When David Essex released Rock On in the summer of 1973, it was one of the eeriest and strangest things to ever bust forth from an AM radio. Thanks to loads of echo and reverb (especially on Herbie Flowers’ double-tracked bass parts), nothing else sounded like it. (Flowers also played the bassline for Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side for which he was paid £12. Because his parts were doubled on Rock On, he got £24).
Fast-forward to 1986 and a Goth-y Toronto band called Bambi released a cover on their own indie label. Although it became a hit with the listeners of CFNY and got some MuchMusic play, Bambi never advanced much beyond that one single and broke up. Singer Betty Moon (who also used the name Bambi) went on to her own solo career.
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