Genre: NZ Music, pop
Places I remember: Slowboat Records
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Counting the Beat
Gear costume: True or False, One Good Reason
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Counting the Beat
Gear costume: True or False, One Good Reason
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7
Active compensatory factors: The Swingers band was a trio active in the early eighties, comprising Phil (Bud) Judd, Bones Hillman on bass, and Ian (Killjoy) Gilroy on drums.
Active compensatory factors: The Swingers band was a trio active in the early eighties, comprising Phil (Bud) Judd, Bones Hillman on bass, and Ian (Killjoy) Gilroy on drums.
This was the band Phil Judd formed after leaving Split Enz in 1977 and after dabbling with the nascent punk scene in NZ. He's something of a Nu Zild poptastic genius in many ways and when he decides to write power pop songs he creates some spectacular results.
This is their only album - originally released as Practical Jokers and re-released as Counting the Beat with a couple of bonus selections in 1997 (One Good Reason and The Flak).
On balance it's a good album, not a great album. There are certainly peaks but there is also a bit of filler. True or False is a track I love as it reminds me of his input into early doors Split Enz.
Where do they all belong? I've previously reviewed Phil's first solo album after The Swingers. The band also contributed to the Starstruck soundtrack which we'll eventually get to when I get past the Zeds.
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