Surprising Collaborations

[Charlie O.]

The famously "straight edge" Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi) and famous junkie Al Jourgensen (Ministry):

[Rorschach]

Shirley Bassey and The Propellerheads



Splendid stuff.

[ConnyOlivetti]

Andy Partridge and The Residents
Don Preston and The Residents

[Deebank]

Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins) & Steve Hackett

[HotRats]

Tom Jones and New Model Army (and it's surprisingly good):

Wow. Thanks for that. I've loved NMA for decades but I had no idea that existed. What an insane pairing! But I actually think it works.

And my god, what a sound Justin gets from that SG

[Darkness_Fish]

Tiny Tim with Nurse With Wound and Current 93

[Darkness_Fish]

[Tom Waits For No One]

Lemmy and The Nolans



(with Cozy Powell and that bloke from Penn & Teller)

[Charlie O.]

^ Thanks, that was fun - never knew about that before.

Can't say I saw either Penn or Teller in there, though.

[Tom Waits For No One]

Can't say I saw either Penn or Teller in there, though.

Apologies, poor quality lookalike joke
(See also David Seaman cuddling Cozy as a cut out)

[Charlie O.]

Ah! You are forgiven.

[Jimbly]

Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins) & Steve Hackett

Peter Gabriel shirley.

Steve Hackett and Randy Crawford

[an (in)elegant chaos]

Steve Hackett and Randy Crawford

Good one. Steve Hackett and Richie Havens is perhaps another surprising one (and from the same LP), but I think Randy Crawford is a more unexpected collaborator.

[Deebank]

Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins) & Steve Hackett

Peter Gabriel shirley.

Steve Hackett and Randy Crawford

Hackett played some rather beautiful classical guitar with Liz - just one tune I think - when she did her solo gigs at the RFH a few years ago. I think it was Anthony & The Johnsons Meltdown Festival (I could be wrong).

Speaking of Hackett, I found out that Nick Beggs - the weird blond barnetted Chapman Stick worrier from Kajagoogoo - plays bass in his touring band


(I don't know why that's funny, Beggs is a very accomplished bassist)

[Geezee]

Lulu - which to my mind really is much better than its reputation suggests. I was initially one of the many who at the time were guilty of dismissing it without having heard it.

[Jimbly]

Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins) & Steve Hackett

Peter Gabriel shirley.

Steve Hackett and Randy Crawford

Hackett played some rather beautiful classical guitar with Liz - just one tune I think - when she did her solo gigs at the RFH a few years ago. I think it was Anthony & The Johnsons Meltdown Festival (I could be wrong).

Speaking of Hackett, I found out that Nick Beggs - the weird blond barnetted Chapman Stick worrier from Kajagoogoo - plays bass in his touring band


(I don't know why that's funny, Beggs is a very accomplished bassist)

Cool, didn't know that. Fraser sang on Gabriel's Ovo album. Which is very good. She duets with Paul Buchanan from the Blue Nile.

[trans-chigley express]

Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins) & Steve Hackett

Peter Gabriel shirley.

Steve Hackett and Randy Crawford

Hackett played some rather beautiful classical guitar with Liz - just one tune I think - when she did her solo gigs at the RFH a few years ago. I think it was Anthony & The Johnsons Meltdown Festival (I could be wrong).

Speaking of Hackett, I found out that Nick Beggs - the weird blond barnetted Chapman Stick worrier from Kajagoogoo - plays bass in his touring band


(I don't know why that's funny, Beggs is a very accomplished bassist)

Nick Beggs is bassist for Steven Wilson too. He is an excellent bassist.

[Deebank]

Did I imagine that clip of Steve Hillage soloing with a Live Sham 69 At a festival?

[Tom Waits For No One]

Did I imagine that clip of Steve Hillage soloing with a Live Sham 69 At a festival?

You didn't

[Deebank]

Did I imagine that clip of Steve Hillage soloing with a Live Sham 69 At a festival?

You didn't

Cheers

It’s like Hillage’s radio pack is intefereing with Sham’s PA.

I once plaid a gig in Brighton where the taxis Radioing on the rank outside kept Coming over my guitar amp.