#7 Enuff Z Nuff Strength
What can be said about Donnie Vie and Chip "Z" Nuff, except that, they got screwed-they should be legends-the record industry killed the goose with the golden egg, and that goose was Enuff Z Nuff. As two of the most talented songwriters to come out of the 80's, Chip and Donnie crafted music in the Beatles-style of writing. Every song was different,creative, and interesting. Enuff Z Nuff got trapped in the glam look, when in actuality, nothing about them fit the genre. They were unfairly crucified by Beavis and Butthead and thrown in the trash-heap of the 80's, when in actuality, they should have been considered Alternative. Alternative in the sense of experimental songwriting and populist lyrics, not in the sloppy, noisy, grunge movement.
A live version of their underground hit "baby loves you" from Strength..
And a promotional video for Strenght, entitled "Mothers Eyes"
2 comments:
Going back to your original question about why these bands didn't make it big - I think Enuff Z Nuff suffered from a few different problems. Image wise, they looked like Poison on their first album, but they certainly didn't sound like them, so people didn't know what to make of them.
Vocally, and I'm an EZN fan, he's not a great singer. I was watching the "Baby Loves You" clip from Letterman and I couldn't understand a word he was singing.
If you think about it, he sounds like Elvis Costello. The underground loves him but he was never a huge commercial success.
And didn't the original guitar player pass away recently?
Yes, Derick Frigo died of Leukemia about 2 years ago- Elvis Costello is a great comparison...the only thing I would disagree with is the fact that people like Alice in Chains, Nirvana, and just about everyone in the grunge movement that hurt these guys was hard to understand vocally- The quality of of writing by this band though was unmatched..the look killed them
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