Look hard and you’ll see pre-Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor in this live video shot at the Phantasy in October 1984. The band is Slam Bamboo, and the music is straight outta Spandau Ballet. Reznor is on keyboards — go to about 4:20 in the video for a closeup. Sweet dance moves from the singer too. —Michael Gallucci
This article appears in May 25-31, 2011.
Interesting that you mention Spandau Ballet, Michael, I remember you saying back in the early 1990s that Spandau Ballet was nothing less that the second coming of U2, with the caveat that their lead singer had better hair. But then again, you had front-row seats to Flock of Seagulls at Blossom, and could be heard screaming at the top of your lungs, “And I ran, I ran so far away.” Yeah, speaking of bad hair. Those guys made Mojo Nixon look like Pete Doherty after he fled rehab for the 14th time and was pummeled senseless by the cops in Dublin. But keep up the good work.