The Fixx should be the poster child for The Ripple Effect. This is one of those bands that has been around and garnered some popularity through the years, but they've never been on the fore front of anyone's best of list. I could never quite understand that. Making their rise in the music world during the '80's, being plastered all over Mtv, and being mentioned in the same breath as The Police...
While The Fixx may be perceived as kind of a one hit wonder 80's band (albeit with more than one hit), they were really an album band. Their first few records were good straight thru - after that I don't know because I got off the train. Their third record, "Phantoms" was a commercial disappointment, but from a creative standpoint there's a lot of interesting stuff on it. "Less Cities More Moving
Even if you've only turned on a television once in the past couple of months, chances are you've seen and been haunted by the annoying Toyota "Saved By Zero" commercial. Turns out the Fixx, whose 1983 Reach The Beach tune soundtracks the ad in re-recorded form, aren't fans either. In fact, frontman Cy Curnin has more than a few thoughts on the matter. In case you haven't seen the advert, we h...
Sure you learn something new everyday... but then there are the solid facts you've known as far back as you care to remember. "*WIKI*":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fixx informed me today that *The Fixx* never really had great success in the UK - one of the few bands to rock it out cross the pond but not on their hometurf - shocked this monkey. A couple of weeks ago I got into a lovely & ...
I was a junior in HS when this album came out. 1986. Probably my best year in HS to be sure. I had my license and I drove a mint, stock 1971 Volkswagen Fastback. I had inherited it from my granddad, complete with an NRA sticker in the window. It was fast (fuel injected model that was new for the fastbacks)and the guys with their slammed down Beetles and Carmengias were envious. (this pict...
While The Fixx may be perceived as kind of a one hit wonder 80's band (albeit with more than one hit), they were really an album band. Their first few records were good straight thru - after that I don't know because I got off the train. Their third record, "Phantoms" was a commercial disappointment, but from a creative standpoint there's a lot of interesting stuff on it. "Less Cities More Moving