From bsantos@rwth-aachen.de Thu Sep 26 22:12:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!bsantos From: bsantos@rwth-aachen.de (Bill Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Sep26.221254.4969@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 22:12:54 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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? -- Bill Santos "Row 14. No joke." Decstation 5000/200 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From pbrennan@inria.fr Sat Sep 28 12:53:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!inria!pbrennan From: pbrennan@inria.fr (Pavel Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Sep28.125354.9912@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 12:53:54 GMT References: <1996Sep26.221254.4969@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep26.221254.4969@rwth-aachen.de>, bsantos@rwth-aachen.de (Bill Santos) writes: > 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. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Pavel Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.