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oh god, the phase thing is going unearth some real clunkers in my past... Phase 1) - Boomtown Rats, Police, Stranglers (too young to buy records, but would dance to this stuff on the radio. Phase 2) - Tears For Fears, Paul Young, Duran, Nik Kershaw, Howard Jones (so far, so pop) Phase 3) - (the wilderness years) - Status Quo, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Stryper, Ratt, Europe, Judas Priest - basically any piss poor hair metal... Phase 4) - saved by goth - The Cure, The Sisters, Mission, Pixies, Throwing Muses, with a side-order of UKHC - Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror, Dr & The Crippins, BoltThrower (the Peel-listening years...) Phase 5) - (ickle loop-content) - goth to prog? mmm... Yes, Genesis, Crimson, Uriah Heep, Rush, It Bites etc... And The Fish by Chris Squire was the first time I was ever consciously aware of the concept of looping - I know it was all overdubs, but I did think at the time 'I wonder if that's doable live, is there a pedal that would do that?' - I was aware of the Brian May, Brighton Rock thing, so thought you could just get a longer version of that... Phase 6) - mullets ahoy! fusion-land ahead - Stu Hamm, Weather Report, Jaco (though never heard Slang at this stage), also discovered Joni Mitchell and Bruce Cockburn around this time - musical salvation in sight... Again, hearing the layered bass on Hejira made me wonder about doing it live... Phase 7) - strength in diversity - from there, all flood-gates were open, retaining bits from every phase (OK, except the hair-metal thing...), and majoring on the singer/songwriters and experimental stuff that I'm now focussed on. Also widened my funk/disco listening, and became a Stevie Wonder obsessive. Got sent a JamMan to review for Bassist Magazine, and had my musical world turn upside down. Read an interview with Michael Manring which put it into perspective, and a couple of years later heard him play at NAMM, which solidified it. At which point loop content became yet another criteria which might qualify a CD for purchase. Some of it was actually worth listening to... :o) cheers Steve www.steve-lawson.co.uk