Charles Dickens will be turning in his grave…
ARTFUL DODGER #1
We start our dodging with a Virginia-based power pop band, formed in 1973, though they kept going
until the early 80s despite much success. I’m wondering if their discogs entry
might have been written by a bitter ex-band band member… “Artful Dodger's
studio releases received high critical praise, but the band was unable to
penetrate the charts due to factors including lack of record company support as
the emergence of punk rock and new wave garnered increased attention and
marketing dollars.”
Damn those record companies!
THE ARTFUL DODGERS #2
UK band, dodging and weaving in 1978. “Members Lindsay
Honey, Paul Jackson and John Jay later turned up in The Ian Mitchell Band.” See
next week’s Namesakes. (Only joking!)
The
Artful Dodgers – Here We Go
ARTFUL DODGER #3
If you’re one of those people who shudders at the sound of
Tubular Bells… imagine the dance remix. Hey, you don’t have to imagine it –
1996 is knocking and it wants its dance remixes back. The Ogs tells me that
this particular AD was an alias for Michael Hazell, aka The Pied Piper. But the
tube of you suggests Paul “Oakey” Oakenfold might have had a hand in it too.
ARTFUL DODGER #4
Baltimore indie-ska band from 1996.
The
Artful Dodgers – Home All Alone
ARTFUL DODGER #5
UK Garage act from South Hampton, notable for getting up to
mischief with Craig David and also giving comedian Leigh Francis a career. Mark
Hill and Pete Devereux were the Artful Dodger, but when they fell out in 2001,
their record company bought the name and got another two blokes to step in.
When Hill and Devereux made up 16 years later, they had to call themselves
Original Dodger instead.
Artful Dodger feat. Craig David - Re-Rewind (The Crowd SayBo Selecta)
THE ARTFULL DODGERS #6
What at difference an extra L makes. Midwestern rap attack from da turna da century.
The
Artfull Dodgers - Still Writing Rhymes
Not the most inspired week of Namesakes, but at least there were only six of them.
