Talk:AMM (band)

Rowe's departure
I've tried to bring this up to date by noting Rowe's departure from the group. (You could get into the blow-by-blow history--the release of Duos for Doris (a duo with Tilbury), Prevost's hostility to the eai movement and to Rowe's participation in it in his book Minute Particulars, the release of a Prevost/Tilbury duo on Matchless.... but probably this needn't be elaborated here.

Two points:

1) I don't think it appropriate that there's a lengthy (promotional?) bit on the AMM/MEV album, when it's hardly their best or most representative work.

2) Shouldn't there be an accent on the "e" in "Prevost" consistently throughout? ND 05:27, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I went back & fixed the accent thingy. ND 06:49, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * I added a bit on the Prévost book, which seems like an important catalyst for Rowe's departure. --Richardrj talkemail 15:23, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

The AMM?
I've just spent a few weekends transcribing a 1991 tape interview with Keith Rowe, in which he uniformly refers to the group as "The AMM." (I.e. he always uses the definite article.) If anyone can point to something that would suggest that this isn't just his personal idosyncracy, I'd be tempted to update the article to reflect his usage. Tom Duff 00:43, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Interesting, but I've never heard of that usage being employed elsewhere. Sounds a bit like the way Pink Floyd were referred to as 'The Pink Floyd' in their early days.  Suggest we leave it without the 'The'. --Richardrj talkemail 15:23, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Apogee
Re: Rowe's not OKing the release of Apogee see this thread:

http://www.jazzcornertalk.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?t=10866

--posts 28 & 57 (by Jon Abbey, from correspondence with Rowe). ND 13:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

What it stands for
I deleted this sentence: "There is an unconfirmed story that one of the group's members told John Stevens, in a confidence that Stevens failed to keep, that the letters stood for Art, Music, Madness." Interesting if true, but there's no cite, & it's so dubiously sourced that I can't see it belonging here. If someone can find an interview with Stevens or the like with the tale, then that's OK. ND 01:12, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

List of members
I've tried to start a list of members with their dates of being in the group - fully aware that this is a minefield, what with all the comings and goings. But I think it would be a useful addition to the page. The names and dates I've put are taken from the article and/or the history here, and may well be incorrect or incomplete (I'm not sure if Hobbs was ever a member, for example). The sleevenotes on the CDs are pretty good at saying who played on what, but I don't have access to my copies of them. Any additions or corrections gratefully received. --Richardrj talkemail 15:11, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

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