Blam Blam Blam - Don't Fight It Marsha
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Blam Blam Blam were a New Zealand pop/rock/alternative band. Tim Mahon (bass) and Mark Bell (guitar,vo) had been members of The Plague and The Whizz Kids. After losing their drummer Ian Gilroy to The Swingers in 1980, Tim and Mark joined up with Don McGlashan, a multi-instrumentalist who played drums and sang many lead vocals.
The band's first release was the song Motivation on the Class of 81 compilation album. They later released a four-track self-titled EP which hit the top 40 in New Zealand. The band had two hit singles in 1981 with There is no Depression in New Zealand, and Don't Fight it Marsha, It's Bigger than Both of Us.
In 1982 vocalist Dick Driver joined the band, but soon left. The band recorded an album Luxury Length, which reached No. 4. in the New Zealand charts. Later that year the band were involved in a car accident where Tim Mahon was seriously injured.
In 1984 the band briefly reunited, recording the live album The Blam Blam Blam story. Don McGlashan worked on a number of movie soundtracks, and has subsequently been in the bands The Front Lawn, From Scratch, and The Mutton Birds. Tim Mahon has worked in music management. Mark Bell works as a session guitarist and as a journalist.
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Don's mum was a councillor at my high school north of Auckland in the early 80s and often talked about her son who plays in a band blam blam blam.she was a treasure and I'll never forget her
What a banger.
Look at how old they were, and listen to the production - this is so brilliant, and could be released as is, today.
I first heard this in late ‘86 I Love This So Much I didn’t know who it was for decades But Thank God for the Internet Their choice of Off Notes for this piece was so Good I love the full wet reverb choir with the laugh at the end - So mid ‘80s It would have been really nice if they had continued down this road
Should Have conquered the world. So sad what happened to Tim's hand in that tour accident way back when. Glad to hear he's back playing bass again. These guys didn't have a bad song. I have them all. 'Luxury Length' is 100% class.
Indie kids fashion never changes
@jamsee1
5 жыл бұрын
The jumpers are always cool Indie fashion wear :)
Watched and sang and danced at the Blams Wellington gig at Meow in 2019 wonderful- top musicians still, Don playing tenor horn and drums, Tim Mahon was tight as on bass and the remarkable Mr Bell on guitar- they'd done a countrywide tour- had prepped real well and their complex arrangements sounded just brilliant.
"I want you to be happy... but I'd rather you were still with me..." How delicious is that?
@soundgardener4940
5 жыл бұрын
I couldn't possibly say, Your Honour...
@darrenwatsonz
3 жыл бұрын
Genius. Matched by the music.
OMG, can't believe this exists. It's brilliant.
@donbrashsux
Жыл бұрын
Such amazing Talent amongst these 3
Outstanding. Never gets old. And the girl breaking character and laughing 2:50 always makes me happy.
Ah ! Bell, Mahon and McGlashan. Never recorded a weak song. Never.
Even now this holds up as a great video - low tech, but it still has all the elements required!
i grew up around these guys ...deeply embedded in New Zealander culture...particularly if you lived or worked on dominion road ...auckland.....nostalgia
@InParticularNobody
8 жыл бұрын
in a half way house?
@brettyoung1245
6 жыл бұрын
I went through rehab in the '80s. And stayed in a 1/2 way house bordering Eden Park... Spitting distance from Dominion Road.
@Bluerage.
2 ай бұрын
I found this song through a New Zealand radio station. love that it has history :)
I never appreciated this song for how good it is.
This is a really great and somehow mysterious song.
@Dannyvirk
Жыл бұрын
There's five blue figures on a white circle They're making agreements They're keeping each other in line
@justmadeit2
Жыл бұрын
It reminds me of the Fall, not the singing but the music and even parts of this video
@queenswarthamaniharrington992
9 ай бұрын
Dude, they are nothing like the fall. What ya tripping on.
@queenswarthamaniharrington992
9 ай бұрын
No, seriously, that is a major brain fart right there.
Mighty Blams... such cool music..
i've unwittingly looked like every member of this band at some point. i didnt know who they were until today. atm i'm tim good music tho
Awesome to see this!
