Friday, July 1, 2016

Flashback Friday - Blancmange



For a couple years, Blancmange was all over "new wave" radio stations like LA's KROQ and San Francisco's Quake.
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I was surprised to learn at some point that, not only were they not French, but the name Blancmange comes from Britain's version of Jell-o.

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(I think I may have figured that out from this Monty Python sketch) https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--fvbVI8Oc--/18louf0p8993tjpg.jpg




At any rate, let us return now to those thrilling days of yesteryear when it was perfectly legitimate for a band to consist of two guys, only one of whom plays an instrument:

















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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 3, 2016 at 9:35 AM

    Nope, you're not going to get me to click on that. I'm old enough to remember Blancmange... what were we thinking?

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  2. Professor ChaosJuly 4, 2016 at 9:21 PM

    We were thinking that they were pretty great!

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