S3E24 The Chameleons Interview Mark Burgess & Reg Smithies

<p>Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where three old friends take a second listen to influential bands' albums, track by track. For our third season, we've each selected five albums that we think deserve a good old Backtracking.</p><p>He stalks the night with sonar emails: ⁠backtrackingrox@gmail.com⁠</p><p>LISTEN TO THE ALBUM</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Times_(The_Chameleons_album)" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Chameleons “Strange Times”</a></p></li></ul><p>CHAPTERS</p><ul><li><p><strong>0:00:</strong> Chamellionaires</p></li><li><p><strong>0:23:</strong> Enjoy This Week’s Theme Untrammeled</p></li><li><p><strong>1:31:</strong> Enjoy JW’s Intro Untrammeled</p></li><li><p><strong>3:57:</strong> Welcome Burgess and Smithies!</p></li><li><p><strong>6:06:</strong> The Chameleons Leading Up to Recording “Strange Times”</p></li><li><p><strong>9:28:</strong> Signing with Geffen</p></li><li><p><strong>12:48:</strong> Contemporary Influences?</p></li><li><p><strong>14:48:</strong> Geffen &amp; Tom Zutaut</p></li><li><p><strong>17:10:</strong> Pre-Production &amp; Writing</p></li><li><p><strong>19:56:</strong> Guitar Influences</p></li><li><p><strong>23:23:</strong> The Album Covers</p></li><li><p><strong>27:00:</strong> Side A, Track 1: Mad Jack</p></li><li><p><strong>31:43:</strong> A Lyrical Interlude</p></li><li><p><strong>32:26: </strong>Polarizing Fans</p></li><li><p><strong>35:10: </strong>Side A, Track 2: Caution</p></li><li><p><strong>38:55: </strong>Side A, Track 3: Tears</p></li><li><p><strong>42:25: </strong>Side A, Track 4: Soul in Isolation</p></li><li><p><strong>50:25: </strong>Side B, Track 1: Swamp Thing </p></li><li><p><strong>55:25: </strong>Side B, Track 2: Time / The End of Time</p></li><li><p><strong>1:08:12: </strong>Side B, Track 3: Seriosity</p></li><li><p><strong>1:11:08: </strong>Side B, Track 4: In Answer</p></li><li><p><strong>1:13:10: </strong>Side B, Track 6: Childhood</p></li><li><p><strong>1:17:17: </strong>Side B, Track 7: I’ll Remember</p></li><li><p><strong>1:20:17:</strong> The Release, the Tour, the Breakdown, the Breakup</p></li><li><p><strong>1:26:07:</strong> Tony Fletcher’s Death &amp; the Tony Fletcher EP</p></li><li><p><strong>1:30:40:</strong> Reunion and “Arctic Moon”</p></li><li><p><strong>1:32:16: </strong>That’s it! On to Side A!</p></li></ul><p>BACKTRACKING SOCIALS</p><ul><li><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/backtrackingrox" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠@backtrackingrox⁠</a></p></li><li><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@backtrackingrox" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠@backtrackingrox⁠</a></p></li><li><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/backtrackingrox/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠@backtrackingrox⁠</a></p></li><li><p>Reddit: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/backtrackingrox" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠u/backtrackingrox⁠</a></p></li></ul><p>SEASON 3 BAND DIRECTORY</p><ul><li><p><strong>Asia</strong> <a href="https://originalasia.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠Official Website⁠</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/asiatheband" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠Facebook⁠</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/originalasia" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠X (Twitter)⁠</a></p></li><li><p><strong>Barenaked Ladies</strong> <a href="https://www.barenakedladies.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠Official Website⁠</a> | <a href="https://barenakedladies.bandcamp.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠Bandcamp⁠</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/barenakedladiesofficial" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠Instagram⁠</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/barenakedladies" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠Facebook⁠</a></p></li><li><p><strong>Candlemass</strong> <a href="https://www.candlemass.se/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"