For a guitar junkie like me, Bill Nelson is quite the headrush

[The Polack MSgt]

The 1st Be Bop Deluxe band was fired right after this album - reportedly because Bill changed his mind about what Be Bop Deluxe really was. It became a Glamrock/Prog rock project for the next 5 or 6 years... When he went on to form Red Noise and then on to pioneer ambient music

So "Axe Vitim" was the only straight power pop/guitar rock album. Bill certainly didn't waste the opportunity to freaking shred

But every now and again Bill decides to remind us that he doesn't just play a synth and still has the six string chops

[bullimiami]

1. me too.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. I Was A Big Fan Of BBD

And yes, he's a superb guitar player.
My favorite album was Sunburst Finish.
Oh, I almost forgot. A sad fact of BBD was that Paul Jeffries, who played bass on the 2nd album was killed in the Pan 103 bombing over Lockerbie.

[The Polack MSgt]

3. I'm very late to the party on BBD and Bill Nelson

I think I 1st heard them 4 or 5 years ago, that I can remember anyway.

I think I heard OF them when I was in my Led Zep and Lynyrd Skynyrd days, but without a friend who was into 'em, I was never introduced.

I consider myself a guitar fan, and to have missed 40+ years of this guy's work is a major oversight.