[kj] Chameleons Home is Where The Heart Is

[Nick Scott]

Dave Fielding, amazing guitarist.

Don't know if you knew he did a project last summer with John, 'Red-Sided Garter
Snakes' and the album 'Endless Sea'...I did post about it on here but may have
slipped under the radar, had some interesting guest vocalists on it including
Martin Coogan's (Mock Turtles/Steve Coogans brother) daughter Mary Joanna
Coogan, and the rather brilliant ex-Puressence vocalist James Mudriczki.  Check
out [Feel Alive <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-wBet8vA5w> ] and [Crack In A
Paper Cup <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN_5880kxuY> ].

Sadly do not know the reasonings, but Dave has left the project as they were
about to start recording the second album.  No fallings out as far as I know,
Dave has wished John well with his endeavours and going to be doing some solo
stuff, but was hoping for some gigs.  

> On 29 January 2016 at 20:48 "fatpotanga ." <fatpotanga at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Chameleons - neck and neck with killing joke for me and just as innovative
> both as genre setting and from a unique guitar stance. Brilliant! Swamp Thing,
> up there with the greatest guitar riffs of all time, except nobody's heard it
> :)
> 
>     On 29 Jan 2016 20:37, "Carlos Fandango" < stronkle at hotmail.co.uk
> <mailto:stronkle at hotmail.co.uk> > wrote:
> 
>         > >         Haven't chameleon box packed it in also? I think they
>         > > recently did a "final" tour. Was watching some old episode of
>         > > Luther the other week and was surprised & pleased to see they used
>         > > chameleons tune for end titles.
> > 
> >         Sent from my Windows Phone
> > 
> >         ---------------------------------------------
> >         From: Nick Scott <mailto:npscott at blueyonder.co.uk>
> >         Sent: ‎1/‎29/‎2016 3:17 PM
> >         To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> > <mailto:gathering at misera.net>
> >         Subject: Re: [kj] Chameleons Home is Where The Heart Is
> > 
> > 
> >         One of my favourite bands and were very intense live. Chameleons Vox
> > playing the stuff live has all gone sour though and Mark Burgess is a self
> > indulgent twat, but definitely check out their albums...to me they had the
> > intensity of KJ and are like a bastard child mix up of The Cure/Killing
> > Joke/Echo And The Bunnymen.
> > 
> >         Criminally overlooked, the record label they originally signed to
> > made them ineligible if I remember right for the indie charts and besides
> > some help by John Peel sessions were stuck in no mans land. The death of
> > their manager when they were finally signed to Geffen and beginning to get
> > some successes was the last straw.
> > 
> >         Despite reforming in 2000 and a final album coming in 2001, they
> > split again in 2002 and in 2009 saw the birth of Chameleons Vox between Mark
> > Burgess (vocalist) and John Lever (drummer) which then turned sour about 18
> > months ago with Lever stating they conspired to 'oust' him out and Burgess
> > calling it lies. Splitting fans, myself on the side of John after reading
> > about Burgess's questionable personality and antics. Chameleons Vox whilst
> > still worth checking out are themselves a shadow of their former self.
> > Former Wonky Alice guitarist and well known producer in the Manchester area
> > Yves Altana who has played with Mark in various outside Chameleons projects
> > has put his hands to the drums, and whilst competent enough is no match for
> > Lever's drumming.
> > 
> >         Check out particularly the first three Chameleons albums, Script Of
> > The Bridge, What Does Anything Mean Basically, Strange Times...all
> > brilliant.
> > 
> >             > > > On 29 January 2016 at 19:43 " adrianwason at btinternet.com
> >             > > > <mailto:adrianwason at btinternet.com> " <
> >             > > > adrianwason at btinternet.com
> >             > > > <mailto:adrianwason at btinternet.com> > wrote:
> > > 
> > >             I've just been played this never having heard the Chameleons
> > > before-sounds like something off BTATS-very
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