Gene Loves Jezebel

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On tour in the UK in June - the same time as .... errrm .......... the OTHER Gene Loves Jezebel :D

Michael plays Sheffield on 3rd June , Jay plays Sheffield on 18th June LOL

Jay's version is by far the better BTW.

Jay is at www.genelovesjezebel.co.uk
Michael is at www.genelovesjezebel.com
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Ahh... Sheffield!
Might have to do at least one of these then. be rude not to :roll: :lol:
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:notworthy: :lol:

i'm going to see jay's lot at whitby in a couple of weeks ;D
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Bloody goth :roll:
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d00mw0lf wrote:Bloody goth :roll:
'tis a fair cop.
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Quiff Boy wrote::notworthy: :lol:

i'm going to see jay's lot at whitby in a couple of weeks ;D
You just doing the Sat Quiffy?
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Mrs RicheyJames wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote::notworthy: :lol:

i'm going to see jay's lot at whitby in a couple of weeks ;D
You just doing the Sat Quiffy?
i think we're up for the entire shebang. we certainly have a place to stay. just need to sort the logistics of transport and time off work now... :D
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Exellent. We're going up on the Wed and coming back on the Tues.

I highly recommend (if you're still around) the Goths V Townies footy match on Sunday.
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mmm pretty boys in makeup...
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Mrs RicheyJames wrote:We're going up on the Wed and coming back on the Tues.
are you the new Dr. Who?
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James Blast wrote:
Mrs RicheyJames wrote:We're going up on the Wed and coming back on the Tues.
are you the new Dr. Who?
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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maybe Nurse Who :wink:
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What's the story of Gene loves J, They were a band we loved thru the late 80's,especially at discos etc [with newcastle the 'mayfair'] but have heard nowt since, I understand there's a split, but what's the crack?
...mmmmmmmmmMMMMMM!....
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AFAICT, they did split, half moved to the states and formed a GLJ there. The bits that stayed over here heard about this and "reformed" also under the name of GLJ.
I'm sure someone here will be able to tell you who's in which band.
Whole thing makes my head hurt. I just want them to play "Sweet rain" :|
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IIRC the official line was that michael left to persue an acting career...

biog:
http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/gene_loves_ ... /bio.jhtml

interviews with michael
http://www.legendsmagazine.net/99/revaston.htm
http://www.aversion.com/bands/interviews.cfm?f_id=24
http://www.radcyberzine.com/text/interviews/glj.html
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and i seem to recall reading that jay's band has more of the original line-up

but that could have been on jay's site, so he woudl say that wouldnt he?

there's much bitterness and acrimony on both sides. take everything either of them say with a pinch of salt... :roll:
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:eek: So, Gene doesn't love Jezebel very much anymore then...

..."Desire" is their only good song anyway, IMHO.
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...and 'gorgeous'
...mmmmmmmmmMMMMMM!....
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Mr S used to know someone called Jezebel.. i believe he snogged her, but i didn't ask for details.
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And when I bought my first synthesizer I was asked to join them. My last band was made up of mainly early ex-members. Memories........ local boys you know! :notworthy:
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Jay's version is the "proper" one. He was the main one in the original line up. Jay (based in UK) has whassisface the guitarist ... James Stevenson & they sound like GLJ & play GLJ songs.

Michael was really a glorified backing singer & now drags round a bunch of Yank students nobody has ever heard of as GLJ. They don't actually sound much like GLJ either.
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culprit wrote:...and 'gorgeous'
I do hope you mean the sublime B side on the Shame 12", also on the CD version of Immigrant, and not the p!ss poor opening track from House Of Dolls :eek: That album is where it all started to go wrong* (and illustrates the 'style' which Michael's version of the band chose to adopt, ie sh!te). Jay has retained more of the style of the early band.

* ...apart from "Every Door", which is a fantastic song.
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GLJ photos from whitby :von:

clicky

a bit blurry, but you get the idea.

they were f*cking superb! very groovy and rocked like bastards.

only the tracks from the latter couple of albums sounded even vaguely like that american rock nonsense they descended into. all the rest where as punky, poppy and spikey as the versions you know and love... 8)

me like :notworthy: :D
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DerekR wrote:
culprit wrote:...and 'gorgeous'
I do hope you mean the sublime B side on the Shame 12", also on the CD version of Immigrant, and not the p!ss poor opening track from House Of Dolls :eek: That album is where it all started to go wrong* (and illustrates the 'style' which Michael's version of the band chose to adopt, ie sh!te). Jay has retained more of the style of the early band.

* ...apart from "Every Door", which is a fantastic song.
indeed!
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