridicule from some traditional punk-rockers, including the band Conflict, who fought back with their own motto: "Only Stupid Bastards Help EMI."In 1989, following the 1988 release of Radio Sessions, New Model Army returned with the emotional and majestic Thunder and Consolation. "I'd rather have a good game of football if something's weighing on my mind.
However, the group reconvened for 1998's Strange Brotherhood, showing themselves still in the business of rebellion. That same year, New Model Army also reworked the dance version of "Vengeance," issued in protest of Britain's Criminal Justice Bill.For several years thereafter, New Model Army was seen only occasionally playing the odd show, and many assumed they had disbanded. Featuring the blasting single "Here Comes the War," the ballad "Living in the Rose," and the acoustic number "These Words," the album garnered favorable reviews, as did the 1994 collection B-Sides and Abandoned Tracks. The following year saw the release of the double-live set Raw Melody Men, the title an anagram of the group's name.A compromise between rawness and clarity and addressing social issues as well as love and loss, The Love of Hopeless Causes followed in 1993 on Epic Records.
The Love of Hopeless Causes Epic, 1993. Singles chart, 1985 released Thunder and Consolation, 1989 released Raw Melody Men, 1991 released The Love of Hopeless Causes, 1993 after a prolonged absence, released Strange Brotherhood, 1998 released Eight, 2000. Independent chart, 1984 "No Rest" climbed to number 28 on U.K. In 2000, New Model Army released Eight, featuring the live favorite "Snelsmore Wood" and the radio hit "You Weren't There." History: The Best of New Model Army, containing the group's early singles, was issued by EMI in 2001.Group formed in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, 1980 released full-length debut Vengeance, single "The Price" reached number two on U.K.
Melody Maker, April 28, 1983 July 28, 1984. Robbins, Ira A., editor, The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock, Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1997. Buckley, John, editor, Rock: The Rough Guide, Rough Guides, 1999. History: The Best of New Model Army EMI, 2001. B-Sides and Abandoned Tracks EMI, 1994.
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