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Big Black – Atomizer
Homestead Records – HMS043, 1986

Cut by Tom Coyne at Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs
Pressed at Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.

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The two albums between this and My Generation didn’t bug you?

I was confused why Elton John wasn’t singing Pinball Wizard.

FMM: they are the weirdest of the big Classic Rock bands and might be the weirdest popular rock band ever.

Oh, most definitely as those two didn't have an incredible song that spoke to my heart like My Generation did. They were definitely all over that map with their writing but always entertaining. With Keith on the drums, Pete windmilling and leaping and Roger throwing his mic to the ceiling they were leaders of musical theatrics. John mostly just standing there and playing killer bass lines was a good counterbalance to the other three. I can't argue that weren't weird although there was always plenty of competition for the title of weirdest popular rock band.
 
Oh, most definitely as those two didn't have an incredible song that spoke to my heart like My Generation did. They were definitely all over that map with their writing but always entertaining. With Keith on the drums, Pete windmilling and leaping and Roger throwing his mic to the ceiling they were leaders of musical theatrics. John mostly just standing there and playing killer bass lines was a good counterbalance to the other three. I can't argue that weren't weird although there was always plenty of competition for the title of weirdest popular rock band.
The Who are quite fascinating in the Classic Rock 60-70s pantheon. They built their name on a handful of great singles and being an incendiary live act. Really their heyday was the 3 studio album run of Tommy / Who’s Next / Quadrophenia. By the time Who By Numbers came out they were fully spent and have been a legacy act for the past 50yrs.

Don’t get me wrong. I love Slip Kids (possibly my favourite Who song) and Who Are You are great songs.
 
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