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KID
CONGO POWERS
ORAL HISTORY
Pt 2
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KID
CONGO POWERS ORAL HISTORY Pt 2
This is Part 2 of Kid
Congo Powers' autobiogrpahical discussion with New York
Night Train from October 19 and 20, 2005. Again you will
find both MP3s and text transcriptions of the material.
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7.
“City of Refuge”: Berlin and Nick Cave and the Bad
Seeds (1986 – 1990) |
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Kid
discusses his years as a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:
moving to Berlin, joining the band, the filming of
Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, touring, recording
Tender Prey, the filming of the Uli Schupel documentary
The Road to God Knows Where,
getting clean, moving
back to London, recording The Good Son in Rio, the
collapse of the Berlin Wall, and his departure from the band.
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8.
“Please Come Home”: The Gun
Club, Pt. 3 (1987– 1988) |
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Kid discusses the The Gun Club's Mother Juno era:
reuniting the band, recording Mother Juno, recording
at Hansa Studios in Berlin, recording with Robin Guthrie, working
with cover artist by Claus Castenskiold, touring Europe and
the United States, returning to Los Angeles, and witnessing
an infamous 1988 riot in Athens the night before a scheduled
show by The Gun Club. |
9.
"Black
Hole": The Gun Club Pt. 4 (1989 - 1996) |
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Kid discusses his final years with The Gun Club: recording
Pastoral Hide and Seek, touring in the early 1990s,
recording the Divinity EP, quitting The Gun Club, Jeffrey
Lee Pierce's move to Los Angeles
and final years, the last Gun Club reunion concerts, and the
death of Jeffrey Lee Pierce. |
10.
" Music
to Remember Him By": Solo, Die Haut, Congo Norvell and
the emergence of Kid Congo Powers as a singer and songwriter
(1988 - 1998) |
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Kid
discusses his becoming a singer and a songwriter with Die
Haut, Congo Norvell, and on his own: singing and
writing lyrics for Die Haut's Headless Body in Topless
Bar and Head On, Die Haut's star-studded Sweat
tour, recording his solo EP In the Heat of the Night,
meeting Sally Norvell, forming Congo Norvell, recording their
first EP and the Music to Remember Him By LP, losing
a battle with Priority Records, moving to New York, and recording
Abnormals Anonymous.
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"Guitar
Man": Collaborations and Guest Appearances |
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Kid discusses a few if his numerous side-projects:
The Butcher Shop with Tex Perkins, Barry Adamson's Moss
Side Story, Mark Eitzel's solo albums, producing The Factory
Press - who would become Calla, touring with Make-Up, assorted
projects with Botanica, and recording and performing with Angels
of Light. |
12.
"NYC
Briefcase Blues": Knoxville Girls |
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Kid discusses his years with New York garage rock supergroup
Knoxville Girls: playing on the self-titled debut
album, joining the band, touring, recording In a Paper Suit,
and the band's breakup. |
13.
"Why
D'ya Do It?": Khan and Julee Cruise |
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Kid discusses playing with Khan solo, Kid and Khan, and Julee
Cruise: forming Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds,
meeting Khan, singing on his Matador LP No Comprendo,
becoming a full-time band, the beginning and ending of their
relationship, recording Bad English, making the Washing
Machine EP, collaborating with Khan and Julee Cruise, and
collaborating with Julee Cruise solo. |
14.
"Black
Bag": Kid Congo and the Pink Monkeybirds
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Kid discusses his current primary project Kid Congo and the
Pink Monkey Birds: forming Kid Congo and the Pink
Monkey Birds, various band line-ups, his concepts in creating
the band, guitar hero Jack Martin, recording Philosophy
and Underwear, underground diva Little Annie, working with
Captain Comatose, the upcoming compilation Solo Cholo,
and plans for 2006. |
© New York
Night Train , 2005
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