Not just a band for me, but something almost sacred and spiritual. Their music is timeless and will live on forever.

swamp thing’s intro is probably the coolest and most chilling 90 seconds of music i’ve heard

The Chameleons is one of the best band in the 80"s!! The Chameleons is in my mind one of the best ""underground'' poetic spiritual and a real band forever!!

Mark Burgess played a semi acoustic double set of 2 and a half hours in the yard of my apartment building on Sunday August 14, 2022. It was one of the 3 greatest days of my life.

The Chameleons , The Sound & The Comsat Angels are the three best bands of the 80's that most missed.

One of my favorite bands ever. I lived in the mountains and was a pro snowboarder when it was just really starting to get big. I would listen to script of the bridge over and over on my walkman!!!! Still the best album ever to be up on a mountain flying through the tress with snow falling. Pretty magical, like it was made for that!!!!

When I saw The Chameleons play at Cottingham Civic Hall, after the majority of their set the lead singer spoke to the crowd and said this: 'One day you're going to be taken, and it's going to happen really quickly in the blink of an eye, without any warning - its happened to a few friends of hours recently, and as you get older and you leave this physical construct we call reality, all that's left of you, all you can take of you are great experiences - and the last thing you want is to be stuck in eternity surrounded by shitty experiences. So go out and fill your experience bank as much as you can with great experiences, that's worth more than the ticket price...' My jaw was on the floor at that point. It was one of the best gigs I've been to, and they are massively overlooked - the missing link between The Smiths and The Stone Roses

Just saw them live last night in Los Angeles. Never thought I'd be able to say that... what an amazing show, to say the least. Mark's voice still sounds exactly the same. To hear, see, and experience it live gave me chills... Without a doubt, the most influential and underrated band out there.

This band is so underrated yet amazing and unforgettable. I saw them live several times around 10 years ago. I was lucky enough to open for them with my band October People at a concert in Madrid and meet Mark. It's one of my favorite memories.

The Horrors’ first album too owes a lot to the Chameleons!

At Chameleons gig last night..manchester...I have followed them since they began...part of the magic for that packed audience, and we all knew every word and every riff, is that sense of being in on such a miraculous secret, like a private club for people with the most pristine music taste of all!

Fell in love with the band ever since seeing them on the STRANGE TIMES tour in '86. The music (aggressive, driving, melodic, punk) combined with beautiful, haunting, romantic lyrics keeps the songs fresh in my mind. Still listening constantly. Still seeing them live every time they come to NYC. And I'm privileged to have meet them all. The nicest guys who deserved much more success then they ever got. But the music will continue to inspire songwriters like me to create for generations to follow.

The Chameleons is the band of my life, their music shock me when i was 15, an spaniard teenager who didn’t speak english, but recognize the different vibration and energy of his music. Now I’m 51 and after all these years and a lot of records on my shelves, very few albums are at the level of creativity of theirs, both in sound and in texts.

Definitely underrated but I didn't realize they were this underrated. I love The Chameleons - some of the most existential provoking tracks I've ever heard from any band. Funny enough, I first listened to them when I was living in a zen monastery and one of the other guests shared their mp3 player with me. It was the best thing I'd heard, and I come back to this band every now and then.

I love The Chameleons since I listened to them for the first time in '83, my favourite band of all times. For me the first 3 albums are the best I ever heard. I saw the original lineup in '86, 2000, 2001 and 2002 and since then ChameleonsVox many times, always unbelievable Live-shows, either the original or the actual lineup. I always loved the guitar work of Dave and Reg, but for me personally it was always the otherworldly guitar sound of Dave that touched me deep. So when some friends and me started ourselves a band in '85 I always wanted to sound like Dave, but never got even near to his sound. Nowadays I got very much nearer. I simply love those etheral echo guitars and for me that's one big point why The Chameleons were and are that special. But to be honest it was the band as a whole that created perfection. Within only 5 years they wrote 3 albums with outstanding songs that stood and will forever stand the test of time. Reg Smithies and Dave Fielding creating wonderfull soundscapes, the unbelievable drum work of John Lever (Rest in peace John, best drummer in heaven), the punching basslines of Mark Burgess and the voice and lyrics of Mark, always loved that voice. Every bit simply fitted perfectly and made the band as a whole outstanding. Sorry for the long text but I simply love them so much, what I actually wanted to say: Thank you to The Chameleons for the gift you gave to me and all the other people that love your music

I remember reading that when they sent their first demo into John Peel, JP was convinced that someone was pulling his leg and the demo was actually from an established, signed band - he couldn't believe a band could be so good and yet unsigned.

