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"Breadfan" is a song by Welsh Blues Rock heavy metal power trio Budgie, appearing on their 1973 album Never Turn Your Back on a Friend. [2] The title of the song refers to a person's relationship to money, with "bread" being a slang term for money. The lyrics further highlight the moral dilemmas on what to do with money; keep it, give it away ...
Budgie are best known as a hard rock [2] and heavy metal [1] [2] [22] band who incorporated elements of progressive rock [22] and humour into their musical style. [22] With 1975's Bandolier, they began to also incorporate funk. [22] Budgie's music was described in the All-Music Guide as a cross between Rush and Black Sabbath. [2]
The drum sessions were recorded in Japan less than 24 hours after the Banshees had completed their Seven Year Itch reunion tour. Budgie first worked with the Japanese taiko drummer Leonard Eto (previously of the Kodo Drummers): their spontaneous drum duet formed the basis of the album. The rest of the sessions were done in France over a period ...
The third single, "We Got to Move" featuring Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse, was released on 18 October, with a music video directed by Daniel Rashid and featuring Fred Armisen. [8] Budgie called the song one of the album's "more existential" and said it was an homage to Philip Glass, Ron Fricke, and Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi. [8]
The following year they changed their name to Budgie. [ 1 ] Shelley is often compared to Rush bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee , [ 2 ] as they both share the position of bassist/vocalist in power trio bands, both have distinctive high-pitched singing voices, and during the mid- to late 1970s, they bore a striking resemblance to one another, with long ...
The Last Stage is a compilation of unreleased Budgie tracks, mostly from the early-to-mid eighties. Many of these tracks were intended to be released on the follow-up to 1982's Deliver Us from Evil, an album that never saw the light of day. The track "Beautiful Lies" was supposedly meant to be included on the album but never made it.
8 Feb 1994: 7 "All at Sea" Budgie delivers parts to a navy ship but has to spend the night on board an aircraft carrier due to a storm. 15 Feb 1994: 8 "Boats, Boots and Budgie" The river overflows, flooding Harefield. Budgie, returning from the aircraft carrier, locates the source of the flood and attempts to fix it whilst rescuing a stranded ...
Budgie also worked with the Indigo Girls in 1992 on Rites of Passage, and briefly toured with them. That year, he was also a guest on Thomas Dolby's album Astronauts & Heretics playing drums on a few tracks. In 1994, Budgie recorded percussion on Hector Zazou's Chansons des mers froides, including a song for Jane Siberry.