Short History, Discography & Links
At the beginning, Jimmy Joe SNARK and Chuck B. (a.k.a. Bubu) were supposed to send tapes directly from Big Sur (California) - where the original sixties socio-political activists are known to be originated from - and moved to France due to fiscal reasons ...
Now, everybody knows (or must) that THE WEATHERMEN were Jean-Marc LEDERMAN (KID MONTANA, DIGITAL DANCE, ETHER and JULES ET JIM) and Bruce GEDULDIG (former member of TUXEDOMOON).
"You do need THE WEATHERMEN to know which way the wind blows"
THE WEATHERMEN emerged out of the mid- 80's "electronic body music" wave, creating a sub-category for themselves that never received a proper name. Combining beat driven melodies and sarcastic social commentary, THE WEATHERMEN burst out of their self-imposed anonymity onto the international music scene.
What had begun as a private joke soon became a fairly marketable commodity, with over 100,000 records sold, 18 records or CD's, two video clips on heavy rotation on MTV, three European tours and an American Tour, and wow two songs used on the fabulously successful 'Baywatch' series. One WEATHERMEN song , "Poison" even made it to the German Top 50 singles
But seeing Pamela Anderson's butt moving in rhythm with their music was going to be all too much for THE WEATHERMEN and if in the sixties Andy Warhol predicted that everybody would be famous for 15 minutes, the acceleration of time and the utter domination of the audiovisual media 30 years later reduced drastically that window of glory: THE WEATHERMEN decided that they had had their 15 frames of fame and disappeared from the scene. They were going to be missed.
Mid-2002, a WEATHERMEN website was set up, in order to give fans the possibility to download all of now unavailable WEATHERMEN music. In a matter of months, 10.000 downloads were registered on the site.
Mind you, the mp3 are there for free.
Bruce had been living in a winebango in the Mojave Desert in California, trying to escape from paying allemonies to Susanna Stammer. He had worked for several years as janitor at the Betty Ford Clinic, in Beverly Hills, Ca. and was Jean-Claude Van Damme's driver...
Jimmy Joe Snark III worked with Austrian performance artist Gerhard Strudel, conceptor of the famous Big Strudel Act, Small Strudel Act, Medium Strudel Act and Venice's Biennale all time favorite 'One Last Strudel for The Road".
Surprisingly enough, they bumped into each other late 2002, in an internet chat room. Bruce's nickname was Pink Shoe while Suzanna12458 was obviously Jimmy Joe's moniker. Pink Shoe was looking to sing in a country-western band while Suzanna12458 was a western-country band looking for a singer. They were very disappointed when they met at Chicago's Central Station, both wearing a blue coat and a copy of "Gardens And Flowers, the sequel" in the left hand. Beware of the internet, boys and girls, you never know who you're talking to.
This is the result of their new work. The music was done in Jimmy Joe's home studio and sent via DSL to Bruce's winnebango in California. Comfy little motor he has.
(Deeper Press release - 2004)
OLD
FRIEND SAM (12")
Old Friend Sam - P38 - What About Us?
DEEP
DOWN SOUTH (12")
Deep Down South (The Red Neck Blues) - The Red Neck At
The Controls (Deepdown Version)
Let Them Come To Berlin - Let Them Remix It In Berlin - Only Fools Fall In Love (With Stalin's Daughter) Sing-It Yourself Version
Only Fools Fall In Love (With Stalin's Daughter)
Take It Off On 45 - Take It Off On 33 (The Unzipped Mix)
Deep Down South - Space - Foreigners To Paradise - Micky ! - Berlin - Ten Deadly Kisses - Old Friend Sam - D, D And D - Take It Off ! - Tonight And Every Night
The Lift
POISON! (7"/12")
Poison ! - Are U New To The Bayou ?
POISON!
- REMIX (12")
Poison! (Lethal Mix) - Poison! (Antidote Dub)
Poison! (Original Mix) - Poison! (Lethal Mix) - Poison! (Toxic Lipstick Mix)
Poison!
