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To: Alberta's Child
I'm not a huge Big Country fan, but they are a great "guitar band." I read somewhere that they're still quite popular on European tours -- is that true?

They still had a decent following of hard-core fans, though not as large (or broad) as it was as recently as the early or mid 1990's. They were close to making something of a European comeback in 2000, and would have had a chart hit, but the sales for that single were disqualified from the rankings on the grounds that the packaging was non-standard. A second single was also gaining momentum until the radio station that was really promoting it realized the group was a bunch of old fogies, rather than some new young hip band, at which point they pulled their support.

Unfortunately, Stuart Adamson (lead guitarist, lead singer and primary songwriter) committed suicide in December 2001. The band's record label is still putting out previously unreleased material, but obviously the band is no more. I never cared for the band's politics (they're way to the left), but I've always loved their music.

482 posted on 02/10/2005 8:06:24 AM PST by BlackRazor
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To: BlackRazor

Gosh, that's a shame -- I wasn't even aware of that Scott Adamson story. I knew they had resurfaced somewhat in the late 1990s, but I never heard "the end of the story," so to speak.


483 posted on 02/10/2005 8:19:29 AM PST by Alberta's Child (I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert.)
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