Local and/or General
Local &/or General is the second studio album by Australian new wave rock band Models, which peaked at #30 on the Australian albums chart. It was released in October 1981 on Mushroom Records with Stephen W Tayler producing.
Early in 1981, Janis Friedenfelds was replaced on drums by Mark Hough from New Zealand band The Swingers. Prior to flying to the United Kingdom to record Local &/Or General, Models had made some demo recordings, which proved successful enough to be released as an EP, Cut Lunch in June. One track, "Man o' Action", from that EP was re-recorded for Local &/or General. The album provided two singles, "Local and/or General" in November and "Unhappy" in 1982, neither peaked into the Australian Top 50 singles chart.
Reception
Kelly said, "I got an interesting review in London in Sounds Magazine or Melody Maker. It said I sounded like David Bowie being boned up the arse."Personnel
Credited to:Musicians
;Models- Andrew Duffield — keyboards, EMS Synthi AKS
- Mark Ferrie — bass guitar
- Janis Freidenfelds — percussion, traps, syncussion
- Sean Kelly — guitar, clarinet, vocals
Production
- Producer — Stephen W Tayler, Models
- Engineer — Stephen W Tayler, Tony Cohen
- Mix Engineer: Stephen W Tayler
- Re-mix — Steve Brown
- Artwork — Roy Snell
- Photography — Anton Corbijn
In pop culture
The album gives its title to the name of a radio program focussing on new Australian music on Melbourne radio station Triple R.Television music quiz program RocKwiz has a round on general music knowledge titled "Local and/or General" after the album.