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It was also in Canada. Neo-acoustic guitar pop was a pop mode that best symbolized the air of the 80's, but many of its musicians were born in the UK, especially in the north, and responded to it in local cities and Japan. It can be said that the bottom has been raised. For the time being, I would like to talk about the concept of Neo-Acoustic or guitar pop here. The melody with the brilliant sound of the guitar that flourished in the post-punk era, that is, from the early 1980s to the 1990s, was the core of the ensemble. It's a kind of pop music, but I think it was more important than the sound style to have a cool and dry atmosphere like the sunny autumn sky drifting there. In other words, it is delicate, weakness, paleness, some kind of nostalgia, thorough non-politicality and individualism. It sounds like it's just a narcissistic and scalp-like beauty melopop, but in fact, there was such an aspect, but such a positive blue-white was in that era. I think that it was actually the most struggling and political attitude. For example, when Young Marble Giants' debut album “Colossal Youth” (80) and The Durutti Column's debut album “The return of The Durutti Column”, which is often called the Neo-Acoustic arrow, appeared, I was included there. I am still very shocked by the quiet struggle and still remember that I was convinced that this was a new era of rock. The sound of Young Marble Giants and early The Durutti Column is hard to say typical guitar pop, but the kind of nihilistic gaze there seems to have been the most important spiritual base of the 80s Neo-acoustic guitar pop I think. I mean, I don't want to call anything that isn't Neo-Acoustic, and if I turn it over, I think it was the end of Neo-Acoustic when I started to deviate from that line of sight. In that sense, the song of Five Guys Named Moe here is just a wild flower that bloomed quietly at the end.
The person who knows the existence of a band called Five Guys Named Moe (FGNM) would be a pretty hardcore Neo-Acoustic-Mania, of course I didn't know. Here, I will introduce simple information by email sent from member Tom McKay.
Formed in Ottawa, Canada in 1985. Tom McKay (Bass) and Jonathan Evans (Guitar), who have been playing together in several student amateur bands a few years ago, invited female vocalist Meg Lunney to meet at a university gig to form a new band. That's FGNM, but this unusual name was released in the early 40s by saxophone player / singer : Louis Jordan, who created the foundation of rock and roll with a peculiar sound that mixed jazz, rhythm & blues, jump blues, etc. This is the name of a representative hit song. Tom and his friends were of course dressed up.
And the three go to England for a new world. For the reason why it was England, “At that time, most of their favorite bands were British, especially Scotland and North-England, and the environment in the UK was more than the Canadian music scene where HM was dominant. If they answered that it was a good sound, their sounds were probably Neo-Acoustic pop. He was initially based in London, but eventually moved to Glasgow. It ’s the holy city of Neo-Acoustic. And then, the drummer Graeme Murray is added to the members to form a group of four, and will continue to work until the lineup is disbanded. In 1988, released 3 songs EP "Fairvan" from an indie label. It became popular among critics, and in 1989, it was fine and contracted with British RCA. This debut album was recorded in Dublin, Ireland from summer to autumn the same year. Why was Dublin? Probably because the producer was Dónal Lunny.
Dónal Lunny's name is probably one of the most important people to avoid when talking about Irish music, although it may be almost unfamiliar to those who bought the album. It may be said that it is the head of the Irish / Celtic Trad music scene, which is said to be a worldwide boom nowadays. Let me introduce the career. Dónal started out as a professional musician as a member of a folk band called Emmet Spiceland at the end of 1960, a student who loved British and American rock and folk music. Became a young leader of the scene. After that, the band, Moving Hearts, introduced rock and electric instruments boldly to make the trad pop / rock and greatly contributed to the expansion of the scene. Since the mid-70s, he has also worked hard in the production industry and has worked on everything from hardcore trad to rock / pop. There are a huge number of works that have participated as producers and players so far, and the person himself should not have grasped. Many of you are familiar with recent collaborations with SOUL FLOWER UNION in Japan. As a player he plays bouzouki (originally a Greek folk instrument) and guitar.
I don't know why Dónal produced FGNM's debut album, but I guess it was through Glasgow industry people. That's because in 88-89, Dónal stayed here to produce Glasgow-based Tradfolk band Capercaillie's new “Sidewaulk” (1989). In Scotland, the scene of trad and rock / box has a surprising exchange through studio engineers and producers, etc., but through this work, engineers and record companies (transferred to RCA from the next album) It is highly probable that Dónal was introduced to FGNM through a human being who was already negotiating with RCA at that time.
FGNM members didn't know much about Dónal, but they seemed very happy with his work on the film.
“We wanted to add something fresh when we made our debut album, but thanks to Dónal, who has a lot of knowledge about tradfolk, we were able to add a subtle and beautiful twist. It ’s still our pride to be able to work with him. ”(Meg Lunney)
“ Dónal is a crystal-clear lake. It ’s very natural, spiritual and deep. It was a central person who nurtured all members with confidence. ”(Tom McKay)
Following the first single cut of “Selfish Days” in July 1990, this album was released in August, and “She's On A Mountain” was released as the second single in December. Along with that, he has been active in the UK, Ireland and North-America. It is unknown whether it was actually broadcast, but it seems that there was a recording of live performances for the Japanese TV program “YORUNO Hit Studio”, so it must have attracted considerable attention as a promising newcomer band.
The inside is a typical Neo-Acoustic sound with a light American taste. Their tradish taste (Dónal’s-Effect) and traditional chorus work with traditional instruments such as Irian Vibes and Bouzouki complement their character. I listened to it and thought it was like a combination of Fairground Attraction and Washington Square, but how about it? By the way, the last “Pieni Suomalainen” is written in Finnish, but it seems that Meg Lunney stayed in Finland as an exchange student for one year when she was a teenager.
Unfortunately, however, it seemed unsuccessful commercially, and in 1991 the band broke up and the three Canadians returned to their hometown of Ottawa. However, the three still seem to be active as active musicians. Tom McKay has been a member of the British band THE NIGHTCRAWLERS, and now leads a band called Joydrop where he has released a single album and is also a producer. Meg Lunney also released a solo album. Jonathan Evans started his own company : Valcano Music, and produced movies and TV music. And the three of them are still working with each other.
February 18, 2000 Shinya MATSUYAMA
FGNM reference site in Japanese
http://saltyka.blogspot.com/2008/08/five-guys-named-moe-five-guys-named-moe.html
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