Recky
Senior Member
DRAGON - NZ's greatest export (more detailed)
I was just listening to the Marc Hunter tribute gig c.d's and it got me too thinking about how great Dragon actually was...If I said the following ...."Get That Jive", "Sunshine", "Are You Old Enough?" "I'm Still In Love With You" and "April Sun in Cuba", there are almost no aussie's of my vintage who dunno who I'm talking about, of course, i'm talking, about the mighty, Dragon, what a band, seriously, they deserved more than they achieved, that's for sure, although what they achieved aint a kick in the nuts by any stretch of the imagination......
On stage, they were brilliant, out of control, with their darker side at the forefront, sometimes all on the same night.!!...you never knew which Dragon you were gonna get, but you knew it was going to be shit hot...many's the night I was at the Maroubra Seals, the Bondi Lifesaver or Bexley North Hotel, when Marc wowed, rocked and occasionally got into a stink with the crowd...yeh, he was different alright.....With varying lineups and between 30 and 40 members coming and going, Dragon continued to record and tour occasionally into the 1990s, cutting two more albums, Bondi Road in 1989, which included the bittersweet single "Young Years" and Incarnations in 1995, which featured re-worked versions of their classic hits. Todd eventually left to concentrate on songwriting and soundtrack work, while Marc released two more albums of ‘adult contemporary’ material, Night and Day and Talk To Strangers....
I had the great, good pleasure to see the band play at Tweed Heads in 1996, although I cant recall if Marc had announced publicly the state of his health, you see, Marc, had gone to the doctor for a check-up and was diagnosed with malignant throat cancer....
Marc Hunter, by any stretch of the imagination, was the focal point of the live show, and he possessed a striking presence on the boards that kept your eyes locked firmly on him –- his androgynous looks and imposing height were matched by an absolute lack of fear in front of audiences, hostile or otherwise.
reck'n'roll: DRAGON - Dreams of ordinary Kiwi's
I was just listening to the Marc Hunter tribute gig c.d's and it got me too thinking about how great Dragon actually was...If I said the following ...."Get That Jive", "Sunshine", "Are You Old Enough?" "I'm Still In Love With You" and "April Sun in Cuba", there are almost no aussie's of my vintage who dunno who I'm talking about, of course, i'm talking, about the mighty, Dragon, what a band, seriously, they deserved more than they achieved, that's for sure, although what they achieved aint a kick in the nuts by any stretch of the imagination......
On stage, they were brilliant, out of control, with their darker side at the forefront, sometimes all on the same night.!!...you never knew which Dragon you were gonna get, but you knew it was going to be shit hot...many's the night I was at the Maroubra Seals, the Bondi Lifesaver or Bexley North Hotel, when Marc wowed, rocked and occasionally got into a stink with the crowd...yeh, he was different alright.....With varying lineups and between 30 and 40 members coming and going, Dragon continued to record and tour occasionally into the 1990s, cutting two more albums, Bondi Road in 1989, which included the bittersweet single "Young Years" and Incarnations in 1995, which featured re-worked versions of their classic hits. Todd eventually left to concentrate on songwriting and soundtrack work, while Marc released two more albums of ‘adult contemporary’ material, Night and Day and Talk To Strangers....
I had the great, good pleasure to see the band play at Tweed Heads in 1996, although I cant recall if Marc had announced publicly the state of his health, you see, Marc, had gone to the doctor for a check-up and was diagnosed with malignant throat cancer....
Marc Hunter, by any stretch of the imagination, was the focal point of the live show, and he possessed a striking presence on the boards that kept your eyes locked firmly on him –- his androgynous looks and imposing height were matched by an absolute lack of fear in front of audiences, hostile or otherwise.
reck'n'roll: DRAGON - Dreams of ordinary Kiwi's
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