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| 1. | Live 161203
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| 2. | Orange Tree Roads
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| 3. | The Charge
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| 4. | Over the Wire
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| 5. | Aimless Desire
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| 6. | Wonderful Way to Go
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| 7. | Courage
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| 8. | No Pain
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| 9. | White Light
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| 10. | 51st State
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| 11. | Here Comes the War
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| 12. | Family Life
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| 13. | Ocean Rising
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| 14. | Drag It Down
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| 15. | R & R
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| 16. | Purity
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| 17. | Poison Street
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| 18. | Get Me out
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| 19. | Stupid Questions
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| 20. | No Rest
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| 21. | Green & Grey
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| 22. | I Love the World
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Colin Newman - Executive Producer
Dave Blomberg - Group Member, Guitar
Dave Meehan - Director, Producer
Dean White - Group Member, Keyboards
Justin Sullivan - Group Member, Guitar, Vocals
Mark Feltham - Guest Appearance, Harmonica
"Live 161203" from the political rock & roll band New Model Army is less punk and more of a revolutionary charge. The playing is electric and the filming is flawless, director Dave Meehan bringing his formula back to the Astoria in London, this show taped on December 16, 2003. Not as dark as the Echo & the Bunnymen DVD, Dancing Horses, the lighting here corresponds with frontman Justin Sullivan's spitfire preaching, bringing the post-punk almost into the realm of rock & roll rap. The band is tight as a drum and the mostly male -- shirtless with many a skinhead -- audience packs the venue and is rocking, adding some energy to the group's performance. The 21 selections are dynamic, New Model Army blitzing far more than the aforementioned Bunnymen, though like that disc, the music will mostly be appreciated by NMA's audience and rock & rollers who enjoy a hot set of well-constructed music. Even when they let up somewhat, as on "Family Life," Sullivan's vocals are still, like Ian McCulloch's, not ready to take on the catalog of Robert Goulet -- or Paul McCartney for that matter. "It are what it are," and despite the monotone preaching of the frontman, what New Model Army do here is savage the music and the audience with a professional, determined, and very satisfying blast of power. For all the high energy, the band is quite musical and can throw a few punches from out of left field. There are lots of extras here: a 14-and-a-half-minute lo-fi soundcheck, a four-page biography (on the disc; there's no insert booklet) written by interviewer "Jet" Martin Celmins, and a 27-and-a-half-minute chat with Justin Sullivan -- it all adds up to a brilliant package that holds up under repeated viewings. Good job.
---Joe Viglione, Rovi
New Model Army
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: 1980 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Genre: Rock
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk
To their impassioned cult of fans, New Model Army was one of the best post-punk outfits Great Britain ever produced. Combining the gut-level force of punk with the anthemic political fervor of U2 and The Alarm, as well as the urban protest folk of Billy Bragg, NMA sounded like few other bands mining similar post-punk territory. Their attack was hard, spare, and precise, but as time wore on, they were just as likely to deliver modern-day folk-rock replete with acoustic guitar, violin, and harmonica. Throughout their career, they remained staunch advocates of the British working class, occasionally tempering their leftist, anti-Thatcher political fury with moments of personal introspection. Their shout-along anthems often borrowed the football-chant feel of Oi! punk, but NMA was far less given to rabble-rousing, instead aiming for intelligent dissidence. True, that could sometimes translate into preachy sloganeering, but NMA's best work earned them tremendous acclaim in the U.K., where their singles regularly placed in the lower reaches of the pop charts. U.K.-specific lyrical references, coupled with visa problems that sometimes made touring difficult, unfortunately ensured that they were all but ignored in the U.S. Still, they maintained a strong following in Europe, and leader Justin Sullivan managed to keep them going for more than two decades.
New Model Army was formed in the Yorkshire town of Bradford in 1980. In keeping with the band's intellectual bent, their name was taken from Oliver Cromwell's antiroyalist military force, whose hierarchy was based on ability rather than social class, and which temporarily succeeded in toppling the monarchy in the mid-1600s. Early on, guitarist/vocalist/bandleader Justin Sullivan adopted the nom de punk Slade the Leveller, which despite its aggressive ring was an esoteric reference to the Levellers, a radical democratic faction of Cromwell associates. The concept for New Model Army grew out of a meeting between Sullivan and writer Joolz Denby, who went on to become a respected poet, novelist, and spoken word artist in her own right; the two also became lifelong romantic partners. Bassist Stuart Morrow was the first to sign on, and after a rotating succession of drummers, Rob Heaton became a permanent member, as well as Sullivan's frequent songwriting partner. Denby, for her part, served as the band's manager early on, and while the job ultimately proved too time-consuming, she continued to design the band's cover art and occasionally provided backing vocals in the studio; the band also backed her on several albums of her own, credited simply to Joolz.
