Who or what were Les Dye
Everywhere ?
Five gifted souls who found
each other by sheer chance amongst a world of dross ?
No.
Five rock 'n' roll crusaders
following the shining star of love to the Houses of the Holy ?
Nope !
Five burnt beach bums on a
mission from God to save the souls of starving children around the world
?
Definitely not.
Why not ?
Because they were all of these
and more but mostly because they were Six
:
Now at last here in all their
golden gleaming glory in concert on a completely dry digital compact disk
for the very first time the legendary: Live at Luminy F.O.B.
Among the many great unresolved
controversies surrounding this long lost musical masterpiece is the riddle
of the intended original title. Some including the ex-manager and one time
millionaire Maurice Marouani claimed simply that the acronym F.O.B. was
the title insisting that "If U2 don't have to explain what their
name means then why should my boys have to explain so just F.O.B. ?". Others
have proposed that these three letters are a code for the legendary underground
movement who were thought to worship the godlike Robert Rousic and who
came to be known as the Friends Of Bob. However at least one thesis has
proposed that, on the contrary, F.O.B. was a concealed invocation of wrath
against this same Rousic who it is understood would have wreaked a terrible
vengeance had he ever been told to "Fuck Off Bob". What seems clear is
that although we may never know the exact reasons behind these three mystical
letters the quasi-religious aspect of the Dye Everywhere brotherhood can
only continue to expand and diversify as the schisms amongst their followers
become deeper and more numerous.
Little is known of the strange
origins of Les Dye Everywhere themselves, however, archaeological evidence
indicates that they may once have met regularly inside the hallowed Homeoboite
where it is understood that a select band of pilgrims from the world over
still worship to this day. Interestingly, though perhaps inconclusively
for the F.O.B. debate, the almighty Rousic himself is thought by many to
have created the Homeoboite in seven nights. Others believe him simply
to have been one of several founding fathers in a strange alliance know
as the " Les Responsibles" which may have included members of Les Dye Everywhere.
Legend has it that after completion of the Homeoboite Les Dye Everywhere
lived for a time in absolute serenity inside its very walls. This, however,
would seem to have been only too short lived as, having acquired too much
knowledge (even the drummer is understood to have become a Doctor), a fantastic
power struggle ensued leading eventually to the casting out of the entire
Dye Everywhere rhythm section. At this point confusion reigns amongst the
historians. What is clear is that these two blond but balding muscle bound
heroes, distinguishable only by the presence or absence of a small band
of facial hair, went out to form the great Diaspora (also known as They're
Everywhere). What is unclear, however, is how the one who seems to have
been of a strange effeminate skirt wearing race from the north apparently
managed to trick the other into taking his place in the wilds of the northern
city of Edinboorg. The remaining members fought on, courageously forming
a range of alliances with a variety of real musicians from around the world
only to be cast down in their turn to the furthest flung corners of
the planet.
And so here this yarn comes
unwound. To this day it is hoped by some but only dreamed of by most that
one day, somehow, somewhere our heroes will find a way to return to our
lives and continue their mission to knit the world a comfy cardigan of
beauty and love.
Let us pray we may be there
to wear Les Dye Everywhere one more time.
In the meantime crank it up
brother & sisters.
Mossadek
Talby for FisHeaD Productions Inc. Geneve
19-5-98
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