A real shame that JPSExperience does not get the recognition it deserves as one of the trúly great Nun bands.
BLEEDING STAR has to be one of the great NZ albums of the 90's. I still have it on high rotate on my stereo, 10 years after seeing them play for the first time on the Orientation tour!
Oh, absolutely classic (& agreed - there's a lost generation of Nun bands).
Bleeding Star is probably the closest a NZ group has ever gotten to blissout shoegazing; & a lot of their earlier work is moodily textured in an incredibly fragile, haunting manner ("Grey Parade", in particular, is gorgeous).
. . . er, can't say that I'm a big fan of "Rain", though.
..However JPSE are kind of one of the forgotten great NZ Bands...I actually think the Size of Food is better than Bleeding Star - a bit more fresh sounding
Dave Mulcahy went on from JPSE to do Superette and then released a solo album with Arch Hill (Oddy Knocky). He is in the planning stages of a second album for Arch Hill. Jim Laing (also from JPSE) went on to do an album by Lanky (Wait) - also for Arch Hill. He was last seen playing golf out west.
Both are excellent albums and should still be available...
I'm sure Dave's daughter will look even more worried when you mention his underwear and body painting exploits in Superette's Kiss Someone video....or is that too cruel?
Also ask her when he's coming up to Auckland to do some recording.
hahaha. um i think i'll refrain from that. she would probably rather i didn't mention it again. i saw that video for kiss someone on m2 i think. my friend and i were trying to guess which one he was.
hahaha. oh she is not my friend really. but she is ok. and i doubt any of her friends watch m2! so they probably will never see that video. and i would like my dad to be a musician - he is a doctor. yeah.
I agree that JPSE are not given their due in the NZ Music canon. While I love all of their output, it's the 'love songs' album that I return to listen to over and over (even though it's an old ratty vinyl copy) I can heartily recommend the album - it's full of gentle sunday morning come-down grooves that also tastes fantastic amped up and loud on a saturday night (and, er... other nights of the week) "hey now, better get with, the experiennnncee!" (etc) ps - jim laing was a fine top order batsman in his day as well ...
Yep... The Jean Paul Sartre Experience were one of the real Shining Stars of NZ rock. Sure the later stuff is wonderful but I still love those 2 earliest releases - the 5 track EP with Fish in the Sea, Own Two Feet, Walking Wild in your Firetime, Loving Grapevine & Flex is still one of the most outstanding debuts by a band anywhere ... and then not long after that the album Love Songs. All recorded 1986.
The band (or Dave Yetton mostly) kinda disowned Love Songs at the time because it was a bit fun and jokey in places (brilliant pastiches of the history of pop like Shaft!) and by the time Dithering Nun released it they'd moved on from naive pop exploration to being Serious Young Men.
They did the SYM phase brilliantly too - Size of Food, Bleeding Star, all those singles with their lovely extra tracks.... sigh. They used to do a lovely stoner shoegazer cover of T Rex's The Slider live too... And then over all too soon. But on the positive side every one of them has gone on to continue to contribute works of significance to NZ music. They must've been one of the few bands with 3 equally strong songwriters... the videos were quirky cheap good fun too.
The EP, Love songs and I like rain single are all collected on their essential self-titled 14 track CD. Every home should have one.
Covered 'Flex' for years in Emptyquarter spreading the good word as a tip of the old hat to the musical genius that was the JPS Experience. 'Bout time I added it to my personal favorites... True masterminds. Loved that bass line. Aaahhhh.
What a BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved this group!
The first time I saw them live just after Bleeding Star was released, I snuck into their gig underage, and witnessed the four of them create a dense sweeping huge tornado of a sound that was unlike anything I'd ever heard.
Their songs were incredible. The song SLIP ....awe-inspiring watching Gary Sullivan flaling at the drums against a tidal wave of white heat noise from the guitarists...and Dave Yetton...has New Zealand ever had a cooler bass playing front man?
They wrote the soundtrack to CRUSH ,a NZ film in the mid 90's too.
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A real shame that JPSExperience does ...
A real shame that JPSExperience does not get the recognition it deserves as one of the trúly great Nun bands.
BLEEDING STAR has to be one of the great NZ albums of the 90's. I still have it on high rotate on my stereo, 10 years after seeing them play for the first time on the Orientation tour!
Anyone else still a fan?
Oh, absolutely classic (& agreed - ...
Oh, absolutely classic (& agreed - there's a lost generation of Nun bands).
Bleeding Star is probably the closest a NZ group has ever gotten to blissout shoegazing; & a lot of their earlier work is moodily textured in an incredibly fragile, haunting manner ("Grey Parade", in particular, is gorgeous).
. . . er, can't say that I'm a big fan of "Rain", though.
steven i miss you. ...
steven i miss you.
high rotate: ditto. also very into ...
high rotate: ditto.
also very into superette 'waves' it's lovely. Bleeding Star one of top all time nz albums
I'm not a big fan of I Like Rain ...
