T.C. Matic
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T.C. Matic – Middle Class and Blue Eyes
Biography
TC Matic mixed diverse styles: new wave, blues, funk, hard rock, avant-garde and even French chanson, resulting in nervous metropolitan rock with American influences but a distinct European character. TC Matic’s sound of the early 1980s can be called unique, and had quite an influence on musical contemporaries, notably in the Benelux.
The band released four albums (“TC Matic”, “L’Apache”, “Choco”, “Ye Ye”) that received excellent reviews. In 1981, the band scored a Belgian hit with “Oh La La La”. “Putain Putain” (from the album “Choco”) became an alternative European hymn among fans.
The band was celebrated especially for its live performances, focussing on the intense singing by Hintjens. It performed all over Europe, but a real international break through didn’t happen. After a disappointing tour with the Simple Minds in 1986, the band ceased to exist.
Arno Hintjes started a solo career as Arno, receiving quite some approval in Europe. He continued to cooperate with Jean-Marie Aerts, who is now working as a producer (for Jo Lemaire and the Urban Dance Squad, among others), and with two other ex-TC Matic-members, drummer Rudy Cloet and keyboard player Serge Feys. In 1984, the Dutch bass player Michael Peet replaced Ferre Baelen.
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T.C. Matic
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Vampiro_Rockero
Oh La La La!!!
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sierraFM
With or without dots, one of my favourite bands ever!
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DrMuller
Well done! ;-)
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PeeZz
I made them fix it :)
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huug69
Just imported a CD in iTunes => The tags say T.C. MATIC Fix it
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SevenStones
Geesh... the official covers from each cd spell T.C. Matic (with dots). So it's officialy with... Sorry last fm, u're completely wrong, fix ur artist tags ;)
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Horoma
Last.fm should be able to handle alternate spellings like this. This band is more often than not written as T.C. Matic. Really ridiculous.
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bvdv
Indeed, very strange. All albums, as well as MusicBrainz and www.hintjens.be spell it with the dots.
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kshanti
strange, my official cd's play it like T.C. Matic and it's always been with the dots.
