THE SWINGING MADISONS - THE SWINGING MADISONS (1981)
Originally from Santa Barbara, California, singer keyboardist songwriter
Kristian Hoffman began his musical career in New York's Mumps
(with high school friend Lance Loud of original sin reality TV show An
American Family infamy), a group which never issued an album until its
recorded oeuvre was collected many years later in "Fatal Charm". and in 2005 with the anthology "How I Saved The..". Hoffman also did time in James White's band and then formed and led the Swinging Madisons
to play humorous rock for hipsters. The five songs on that group's
12-inch showcase his penchant for sardonic social commentary, à la Tom
Lehrer, and unlikely rearrangements of such familiar tunes as "Volare" and a rockabilly rendition of Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man." The disc also includes three originals, the best of which is the rueful "My Mediocre Dream".
Kristian Hoffman
subsequently relocated to Los Angeles, where he joined Congo Norvell
and then launched a solo career which has encompassed solo folk-pop (I Don't Love My Guru Anymore) and charming, effervescent rock-pop (Earthquake Weather, produced and played on by frequent studio compadre Earle Mankey). Hoffman's magnum opus, however, is & (some of the guests are Ron & Russell Mael, Darian Sahanaja, Michael Quercio, Van Dyke Parks, Steve McDonald and more....
MADISONS(110 mb)
2 comments:
Angelo, Thanks for adding to the fun of the No Wave scene, which Kristian was definitely part of. He is one talented individual put I'll always be a little pissed off at him for messing with one of my Frank Zappa records that I was listening to in Miki Zone's bedroom back in the day.
Thanks for the share Angelo.
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