First heard the Chamelons on KROQ, an alternative radio station in Pasadena, Ca. Rodney Bingenheimer was their eclectic DJ and he played all the upcoming English bands during the early 80's. "In Shreds" was the initial introduction. I've been hooked ever since ❤

Loved them from the very beginning, im 57 now, absolutely love them

The Chameleons are in what a consider the quintet of forgotten, yet influential post-punk bands. The others are: -Lowlife -Asylum Party -Consat Angels - The Sound

I've been a fan of Interpol for close to 20 years and today heard the intro to Swamp Thing. My heart was struck immediately, I can see the influence The Chameleons had on Interpol.. starting my journey into The Chameleons discography now!

Being into punk, new wave, goth, hardcore, etc... all my life, I never gave them a proper listen and I so deeply regret it. They're a spiritual experience. Thanks for making this video.

Can we talk about their song “Perfume Garden” and how it elicits such an emotional reaction from the listener? And the textures, layers, and intersecting guitar lines in that song are all genius! That song brings tears of both joy and melancholia simultaneously-words can’t rightly express how that song can affect me. It’s brilliant.

The Chameleons are the unsung heroes of the 80's. Remarkably poetic in their genius and humbleness.

One of the best influential bands of the 80s I first Heard these guys on a college radio station, and the sound of melodic guitars through me in unfortunately, it’s so sad that this band ever gets any recognition, but has influenced so many bands The lyrics and tones strike a deep note in my heart and brain. Love these guys.

Yesterday I saw them in Madrid for second time is the most underrated band and (for me) the best band ever......MAGIC!!!!!!❤

Come down to Coventry and you'll hear 'Don't Fall' blasting out of this 65-year-old's car! I am of course in my autumn before winter having a last, mad surge of youth.

Being from North Manchester myself, I first got into The Chameleons whilst still at school in Prestwich in 1984. The gigs at Salford University Maxwell Hall and The Free Trade Hall particularly stand out for me. Script Of The Bridge had a huge affect on me growing up and it’s an album that still has the hairs on the back of my neck standing up. Criminally ignored

Love the Chameleons! Criminally underrated.

I just visited a Thrift Shop in Georgia and found 7 CDs of The Chameleons. I have to admit I'd never heard of them but googled them to see what style they played. I'm so glad I got these. Very nice video here.

The Chameleons is indeed a lost treasure! Script of the bridge is one my favorites albums of all time 🥰

I discovered this band in 1985. I was 20 and never stopped to love their music. I am a huge fan. I come back to their albums regularly. Second Skin and Monkeyland mean so much to me. Love them truly.

The chameleons are one of the best bands in the UK ever! They deserved so much better than they got ! Lyrics and music were all so original and unique. My husband got to see them perform at the town and country club in Kentish Town he said they were so brilliant live, I couldn’t go (damn) we need a revival of their music

For all those that like the Chameleons, check out Mark Burgesses book, View From a Hill. He goes thru the history of the Chameleons, and for those of us that thought the song, View from a Hill, was about the boys taking and acid trip, that's exactly what it was!

Have loved The Chameleons since first hearing Script of the Bridge in 1985. Saw them live at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC in 1987. Still listen to them almost every day. They should've been huge!

I just recently got into DJing and I will definetely play a Chameleons song in every one of my sets. Theyre my favourite band ever and nobody knows them except some of my goth friends, so that needs to change :)

Being from the U.S., I was fortunate enough to have been turned on to them in the 80's. A huge fan ever since. Got a chance to see ChamVox on a rare US tour a few years ago in Portland OR. Going to the show, my friend and I thought we were either going to be the only ones there or at least the oldest by far (at 55). We were absolutely blown away to walk into a sold out venue filled with 20 to 30 yr olds and up...knowing all the lyrics! We were speechless. Already bought tix for a Florida show 10 months from now!

