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Glasgow, United Kingdom (1981 – 1995)
The line-up of the band changed several times over the years, but the constant member had been guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Roddy Frame. Founding members included Campbell Owens (bass) and Dave Mulholland (drums). Ex-Bluebells bassist Craig Gannon was a member from 1983 through 1985, before joining The Smiths. Guitarist Malcolm Ross (formerly of Josef K and Orange Juice) also joined in 1983, and appeared on the Knife album.
Though generally considered to be born out of the New Wave movement, Aztec Camera’s music is mostly acoustic oriented and might be better described as guitar pop. There is no doubt that the band took some musical and lyrical inspiration from Elvis Costello. Aztec Camera opened for Costello on a U.S. tour early in their career.
The band’s first UK 7” single was released by Glasgow-based indie label Postcard Records in January, 1981, and contained the songs “Just Like Gold” and “We Could Send Letters”. The latter song appeared on the influential C81 compilation cassette, released by NME in 1981.
Aztec Camera’s debut album, High Land, Hard Rain, was released in 1983. However, Owens and Mulholland left the group before the release, leaving Frame to complete the album alone. The album was quite successful, gathering significant critical acclaim for its well-crafted, multi-layered pop. The band went on to release a total of six albums, although most of these were essentially written and played by Frame. The albums included Knife (1984), Love (1987), Stray (1990), Dreamland (1993) and Frestonia (1995).
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High Land, Hard Rain
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The Best of Aztec Camera
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im_in_limbo
better than the smiths
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SonnyGideon1
Frestonia is almost as good as High Land Hard Rain. Total masterpieces
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CDPETE01
What's Roddy Frame doing nowadays ??? and now in his 40s
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Vocoder1000
I like Aztec Camera!!!
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reginik
lovely band
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simontogo
stray is OK..
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ajablagargala
Stray is mighty fine too.
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Witchpenis
High Land, Hard Rain is just so great
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R3V0LV3R_2011
Finally, Aztec Camera tracks & albums available for purchase on iTunes USA.
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simontogo
High Land, Hard Rain and Knife !
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mvkut37
sounds so good
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Sonicjr01
Yeah ... What zombilicous said ...
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OBLIVIOUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
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mattsmith92
'High Land, Hard Rain' is so perfect!!
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And what we need is not security, something more than a law.
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VelvetMesgue
Walk Out To Winter is so perfect
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domoniccc
I recently did as well, so amazing
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coeurvanille
just picked up the Knife vinyl from a record store. great album!
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rod32lop
O ser humano deve agarrar as rédeas de seu destino e libertar-se das amarras que o prendem ao seu passado.
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