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Hanging out with Republic of Loose
Dublin band Republic of Loose, or two members, take a trip down memory lane to check out one of the iconic portable stereos that cool kids of the 80s carried around on their shoulders. They were loud and flashy and were also called boom boxes and ghetto blasters. Portable stereos usually had a single or double cassette player, a radio tuner and two speakers, sometimes detachable. They were a lot heavier to carry than an MP3 player. At the time, they included some of the latest technology - powerful amplification that was light enough to carry and could be powered (for a while at least) by batteries. CDs had been invented, but were still very new technology in the early 1980s and were not widespread. "When you were a kid these were cool, and music was cool, and it was a way to put the two of them together and be cool," band member Benjamin tells SCOPE. Republic of Loose released their debut album "This is the Tomb of the Juice" in 2004 and have been impressing fans and music press alike ever since, with their unconventional attitude and music style. Arena magazine in Britain called them "deranged Irishmen" and The Irish Times wrote: "their ramshackle appearance and many musical inspirations defy definition." The five-piece's most recent successful single was "You Know It", which in early January 2006, had been in the Irish top singles charts for ten weeks. Learn more: Find out how amplifiers work Check out the boom box museum |
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