From: Mark P, youamwho@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Fantasy Band
Date: 2/1/2002 4:58:28 PM
To: Simon Close, spc@blurred-crusade.demon.co.uk




> 
> I wonder what sort of process was going on in Roy's mind when he put 
> that band together???!!!

Same thing you and I are thinkin' methinks, Simon! ;-)

Hey ... I got this bud that has this band that I just wrote up somewot
of a lil review for his band's first offering.  He's a hard dude to get
along with but I love him and he's a good guy when you break on
through.  It would absolutely make his day if y'all would check out his
band's little record(ten bucks!!!)or visit Neidermeyer's page at
mp3.com where y'all can download some FINE FREE tunes! Thanks as always
for yr neverending indulgence!

later ...m

http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/314/neidermeyer.html


NEIDERMEYER - 

No, not the elitist scumbag, Nazi, fratboy that eventually gets his 
comeuppance in Animal House, I'm talking 'bout the BAND, 
Neidermeyer. A damn fine little rock combo hailing from the Winston-
Salem sector of North Carolina and fronted by none other than our own 
Michael (DON'T CALL ME MIKE!)Slawter.

To say "For Those About To Pop" is one of the finest poppy/rocky/hard 
to pigeonhole records --'cause it's SO chock fulla' the utmost in 
influence-- this boy has heard in a long time ... is ... well ... 
really easy to say indeed. 'Cause it is! This album sounds more like 
something spewing outta' a FAR more accomplished act than the 
Neidermeyer boys whom have been playing together for what ... about a 
year. What a damn fine burst of the best in well written, extremely 
well played guitar based, Southern tinged pop all tied up in a neat 
lil' 27 minute package with a self produced sheen to it that's just 
downright spot on. I don't wanna mention any names but in a perfect 
world Neidermeyer should be --and I'm thinking shall be-- as big as 
the biggest! This is damn fine shit here!

The band includes Paisley Popper/Mitch/Ledz Club charter member 
Michael Slawter on guits and vocals, Arthur Gormley on guits and 
vocals, Chris Myers on bass and vocals and Scot Mejan on drums and 
theramin.

From the opening chords of "I Feel Fine" you just know that you have 
been bitten quite righteously flush on the ass by what's gonna be one 
corker of a pop blast. Guitars jangle and burn all at the same time, 
great "I feel fine..." ad infinitum harmonies, a REAL busy rhythm 
that just chugs along without missing a single beat, intensely well 
played, yet never overplayed guitar solos, just perfect, absolutely 
perfectly crafted pop! Great opener, right outta the 
blocks ..."...Monday's okay and Tuesday's okay, Wednesday's okay, now 
Thursday GET AWAY!" Rare Violet has some nice hooky production 
trickery to it but never strays into that "full of one's self" 
territory. "Drop Any Anchor", "Let's Pretend" and "Facing The Facts" 
with it's great theramin opening all rock as hard as they tug at the 
heartstrings ... as I said, they not only wear their influences on 
their sleeves, they pin their hearts there too, some poignant lyrics 
w/in these toons! "(In A) Modern Day" is the TRUE standout on this 
rekkid though! The jangle cascades forth and the pathos begins yet 
again ... I LOVE THIS STUFF ... "we're two of a kind, just grown 
apart" ...yeah! Again, the Southern aspect of that "get down" 
mentality grabs you around the middle eight when the guitar solos 
kick in. "(In A) Modern Day" is a modern day classic song! At least 
it's gonna be ... for me anyway! "Everyday News" conjures up a 
kinda' "My Aim Is True" Costello-esque groove ... influence and 
all "neo classic charms!" "One Step Beyond" is a minute and half or 
so barn burner, elpee closer is "Needle Skips", yet another cerebral 
poptoon with a hook notwithstanding ;-) ;-) and a "oh woh woh woh" 
chorus that is just SO infectious ... then there's that bloody 
guitar, those guitars that are just so tonal and tasty and all all 
over the damned place and before you know it ... it ends ... just 
ends, just like that ... out! 

www.neidertunes.com.

Go there, buy!

m


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