"Helen Fordsdale" (often misspelled as "Forsdale") is one of the four Mars songs appeared on the influential "No New York" compilation, produced by Brian Eno. "Helen Fordsdale was written after Sumner had spent a week upstate in the Catskills and was blown away by the insect sounds and wanted to recreate those sounds. So we started playing the guitars beyond the fret board - I used a slide, I believe he did too. We were satisfied with insect guitars and then Mark created that bass line that made it a song". - China Burg According to Dan Ruccia… read more
"Helen Fordsdale" (often misspelled as "Forsdale") is one of the four Mars songs appeared on the influential "No New York&qu… read more
"Helen Fordsdale" (often misspelled as "Forsdale") is one of the four Mars songs appeared on the influential "No New York" compilation, produced by Brian En… read more
Mars are one of the pioneers of the No Wave Movement. They formed in 1975, originally called China, with Sumner Crane, Constance 'China' Burg & Nancy Arlen. The band appeared on the New York noise radar in 1977 and became one of the regular acts at CBGB where they played with leading No Wave bands on the scene. Mars is best known as the band on Brian Eno's "No New York" compilation that had no intensive musical background but presented songs that made a staggering impact on the devolution of punk into primordial noise. Before the band dissolved in 1978,… read more
Mars are one of the pioneers of the No Wave Movement. They formed in 1975, originally called China, with Sumner Crane, Constance 'China' Burg & Nancy Arlen. The band appeared … read more
Mars are one of the pioneers of the No Wave Movement. They formed in 1975, originally called China, with Sumner Crane, Constance 'China' Burg & Nancy Arlen. The band appeared on the New York noise radar in 1977 and became… read more