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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Grand Illusion
The story behind the song … Continue readingGrand Illusion
Bachelors Anonymous (The Album)
The remastered re-release of Bachelors Anonymous’s six-song eponymous audiocassette (what the hell’s that?) … Continue readingBachelors Anonymous (The Album)
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