songs:illinois

I grew up in Boston and that means I’ll never love a band more than some the groups I grew up listening to from that area. Bands like The Pixies, Throwing Muses and `Til Tuesday all went on to fame and fortune (Aimee Mann was the lead singer of `Til Tuesday) but as with most things it’s the bands that didn’t quite make it that fascinate me to this day.

I’ve written about The Zulus and probably mentioned Rich Gilbert and lead singer Larry Bangor’s earlier band Human Sexual Response before but I don’t think I’ve spent a great deal of time on them. They were the Boston equivalent of some kind of new wave Talking Heads meets New York Dolls transgender, cross-dressing, drag, glam-rock band. They predated my live concert going experiences by about 4 years but I heard (and you can see on the first video) that they put on a great show.

Human Sexual Responses demise meant the rise of The Zulus; an influential Boston band that still sounds great today. I was young and impressionable so these guys struck a nerve but now I’m old and jaded and that nerve still tingles when I hear these songs.

“Ann Frank Story” from Figure 14
“Guardian Angel” from Figure 14

“Andy Fell” from In a Roman Mood

“Cool Jerk” live

HSR @ Cantones

“Jackie Onasis”

“What Does Sex Mean To Me”

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