On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Erkki Rautio wrote:
quoted 10 lines The Monkees were totally derided as a scam, it was rumoured they didn't>
> > > The Monkees were totally derided as a scam, it was rumoured they didn't
> > > even play themselves on their records (remember Frankie Goes To Hollywood
> >
> > FGTH most certainly played on all of their records. No one disputes this.
> > They did have plenty of production help from Trevor Horn et. al., but the
> > Lads definitely played their instruments.
>
> Hmm, I guess it was Holly Johnson, who claimed they didn't in his
> autobiography, but on the other hand, he could have been just bad-
I heard that Trevor Horn got all of FGTH in the studio, got them to play
one note on their instruments, sampled it, and then used those samples
to make the records. I don't know how reliable that is, or whether it's
possible (I dare say it is), but there you go.
Rob.