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| | NWOBHM - Vardis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Zodiac accepts that HM is 'just entertainment', that it has none of New Wave's pretensions and ambitions, and that the genre's lyrics are basically- confined to 'women, horses, bikes, the road' and suchlike, but believes that cliches can be transcended. |
 | | Apart from being a genuine emergent virtuoso axeman, Zodiac's well in contention for Young Businessman Of The Year, Prior to Vardis' signing to Jane Revell's management company, it was Zodiac's heavy duty trunk-calling which got his band their gigs, and earned them their reputation as one of the best gigging bands in the north. |
 | | Preserved in a lonely plait during the day, Zodiac's hair is, along with his barefoot gimmick (Identifying with the Sandie Shaw Syndrome, he 'can't concentrate in shoes'), Vardis' most distinctive trademark, and sets off the glorious, over-the- top posturing of the two-man front line as they 'headbang, freak out, and stalk around like headcases'. |
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