最後一批宣傳照
JJ72 PRESS RELEASE
After 11 years and two critically acclaimed albums which have sold in excess of 650k worldwide spawning a series of UK and Ireland chart hit singles including Snow, October Swimmer & Oxygen JJ72 have announced they are to split up with immediate effect due to record company issues. Mark Greaney is currently in the studio working on a new project with more details to be announced shortly.
Statement from JJ72
Reader, we are to let thee know,
JJ72's body only lies below;
For could the grave JJ's soul comprise,
Earth would be richer than the skies.
JJ72 was born during an Easter many seasons ago; today it dies on the cusp of midsummer eleven years later.
Mark Greaney, Fergal Matthews & Sarah Fox wish to express their deepest and darkest gratitude to all of those with impeccable taste who helped and supported the band.
"We remember everything, from mechanical birds in Japan to angels in arid Arizona, from broken bones and Berlin birthdays to predatory Portsmouth spiders. For those who disliked and perhaps despised (gasp) JJ72, thank you - how did beautiful photographs exist without a negative?!
We crafted two monuments of magnificence for the future aural pleasure and pain of all would be JJ believers and doubters....and for those who care not for the passing of the petulant yet powerful pup....shame on you! Thank you to Hilary Woods for being a dazzling damsel and thank you to all who played music in/with the band. You know who you are."
JJ72 decided it was the end as it did not want to undermine its achievements by continuing a ridiculous argument with a label that would not be able to support the release and touring of the third JJ opus - a label who lost funding from Sony/BMG some time ago.
http://www.myspace.com/jj72
上個星期在slsk遇到好久不見的suede fan s，不知為何，當時看到他的資料夾裡JJ72的現場就抓了下來。其實已經有好一陣子沒聽這個來自愛爾蘭的樂隊，當時也和s聊了聊他們的近況，上次印象已經是去年的新歌heat，但是在廣播節目的新歌session表演之後他們就突然沒消息了，s說他們和唱片公司合約有問題，新作是發不出來了，只能看能不能找到新廠牌來發行，“他們也差不多要掛了”呃‧‧‧而今天myspace裡JJ72突然發了個通知，要大家來主網頁看重要消息，結果，就是上面的公告。
簡單來說就是Lakota在沒有主公司Sony/BMG金援的情況下，無法配合JJ72要求的發片巡迴計畫，兩方就鬧翻了，唉。JJ72的音樂是自己在沉迷於suede時間接接觸到的團體，Mark高亢中帶著股耽溺爆裂的嗓音對我來說像是有著suede早期音樂裡那種不在乎著旁人目光的自傲，當然Mark歌聲不若Brett的陰柔，但是他超廣的音域在現場表演時的自信青春是讓人著迷的，而那樣的年少氣焰似乎總無法在這個生死存活激烈的市場得到喘息的空間，曾經在第一張同名專輯時一鳴驚人的JJ72還是在這個現實的音樂販賣市場裡敗下陣來。
在他們最後的宣言裡他們說著"We crafted two monuments of magnificence for the future aural pleasure and pain of all would be JJ believers and doubters....and for those who care not for the passing of the petulant yet powerful pup....shame on you!" 想著mansun的Paul Draper在最後未發專輯的導讀介紹裡提到他們不受媒體們青睞時的那股反抗防衛，那些個失去了音樂媒體吹捧目光和宣傳曝光的樂團們也許都還努力創作著音樂，但是沒有了這些權力掌握者的推動，沒有了發片支持，樂團也失去了維持下去的經濟來源，而為了不讓無謂的拖延與爭吵所影響，JJ72選擇在光芒逐漸衰微之前劃下句點。當然這些音樂主腦創作者還是會寫著歌，只是在樂迷的記憶裡，一個好的樂隊的離開總是讓人唏噓不已，尤其是因為這樣的原因‧‧‧
聽著JJ72的Oxygen、October Swimmer、Snow，不知道Mark Greaney接下來的音樂計畫將會如何進展，只能祝福也希望他的發展一切順利。 Good Luck.
嗚嗚.... :~~
