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Roddy Frame (born 29 January 1964 [1]) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. He was the founder of the 1980s new wave band Aztec Camera and has undertaken a solo career since the group's dissolution. In November 2013, journalist Brian Donaldson described Frame as: "Aztec Camera wunderkind-turned-elder statesman of intelligent, melodic ...
"Oblivious" is a song written by Roddy Frame and originally performed by Scottish new wave band Aztec Camera. It was released as the second single from their 1983 debut album High Land, Hard Rain . Chart performance
Aztec Camera's debut album, High Land, Hard Rain was produced by John Brand and Bernie Clarke for the Rough Trade record label. The album was released in April 1983 and was distributed in different formats on Domino Recording Co. Ltd. in the US (in addition to Sire); WEA and Celluloid in France; Nuevos Medios in Spain; Powderworks in Australia; MVM Records in Portugal; and WEA for a general ...
Aztec Camera teamed up with the Clash guitarist Mick Jones for the recording of "Good Morning Britain". In an interview, lead singer Roddy Frame claimed that by the time "Good Morning Britain" was released, the acid house genre movement had swept Britain, leading to the release charting at number 19 in the United Kingdom, somewhat of a disappointment for the band.
The song was produced by Michael Jonzun and written by Roddy Frame. Released as a single in 1988, the track peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and became a top-40 hit in Australia and Ireland. The music video was directed by John Scarlett-Davis and produced by Nick Verden for Radar Films.
Stray is the fourth album by Scottish group Aztec Camera, released in June 1990 on WEA in the UK and on Sire Records in the US. [2]Stray was praised for its diversity of songs and styles, and for the assured nature of Roddy Frame's lyrics (which had been considered the weak-point of some of his earlier material).
According to a 1984 interview with Roddy Frame, the song was written in March 1984 while he was touring the United States. Frame called it an "unusual choice for a single, because unlike our previous singles (and most pop singles) it doesn't have a recurrent chorus at all." [3] The song's music video was in light rotation on MTV in autumn 1984. [4]
Frestonia is the sixth and final studio album by the Scottish band Aztec Camera, released in 1995. [4] [5] Roddy Frame's subsequent releases would be under his own name.The title of the album refers to the community of Frestonia, in the Notting Hill district of London.