how come clan of xymox doesn't know red flag at all?

**alejo** · October 30th, 2003, 03:50 AM

i went to the xymox show in buenos aires last week.
i had the chance to talk to ronny and mojca for a while and i asked them about red flag. i took for granted that they knew them, but i was absolutely wrong.
she said 'i know black flag'. and ronny just said 'mmm....no'-

i walked the buenos aires streets to see if i was so lucky to find some red flag cds. there were lots of cds stores with great stuff, i purchased some de/vision albums and i saw a lot of bands
-apoptygma berzerk, mesh, iris- but i couldn't really find red flag albums. i only saw the special edition of naive art, crazily expensive at a cd store.

days and days after i found that one, fear of a red planet and the crypt , not waht i'd call cheap but i have to give up eating and buy them......no......

it's great to have the original cds, i found out that the version of so lie with me that i had was different. i assumed that it had to do with the fact that there is this fear series....

hello sandy. great to know you're reading us. i'd like to make you lots of questions.....

good to be here again. i missed you....

**labrat** · October 30th, 2003, 05:16 AM

Well, Alejo, part of it is that RF did everything on their own after the Naive Art and Machines releases, which was both good and bad. It was good that they could do whatever they wanted musically and didn't have to share profits with a big recording label, but it also meant they were stuck being an underground phenomenon, because they didn't have anyone to advertise for them or provide large scale distribution of their CDs. Another thing is that people either passionately love or hate RF. There doesn't seem to be much of a middle ground. Also compounding your difficulty in finding RF's CDs is that Plan B Records is now out of business, so all the CDs are out of print.

**NightHalo** · October 30th, 2003, 05:21 AM

Labrat really summed it up. Red Flag just didn't have the money to advertise nor did they have a lot of airplay (except by the cool stations like the one Dekadance does). It has been rare that I find anyone who even knows of Red Flag except here. They were and are a wonderful and very unqiue phenomenon.

**ericrypt** · October 30th, 2003, 06:33 AM

Damn, don't get me started on even TRYING to compare the two!
They BOTH kick booty, nuff' said....

**alejo** · October 31st, 2003, 02:02 AM

kathy and alicya, i know what you mean but i thought they knew them anyway.
i gave my copy of the crypt to a bad and misterious goth boy fanatic of suede.
i told him to spread them....

rising high on the wings of love up above,
we are eagles so in love
they say eagles, fall in love...

high above the clouds

**NicoGlam** · October 31st, 2003, 02:14 AM

I WENT TO CLAN OF XYMOX SHOW IN SANTIAGO, CHILE. AND I LIKED IT A LOT. IT WAS REALLY GREAT. SOME 1.200 PEOPLE WENT TO SEE THEM, BUT I SAW NOT MUCH OF US REALLY LIKED THE BAND. BUT IT WAS GOOD, ANYWAY.

ON THE NEXT DAY, RONNY MOORING WAS PLAYING -AS DJ- SOME SONGS , OF BANS LIKE 'AND ONE', 'DIE FORM' AND OTHER ONES WHO I DIDN�T KNEW, BUT IT WAS REALLY COOL. MOJCA & THE OTHER GIRL WAS DANCING NEXT TO ME, AND THEY DIDN�T WANT THAT SOME PEOPLE COULD TAKE THEM SOME PHOTOS, BUT THEY'RE VERY NICE ANYWAY.

I'LL SEARCH SOME PHOTOS, AND I'LL ADD IT HERE.

BYE!

a link to photos & videos in chile: (left side)

http://www.blondie.cl/home.htm