[kj] Chameleons Home is Where The Heart Is

[Nick Scott]

No, that is the other laughable thing about all the shit that comes from
Burgess....

They have had a 'farewell'  of 'day to day' touring of Chameleons Vox, but still
will be doing gigs.  Also last year they had the gall to state on posters that
they would be playing "What Does Anything Mean Basically" in its entirety....all
bollocks because they decided not to bother doing such on their date.......that
was the last time I have seen them, and it was never The Chameleons and without
John has less of an impact.

> On 29 January 2016 at 20:36 Carlos Fandango <stronkle at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>     Haven't chameleon box packed it in also? I think they recently did a
> "final" tour. Was watching some old episode of Luther the other week and was
> surprised & pleased to see they used chameleons tune for end titles.
> 
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>     From: Nick Scott <mailto:npscott at blueyonder.co.uk>
>     Sent: ‎1/‎29/‎2016 3:17 PM
>     To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
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>     Subject: Re: [kj] Chameleons Home is Where The Heart Is
> 
> 
>     One of my favourite bands and were very intense live.  Chameleons Vox
> playing the stuff live has all gone sour though and Mark Burgess is a self
> indulgent twat, but definitely check out their albums...to me they had the
> intensity of KJ and are like a bastard child mix up of The Cure/Killing
> Joke/Echo And The Bunnymen.
> 
>     Criminally overlooked, the record label they originally signed to made
> them ineligible if I remember right for the indie charts and besides some help
> by John Peel sessions were stuck in no mans land.  The death of their manager
> when they were finally signed to Geffen and beginning to get some successes
> was the last straw.
> 
>     Despite reforming in 2000 and a final album coming in 2001, they split
> again in 2002 and in 2009 saw the birth of Chameleons Vox between Mark Burgess
> (vocalist) and John Lever (drummer) which then turned sour about 18 months ago
> with Lever stating they conspired to 'oust' him out and Burgess calling it
> lies.  Splitting fans, myself on the side of John after reading about
> Burgess's questionable personality and antics.  Chameleons Vox whilst still
> worth checking out are themselves a shadow of their former self.  Former Wonky
> Alice guitarist and well known producer in the Manchester area Yves Altana who
> has played with Mark in various outside Chameleons projects has put his hands
> to the drums, and whilst competent enough is no match for Lever's drumming.
> 
>     Check out particularly the first three Chameleons albums, Script Of The
> Bridge, What Does Anything Mean Basically, Strange Times...all brilliant.
> 
>         > > On 29 January 2016 at 19:43 "adrianwason at btinternet.com"
>         > > <adrianwason at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > 
> >         I've just been played this never having heard the Chameleons
> > before-sounds like something off BTATS-very
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