When Be Bop Deluxe's first album was released during the glam-rock wave in 1974, and the band (then comprising Bill Nelson and Ian Parkin on guitars, Robert Bryan on bass, and Nicholas Chatterton-Dew on drums) turned up on the back of the record cover in heavy makeup, it was viewed as being in the David Bowie mold, which certainly took in Nelson's thin but confident tenor vocals and the uptempo rock approach, and even ballads like "Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape" that sounded a lot like Bowie's "Rock 'N' Roll Suicide." But it was already obvious that Nelson was an unusually lyrical guitarslinger, and in fact the tunes often took a backseat to his sometimes jazzy, sometimes metallish excursions. He was, as he sang, "an axe victim," but at the same time, Be Bop Deluxe's musical identity was uncertain.
BE BOP DELUXE - AXE VICTIM (1974)Many Rock fans from the 70’s regard Singer/Guitarist Bill Nelson as an unsung Guitar virtuoso. His skills are undeniable, his speed and dexterity of fret board work leave this reviewer frankly, staggered. The major difficulty he and his band Be Bop Deluxe would endure throughout their career was one of identity, or rather changing identities. Never fixed to one .
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BE BOP DELUXE - AXE VICTIM (1974)Many Rock fans from the 70’s regard Singer/Guitarist Bill Nelson as an unsung Guitar virtuoso. His skills are undeniable, his speed and dexterity of fret board work leave this reviewer frankly, staggered. The major difficulty he and his band Be Bop Deluxe would endure throughout their career was one of identity, or rather changing identities. Never fixed to one .
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