New Model Army spent a couple of years gigging around Yorkshire and building a substantial buzz in the British music press. In 1983, the group issued its debut single, "Bittersweet," which landed them a deal with the indie label Abstract by the end of the year. Their first release for Abstract was the politically charged "Great Expectations" single, which reached the British indie singles charts and set the stage for their debut album, 1984's Vengeance. Songs like the antiwar "Spirit of the Falklands," the frustrated "Small Town England," and the militant title track further defined NMA's perspective. In its wake, the non-LP single "The Price" was a smash on the indie charts, and major label EMI stepped in to sign the band.
New Model Army's first single for EMI, "No Rest," climbed into the British Top 30 in early 1985, marking the first of the band's 12 pop-chart entries. It was followed in short order by the album No Rest for the Wicked; however, bassist Stuart Morrow left the band that May, prior to the LP's release. Sullivan and Heaton cut the mostly acoustic Better Than Them EP before finding a permanent replacement in 17-year-old Jason "Moose" Harris. Following the non-LP single "Brave New World," Harris made his album debut on 1986's Glyn Johns-produced The Ghost of Cain, which expanded the group's acoustic folk influence and featured contributions from harmonica player Mark Feltham. The single "51st State," a critique of Britain's relationship with the United States, was a hit in Europe, and a dance remix of "Poison Street" was successful in the U.K.; additionally, album opener "The Hunt" was later covered by Brazilian metal band Sepultura.
"White Coats," a track from a self-titled 1987 EP, became the band's biggest hit in some time, adding keyboards to their sound. Guitarist Ricky Warwick briefly joined their touring lineup that year before moving on to found the Almighty. Produced in part by Tom Dowd, NMA's next album, 1989's Thunder and Consolation, was widely acclaimed as their best ever, with an even stronger folk influence thanks to the presence of violinist Ed Alleyne-Johnson. The single "Green and Grey" was also tabbed a highlight of the band's career, and both "Stupid Questions" and "Vagabonds" charted in the U.K. Chris McLaughlin joined as a second guitarist for the supporting tour, but bassist Harris later departed, and was replaced by Peter Nelson, formerly of Brotherhood of Lizards. Nelson debuted on 1990's Impurity, which also featured new second guitarist Adrian Portas.
After one more album, the 1991 double live set Raw Melody Men, NMA left EMI to sign with Epic. They released only one album, 1993's The Love of Hopeless Causes, which spawned the single "Here Comes the War." Several CD compilations of the group's singles, as well as B-sides, radio sessions, and other rarities appeared during the early-'90s reissue boom. The band, though, fell mostly silent during the middle of the decade. In the meantime, Sullivan and Joolz formed a four-person performance collective dubbed Red Sky Coven, which offered an informal mishmash of music, poetry, comedy, and spoken word. Sullivan reconvened New Model Army in 1998, still with a core of Nelson and Heaton, and with a supporting membership of guitarists/keyboardists Dave Blomberg and Dean White. This lineup, augmented by strings and brass, recorded Strange Brotherhood for the U.K. label Eagle. Its supporting European tour produced another live album, the double-disc ...& Nobody Else, released by Attack Attack. That label also issued the studio follow-up, Eight, in 2000; it marked the group's first album without longtime drummer Heaton, who was replaced by Michael Dean. The odds 'n' ends collection Lost Songs appeared in 2001, and a Sullivan solo album (Navigating by the Stars) in 2003. Sad news came in 2004 with the death of Heaton, but as New Model Army turned 25 it continued to soldier on. The studio album Carnival appeared from Attack Attack in August 2005; it featured Sullivan, Dean, Nelson, Blomberg, and White. EMI also announced plans to reissue expanded, re-mastered editions of NMA's back catalog.
---Steve Huey, All Music Guide |
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