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Return Of White Rabbit @ Thekla

Return Of White Rabbit @ Thekla

ROWR Thekla (480x360)

Theoretical Girl 'Red Mist - New Video

Theoretical Girl 'Red Mist - New Video

The London-based songstress presents he impressive new promo for 'Red Mist'.

Kasabian NME Cover Shoot

Kasabian NME Cover Shoot

Join Kasabian for a Alice In Wonderland themed tea party as we go behind-the-scenes on their NME cover shoot.

Mystery Jets At Benicassim 2009

Mystery Jets At Benicassim 2009

Kai & Blaine hang out by the pool and reveal which new tracks they'll be playing at the festival.

Les Savy Fav Live Footage For Warp Films & ATP

Les Savy Fav Live Footage For Warp Films & ATP

Warp Films and ATP will take to the road over the next week with Brooklyn's Les Savy Fav for a unique UK theatrical tour 'One Night Only' - the show combines screenings of All Tomorrow’s Parties with live...

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Crime & The City Solution - All Must Be Love

Crime & The City Solution - All Must Be Love (01:45)

15/08/1987 Hamburg Knopf Music Hall

CRIME & THE CITY SOLUTION -"Trouble Come This Morning" (1985

CRIME & THE CITY SOLUTION -"Trouble Come This Morning" (1985 (04:37)

The Pop legacy of Ennio Morricone!: The Australian punk band The Birthday Party split into two bands with often overlapping members: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Crime & The City Solution. They rustle in the...

Crime & The City Solution - Steal To The Sea

Crime & The City Solution - Steal To The Sea (04:24)

15/08/1987 Hamburg Knopf Music Hall

The wings of desire

The wings of desire (03:57)

Crime & the City Solution-wenders ... Crime the City Solution

Crime & The City Solution - I Have The Gun (1990)

Crime & The City Solution - I Have The Gun (1990) (03:36)

Music from Australia and New Zealand during the 1990's: Crime & The City Solution's promo-video for the single 'I Have The Gun' (August, 1990) taken from the 1990 album 'Paradise Discotheque'. Note: For better sound...

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Crime & the City Solution Biography

Crime and The City Solution were a rock music band formed by Australian singer and songwriter Simon Bonney.

They had four distinct line-ups: Sydney in 1977-78, Melbourne in 1979, and two groupings in Berlin from 1985-1990. The only common member in all four line-ups was Bonney.

Other members included: former members of The Birthday Party (Mick Harvey and Rowland S. Howard); former Swell Maps drummer Epic Soundtracks; and Alexander Hacke from Einsturzende Neubauten.

Crime and the City Solution completed four studio albums and a number of E.Ps during its existence, and a live album has since been released. Further early recordings have resurfaced on the internet. Parallels have been drawn between Crime and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Crime were famed for their live performances, where Bonney's delicate physical appearance contrasted sharply with his deep, dark voice. He has since gone on to record solo material.

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Crime & the City Solution's Best Songs

  • 1. The Adversary
  • 2. The Dangling Man
  • 3. Six Bells Chime
  • 4. The Last Dictator IV
  • 5. The Last Dictator I
  • 6. The Last Dictator II
  • 7. I Have the Gun
  • 8. The Sly Persuaders
  • 9. Rose Blue
  • 10. Adventure
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Crime & the City Solution Discography

Crime & the City Solution albums.

  • Paradise Discotheque - 03/09/1990 (Mute/GB)
  • The Bride Ship - 17/04/1989 (Mute/GB)
  • Shine - 25/04/1988 (Mute/GB)
  • Room of Lights - 27/10/1986 (Mute/GB)

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