Dalek's handbag Roland GR bass synth

[Wotcher]

Thanks. I'd settle for the bass itself as its more the quirky looks than any need /desire foe the full synth experience. Will keep a look out

[Johnm93]

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1391528086' post='2358169']
Sputnik's mistake ( apart from forming in the first place) they was that they tried to sell the supposedly perverse idea that the joke was going to be on their public. What they failed to take into account was that the public wasn't interested in them. They had nothing sufficiently alluring about them to attract people to their cause, and no one handed over their money except the dullards at the record company who paid their advance ( which probably got spent on hairspray and one of these Roland synth efforts). They tried so hard to be shocking and controversial , but had nothing shocking or controversial to say except " We don't really care about the music, we just want your money ". No one was shocked, it got old very quickly, no one paid them much attention, and they went out with a whimper. They were neither clever,funny nor talented.

The crucial difference with Gorillaz is that they may have used an animated facade, but there was real and substantial musical content behind the graphics.
[/quote]

I thought they were c**p, too...

[Beer of the Bass]

[quote name='cytania' timestamp='1391541845' post='2358416']
Slade are a joke band. First they tried the 'bovver boys' gag and nobody got the joke. Then they tried whiskers, mirror hats, hemi-fringes and glitter robes and BINGO. Same music but a different joke (and I love Slade).
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That's a bit harsh, don't you think? If you're talking purely about the visual presentation then, yes they were certainly having some fun there, but there's more to them than that.

(Apologies for the derail!)

Edited February 9, 2014 by Beer of the Bass