April 27, 2024

S7E346 - Ultravox 'Vienna' with Oscar Herrera

S7E346 - Ultravox 'Vienna' with Oscar Herrera

When British band Ultravox released their fourth studio album 'Vienna' in 1980, the addition of new lead singer Midge Ure marked a total change in direction from experimental post-rock to lushly orchestrated synth-pop. This week's guest,...

When British band Ultravox released their fourth studio album 'Vienna' in 1980, the addition of new lead singer Midge Ure marked a total change in direction from experimental post-rock to lushly orchestrated synth-pop. This week's guest, singer/songwriter Oscar Herrera (The Sleep of Reason, Black Tape For A Blue Girl), joins us as we explore this icely beautiful record that manages to be both cold-blooded and fierce at the same time.
"This means nothing to me..."

Songs discussed in this episode: Vienna - London Symphony Orchestra; The Sleep Of Reason - The Sleep Of Reason; Io, Father Whiskey - Oscar Herrera; Saturday Night In The City Of The Dead - Ultravox!; Forever and Ever - Silk; Fade To Grey - Visage; Get Out Of Here - Thin Lizzy; Sleepwalk, Passing Strangers, New Europeans, Private Lives, Astradyne, My Sex, Mr X, Western Promise, Vienna, All Stood Still - Ultravox; Final Sound (Chamber Version) - Oscar Herrera

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Oscar Herrera

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Born in Havana, Cuba, raised in Miami.

Husband, father of two, grandfather of one girl and soon to be grandfather of three girls.

Former lead singer with The Sleep of Reason, Halo, El Duende and Black Tape for a Blue Girl.

Current owner of Spin Alley Vintage Radios and Phonographs.