Evidence of Specialized Advancement

After some consideration, the co-creator of the Advanced Theory has confirmed my suspicions that Royal Trux were somehow Advanced, despite their relative lack of commercial success or influence on the history of rock'n'roll. He has noted the existence of a related category, Specialized Advancement, in which Royal Trux clearly lies.

I was reminded of an excellent piece of evidence that RTX were Specialists. In 1997, when their beloved album Sweet Sixteen appeared, Virgin sent me the above document (click to enlarge) to advise me of suggested conversation topics when I went to interview the band. Neil Hagerty had obviously given this a lot of thought.

Although the interview is probably lost to the sands of time (not even Alexa can get to that one), I recall touching on #6, 7, 8, 17, 18, and probably #1 although I don't think I realized it at the time. I'll bet Neil would love the flash mob piece.


FMFM: Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan