PANTHERMAN - '74 DUTCH GLAMROCK PUNK KILLER PS 7" HEAR
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WOW!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE HOLY GRAIL OF DUTCH GLAMROCK. CULT FIGURE PANTHERMAN FROM HOLLAND MADE THIS LOUD GLAMROCK MONSTER 7". HARD TO FIND NOWADAYS. SOME INFORMATION I FOUND ON THE NET ( WRIITEN BY "PANTHERMAN" HIMSELF)
The Pantherman idea and concept originated in 1974 after visiting a Roxy Music concert at the Doelen in Rotterdam with Leo Sayer in his clownesque outfit as supporting act.
Although most of the crowd wasn't really interested, I was rather touched by Leo's music and atmosphere and also enjoyed the extravaganza of the main act later that evening.
In my technically somewhat limited home studio, equipped with a Uher 2 track recorder and various instruments including a drum kit, I started to make demos (sound on sound) in this musical direction, also inspired by Todd Rundgren, who played almost all the instruments on his recordings and the brilliant music on the underrated first album of American glam phenomenon Jobriath. Being 24 years of age, somewhat naïve and having just a little experience in the music business, I felt no artistic boundaries or limitations whatsoever at that time and recorded 10 songs, including the titles Pantherman and You are my friend.
The general direction was meant to be really loud rock on strong rhythms in combination with surrealistic, cinematic and sexy experiences with a lot of tongue-in-cheek humour and sophistication. In short, raw power on a groove.
When I played these songs to former Jimmy Bellmartin manager Pieter de Wit, who just joined a new management company in Rotterdam, he introduced me there and a little later to upcoming producer Shell Schellekens.
That was the start of a unique project that lasted only two years and that now -after more than 30 years- seems to get the recognition it deserves.
When the record was released on Polydor in Holland, the first reactions were rather mixed: one part of the "serious" Dutch media incrowd found the record weird and somewhat offensive -the lyrics and vocals were too controversial for them-, another smaller part was excited and thrilled.
Three days after the release I was invited to do a -what was to become- unique TV performance on the progressive show 'Nederpopzien' and because my management insisted on a specially developed solo choreography by a professional ballet dancer instead of performing with a rock band, I appeared alone on a small stage in the studio and did my thing just accompanied by some palm trees that were later that year completely demolished by Iggy Pop in a legendary TV appearance.
As a result of all this, the single was also released in Belgium on Polydor and in Germany on Metronome Records and entered the bubbling under charts. France followed later.
Unfortunately the management company suddenly stopped their activities just after the release and I was on my own again.
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LISTEN HERE TO A SOUND-SAMPLE:
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