I gotta give props to my Spotify account here honestly. Around a year ago now they put Swamp Thing in my recommended for you catalogue and I loved it immediately. After that was there for some time, Up the Down Escalator was recommended which then introduced me to all the music in Script of the Bridge. Which then brought me to What Does Anything Mean? Basically. Which THEN brought me to Tony Fletcher Walked on Water, which they must’ve created shortly after his passing now that I know who he was. Anyway, that “Album”? I don’t think you’d call it that but that piece has their song “Is it Any Wonder” which I think is probably one of my favorite songs of all time now, up their with most of their other music as well to be honest. It’s just so cool to me that through all of this modern technology through music, me, some dude in rural New York could be introduced to a Post-Punk band that didn’t even get much further outside Manchester all the way over in England and have it become easily one of my favorite bands.

I worked with Dave Fielding years ago he produced a band i was in.. hes a great guy

Just saw them live in Dallas a few weeks ago - and true to form - not in a stadium. There are no words that can express the emotional connection to Mark and the boys that spans 30+ years. Having heard their songs hundreds (if not thousands) of times over my lifetime, it all seemed empty compared to hearing them in live surrounded by family. Thank you Chameleons for these timeless masterpieces that will outlive us all. #WeAreChameleons

Hi fellow cult members! This music has gotten me through so many rough times. It's been a challenge spreading my love for the Chameleons to others. Finally found a woman who liked them and married her.

I'm a huge punk and post-punk fan, and I think The Chameleons are the greatest band in music history. For years I've tried to share them with anyone who would listen. I've never experienced a bad reaction to their music from anyone, but I've only known one person to fall in love with them - some horrible goth woman from Newcastle who had never heard of them; which amuses me because I'm from Ohio in the US lol I blare their music religiously while I ride my bike all over town - so rest assured, people are hearing them 😎 lol Anyway - great video. I never quite realized how widely influential they are. I mostly viewed them as the cream of this style of music - which is all the more amazing to me with this new perspective that they very well may be the progenitors of it. Mark is still sounding really good and I hope I get to see him someday

they've been one of my all time favorite bands for years, finally seeing them today! super stoked, i just turned 19 yesterday too, life is good.

I came from a small town that, in the 80s, the only thing the local radio stations would play was mainstream music (Top 100 rock and pop...or country music). I moved to Toronto for college and was instantly captivated by a radio station called CFNY. I had finally found MY style of music! And THEN!!...I heard Swamp Thing...and Up The Down Escalator. The combination of the mood, melody, and the GUITAR was pure genius and perfection! To this day, decades later, The Chameleons are still and will always be my #1 favourite band . Their sound triggers so many emotions and hits all these strange buttons in my brain. They had a huge impact on my life and, as someone who is creative and introspective, they filled a void in me that no other band ever will.

Great video! Superb band, thousands of imitators but no band has managed to recreate that 'wall of sound' guitar effect. One of the most melodic bands ever. Why weren't they famous? Well I've read reviews of their albums that spent more time slagging off the Genesis type sleeve covers than about the music. In a way I prefer them to be relatively 'unknown'. It was the same with Joy Division, no one had ever heard of them till the film came out then all of a sudden people who wernt even born when Ian died are experts on him and the music! Best Chameleons guitar riffs? For me it's 'Caution'. Two other guitar bands from back then who have never got the recognition they deserve are London band THE OPPOSITION and Scottish band LOWLIFE. The Opposition are similar to the Chameleons, dreamy guitar with lots of echo and reverb, deep bass lines and a great lead singer Mark Long. Superb musicianship. Check out their albums ' Intimacy' (1983) 'Promises' (1984) and especially 'Empire Days' (1985). Despite the death of bass player Marcus Bell in 2014 they were still going but sadly guitarist/singer Mark Long died of cancer in 2022. Lowlife have links to the Cocteau Twins and have a similar guitar sound. A Superb lead singer named Craig Lorentson who sadly died in 2010 aged just 44. Their music is very similar in parts to the Chameleons and the Opposition, both bands well worth searching out for lovers of moody, melodic, dreamy guitar post-punk. I Would also recommend the 1981 album 'This is the Ice Age' by Martha and the Muffins especially the CD with extra tracks. Utterly brilliant.

Swamp thing and soul in isolation always made it onto my mix tapes waaaay back then. Marian by the sisters as well.

My two favorite 80's albums of all time are: Script of the Bridge and Unknown Pleasures...!

Just saw them live, at 50+yrs, for the first time ever. Great show they played in Montreal this year.

I love the Chameleons

Sir Mark Burgess! One of the greatest talents to walk the earth.

