Clifton was seen as the antithesis of one of Kaufman’s other characters, “Foreign Man”, whilst the latter was more subdued and confused, the character of Clifton was portrayed as obnoxious, annoying and downright rude. Kaufman would play Tony Clifton on stage as his opening act often, and many were clueless as to who the man was, thinking he was indeed an insufferably rude musician. David Devant & His Spirit Wife have continued to perform and make music over the years but in 1999 Georgeson was filmed setting fire to his pompadour wig and The Vessel was alas, no more.Īndy Kaufman was a lauded comedian in the 1970’s, mainly due to his many different alter-egos and individual approach to comedy, The most famous and interesting of which is Tony Clifton, a lounge singer whom Kaufman had apparently met whilst waiting to meet Elvis Presley.
He would also occasionally be sawn in half by roadies and on one occasion was fired from a cannon, appearing at the opposite end of the venue, clothes tattered, and face blackened from the explosion. He would often appear “flying” on a magic carpet or as a shadow projected on a screen. I am his vessel." The Vessel would appear in a black pompadour Elvis-like wig, pencil moustache, and sparkling and ’70s-inspired outfits. The Vessel expressed to Brighton’s Punter magazine: "It's quite simple really, as a magician Devant didn't really fulfil himself so he said 'I shall walk down the corridors of contemporary music', so he chose us. During the first part of the band’s career, Georgeson would perform as The Vessel, through which English stage magician David Devant would supposedly communicate. Musician and artist Mikey Georgeson is perhaps best known for his time in the late ’90s and early ’00s as the frontman of art rock band David Devant & His Spirit Wife. Spooner’s real identity was revealed by The Sun in 2003 but Cocker continued to perform as Spooner for a while afterwards, with Relaxed Muscle fizzling out shortly after their release of their only album in 2003.
Spooner’s relationship with Mary came under strain due to a spate of heavy drinking and a job “doing long-distance lorry driving”. In 2003 Darren claimed to be 44 years old, have a wife named Mary, and two sons (one of whom was also named Darren) who were both drug addicts. Spooner often appeared in a skeleton outfit with heavy and smudged dark makeup covering his face, which he claimed was to hide a disfigurement that happened as the result of chemical burns he acquired whilst cleaning a silo. Spooner expressed a deep love of karate, saying that it turned his life around, and was known to karate-chop balsa wood onstage and break sugar glass bottles over his own and others’ heads. Relaxed Muscle billed themselves as “the sound of young Doncaster” and played sleazy and thudding electro. Spooner claimed to have met Marsden whilst completing community service planting flowers for a burglary offence. Spark7 brings in another amazing remix giving 'Silhouette' a really deep and driving almost melodic techno take on the original really completing a fantastic release.Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker formed his alter ego Darren Spooner sometime in 2002 as one half of the band Relaxed Muscle, along with All Seeing I’s Jason Buckle going by the name Wayne Marsden (allegedly the name of a boy who bullied Cocker at school). A real dark and moody theme with haunting male vocal throughout/ seamless beats and bold driving undertones pave the way for a barrage of dazzling themes.Īn alternative mix also provides a much more powerful and beefed up club take on the original. 'Silhouette' is a wonderful story telling piece, with deep rich layers of powerful, haunting melodic might. We welcome back Jon Trout better known as Space Fish with his very dark and moody second release 'Silhouette' on Alter Ego Progressive bringing in release 388.
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