Band from Veerle with an ambitious plan to conquer the world by means of pop
records. Needless to say the plan never worked out the way it was supposed to.
Songs
"Oh, what a day"
46,1 sec. - 90 Kb.
song : Nicasy, Ermgodts
Produced : Werner Pensaert
Year : 1986
Record co. : Antler/Epic
"Ordinary blue"
52,2 sec. - 102 Kb.
song : Nicasy, Ermgodts
Produced : W. Van Belle
Year : 1990
Record co. : BE'S SONGS
Singer Frank Ermgodts initially was the part of The Chrome, a group that won
the 1982 version of the Rock Rally. From 1985 on he teamed up with guitar player
Patrick Nicasy.
Although they enjoyed quite a bit of success in Belgium with their singles
"Always alone" ('85), "Oh, what a day" ('86) and "Ordinary
blue" ('90), they were always disliked by the critics and the alternative
audience for supposedly being "too commercial". Since their music was
also not "easy" enough for a big breakthrough with the general public,
they fell a bit "between wall and ship".
In 1991, Frank Ermgodts briefly was part of the underground formation Poesie
Noire, and helped to turn their album "Marianne" into a more poppy
experience.
The Pop Gun is also often quoted as being on of the examples of how bad the
legal situation for Belgian musicians is. Some of the members of the Pop Gun where
also getting unemployment benefits at the time they were playing in the band and
were fined by the RVA. However, this is a widely spread situation in Belgium,
a country that is much too small to have artists (except for the absolute top)
make a living out of their music.
Members :
- Frank Ermgodts (vocals)
- P. Nicasy (keyboards & guitars)
- various studio musicians on every record.
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