Just saw them live this past September after wiping the tears out of my eyes realizing it was the best show I’ve ever seen in my life Mark sounds exactly the same live as he does on album it’s insane I hope they come on tour again I pray for it I will go

I even hear the Chameleons sound's on pop bands like Coldplay 2 songs of them that have that "ambience lament like" sound : Politik ( from Rush of Blood to the Head album) and Spies (Parachutes) finally someone speaks of this I always thought that I am the only "crazy one" that thinks the Chameleons were very influential agree 100% mate

Love love love The Chameleons and The Comsat Angels!!!

Chameleons got me into post punk and goth music forever thankful for them. Changed my life completely lmao

Around 1985-7, the two best rock bands in the world were the Chameleons and the Sound.

I remember reading the album in summer of 84; "Maybe we'll make another album, maybe we won't..." I thought it profound. Up the down escalator was so good!

Thanks for posting this insightful commentary. I have been a huge Chams fan since my college days in the early 80's. Like the Pistols and Joy Division, they captured a period of time and a musical style and atmosphere that was unique and influenced so many who followed after. As for why they never got press, I still don't fully understand it. Part of the reason, I think, is that they cared more about making music than seeking fame. It might also have been different had their manager not tragically passed away just when a U.S. tour was in the planning stage. Had things been different, they could have followed a career track similar to acts like The Cure and U2. Their music stands the test of time just as well.

My favourite ever band. I remember writing to their fan club and receiving a hand written note and a badge with the sinister motorcyclist holding a surreal looking baby. I've been hooked since and now have a full collection of their albums, Rarities and offshoots... Jeez I even have the lampshade.

Swamp thing is one of my favorite songs. We played it for special music at church one time 😜 not sure that was appropriate lol. I've played the riff in that song so many times. Love it. And none of my music friends have ever heard of The Chameleons. So I make the introduction. I am going to check out some of the bands that you said were influenced by them. Some of those I've never heard of.

I'm from México and been lisenting to the Chameleons for like 15 years and since i discovered them i went crazy about their music, thanks for the video!!!

Dave Fielding was a festival friend in the the late nineties and noughties... met him through my festival family, and I'd loved the first two albums since a teenager in the eighties

This appreciation definitely captures all the interest that we Chameleons fans have. The band is life-changing, and one you don’t abandon with age. Thanks for the detail and thoughtfulness of this piece.

Strangely enough The Chameleons were big in my group of friends in Portugal in middle 80's. And The script of the Bridge is surely on my top 10 post-punk albuns.

I've been listening to music for over 50 years... I've worked at record stores... I've worked as a college DJ... I've worked as a professional DJ on a rock station. I've collected thousands of albums. I'd rank The Chameleons right up there with the most important bands. I was fortunate enough to fly from San Francisco to England for their reunion show at The Witchwood. It was a transcendent experience. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for the wonderful video. You pretty much nailed what makes them so special. Cheers!

I discovered Chameleons in 1985- a Promo copy of Script of the Bridge fell into my lap, quite literally from a Program Director's stash at the radio station I was working with. They've been a "secret handshake" ever since, here in America. Everything from what you'd expect: mutual friend Jack Rabid introducing me to Sam from Interpol, on the basis of Chameleons worship, to unexpected connections like Jon from Sludge Metal act Torche wearing their T shirt on tour. Influential? Let me put it this way: Sturgill Simpson is a fan, Brad Laner is a fan, Greg Sage is a fan, Jack Grisham is a fan, Zach Lind is a fan, and many others- literally every genre of music has at least one fan of Chameleons. Yet, near zero media exposure, here in the US. No radio, no TV, and apart from fanzines, no print. That means that all of it is by word of mouth- interactions like I've had. Super fans like the aforementioned Jack Rabid, through his fanzine The Big Takeover, or Jack Sobel, who is in a band, Black Swan Lane, which has included Mark Burgess, Dave Fielding, and Andy Clegg- spread the word. So, why weren't they huge? In a word: fashion. Their visual presentation wasn't as pronounced as US media types wanted. No "flock of haircuts" overblown fashion, no Cowboy drag, no science fiction camp, no feral Metal machismo- you get the idea. This, as MTV made the visual presentation absolutely key to "success".

This band is one of the most influential bands in my entire life since their inception… And I’m from LA, California! Seeing them on May 31 in LA… Right after Kraftwerk!

