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ARTIST
BONAPARTE'S, THE
TITLE
Shiny Battles
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
ROTORELIEF
CATALOG #
ROTOR 063LP
ROTOR 063LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
8/3/2018
Rotorelief present an expanded reissue of
Shiny Battles
by
The Bonaparte's
, originally released in 1985. The Bonaparte's trio was born after the split of two bands,
Kan Ji Zai
founded by
Pat Griffiths
from
23 Skidoo
,
Ruben Azca
, and
Baroque Bordello
. According to
Giri
, the boss of the
Gibus
, the punk public usually became agitated sitting very attentively at the Kan Ji Zai gig on October 4th, 1983. In 1984 after their first record the EP
Today
, the drummer
Prad
and the bass player
Pix
from
Baroque Bordello
founded together, along with Ruben Azca from Kan Ji Zai, the band The Bonaparte's, initially to be ephemeral for a gig that should have been unique at the Opéra Night programmed by
La Sébale
with three tracks: "Battle Of Iena", "Waterloo's Front", and "Shiny Light" played in one single sequence. The trio was extended with a guest saxophone player
Lazslo
. The audience didn't expect such a band and was very surprised, encouraging the band to go on. And that's what they did, two of the members of Baroque Bordello were asked to leave the band and Pat Griffiths joined them. The Bonaparte's were born.
Shiny Battles
was created a first mini-album in the Studio Garage in 1985. This mini-LP is a marvel as it associates the pure tradition of the French coldwave bands adoring the bass with high-level British artistic quality influenced by the best of the post-punk scene:
The Cure
,
Siouxsie & The Banshees
-- The audio reissue by Rotorelief proposes the mini-album
Shiny Battles
with six unreleased bonus tracks. Deluxe embossed cover with gold foil design. Black vinyl version comes on 180 gram vinyl (ROTOR 063LP); Edition of 1000.
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