[kj] For those who miss the old Geordiesound/blonde hairand hollowbodies

[iPat]

Steve Guthrie was origional ToH guitarist.
It would be unfair to say Duffy mimicked the Stray Cats who were pop.
there were a lot of psychobilly bands and the Meteors would have been
more akin to Duffy's style at the time. imho


On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:21 PM, TB <partyslammer at socal.rr.com> wrote:


>

> It was right around the same time the Stray Cats really hit it big that

> Duffy was in Theater of Hate which lasted about a year until the end of '82.

> His style and sound was far more minimalistic during his tenure in ToH, due

> mostly to the fact Duffy was playing music already recorded by the previous

> guitarist (who's name I forget).  Billy didn't really start piling on the

> effects on his sound that moved it a bit closer to Geordie's mid 80's sound

> until the "Love" and "Peace" albums were recorded in '84 - '86.

>

> T.B.