Enjoyed this. In short, The Chameleons are the 1980’s best kept secret. ‘Don’t Fall’ was the first riff I learnt on guitar in the early 90’s and it’s surprising how many other guitarists cited them as a major influence back then. Every album was brilliant, so many great songs; Tears, Less than human, Fan and the bellows, second skin, monkeyland… they were one of the best in an era of some great music.

I think I've 'discovered' a lot of bands over the years but buying The Fan and the Bellows in 1989 on a whim was ,in retrospect, the biggest moment of them all. Thank you The Chameleons!

Listening to the Chameleons in Tasmania, Australia. Love post punk music

I’ve been binging their albums, and I just don’t get why they weren’t a big deal. They’re so so good

Hi many thx for you video. I've been listening to this wonderful band since the 80s, and I never tire of them.

One of my favorite bands

I can't remember how I discover this band in the 80's. Maybe because The Sound and The Church. They were populair in Holland. The Chameleons-sound became a part of life. Strange Times was my favorite album when it came out. I think Denims and Curls was their best song. I discover this song 20 years later. In a time when my musical taste had changed. The sound of Denims and Curls became another part of life. A new life but with the same strange delightful atmosphere of the past.

I LOVED TO HEAR YOU BRING UP CATHERINE WHEEL, THE KITCHENS OF DISTINCTIONS AND SLOW DIVE. I LOVE THIS MUSIC. NO ONE I KNOWS, KNOWS THIS MUSIC.

Coming from an American perspective of why they never got the attention they deserved is because people didn't know about them. I am 60 years old and was a big fan of the post punk era when it occurred. Back then, FM radio did not play music like that except that you might hear a U2 song (pre-fame) late at night. MTV is what really introduced post punk to most Americans but even then, they never played any Chameleons videos. I discovered them in a record store when the art work on the album caught my attention. I picked it up to look at it and flipped it over and saw a couple of pictures of the band. They just looked like a band I would like. I was willing to take a chance on it and bought it. That was one of the only ways I discovered good music like that since we did not have the internet at that time and FM radio just didn't want to give bands like this a chance. The Chameleons became my all-time favorite band and I had the pleasure seeing The Chameleons Vox live a few years ago. Got a picture with Mark too! :)

Luckily in the region of Sneek (Holland) we new The Chameleons pretty good in the early years of the 1980’s. A fantastic band and sound. I saw them yesterday in Hoofddorp and it sounded still fantastic. Thank you Guys.

Just to add when I produced the first Inspiral Carpets ep' The plane crash ep' Noel Gallagher was a roadie for the band and a very sound guy. Xx

I bought In Shreds in 1982, I'd never heard anything like it, the power, the emotion, it sent shivers down my spine and still does today. If anyone asks me who my favourite band is I always say the Chameleons, and the response is usually 'Who?', to which I say, go and listen to them. Hoping to catch them later this year at Bedford Esquires, who needs stadiums, small intimate gigs with that wall sound are so much better

1983 was a great year for me as an 18 year old student with a car and a girlfriend. The Chameleons just crowned that time with a soundtrack that I still live.

I love this video, thanks for posting it. I was introduced to The Chameleons by John Peel on Radio 1 in 1984, and they've been my favourite band ever since! I bought 'Up the Down Escalator' on 7" and then went to see them play at York Rock Festival, along with Echo & The Bunnymen, Sisters of Mercy & Spear of Destiny. Chameleons Vox are good, but nothing can match seeing Mark, Dave, Reg & John together on stage back in the day. Part of me is gutted that they never achieved the superstardom they deserve, but then again, selfishly I love the fact that I've been a part of the best kept secret in music for all these years.

Thanks for this I've just discovered the Chameleons today at 41 years old. I would consider Editors and Interpol to be bands that I like from the last 20 years and there aren't that many. I can certainly see the influence. I look forward to delving into more of the Chameleons now!

