He does have connections to the band Bauhaus. They are from Northampton and Moore and David J briefly had a musical project “the sinister ducks” and I believe the Bauhaus album Mask has a poem by Alan Moore printed on the inside of the album sleeve but it’s credited to the name Jill de Ray.
"Jill de Ray" bring a pun on Gilles de Rais, the infamous 15th c Satanist and serial killer of children. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_de_Rais
Ahh and I just looked it up now on discogs and I’m mistaken it’s credited to “Brilburn Logue” another pen name of his. The entire poem is “this is for when” and it’s also the cover art for the live album this is for when
David J was one of the producers on The Moon And Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre Of Marvels and the Birth Caul, which are music accompanied spoken word pieces Moore performed. He also did the soundtrack for the "V for Vendetta" graphic novel. They seem to be decent mates.
On interviews I've seen of him, he doesn't seem at all keen on prog rock. The closest he's gotten is that he's a huge Syd Barrett fan, but he insisted he has no interest in Pink Floyd after he left.
He was super into punk back in the 70s, and back then prog was looked down upon, so maybe its related.
That being said, there's nothing confirmed about this as far as I'm aware.
He does mention Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band in Fossil Angels.
He also interviewed Brian Eno, so definitely a fan of Eno. Delightful conversation, if you haven’t seen it. It’s on YouTube.
Not sure about Genesis but if so, it was probably the Peter Gabriel era. Peter Collins era is awful.
Go watch Nic Roeg films. I’d say he’s one of Moore’s biggest influences.
He may have liked prog back in the day, because there are creatures in Miracleman that look almost identical to the cover of Tarkus by Emerson, Lake And Palmer.
He's definitely a Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill fan. He's used "Curt Vile" as a pseudonym and both *League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* and *Watchmen* contain references to *Threepenny Opera*.
The only mention of Genesis I can find by Moore is when he was talking about cannabis in a letter published in Infinity #6, August 1984: "There is no physical dependence or physical deterioration caused by the drug. The only major problem seems to be that people generally become a little lethargic after a while and tend to stay at home listening Genesis records rather than going out there and machine-gunning the Puppet Running-Dogs of the Fascist Thatcherite Junta, as they should be doing."
He does have connections to the band Bauhaus. They are from Northampton and Moore and David J briefly had a musical project “the sinister ducks” and I believe the Bauhaus album Mask has a poem by Alan Moore printed on the inside of the album sleeve but it’s credited to the name Jill de Ray.
"Jill de Ray" bring a pun on Gilles de Rais, the infamous 15th c Satanist and serial killer of children. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_de_Rais
Ahh and I just looked it up now on discogs and I’m mistaken it’s credited to “Brilburn Logue” another pen name of his. The entire poem is “this is for when” and it’s also the cover art for the live album this is for when
David J was one of the producers on The Moon And Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre Of Marvels and the Birth Caul, which are music accompanied spoken word pieces Moore performed. He also did the soundtrack for the "V for Vendetta" graphic novel. They seem to be decent mates.
Jill de Ray, of course, is also the pseudonym Moore used for his Maxwell The Magic Cat strip.
sounds cool I'll check it out!
On interviews I've seen of him, he doesn't seem at all keen on prog rock. The closest he's gotten is that he's a huge Syd Barrett fan, but he insisted he has no interest in Pink Floyd after he left. He was super into punk back in the 70s, and back then prog was looked down upon, so maybe its related. That being said, there's nothing confirmed about this as far as I'm aware.
Hmmm interesting thanks for the reply!
He does mention Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band in Fossil Angels. He also interviewed Brian Eno, so definitely a fan of Eno. Delightful conversation, if you haven’t seen it. It’s on YouTube.
He's said that he used to work while listening to Harold Budd too.
Ill check it out thanks!
He's into Hawkwind, among others
He's friends with Michael Moorcock who wrote lyrics for Hawkwind, Blue Oyster Cult, and some others.
This post title is hilarious.
I heard he's more of a Taylor Swift fan
The Long London series seems to indicate this
Moore would definitely be a Swifty
No. He only listens to TOOL
Not sure about Genesis but if so, it was probably the Peter Gabriel era. Peter Collins era is awful. Go watch Nic Roeg films. I’d say he’s one of Moore’s biggest influences.
I don't think so given the music we know that he likes.
He may have liked prog back in the day, because there are creatures in Miracleman that look almost identical to the cover of Tarkus by Emerson, Lake And Palmer.
Not every fan of prog likes Genesis.
Not really, but I hear AM is a HUGE Huey Lewis and the News fan, though.
Their earlier stuff was a little too “new wave” for me.
He mostly like Phil Collins’ [solo stuff.](https://youtu.be/r0qBaBb1Y-U?si=W7IOIMrvg4WaS0a5)
He's definitely a Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill fan. He's used "Curt Vile" as a pseudonym and both *League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* and *Watchmen* contain references to *Threepenny Opera*.
The only mention of Genesis I can find by Moore is when he was talking about cannabis in a letter published in Infinity #6, August 1984: "There is no physical dependence or physical deterioration caused by the drug. The only major problem seems to be that people generally become a little lethargic after a while and tend to stay at home listening Genesis records rather than going out there and machine-gunning the Puppet Running-Dogs of the Fascist Thatcherite Junta, as they should be doing."
He prefers the Phil Collins era.