COWRY REEKPEACE"
"NON (STOP 'THE TESTS)"
some publicity from association. Let's put out this EP and folks will buy it to support GP. Since the songs are so good maybe they'll go back to the record store and pick up WTLF. That'll boost our sales and we'll be popular again.
I believe the lack of a new song written specifically for this situation would support such an idea. But, again I do not in any way wish to question Big Country's integrity. It really is a great marketing plan. Too bad the record company screwed up again and some of the EPs leaked out early, thus spoiling a good chart showing. Lewis
Howard Bryan replies to Lewis "Non..." a flawed plan?
I must say that I disagree with Lewis about the "Non" EP. I have been a member of Greenpeace for a long time and am currently a board member of montpirg. Big Country has always been strongly environmental, as has Greenpeace. The French testing of nuclear bombs is an outrage that needs to be stopped!!! I am sure that money was not the first thing on the band's mind when they decided to do this partnership. I am sure that money was not on the minds of the record managers, if it was like other Greenpeace releases where all the profits go directly to Greenpeace. In addition, I will be the first to tell you that environmental groups run on literally a shoe-string budget. Well, take care and if I'm wrong and they did it purely for
marketing because it was some fad then I agree it was a bad idea. Howard
Again from Lewis Crow in reply
I'm not at all opposed to what GP is doing in regard to French tests. I agree they must be stopped. But somehow I can't escape the idea that a benefit record by a band with a low profile is also designed to boost that low profile. If the band who did "Non" was U2 or Pink Floyd I would not have said what I said in my earlier message. Lewis
I feel sure that the authors of the above messages will have no objection to my printing them as they were posted to the E-Mail mail list for all to see and I feel sure that they would like to hear the band's reaction. If they do object then I apologise. - Jan
Anyway, Ian has replied:
"GREENPEACE! !!!!!!! Apart from the fact that it took over my life for a couple of months and still plays a large part in it, it was most certainly a genuine effort to bring attention to the testing and Greenpeace generally Sure, there was a cynical side if one wants to look for one. Yes, it was thought that this kind of approach would bring some credible publicity to the band, what's wang with that? Stuart and I were members of Greenpeace anyway and, as Howard in his letter mentioned, "Big Country has always been strongly environmental". (What is montpirg?). OK, so no money was raised to speak of with regard to the EP but because of the connection made with Greenpeace over the EP idea, over
