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 ====== Metropolis ====== ====== Metropolis ======
  
-Industrial Prog Rock+Industrial Prog Rock\\ 
 +Tring, England, United Kingdom
  
 "Metropolis was a solo recording project created by Ben Hardwidge in 1996. The project was all recorded on a Fostex Model 80 reel-to-reel 8-track tape recorder that belonged to a friend of his parents, which he hired for £10 a day. Ben played all of the instruments on the album, including keyboards (none of which were programmed), bass and guitars, and he also programmed the drum machine, a Roland TR-505, which had really shit sounds and couldn't keep time. "Metropolis was a solo recording project created by Ben Hardwidge in 1996. The project was all recorded on a Fostex Model 80 reel-to-reel 8-track tape recorder that belonged to a friend of his parents, which he hired for £10 a day. Ben played all of the instruments on the album, including keyboards (none of which were programmed), bass and guitars, and he also programmed the drum machine, a Roland TR-505, which had really shit sounds and couldn't keep time.
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 In 1998, Ben decided to take the project a step further by performing as a live act and a Metropolis band was formed. This originally comprised Adam Maslowski on bass and Rachel Enticknap on vocals, and Rachel was later replaced by Batalion D'Amour vocalist, Ania Zachar and then K-Nitrate guitarist Joanna Theobald. Metropolis did a couple of gigs at The Victoria Inn in Derby and then moved down to London and played all the usual rock and goth venues, including The Camden Underworld, The Devonshire Arms, The Red Eye, The Dublin Castle, Gossips, and The Hope & Anchor. During this time, the band gigged with Needleye, Interlock, Jesus Fix, The Faces of Sarah, K-Nitrate, and Angelwhore among others. In 1998, Ben decided to take the project a step further by performing as a live act and a Metropolis band was formed. This originally comprised Adam Maslowski on bass and Rachel Enticknap on vocals, and Rachel was later replaced by Batalion D'Amour vocalist, Ania Zachar and then K-Nitrate guitarist Joanna Theobald. Metropolis did a couple of gigs at The Victoria Inn in Derby and then moved down to London and played all the usual rock and goth venues, including The Camden Underworld, The Devonshire Arms, The Red Eye, The Dublin Castle, Gossips, and The Hope & Anchor. During this time, the band gigged with Needleye, Interlock, Jesus Fix, The Faces of Sarah, K-Nitrate, and Angelwhore among others.
  
-In 1999, the band recorded a cassette EP called //Only Yours//, which featured the tracks "Understand Me," "Only Yours," and a cover of "My Favourite Game" by The Cardigans. Rachel Enticknap wrote the lyrics on the first two tracks, while Ben wrote the music. Metropolis was finally disbanded by Ben in 2001 when he realised that most people find industrial prog rock about as interesting as a Jim Davidson video marathon.+In 1999, the band recorded a cassette EP called //Only Yours//, which featured the tracks "Understand Me," "Only Yours," and a cover of "My Favourite Game" by The Cardigans. Rachel Enticknap wrote the lyrics on the first two tracks, while Ben wrote the music. Metropolis was finally disbanded by Ben in 2001 when he realised that most people find industrial prog rock about as interesting as a Jim Davidson video marathon."
  
 (from [[http://www.last.fm/music/Metropolis+(Ben+Hardwidge)/+wiki]])  (from [[http://www.last.fm/music/Metropolis+(Ben+Hardwidge)/+wiki]]) 
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 ===== Discography ===== ===== Discography =====
  
-| 1994 | Ben Hardwidge| The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb | +| 1994 | Ben Hardwidge| [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/09/13/ben-hardwidge-the-rhyme-of-the-flying-bomb/|The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb]] | Bloated Rhino Records | 
-| 1996 | Metropolis | Metropolis |+| 1996 | Metropolis | Metropolis | Bloated Rhino Records |
 | 1999 | Metropolis | Only Yours | | 1999 | Metropolis | Only Yours |
  
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 ==== The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb ==== ==== The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb ====
  
-1994 Independent+1994 Bloated Rhino Records (BR003) 
 + 
 +All music written, arranged, played, produced, engineered, mixed, and raked by Ben Hardwidge\\ 
 +Words by Mervyn Peake 
 + 
 +Tom Carding - Narrative voice-over\\ 
 +Jill Kettle - Child on part 2\\ 
 +Ian Arkley - Sailor 
 + 
 +  - Rhyme of the Flying Bomb part 1 (15:04) 
 +  - Rhyme of the Flying Bomb part 2 (18:15)
  
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 ==== Metropolis ==== ==== Metropolis ====
  
-1996 Independent+1996 Bloated Rhino Records (BRCD004)
  
 Ben Hardwidge - keyboards, bass, guitars, and drum machine\\ Ben Hardwidge - keyboards, bass, guitars, and drum machine\\
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 Roger Light - vocals\\ Roger Light - vocals\\
 Rebekah Armstrong - vocals\\ Rebekah Armstrong - vocals\\
-Paul 'Moo' Bird - vocals+Paul David Bird - vocals
  
 Lyrics and music by Ben Hardwidge Lyrics and music by Ben Hardwidge
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