Forget the premiere of the next season of “The Hills” . . . the real drama is happening in C-U.
A story has been making the rounds that Jay Bennett has reconnected with ‘the original cast’ of Titanic Love Affair and is planning an album of unreleased material in 2008.
Unfortunately, it turns out that it’s “news” to at least half the band's original members. In addition, posted on Bennett’s MySpace page is
“Hanging On” - a track originally titled “Pain Inside” - written by TLA vocalist Ken Hartz in 1996 for his short-lived group Mutual High Life (with the underrated Rob Arrol on bass and Alex Moore on drums). Bennett contributed lead work and backing vocals. When reached for comment,
Arrol, the only one remotely affiliated with the story who was willing to speak on record and who is enough of a media whore to not decline the request, said, “I’m just happy to be remembered as an ‘original’ cast member, even if I didn’t meet Ken until 1994 – shortly before the final TLA release came out.”
Combo Audio's John Kellogg has compiled all of the bands live and studio recordings and is offering them for sale in an 84-track CD set or individually as downloadable MP3 albums. Orders are being taken through the band's website (which is loaded with great photos and both versions of the Romanticide video).
Forget the premiere of the next season of “The Hills” . . . the real drama is happening in C-U. A story has been making the rounds that Jay Bennett has reconnected with ‘the original cast’ of Titanic Love Affair and is planning an album of unreleased material in 2008.
"I still think (Don) and I peaked when we had the first Bowery Boys demo freshly released and we were hearing from Westerberg at the Pleased to Meet Me release party (Ginger Man) that Mould had just played him the demo. Then (Don) told Westerberg that we were opening for them soon in Madison and he said "we'll blow you off the stage ...".
