- Polyrock
Polyrock was an American
post-punk /new wave band formed inNew York City in1978 and active until the mid-1980s. Strongly influenced by minimalism, the group was produced by the composerPhilip Glass andKurt Munkacsi . The band, led by singer/guitarist Billy Robertson (formerly of the groupModel Citizen ), had a keyboard-heavy, pattern-based sound strongly reminiscent of Glass's work; in fact, Glass performed on their first two albums.Polyrock's lineup also included vocalist Catherine Oblasney, guitarist Tommy Robertson, drummer Joseph Yannece, and keyboard player Lenny Aaron. The group signed with
RCA by1980 , and delivered their debut album that same year. Another album followed in1981 ("Changing Hearts"), but Polyrock disbanded in1982 . The band are sometimes said to have released another album in 1981 ("Electro-Romantic"), but, apparently, no such album existscite web | last =| first =| title = forums| publisher =TrouserPress.com | url = http://www.trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?f=1&i=5986&t=5980 | accessdate = 2007-01-07]They were often compared by critics to
Talking Heads , another band of the same era, though they never approached that band's fame.Albums
*1980 "Polyrock"
*1980 "RCA Special Radio Series Vol. III" (LP of Radio recordings)
*1981 "Changing Hearts"
*1982 "Above the Fruited Plain EP"
*1986 "No Love Lost" (Cassette compilation of various unreleased tracks)Singles
*1980 "Romantic Me / Your Dragging Feet" #69 [Club Play Singles]
*1982 "Working On My Love / Call of the Wild"Links
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:u69fs35ba3vg Allmusic.com]
* [http://www.connollyco.com/discography/polyrock/polyrock.html Band overview]References
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