Nice tribute! There was something special about 1986 compared to any other year in the mid-late 80s when a number of bands released their best work, and had just a taste of commercial success, at least in the UK. I've always hoped some journalist with a good archive of interviews from back then would put out at book along the lines of Hepworth's Never a Dull Moment: 1971, or 1973: Rock at the Crossroads by Andrew Grant Jackson. But definitely not like Matos' Can't Slow Down, which ignored nearly everything released in the UK in 1984.
Thanks for this! I bought Gun Shy when it came out and still out Wild Blue Yonder on my exercise mixes. I was so turned off by the Flintstones I never got to Bikini Red.
Great post. I had never heard of the band. I love rockabilly, & their take on it was excellent. Simple, but very catchy. Reminds me a little of Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two.
I remember them, I had "Gun-Shy"; tho I either lost it or gave it to somebody (probably a girl, as was my wont back then). Don't recall anything from it really making an impression on me at the time. May have to check YT and re-evaluate.
Nice tribute! There was something special about 1986 compared to any other year in the mid-late 80s when a number of bands released their best work, and had just a taste of commercial success, at least in the UK. I've always hoped some journalist with a good archive of interviews from back then would put out at book along the lines of Hepworth's Never a Dull Moment: 1971, or 1973: Rock at the Crossroads by Andrew Grant Jackson. But definitely not like Matos' Can't Slow Down, which ignored nearly everything released in the UK in 1984.
https://fastnbulbous.com/1986-the-year-indie-crashed-the-uk-charts/
Andrew Grant Jackson’s 1973 was a really entertaining rock history. Would like to see 1986 get the same kind of treatment.
Thanks for this! I bought Gun Shy when it came out and still out Wild Blue Yonder on my exercise mixes. I was so turned off by the Flintstones I never got to Bikini Red.
Great post. I had never heard of the band. I love rockabilly, & their take on it was excellent. Simple, but very catchy. Reminds me a little of Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two.
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I remember them, I had "Gun-Shy"; tho I either lost it or gave it to somebody (probably a girl, as was my wont back then). Don't recall anything from it really making an impression on me at the time. May have to check YT and re-evaluate.
My fave
https://youtu.be/QM5jRl4Ijtg?si=fnRoEIj8i-mLQO2c
Gun Shy had some of the baddest riffs of the 80s, and Bill Carter was the funniest, coolest front man of that era.