WHAT IS THE VAULT?

PEPE DELUXE

JAMES SPECTRUM, THE "LEADER" OF THE FINNISH BAND, MAKES A COUPLE OF VISITS TO THE SHOWS.

BACK IN "THE DAY", LET'S SAY THE LATE 1980s/EARLY 1990s, TELEVISION NETWORKS LIKE MTV, VH1, AND OTHERS, WOULD LAUNCH MAJOR AD CAMPAIGNS FOR VARIOUS COMPANIES AND BRANDS. LIFE WAS MUCH DIFFERENT THEN, THE AUTOMATIC IMAGES OR INFORMATION WASN'T AS ACCESSIBLE AS IT'S BECOME OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES; WHEN LEVI'S JEANS RAN THE AD CAMPAIGN FOR ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST SELLERS, THEY WOULD UTILIZE UNKNOWN OR BRAND NEW MUSIC TRACKS TO ACCOMPANY THE VISUAL ADS.

ONE OF THE ARTISTS CHOSEN BACK THEN WAS A PREDOMINANTLY UNHEARD OF BAND FROM FINLAND THAT WAS JUST BREAKING ONTO THE MUSIC SCENE AT THAT TIME.

"BEFORE YOU LEAVE" WAS THE TRACK THAT THE JEANS COMPANY CHOSE FOR THE CAMPAIGN, AND THAT WOULD PUT PEPE DELUXE FRONT AND CENTER FOR THE WAITING WORLD TO SEE AND HEAR.

NOT MUCH WAS KNOWN ABOUT THE EXPERIMENTAL POP/ROCK GROUP AT THAT TIME, BUT FANS WOULD EVENTUALLY BE TREATED TO A SERIES OF RELEASES BY THESE ULTRA-INVENTIVE AND TALENTED MUSICIANS FROM EUROPE, SPANNING THE COURSE OF THREE DECADES.

SO, IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE TREAT TO HAVE FOUNDING MEMBER JAMES SPECTRUM MAKE A GUEST APPEARANCE MORE THAN ONCE ON THE GROOVE ZONE SHOWS!

YOU CAN WATCH THE EPISODE WITH PEPE DELUXE'S SPECTRUM FROM SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 AT THE LINK BELOW.

THEN YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO GO AND DISCOVER MORE OF THIS AMAZING BAND'S MATERIAL AFTER THAT!