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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Spy Glass Blue| image =| caption =| image_size = 200| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Dallas , Texas , USA | genre = Post-punk | New Wave | Brit Pop | years_active = 1995& ndash;present| label = Accidental Sirens , Organic Records , Pinnacle Records, Flying Tart | associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Allan Aguirre | past_members =| notable_instruments = Spy Glass Blue , a Post-punk / New Wave music|New Wave / Brit Pop band formed by Allan Aguirre of Scaterd Few , is credited for legitimizing and authenticating the Post Punk genre in Christian alternative music|ACM Dubious|date=April 2008 much in the same way that Scaterd Few defined Punk Rock in Contemporary Christian music|CCM .cite journal |author=(The) Kern County Kid |title=Massivivid |year=2002 |month=January / February |journal= HM Magazine |issue=93 |pages=14 |quote=Accidental Sirens label honcho, the legendary "Godfather of ACM," Allan Aguirre... In the words of the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music , Spy Glass Blue is a "rare example of Christian goth music."cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location= Peabody, MA|Peabody , Massachusetts |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |chapter=Spy Glass Blue |page=859 As Allan's solo effort, shows Allan's artier ("mellower, artistic") side where Scaterd Few showed his edgier side. Aguirre likens the bands presence to the restructuring of other Christian Alternative bands: Mortal (band)|Mortal to Fold Zandura or the Crucified to Stavesacre .
Background
Spy Glass Blue was founded in 1995 and immediately released a self titled vinyl EP. Their first album was releasd the next year, but because of record label issues did not achieve widespread distribution until 1997. Shadows contains a gothic rock musical style that swings between "light and airy", "dark, haunting, moody", and psychedelic music|psychedelic . Spy Glass Blue originally intended to have more of a pop based sound, like " Sade and Seal meets Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy ,"cite journal |last=Bonham |first=Chad |title=bankshots: Spy Glass Blue |pages=47 |month=November / December |year=1997 |issue=15 |journal= 7ball |issn=1082-3980 of the goth scene Aguirre comments "gothic is one tenth of what we do."
According to one reviewer " Shadows plays mind games with the listener" with its music and deep lyrics. Lyrically it hides its deep meanings in a way that is "sometimes hard to follow."cite journal |last=Boggs |first=Nadine |year=1997 |month=September/October |title=Tools / Music / Shadows |journal=Youthworker |volume=XVI |issue=1 |pages=64 |issn=0747-3486 An example is in the song "Stygan", which hides the dangers of stumbling in faith in the words "apostolic apostasy". The overall theme of the album is "the confusion of life without Christ."
On Loud as Feathers the vocals lean more toward David Bowie than Peter Murphy.cite journal |last=Hill |first=Don |year=2002 |month= |title=Music Reviews / Loud As Feathers |journal= Cornerstone (magazine)|Cornerstone |volume=31 |issue=123 |pages=48 |issn=0275-2743
Additionally, a track was recorded for a second installment of the Terry Scott Taylor tribute disc When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos . The disc was never released, but Aguirres’ “When Worlds Collide” is available http://www.spyglassblue.com/When%20Worlds%20Collide.mp3 for download. Kane Kelly started http://www.myspace.com/thecosmicstring Dark Matter and the Cosmic String in 2004 and is currently working with the Texas Punk rock band Greyskull. Kane has also worked with such bands as Society's Finest, 1999 Dove award nominees Between Thieves and Shiloh and the seminal Texas metal band Blood on the Moors.
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External links
http://www.spyglassblue.com/ Official Web Site
http://www.purevolume.com/SpyGlassBlue Spy Glass Blue @ Purevolume
http://www.spyglassblue.com/disco.html Discography - Includes samples and some full song downloads
http://www.allanaguirre.com/blog.html Allan Aguirres' Professional Blog
http://www.allanaguirre.com/spb Allan Aguirres' Personal Blog - Silver Plated Boy
http://www.myspace.com/scaterdfew Allan Aguirre @ MySpace
Category:American New Wave musical groups Category:American post-punk music groups Category:Christian punk groups Category:Christian rock groups from Texas Category:Gothic rock groups Category:Musical groups from Dallas, Texas
