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buffalo7478
Were they more of a cover band, or did they write much of their material? I know a lot of acts did not write much of their own music (ala early Stones).
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Hairball
At two hours, this show was about 1.5 hours too long.
While they were "great" for about 2-3 years c. 63-65, they were wise to call it quits in 1970 (should have called it sooner in my opinion)...
Tom Hanks, Bruce, and Whoopi, etc. can blow all the hot air they want, but they can't change history.
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latebloomer
The film presents new interviews with ... Gene Simmons of Kiss, Whoopi Goldberg ...
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24FPS
I remember when their movie came out, but it was already past the period where such Hard Day's Night imitators mattered. I think Herman's Hermits did some kind of similar film.
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24FPS
I remember when their movie came out, but it was already past the period where such Hard Day's Night imitators mattered. I think Herman's Hermits did some kind of similar film.
I haven't seen this DC5 show, but from reading the comments I have to think they must have been bigger here than in the UK, where they were briefly big, based on two hit songs, but only one band among many. They weren't any bigger than the Searchers or Gerry and the Pacemakers, etc.
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24FPS
A couple years back there was a DVD boxset of Brit Invasion Groups with the Small Faces/Gerry&Pacermakers/Dusty Springfield/Hermans Hermits. There was steam building for a second one and the Zombies, Hollies, Kinks and others were rumored. But the market dropped out for such things and only the Hollies edition made it out as a stand alone product. (And a Pretty Things DVD biography was screened once and remains gathering dust on a shelf). The DC5 would have been a perfect subject.
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24FPS
I remember when their movie came out, but it was already past the period where such Hard Day's Night imitators mattered. I think Herman's Hermits did some kind of similar film.
I haven't seen this DC5 show, but from reading the comments I have to think they must have been bigger here than in the UK, where they were briefly big, based on two hit songs, but only one band among many. They weren't any bigger than the Searchers or Gerry and the Pacemakers, etc.
Surprisingly, after their career fizzled in the States around '67, they had some hits, including a couple top tens, in Britain before they split up in 1970.
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24FPS
Surprisingly, after their career fizzled in the States around '67, they had some hits, including a couple top tens, in Britain before they split up in 1970.
They did? They must have fallen off my radar completely, then, I don't remember them at all after that early era. I guess by 1967 we were all focused on other kinds of music.