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Astronauts & Heretics is the fourth studio album by English new wave/synth-pop musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1992. It was Dolby's last studio album until 2011's A Map of the Floating City and his last album to be released on vinyl. The album was met with some success in the UK.
After asking Thomas Dolby for help with his studio equipment, Eddie Van Halen agreed to play guitar on two of Dolby’s songs, “Eastern Bloc” and “Close but no Cigar” on Astronauts & Heretics including a Van Halen style solo on “Eastern Bloc”.
The studio time did yield two songs that appeared on 1992’s Astronauts & Heretics: “Eastern Bloc,” which samples Dolby’s own “Europa And The Pirate Twins” before giving way to a ...
7 de oct. de 2020 · Over the course of his career, Eddie Van Halen often took the time to collaborate with other artists, although not all of them are as well-known as the classics in the Van Halen catalog.
20 de ene. de 2021 · “Eastern Bloc” – Thomas Dolby, Astronauts & Heretics (1991) This unlikely pairing apparently came about through Dolby’s and Van Halen’s wives, who were friends and introduced the two musical artists.
3 de nov. de 1992 · View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1992 CD release of "Astronauts & Heretics" on Discogs.
11 de oct. de 2016 · The story of his collaboration with Van Halen 's resident guitar genius begins innocently enough, with Eddie being asked to contribute to two songs ("Eastern Bloc" and "Close But No Cigar") on...
