(Kayos) In the early '90s, Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses were the Kingpins of a burgeoning scene in Manchester, England. On October 21, Eagle Vision will release on DVD Call The Cops by Happy Mondays, filmed in 1990 during the band's stateside debut tour, in support of its Pills'n'Thrills And Bellyaches album.
Call The Cops combines brilliant full performance footage from The Sound Factory in New York City with rare behind-the-scenes material, giving the viewer an understanding of the band like never before. Actor/comedian Keith Allen and Factory Records founder Tony Wilson (1950-2007) appear in cameos.
Numerous pundits have tried to encapsulate The Manchester Sound into an easy amalgam of post-punk rock'n'roll and house-music electronica. Although essentially that is, indeed, correct, live, though, it was so much more. The harmonies harkened back to an earlier Brit era and the propulsive drumming kept the beat alive to provide a non-stop dance mechanism. To that end, Shaun Ryder, Bez Berry, Gary Whelan and Kav Sandhu kept the beat alive, and on the 55-minute Call The Cops, New Yorkers are obviously impressed first-hand with the next wave of British rock innovation.
Track Listing
1) Step On
2) Clap Your Hands
3) Kinky Afro
4) Lazyitis
5) Rave On
6) Do It Better
7) Performance
8) Gods Cop
9) Hallelujah
10) Wrote For Luck
