Today I was thinking about another post on Arthur Lee. Before the incarnation of Led Zepplin Robert Plant was in a cover band that did the music of Arthur Lee and Love. Robert Plant performed some covers at a recent benefit concert for Arthur Lee shortly before his death in 2006.

There is a documentary about the life of Arthur Lee coming out on August 5 2008 and will cover his life story. Some of the original members have passed on such as Bryan MacLean and Ken Forssi.

The band love was a rather short lived band in the original form it lasted from 1966 to 1968 but has had a lasting impact on music. Bryan MacLean wrote several of the tunes for the band. When the band broke up he became a Christian musician and worked with his half sister Maria McKee.

Maria Mckee was in acclaimed cow punk band Lone Justice and performed songs written by Tom Petty. She also wrote 1985 Feargal Sharkey's "A Good Heart" which hit #1 on the UK charts.



The band has a lot history and is well worth checking out. Remember they are endorsed by the lead singer of led Zepplin!

Control: The Movie of Joy Division

I saw the movie Control; it is about Ian Curtis and Joy Division. It was a slow but compelling movie. The movie was directed by Anton Corbijn, he photographed the band in the early days and did a great job in bringing forth a believable portrait. Corbijn had been a devout Joy Division fan since the band's early days in the late 1970s.

The film was shot on colour stock and printed to black and white to "reflect the atmosphere of Joy Division and the mood of the era"
The movie is based on Deborah Curtis's biography "Touching from a Distance"

The film works as both a bio-picture and a music film. I would recommend it to fans of both genres of films. The best thing about the film was that the music was actually performed by the actors, who convinced me they were the band.