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Anybody here like Art Rock? I see there are plenty of progrock fans here and I think someone mentioned DEV0 but other than that . My all time favorites are(in NO particular order):

(1)DEV0
(2)Wall Of Voodoo
(3)Ultravox
(4)John Foxx

Some of these are art rock, some are prog/art:



Talking Heads
Roxy Music
Genesis
Pink Floyd
Opeth

Yay DEVO!

Did you know that Gary Numan has AS?
He said:

"Polite conversation has never been one of my strong points. Just recently I actually found out that I'd got a mild form of Asperger's Syndrome which basically means I have trouble interacting with people. For years, I couldn't understand why people thought I was arrogant, but now it all makes a bit more sense. It was suggested I had it when I was younger but no one knew much about it then. I've read a lot about it since and I fulfil some of the diagnostic criteria but not others. I probably have a mild form...for example, if people came over for dinner and I saw a magazine I hadn't read, I'd pick it up, sit in the corner and read it - which I now know is wrong...I have an obsessive focus when it comes to pushing forward with my music. I don't get crushed by disappointment. I don't do this for the acclaim, luckily...because of Asperger I see the world as a hostile place...it feeds into my style of songwriting completely."

what precisely do you mean by "art rock"? i am usually poor at categories.




the Foxx Ultravox or the Ure Ultravox? Early John Foxx (synth/dance) or late (neo-christian, ambient)?

i just about wore out my copy of Foxx's metamatic cd back in the day. it and japan's
gentlemen take polaroids (talk about art rock!) and hunters & collectors self titled US
debut (tribal outback art rock) topped my charts back then.

fG

I mean the Ure era Ultravox and certainly NOT the late. I love John Foxx and I have Metamatic,The Garden, and The Golden Section. Now am I the only one here who likes Wall Of Voodoo?

the stan ridgway era, or post stan ridgeway era?

index masters, three thumbs up.

fG

Stan Ridgeway, of course .

The Red Paintings, if they count...I just made a thread for them....