Ca y est, on a le nom du nouveau guitariste
Publié : 10 février 2003 13:21
Il s'agit de Simon Tong, ex-the verve.
Article du nme :
Former VERVE guitarist SIMON TONG is to join BLUR as live guitarist, NME.COM can reveal.
Tong has been in rehearsals in London with Damon Albarn, Alex James and Dave Rowntree preparing for live shows later in the year.
A source close to the band emphasised that he is not replacing departed guitarist Graham Coxon as a full-time band member, however.
"He's not replacing Graham, because he can't be replaced," the source told NME.COM. "He will be playing live with them at shows later this year, and they have been rehearsing for the last few weeks together."
Tong played with The Verve alongside fellow guitarist Nick McCabe during the peak of their success, in the 'Urban Hymns' era. Joining Richard Ashcroft's outfit after their first acrimonious split in 1995, following the release of 'A Northern Soul'. A schoolfriend of Richard and The Verve's ex-bassist Simon Jones from Wigan, he is credited with originally teaching the two to play guitar.
The band made their first live appearance at an industry event last Friday (February 7).
Ce qui veut dire en gros :
- il fait pas partie du groupe, il est là que pour les concerts qui auront lieu dans l'année.
- il a joué dans the verve pendant la période "urban hymns" et a accompagné Ashcroft après.
- ils (Blur) ont fait leur premier live vendredi dernier.
L'article de dotmusic reprend celui de Xfm nous disant que :
- Simon Tong est aussi le guitariste de The Shining.
- qu'ils ont fait un mini concert suprise de 3 chansons vendredi dernier à une fête de Parlophone. Une des trois chansons est dans le style de "tender" (paced tune), une autre est "a midtempo number" et la troisième était "punky trashy"
- sinon c'était un peu le "damon albarn show", avec une super voix de damon ("More unaffected and emotionally honest delivery. There was none of the affectation of his earlier work")
voila
Article du nme :
Former VERVE guitarist SIMON TONG is to join BLUR as live guitarist, NME.COM can reveal.
Tong has been in rehearsals in London with Damon Albarn, Alex James and Dave Rowntree preparing for live shows later in the year.
A source close to the band emphasised that he is not replacing departed guitarist Graham Coxon as a full-time band member, however.
"He's not replacing Graham, because he can't be replaced," the source told NME.COM. "He will be playing live with them at shows later this year, and they have been rehearsing for the last few weeks together."
Tong played with The Verve alongside fellow guitarist Nick McCabe during the peak of their success, in the 'Urban Hymns' era. Joining Richard Ashcroft's outfit after their first acrimonious split in 1995, following the release of 'A Northern Soul'. A schoolfriend of Richard and The Verve's ex-bassist Simon Jones from Wigan, he is credited with originally teaching the two to play guitar.
The band made their first live appearance at an industry event last Friday (February 7).
Ce qui veut dire en gros :
- il fait pas partie du groupe, il est là que pour les concerts qui auront lieu dans l'année.
- il a joué dans the verve pendant la période "urban hymns" et a accompagné Ashcroft après.
- ils (Blur) ont fait leur premier live vendredi dernier.
L'article de dotmusic reprend celui de Xfm nous disant que :
- Simon Tong est aussi le guitariste de The Shining.
- qu'ils ont fait un mini concert suprise de 3 chansons vendredi dernier à une fête de Parlophone. Une des trois chansons est dans le style de "tender" (paced tune), une autre est "a midtempo number" et la troisième était "punky trashy"
- sinon c'était un peu le "damon albarn show", avec une super voix de damon ("More unaffected and emotionally honest delivery. There was none of the affectation of his earlier work")
voila