Wow havent heard this since the 80s -thnk you for the post!
Don possessed by the spirit of 80's dance!
A helluva song, simply stellar! Thanks
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takes me way way back. CLASSIC
No kidding... Donnie looking incredibly young here. I'm used to seeing him in his Mutton Birds days.
So good. I didn't really get into the blams at the time that they were around but now I don't know why. I always found Mark Bell to be an interesting but very pleasant guy. Simon Daubney once told me that he and Mark pulled out of a sailing race because they ran out of cigarettes. Somehow it didn't surprise me that they would do the unintentional.
Iv always liked this,...remember the Reverb room night club, yep I was there & always too drunk lol
This sounds a lot like Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen combined... cool, dark vibes
I love this group😀. They remind me of a swinger version of AH-HA😎
One of my favorites.
oh man this song takes me back. had this on 45rpm when it first came out
Started at Rossmini collage on the shore as a school group 👍👍👍
NIU ZILLAND!!!!!
Been looking for this for ages ... thanks so much for putting it up.
This honestly just makes me proud to be a Kiwi.
You have to like this. In a pre-Facebook sense of the word like.
@pena.3302
5 жыл бұрын
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@pena.3302
5 жыл бұрын
OH THAT GUITARS Peds..Amp.That 'VIBRANT WARM.TREMOLOE(?)..I love it..great gtr player./Band/Guys..Lyrix..et.
Auckland Uni :)
gotta give them extra points for matching Rikkies!!!!!!
@TylerDurden-oy2hm
4 жыл бұрын
ooh....as in rickenbacker??took me a while to get there
Love it.
they did a great version of the Dr Who theme. I think it might have been the bside to this
So sweet and edgy ❤ Have started my EOTWP; end of rhe world party! Anyone with me in spirit? preferably I expire before the planet 😂 How punk 😂
best music
Classic
Vampire Weekend take notice.
Holy Horned Hand-signs Batman!... Was that Don McGlashan throwing us a mano cornuto at 2:00?!
Very Len Lye.
@herbcraven7146
4 жыл бұрын
I just found this video, and wondered if anyone else would pick that influence up.
Gee...Michael Hurst is so young in this...he is so hilarious at times and what an amazing actor, who remembers Hercules the Legendary Journey's?
@stevehunt914
5 жыл бұрын
I worked on that show for a little while,.. the biggest fan of Michael Hurst seemed to be Michael Hurst
@queenswarthamaniharrington992
9 ай бұрын
A friend of mine was the flatmate/houseminder of the lead on that show. It was a big fancy ass house adjacent to Lake Pupuke. Had some really good parties there. Never saw the TV star, but he had a fifteen foot tall poster of himself on the wall of the two story lounge.
"Is it in everyone's interests?"
Love Tims parka, and are those Levi Sta-prest ? Classic video ! Love Blam Blam Blam !
YuH
Drama School Lunatics xx
Reminds me of The Fall, not so much the singing but the music does. Mark e smith could easily have sang this. Even the video is Fall like
Aah mis-spent youth hehehe
Rickenbackers !
shit hot
It’s kinda like the talking heads mixed with the zombies
K'rd 2019 colourised.
You know what would go good with this song? A small tuba.
About the business round table perhaps? Or the permanent members of the security council even? Whatever one wants it to be I guess.
@donrobertson4940
6 жыл бұрын
Peter Mateer I want you to be happy but I'd rather you were still with me. US foreign policy? Perhaps we can regime change something?
the singer looks f**kin' scarily kiwi
luxury length was a great album, better than the swingers
Offbeat to say the least.. I don't know about the indie fashion comments, but it appears the Moddy boy memo reached three quarters of the band.
@daddymuggle
2 жыл бұрын
Three quarters of a three piece.... Hmmmm. No styling budget for the poor old drum machine. Typical. Brain the size of a planet, and they couldn't even be bothered getting it some slacks.
If you ever needed proof that gingers have no soul, HERE IT IS.
I d'like the song but not very much the goofy dance with the gaffophone...