| Dictionary: bad news |
| Idioms: bad news |
1.
An unwelcome thing or person, trouble. For example, That fire was bad news; we were underinsured for the damage, or No one wants Mary on the board--she's bad news. This term transfers literal bad news--the report of an unhappy recent event--to an unwanted or undesirable individual or circumstance. [Slang; 1920s]
2.
The amount charged for something, as in Waiter, bring our check--I want to see the bad news. [Slang; 1920s]
| Artist: Bad News |
Group Members:
Influenced By:
Formal Connection With:
| Discography: Bad News |
| Wikipedia: Bad News |
| Bad News | |
|---|---|
| Origin | UK |
| Genres | Heavy metal |
| Years active | 1982–1992 |
| Labels | EMI |
| Former members | |
| Vim Fuego Den Dennis Colin Grigson Spider Webb |
|
Bad News are a spoof rock band, created for the Channel 4 television series The Comic Strip Presents.... Its members are Vim Fuego (aka Alan Metcalfe), vocals and lead guitar (played by Adrian Edmondson); Den Dennis, rhythm guitar (Nigel Planer); Colin Grigson, bass (Rik Mayall); and Spider Webb, drums (Peter Richardson).
Contents |
Bad News made their television debut during 1982, in the first series of The Comic Strip Presents... (written by Edmondson, and produced by Michael White/Comic Strip Productions). The episode, Bad News Tour, took the form of a fly-on-the-wall rockumentary, in which the incompetent band is followed travelling to a gig in Grantham by an almost equally inept documentary crew. Coincidentally, it was in production at the same time as the similar film This Is Spinal Tap, which was released the following year to much greater acclaim.
The band also guested on some TV music shows and released a self-titled album, consisting of thrashy rock songs interspersed with arguments amongst the band. Brian May of Queen produced the album, which included a cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".
They also played a tour of universities and polytechnics as well as playing Reading Festival in 1987. They also played a suitably bad set at the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington. This performance was featured in a second Comic Strip film, More Bad News, broadcast in 1988. A feature of the band's performance that day which did not appear on film was an interesting method of dealing with the audience's (plastic, piss-filled) bottle barrage, which was a traditional and awkward welcome for some bands at the Donington festival in those days. Before the performance properly began, the band spent some time just running around on stage dodging bottles, and Mayall used his guitar as a bat in an attempt to return some.
On November 9th 1986 the band performed with Iron Maiden at London's illustrious Hammersmith Odeon, as part of a charity performance for the NSPCC. During the performance Jimmy Page and Brian May both appeared playing guitar solos. The show was also attended by musicians from other bands, such as Marillion.
| Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (August 2007) |
|
|
This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2007) |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
| Sensitive Market (finance term) | |
| Bad News Tour / More Bad News (1987 Comedy Film) | |
| downplay |
| What is the percentage or ratio of good news to bad news reported in the paper or on the news? Read answer... | |
| Who was Bad News Brown? Read answer... | |
| What was the bad news at port royal? Read answer... |
| How is the use of antibiotics a matter of both good news and bad news? | |
| Is to optimism as bad news is to good news? | |
| Do you become used to bad news? |
Copyrights:
![]() | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | Artist. Copyright © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Music Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Bad News". Read more |
Mentioned in