Tag: The Chameleons

The Chameleons to reissue 4th album, release new rarities set with ‘Tony Fletcher’ EP

The Chameleons to reissue 4th album, release new rarities set with ‘Tony Fletcher’ EP

The Chameleons next week will reissue their fourth album — 2001’s post-reunion Why Call It Anything — in an expanded 2CD set paired with a live album, as well as release a brand new compilation called Dreams in Celluloid that will package demos and early studio takes with the rare Tony Fletcher EP.

Vintage Video: The Chameleons in London, 1984 — watch full 100-minute concert

Vintage Video: The Chameleons in London, 1984 — watch full 100-minute concert

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we travel back to London on Nov. 9, 1984, to watch Mark Burgess lead his classic post-punk act The Chameleons through a 13-song, 100-performance at the Camden Palace, focusing on material from 1983’s Script of the Bridge and its follow-up.

The Week in Rock: June 3-9, 2012

The Week in Rock: June 3-9, 2012

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs headlines include news about The Cure, The Stone Roses, Pixies, The Cult, The Mission, Killing Joke, Bob Mould, Meat Puppets, Budgie, Morrissey, Dinosaur Jr, Madness, Sonic Youth, Peter Gabriel and PiL — plus our latest Auto Reverse mixtape for your downloading pleasure.

Video: ChameleonsVox plays 50-minute set at Primavera Sound — full webcast

Video: ChameleonsVox plays 50-minute set at Primavera Sound — full webcast

Last weekend’s Cure-headlined Primavera Sound 2012 festival in Barcelona also saw an appearance by ChameleonsVox — the band featuring frontman Mark Burgess and drummer John Lever of post-punk favorites The Chameleons — and we can now bring you a capture of the full webcast of the band’s 50-minute set.

Haçienda at 30: Watch New Order, Smiths, Stone Roses, Chameleons at Manchester club

Haçienda at 30: Watch New Order, Smiths, Stone Roses, Chameleons at Manchester club

Thirty years ago tonight, The Haçienda — the famed Manchester nightclub opened by Factory Records, New Order and Tony Wilson — opened its doors to the public. Check out clips of New Order playing there, plus full sets from The Smiths, The Stone Roses and The Chameleons.

Video: Mark Burgess’ ChameleonsVox performs 4 songs for KEXP in Seattle

Video: Mark Burgess’ ChameleonsVox performs 4 songs for KEXP in Seattle

Not sure how this one escaped our notice, but it’s better late than never: On Sept. 21, 2010, ChameleonsVox — the band featuring frontman Mark Burgess and drummer John Lever of post-punk favorites The Chameleons — stopped by the studios of Seattle’s KEXP radio to perform a four-song, on-air set.

ChameleonsVox announce spring U.K. tour, playing Belgium fest with Clan of Xymox

ChameleonsVox announce spring U.K. tour, playing Belgium fest with Clan of Xymox

ChameleonsVox — the band featuring frontman Mark Burgess and drummer John Lever of post-punk favorites The Chameleons — this week announced a brief, five-date U.K. tour this spring that will be preceded by a slot at the Rewind Easter Fest on a bill also featuring Clan of Xymox and Sigue Sigue Sputnik.

The Week in Rock: Sept. 4-10, 2011

The Week in Rock: Sept. 4-10, 2011

Welcome to Slicing Up Eyeballs’ new weekly feature: the Week in Rock, which, as its name implies, rounds up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past, uh, week. Basically, it’s one-stop shopping for any readers who might have been too busy during the week to keep tabs on all the headlines.

Mark Burgess to perform The Chameleons’ ‘Script of the Bridge’ in New York, Oakland

Mark Burgess to perform The Chameleons’ ‘Script of the Bridge’ in New York, Oakland

Mark Burgess will perform The Chameleons’ 1983 debut album ‘Script of the Bridge’ in its entirety at a pair of special concerts in Oakland, Calif., and New York City during a November tour of the U.S. under the ChameleonsVox banner.

The Chameleons’ Mark Burgess hosts ‘Guest List’ on Strangeways Radio tonight

The Chameleons’ Mark Burgess hosts ‘Guest List’ on Strangeways Radio tonight

If you missed the announcement a couple weeks back, heads-up: The legendary Mark Burgess of The Chameleons will be the host of the new “Guest List” show on Strangeways Radio from 9 to 11 EST tonight.

Strangeways Radio debuts ‘Guest List,’ with guest DJs Moev, Chameleons’ Mark Burgess

Our friends over at Strangeways Radio today debut “Guest List,” which brings in musicians from across the alternative spectrum to spin some of their favorite tunes.

New releases: Bad Religion vinyl box, reissues from Sonic Youth, Chameleons, Holly Johnson

New releases: Bad Religion vinyl box, reissues from Sonic Youth, Chameleons, Holly Johnson

This week’s new releases include Bad Religion’s ’30th Anniversary Box Set,’ featuring 15 LPs on red vinyl; an audiophile vinyl reissue of Sonic Youth’s ‘Sister’; and a 2CD/1DVD reissue of Frankie Goes to Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson’s solo debut ‘Blast.’

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 3/7/10

While this week’s installment of ‘Dark Wave’ on Sirius XM featured a host of all-too-usual suspects (The Cure’s ‘Other Voices,’ Public Image Ltd.’s ‘Rise,’ The Sisters of Mercy’s ‘Lucretia, My Reflection’), there were, as always, some pleasant surprises, including ‘Bird Mad Girl’ from the aforementioned Cure, a dash of the always-welcome Chameleons and even a Chris Connelly track.