I'm not a big fan of I Like Rain either..
..However JPSE are kind of one of the forgotten great NZ Bands...I actually think the Size of Food is better than Bleeding Star - a bit more fresh sounding
Dave Mulcahy went on from JPSE to do Superette and then released a solo album with Arch Hill (Oddy Knocky). He is in the planning stages of a second album for Arch Hill. Jim Laing (also from JPSE) went on to do an album by Lanky (Wait) - also for Arch Hill. He was last seen playing golf out west.
Both are excellent albums and should still be available...
[ http://www.archhill.co.nz ]
Lets not forget that Dave Yetton went ...
Lets not forget that Dave Yetton went on to form The Stereo Bus...sissy pop, as yetton describes it.
and Gary in dirty ol' Solid Gold Hell ...
and Gary in dirty ol' Solid Gold Hell and then Dimmer...
I saw garry sullivan play with dimmer ...
I saw garry sullivan play with dimmer at the powerstation last year. i forgot just how amazing he is on drums!!
dave mulcahy's daughter is in my class ...
dave mulcahy's daughter is in my class at school. she looked really frightened when i told her i liked superette.
Gary is one of the most amazing ...
Gary is one of the most amazing drummers i have seen.
But he doesn't like loud music. shame that.
I'm sure Dave's daughter will look ...
I'm sure Dave's daughter will look even more worried when you mention his underwear and body painting exploits in Superette's Kiss Someone video....or is that too cruel?
Also ask her when he's coming up to Auckland to do some recording.
[ http://www.archhill.co.nz ]
hahaha. um i think i'll refrain from ...
hahaha. um i think i'll refrain from that. she would probably rather i didn't mention it again. i saw that video for kiss someone on m2 i think. my friend and i were trying to guess which one he was.
parents are embarrasing enough without ...
parents are embarrasing enough without them strutting around on risque music videos that all your might friends watch!!!
hahaha. oh she is not my friend really. ...
hahaha. oh she is not my friend really. but she is ok. and i doubt any of her friends watch m2! so they probably will never see that video. and i would like my dad to be a musician - he is a doctor. yeah.
I agree that JPSE are not given their ...
I agree that JPSE are not given their due in the NZ Music canon. While I love all of their output, it's the 'love songs' album that I return to listen to over and over (even though it's an old ratty vinyl copy) I can heartily recommend the album - it's full of gentle sunday morning come-down grooves that also tastes fantastic amped up and loud on a saturday night (and, er... other nights of the week) "hey now, better get with, the experiennnncee!" (etc) ps - jim laing was a fine top order batsman in his day as well ...
Yep... The Jean Paul Sartre Experience ...
Yep... The Jean Paul Sartre Experience were one of the real Shining Stars of NZ rock. Sure the later stuff is wonderful but I still love those 2 earliest releases - the 5 track EP with Fish in the Sea, Own Two Feet, Walking Wild in your Firetime, Loving Grapevine & Flex is still one of the most outstanding debuts by a band anywhere ... and then not long after that the album Love Songs. All recorded 1986.
The band (or Dave Yetton mostly) kinda disowned Love Songs at the time because it was a bit fun and jokey in places (brilliant pastiches of the history of pop like Shaft!) and by the time Dithering Nun released it they'd moved on from naive pop exploration to being Serious Young Men.
They did the SYM phase brilliantly too - Size of Food, Bleeding Star, all those singles with their lovely extra tracks.... sigh. They used to do a lovely stoner shoegazer cover of T Rex's The Slider live too... And then over all too soon. But on the positive side every one of them has gone on to continue to contribute works of significance to NZ music. They must've been one of the few bands with 3 equally strong songwriters... the videos were quirky cheap good fun too.
The EP, Love songs and I like rain single are all collected on their essential self-titled 14 track CD. Every home should have one.
I've just sent some discography ...
I've just sent some discography information and pics to nzm. hopefully they will put it up soon.
Covered 'Flex' for years in ...
Covered 'Flex' for years in Emptyquarter spreading the good word as a tip of the old hat to the musical genius that was the JPS Experience. 'Bout time I added it to my personal favorites... True masterminds. Loved that bass line. Aaahhhh.
What a BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved ...
What a BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved this group!
The first time I saw them live just after Bleeding Star was released, I snuck into their gig underage, and witnessed the four of them create a dense sweeping huge tornado of a sound that was unlike anything I'd ever heard.
Their songs were incredible. The song SLIP ....awe-inspiring watching Gary Sullivan flaling at the drums against a tidal wave of white heat noise from the guitarists...and Dave Yetton...has New Zealand ever had a cooler bass playing front man?
They wrote the soundtrack to CRUSH ,a NZ film in the mid 90's too.