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2686675, good points but Guy did release a follow up to their 1st cd which
Posted by vee-lover, Mon Apr-16-12 12:16 PM
I thought was a very good cd, not as good as the 1st one but it had a lot of memorable tracks as well...and that is mainly why I included them.

As you pointed out, NE as a group didn't release anything in the 90s until 96 and that cd was ok at best.


>I mean, NE did have a run in the 80s, but I think your line
>of demarcation with them is the 'Heartbreak' album, which blew
>them up. But that was what, 88? Yes they did their solo/BBD
>stuff and did 'Home Again' in 96. While they technically
>didn't break up through that time, how do you factor that solo
>work in to the group popularity?
>
>With Guy, you've got another 88 album whose influence is felt
>long after that. True, they had 'The Future' in '90, and
>recorded Guy III in , what, 99 (but nobody wanted to listen to
>that shit by then). But between Aaron's likited solo work and
>the whole NJS, how much of that was Guy as a group?
>
>Personally I like either group over BIIM, but I think the
>timing of their popularity almost discounts their inclusion
>here, even though their influence was still felt in the 90s