The Chameleons' Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies on "Strange Times"

<p>The Chameleons' Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies join us to go through 1986's "Strange Times", track by track, from the source.</p><p>We cover signing with Geffen and Tom Zutaut, pre-production and writing, guitar influences, the album covers, every song from "Mad Jack" to "I'll Remember", the tour and the breakup, Tony Fletcher's death, the reunion and "Arctic Moon."</p><p><br /></p><p>LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:</p><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><p><br /></p><p>CHAPTERS:</p><p>- 0:00: Chamellionaires</p><p>- 0:23: Enjoy This Week’s Theme Untrammeled</p><p>- 1:31: Enjoy JW’s Intro Untrammeled</p><p>- 3:57: Welcome Burgess and Smithies!</p><p>- 6:06: The Chameleons Leading Up to Recording “Strange Times”</p><p>- 9:28: Signing with Geffen</p><p>- 12:48: Contemporary Influences?</p><p>- 14:48: Geffen &amp; Tom Zutaut</p><p>- 17:10: Pre-Production &amp; Writing</p><p>- 19:56: Guitar Influences</p><p>- 23:23: The Album Covers</p><p>- 27:00: Side A, Track 1: Mad Jack</p><p>- 31:43: A Lyrical Interlude</p><p>- 32:26: Polarizing Fans</p><p>- 35:10: Side A, Track 2: Caution</p><p>- 38:55: Side A, Track 3: Tears</p><p>- 42:25: Side A, Track 4: Soul in Isolation</p><p>- 50:25: Side B, Track 1: Swamp Thing</p><p>- 55:25: Side B, Track 2: Time / The End of Time</p><p>- 1:08:12: Side B, Track 3: Seriosity</p><p>- 1:11:08: Side B, Track 4: In Answer</p><p>- 1:13:10: Side B, Track 6: Childhood</p><p>- 1:17:17: Side B, Track 7: I’ll Remember</p><p>- 1:20:17: The Release, the Tour, the Breakdown, the Breakup</p><p>- 1:26:07: Tony Fletcher’s Death &amp; the Tony Fletcher EP</p><p>- 1:30:40: Reunion and “Arctic Moon”</p><p>- 1:32:16: That’s it! On to Side A!</p><p><br /></p><p>BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:</p><p>- <a href="https://twitter.com/backtrackingrox" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter: @backtrackingrox</a></p><p>- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@backtrackingrox" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube: @backtrackingrox</a></p><p>- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/backtrackingrox/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram: @backtrackingrox</a></p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/backtrackingrox" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reddit: u/backtrackingrox</a></p><p><br /></p><p>BAND LINKS:</p><p>- <a href="https://www.thechameleons.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_bl