Timebomb Benny - Barbie And Ken - Twisting Doorknob - Tar Pit - Tuff Times - Mud (I Would) - Punishment Park - 1000 Women - Poison - Rubbergods - R U New 2 The Bayou
Tuff Times - The Lift
12": Punishment Park (Disneyland) - Timebomb Benny (Nytro) - Tuff Times (Baaad) - Punishment Park (Fantasyland)
CDS: Tuff Times (Baaad) - Punishment Park (Fantasyland) - Punishment Park (Album) - Timebomb Benny (Nytro) - Punishment Park (Disneyland)
Bang ! - Bang! (Lichtenstein Version)
Bang!
Bang Bang ! (Rocket Mix) - Bang Bang ! (ICBM Version) - Nothing Like It
Heatseeker (North Controlled Mix) - Heatseeker (Untapped Version) - Heatseeker (Silenced Mix)
Freedom Or Slavery - Custom Brain - Such A Beautiful City - Mr Wonderman - California Or Burst ! - Heatseeker - Once For The Living - Muzak - Beyond The Beyond - Uzi Does It
Once For The Living (Pulsar Mix) - Once For The Living (Pulsar Mix Instrumental) - Once For The Living (Asteroid Mix)
Around The World (The Mark Lusardi Single Version) - Around Europe - Around The Moon - Around The World (The Mark Lusardi Mix) - Grace Falling - Around The World (Album Version)
Around The World - Stay Tuned (The Radio Song) - Virtual Reality - Funky Radar - Low Soul Swamp - Avon Girl - Hot Rod Heaven - Microphobia - You Want It All
Extra-tracks on CD: Around The World - Around Europe
Old Friend Sam - Deep Down South - Don't Drink & Drive - Berlin - Mud (I Would) - Punishment Park - Poison! - Tar Pit - TimeBomb Benny - Bang! - Such A Beautiful City - California Or Bust - Virtual Reality - Around The World - Poison (2001 Remix) - Poison! (2002 Remix)
IN
DEEP WITH THE WEATHERMEN (CDS)
Workshop - Daytime TV - House Of Blues - Deeper
These rough mixes of the upcoming album are enclosed with the 2nd edition of the magazine "Dying In style" available here while supplies last ...
DEEPER
WITH THE WEATHERMEN (CD)
Workshop - Deeper - Surveillance Star - Close To You - Daytime TV - Buckle
Up - House Of Blues (Shot On Location) - Godbless - Talkin' Feet - Domotic
Daytime TV (The Afternoon Mix)
Talkin Feet (Markus LANGE Remix) - Surveillance Star (Dry F*** Mix) - Deeper (NAPSUGAR Remix) - Zeitgeist / Surveillance Star (Slowed Down Punch It Up Version) - Daytime TV (The Gee, No, Four More Fucking Years! Remix)
VARIOUS ARTISTS - BEL 80 – HET BESTE UIT DE BELPOP VAN 1988 (CD)
Poison!
I'm Tight - Transit - Ice Cream Truck - Shadow Diary - I, Lizard - Years Of The Snake - Soan Ide - Fruits & Vegetables - Dear God - Who Killed Who - Poison! (Video) - Bang! (Video)
Dear God (FILE NOT FOUND Remix) - Ice Cream Truck (NEVER TRUST ROTERSAND Rework) - Shadow Diary (Jenny.EXE Remix) - Dear God (Odyssey Remix by PROTHESE Remix)
THE LAST COMMUNIQUE FROM THE WEATHERMEN [?] 1985 - 2006 (CD)
Intro + Old Friend Sam - Deep Down South - Don't Drink And Drive (DDD) - Berlin - Mud
(I Would) - Punishment Park - Poison - Tar Pit - TimeBomb Benny - Bang!
- Such A Beautiful City - California Or Bust - Around
The World (Mark LUSARDI Mix) - Daytime TV (Gee, No, Four More Fucking Years! Remix) - Transit - I'm Tight - Domotic
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