My father discovered The Chameleons as a teenager on WHTG-FM (aka FM 106-3), a radio station in New Jersey that was one of the first to bring alternative acts of all kinds to the American airwaves in the 1980s. He knew Script of the Bridge practically by heart from his youth because of that station, and I believe he once snagged a copy of his own, but to my recollection didn’t hear about Strange Times until the Internet era. I knew them from him of course, having heard Up the Down Escalator and Second Skin being played around our house every so often, but I did not understand how special this band was until I listened to Swamp Thing for the first time. I discovered it in the throes of what I would call probably the worst year of my life, and that album alone has stopped me on more occasions than I’d like to admit, from ending it all, even when I’d found myself in pits of despair I could not climb out of by myself. My first major album purchase was the deluxe edition of Strange Times. I was 15 or 16 and spent more money than I should have on it (and probably emptied out my bank account doing so) but I could not live without a copy on standby. In my opinion Birdy and the lot could not have made a better album if they had tried, and I hope I can see whoever’s left of the band live when I’m finally able to.

It's insane how under appreciated Chameleons are when it comes to post punk in particular. Asylum Party too!

First heard The Chameleons in 1985 and it's fair to say that everything the boys have done -- including the Reegs, Sun and the Moon, solo stuff, early Black Swan Lane -- have served as the soundtrack to my life. Mostly bummed that I've only gotten to see the Chams live three times ... and had to fly from Chicago to Atlanta for one of them.

The Sound are my personal all time favorite band, but The Chameleons are standing right there shaking hands with them.

That was the best 12 minutes of my life.

Great video. I just saw the Chameleons last night in Phoenix AZ. They opened for the Mission UK. It was a stellar performance and just what you would expect from such a brilliant band. And, no, it was not in a stadium... small local club with about 200 attendees. An experience I will never forget.

I was a big indie-guitar fan in the 80's and read the weekly's regularly. I had never heard of them till about 1989 and a friend played me the Script album round his house. Blew me away.

Heard the first Peel session... bought Script for the Bridge the day it came out... saw them twice in London in 1982 and 1983... great band. Hugely influential. Thanks for this.

If I was ever stranded on a desert island with three albums, I would want Strange Times to be one of them. I've listenned to it more times than I can count since it came out and Im still in love with it. Swamp Thing was a HUGE dance hit in the US alternative dance clubs of the late 80s and made everyone loose their mind.

I was lucky enough to catch them live

Saw them in 1987. With the might lemon drops. In Rhode Island at a warehouse type venue called the living room. Fantastic show

this was awesome!!! i’m glad i’m not the only one who’s felt like this from the early 80’s👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Wow the ending of your video made me emotional. I love the chameleons and would sell a kidney of mine for the opportunity to see them live

I have loved the Chameleons UK since discovering their music while a college DJ in Baltimore, Maryland in the mid-80s. Their albums blew my mind, and I waited years in vain to see them live, but never got the chance. This Fall I will finally get my chance to see them live at the Darker Waves Festival in Huntington Beach, California. And I cannot wait! Their music was part of the soundtrack of my youth, and I continue to be a fan. They are amazing!

One of my favorite bands of all time. Thank you.

Finally! At long last there is a Chameleons retrospective on youtube that is made by a Real Head who knows the score and the truth of their inexplicably obscure "unknown post-punk legends" status. Great video. You even managed to summon Dave Fielding himself into the comments - this right here is what I use this platform for. Thank you! 'Swamp Thing' is one of the most beautifully ominous "sturm und drang" anthems in all of music. You're 100% correct when you assert that it should be on the highest pantheon of most revered yet universally known all-time post punk tracks. It's mindboggling that it isn't. I liken the monumentally massive build to crescendo of the intro to the Big Bang and the genesis of the universe. That's how endlessly all-encompassing its sound is. And that's what this band means to me.

Im a big Chameleons fan. Even married a girl from Middleton but thats another story. True story: went through the toll booth on highway 102 in Nova Scotia with Scripts from the Bridge blaring. Middle aged local toll booth guy says : "Cool tunes, man". "Chameleons that, mate" I reply. Buddy gives me a wink and says "I know".

I really really enjoyed this episode. I had never heard of them but they were excellent and should have got more recognition for their work.

To me this was the greatest band of all time! There are bands that might sound a little similar but never with depth and creativity of the Chameleons! I was able to see them live for the first time in Long beach Ca. In 1987 it was unbelievable! I cant remember the name of the venue but I was about 8 feet from the stage.

In 1986, my then German girlfriend played for me Second Skin from the Chameleons first album "Script of the Bridge." I was mesmerized and transformed and hooked. In 2017, when they announced that would be their final US tour, my buddy and I drove 6 hrs to see them in Brooklyn, NY. During the show, tears streamed down my face at the thought that this would be the very last time I would ever see them, albeit Chameleonsvox, live again....