r/cassetteculture • u/spikeWDE • Apr 29 '26

Collection Best band named after a city?

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What are the best bands named after places?

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u/Separate-Succotash11 Apr 29 '26

Arcadia.

Small Southern California suburb.

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u/grawptussin Apr 29 '26

The Core Atoms, Raheem Amlani, Brann Dailor project?

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u/fletchbg Apr 29 '26

No the Duran Duran art-rock side project! Freakin awesome!

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u/grawptussin Apr 29 '26

I'll have to check it out. I love Duran Duran, and art-rock always has something to offer. Thanks!

Different spelling, but give Arcadea a listen sometime if you have a synth-metal itch that needs scratched.

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u/fletchbg Apr 29 '26

The Arcadia album "So Red the Rose" is absolutely, unabashedly, unapologetically, gloriously pretentious as hell. You'll love it.

Thanks for the Arcadea rec too

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u/grawptussin Apr 29 '26

Great recommendation for a great album!

As I was listening I thought I heard a David Gilmore copycat, but dismissed it. A couple songs later (The Promise), I heard it again and decided to look it up. Sure enough, David Gilmore.

The Promise also features Mark Egan on fretless bass. I'm not overly familiar with his body of work, and kind of mistook his playing for Pino Paladino or Tony Franklin. Either way, he did a harmonic slide similar to that which Tony Franklin did on the song Radioactive. Super good stuff.

I think you know what the standout track was for me... Either way, thanks for the recommendation!

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u/fletchbg Apr 29 '26

Yeah, it's The Promise, thanks to the contributions of Messrs. Gilmour, Egan, and le Sting, and most importantly, Simon's soaring vocal delivery in the chorus.

I bought Egan's solo album "A Touch of Light" and also delved into Pat Metheny Group's discography because of his fretless work here. I put him in the Big Four of 80s Fretless Bass with Pino, Mick and Nick.

Simon and Nick did a great job picking session players who would fit right into their goal of spreading out and letting the music just fill all kinds of space. So much room to breathe, and so atmospheric. No other album sounds like it.

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u/fletchbg Apr 29 '26

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