From hbrennan@kiae.su Sat Apr 08 12:29:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!hbrennan From: hbrennan@kiae.su (Heather Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Apr08.122939.3191@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 08 Apr 1995 12:29:39 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Heather Brennan "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / TOS 4.04 From vjohansson@utexas.edu Mon Apr 10 01:52:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!vjohansson From: vjohansson@utexas.edu (Valeria Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Apr10.015239.7085@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 01:52:39 GMT References: <1995Apr08.122939.3191@kiae.su> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr08.122939.3191@kiae.su>, hbrennan@kiae.su (Heather Brennan) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- === Valeria Johansson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"