As Bachelors Anonymous (1984–1992), Robert Berg and David Hughes probed an ambivalent, tenebrous area of pop music, inventing images of the flesh—its compulsions and its ethers. Through the uneasy seduction of Berg’s melody and Hughes’s lyric, the work succeeds as a synthesis of artistic expression within the popular form. … Continue reading
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God Rest You Merry
The story behind the Bachelors Anonymous Christmas single … Continue readingGod Rest You Merry
The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)
Strange things can happen during a pandemic: two old bandmates rediscover the perfect song … Continue readingThe Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)
How We Met
Rob Berg was a member of St. Philip the Apostle Church in Pasadena, California when David Hughes joined in February of 1984. “My coworker at Kaiser asked me one day if I’d sung Handel’s Messiah,” David recalls today. “I said, Yes” … Continue readingHow We Met
Pandemics Then and Now
Earlier this month I received a donation appeal from the ONE Archives Foundation, an adjunct to the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries … Continue readingPandemics Then and Now
Welcome To Our World
If you’re just stumbling upon this website, it contains the music and more of Bachelors Anonymous (1984–1992), the creation of Los Angeles musicians Rob Berg and David Hughes, with a little help from our friends … Continue readingWelcome To Our World