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The Onset were formed in 1987 by Mike Badger after he left his former band The La's.〔Macefield, MW. ''In Search Of The La’s – A Secret Liverpool''. Page 174. Helter Skelter Publishing 2003. ISBN 1-900924-63-3〕 Mike teamed up with local Liverpool legend Danny Dean on guitar, Hamish Cameron on Piano and Colin Becket on Drums. The first demo "Let's Go Home" can be found on the 2006 compilation CD, Lo Fi Electric Excursions by Mike Badger & Friends (Gen11) "The most arresting group in captivity. These new sweethearts of the rodeo are from Liverpool. Leader Mike Badger formerly founded and led the La's. His new band is a sort of mid-90s amalgam of the Electric Prunes meets Del Shannon meets Cat Mother and The All Night News Boys meets The Rockets meets pre Liege And Lief Fairport Convention meets Keleidoscope meets Help Yourself meets Bo Diddley meets The Fifth Avenue Band meets the Burritos, with traces of John Sebastian, Gene Clark, Poco, Phil Ochs and other great sniff-snaff thrown in. Younger than yesterday, fresher than tomorrow - The Onset"— Pete Frame (Rock Family Trees)〔Pete Frame. ''The Complete Rock Family Trees''. Omnibus Press 1993. ISBN 978-0-7119-0465-1〕 == History == Their sound was heavily influenced by American bluegrass and country music merged with a dose of punky rock 'n' roll. On hearing the demo Geoff Davies of Liverpool's independent record label Probe Plus Records arranged for the band to record their first LP ''The Pool Of Life'' (Probe 19).〔(The Onset at Probe Plus Records Website )〕 ''The Pool Of Life'' was recorded at Ameritz Studios in Birkenhead during May 1988. Ten musicians contributed to the LP, but by the time of its release, the Onset's lineup had stabilised to just five. Mike and Danny being joined by Simon Cousins (from Wiltshire Folk Rock band Ophiuchus) on bass, Tony Russell on drums, and Paul Hemmings (from the La's) on guitar, slide and mandolin. The LP was greeted with rave reviews by the Music Press〔Tim Peacock. ''Review of The Onset's Pool Of Life LP''. Melody Maker 1989 ()〕 but failed to make any impression, with little radio or TV air play. The band made promotional videos for two tracks from the album, "Too Proud To Start" and "Precious Love". Recording Sessions followed in 1989 at various Liverpool Studios, however no further releases until 1990 when the Onset recorded in London with Dave Dix (of Black's "Wonderful Life" fame) as their producer. With Dave Dix they recorded three songs, "What Say You", "First I Feel You" and "Two Step Angels". These were released in 1990 as the ''What Say You'' EP (Onset 1) on the Furious Fish label.〔(What Say You EP )〕 To promote the EP the Onset filmed a video for "First I Feel You", playing at Liverpool's Pier Head in the old Atlantic Liner Terminal. The musical styles on the ''What Say You'' EP had developed from the Country and Bluegrass sounds of ''The Pool Of Life''. There was still a Country influence, but they had become more electric incorporating elements of Folk Rock and Pop, which gave them a rather distinctive sound. John Hodgkinson of Shout Magazine stated that "The title track (What Say You) is literate Rockabilly with synchronistic lyrical pointers to Mandella and Hendrix, 'First I Feel You' is a glorious slice of chiming, jangling pop ,that storms the brain and lays siege to the memory cells."〔(John Hodgkinson ''Review of What Say You EP'' Shout Magazine 1990 )〕 The Onset recorded three more tracks in 1991 at Liverpool's Pink Studios in the hope of producing a further EP. However, the record never materialised. There were changes to the band's line up at the end of 1991, which saw Paul Hemmings leave to join Ian Broudie and the Lightning Seeds and Si Cousins depart to play with Brian Morrow and former Onset musicians Roger Llewellyn and Nick Hrydowy, as the Catfish. Bernard Nolan rejoined the Onset on Bass Guitar and Double Bass and the band continued as a four piece. With Bernie's arrival the essence of the Onset's music became more acoustic, returning to its Rockabilly / Bluegrass roots. This acoustic roots feel was enhanced in 1993 when the band were joined by two ex-Catfish - Brian Morrow on percussion and the multi-talented Roger Llewellyn on guitar, vocal, banjo, fiddle and harmonica. In October 1993 the band recorded sessions for a new Probe Plus release. This was followed in by a further session in February 1994. The seven songs from these sessions were added to nine from the original ''The Pool Of Life'' LP and released as ''The Pool Of Life Revisited'' CD (Probe 40) in 1994. 1994 saw the departure of Bernard Nolan and Brian Morrow and the return of Simon Cousins on bass. The band recorded in late 1994 and early 1995 at Ian Broudie's Studio, with ex-Onseter Paul Hemmings as the Producer. These later recordings captured both the Country Bluegrass elements of the band's sound and the Indie / Pop feel. Piano, banjo, organ, fiddle and harmonica give a varied pallet of colour and texture. Many of the songs remain unreleased, but a few were included on the 2005 CD eponymously entitled ''The Onset'' (Gen10), released by Mike Badger on his Generator Label. ''The Onset'' CD contains a selection of the band's music from all it various incarnations, covering the period from 1989 to 1994. More Onset tracks were released in 2008 as part of ''Mike Badger's Country Side'' CD, which covers a twenty-year period of his career from 1988 to 2008. The Onsets final recording session was an acoustic session on Spencer Leigh's show ''On The Beat'', for BBC Radio Merseyside in 1995. The band were broadcast playing an unplugged version of the song "Walking Tall". This recording appears on compilation CD ''Lo Fi Acoustic Excursions by Mike Badger & Friends'' (Gen9) released on the Generator Label in 2003. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Onset」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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