Obscurity: The Mixed-Up Files of Mr. J. Hendrix

Obscurity!

I wanna be obscure and oblique
Inscrutable and vague
So hard to pin down
- "Misunderstood" by Pete Townshend

Latest Update: Byrds, Joy Division, and things in between

A	The Action Aerosmith American Breed Andromeda Aorta Arbuckle Argent Atomic Rooster
B	Bachman-Turner Overdrive Badger The Band Peter Banks Syd Barrett The Beau Brummels Jeff Beck The Beckies Big Star Black Sabbath Blind Faith Blondie Blood, Sweat & Tears Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills The Blossom Toes B.L.T. Blues Image The Blues Magoos The Blues Project Bodine Gary Brooker (The Crazy World of) Arthur Brown Jack Bruce The Buckinghams Buffalo Springfield The Buzzcocks The Byrds
C	Jim Capaldi The Cars Catapilla Chicago Chilliwack The Clash Alice Cooper Joe E. Covington's Fat Fandango Papa John Creach Cream The Cryan' Shames Curved Air
D	Brian Davison's Every Which Way Deep Purple Dire Straits Dust
E	The Electric Flag Elephant's Memory Emerson, Lake and Palmer Empire
F	Matthew Fisher Flash The Flock The Free Spirits Robert Fripp
G	Giles, Giles & Fripp David Gilmour Godfrey Daniel Gracious! Greenslade
H	Hackamore Brick Peter Hammill Hawkwind The Hollies Nicky Hopkins Hot Tuna Steve Howe H.P. Lovecraft Hummingbird
I	Illinois Speed Press
J	The Jam The James Gang Jefferson Airplane Jethro Tull
K	Paul Kantner King Crimson The Kinks Al Kooper
L	The Left Banke Locomotive The Lovin' Spoonful
M	Man Matching Mole McDonald and Giles Metro Mighty Baby Milkwood Tapestry The Modern Lovers Montage Mountain The Move
N	The New Colony Six New York Dolls The Nice Laura Nyro
O	Osibisa
P	The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Pearls Before Swine Pere Ubu Pink Floyd The Pretty Things Procol Harum
Q	Quatermass Queen Quicksilver Messenger Service
R	Rare Bird The Rascals Refugee Renaissance Emitt Rhodes Biff Rose
S	Sand Savoy Brown The Scruffs Seatrain The Seeds The Sex Pistols The Shadows of Knight The Sky Skylark Slade The Smoke Soft Machine Chris Squire Spirit Steppenwolf Rod Stewart Stone the Crows Stories
T	Talking Heads Television Tomorrow Traffic Tranquility Robin Trower The Turtles
U	Ultimate Spinach U.K. Uriah Heep
V	Van Der Graaf Generator The Velvet Underground
W	The Wackers Joe Walsh Roger Waters The Who (not reviewed) Wilderness Road
Y	Yes The Youngbloods The Young Rascals
Z	The Zombies

Here are the latest reviews/news:

The Byrds: all except The Ballad of the Easy Rider
Procol Harum: Broken Barricades (1971).
Jack Bruce: Songs for a Tailor (1969).
Illinois Speed Press: Duet (1970).
Talking Heads: '77, More Songs about Buildings and Food, Fear of Music, Remain in Light.
Robert Fripp: Exposure, God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners, Let the Power Fall.
The Scruffs: Wanna Meet the Scruffs? (1977).
Metro: Metro (1976).
Hackamore Brick: One Kiss Leads to Another (1972).
Blondie: all except The Hunter.

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Alas, I highly suggest that you make your own web page if you wish to publicize your own views. I have neither the time nor the inclination to post other views here, although I will gladly link your page to mine. If I haven't reviewed your favorite band, it's because they suck. But remember opinions are subjective, and I am no less right than anyone else. Fine, fine, fine. Just email me at jhendrix (no space, then the number one-hundred-and-ten) at lycos.com already.

Et ignotas animum dimittit in artes - Ovid, Metamorphoses, VIII, 188 (and copied from Joyce)