So who can think of similar bands that were meant to be huge and revolutionary and wound up disappearing from memory with nary a trace? (Naturally, they'll all be British -- but perhaps those of you in the UK get the same blip-then-gone effect off of certain American bands?) Extra points if it's a band I honestly haven't thought about in years.
― Nitsuh, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
From the Seattle late 80s/early 90s period: Cat Butt, Blood Circus, The Fluid... no, this is too easy.
From the 80s: Easterhouse (contemporaries of the Smiths)
From the late 80s (again): Chapterhouse, Slowdive, Revolver (and later) Menswear 'the best dressed new band in Britain' and of course any of the Romos... indeed, virtually any band championed by the music press. Oops.
The Seahorses. Tricky. 700 Miles.
― Jerry, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Well then... Northern Uproar!
700 Miles -- ouch, the pain, the pain. Actually, anything Thurston persuaded Geffen to sign. Cell, I ask you.
Uh, what else. I'm trying to think of some legendary hip-hop disasters. Then there was shit-on-toast like Fabulon and Mind Bomb -- 1993 was a bad year to launch bands on an unsuspecting public in America if you weren't fuzzy-faced.
xoxo
― Norman Fay, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― mark s, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
k-k3wl pop-up sleeve, tho'.
― Patrick, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
There's a ton of these, really. My favourite, though, was the first release from the Hothouse Flowers. When it was about to come out, the record company (Polygram in Canada) was under the impression that it would be as big as U2, and therefore would sell a gazillion copies. So we had a gazillion copies at our record store, and sold one or two on the strength of the single, but sat on the rest. There was, at one point, a time when we were selling them for $1.99 each, and sold only a few more. That was really my first experience of the record store cliche "it shipped gold but returned platinum".
― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― X. Y. Zedd, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― DG, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
House Of Love. Levitation. The Vice Squad.
― Billy Dods, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Bands mentioned that so far that have fulfilled the stated criteria (for me, obviously; your mileage may vary): Flowered Up (although this may not count, as I frequently listen to "Phobia" off of the Rough Trade An Historical Debt comp. . . and laugh, and prance around my room squinting sexily and saying "Pho-bi-aaaah..."), Easterhouse (who I never even heard, despite the fact that I spent my teenage life seeing them mentioned next to the Smiths and thinking, "I should probably hear this band."), Smoking Popes (despite living in Illinois!), Jennifer Trynin (to which add Bif Naked, who no one outside of Canada will ever remember), and best of all, Velocette. I even own that record, and I still don't remember that band.
I had this nightmare when the song was around that there was a mix that looped eternally. And where are they now? Ha! One nil to me, I think.
― I am not he, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Dan Perry, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Arthur, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
The Farm, the Judybats, For Squirrels, Wild Swans, A-House.
(God-awful, not-bad, can't remember, can't remember, can't remember but pretty sure bad.)
I guess I could always bring up Birdland yet again. Very hyped, yet forgotten so quickly.
How about Kingmaker?
― Nicole, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Explanation of tasteless joke: They were a four member band until two of them died in a van wreck.
― Andy, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Moral = don't do it kids
King (really scraping the bottom of the barrel now -- hey Brits, wasn't the King guy a VJ or something over there?)
― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
The tracks with Tricky on their first record were quite good, though.
― Jason, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
It's not one of the Young brothers is it Mark? If so can you tell him to get his arse into gear, I've been waiting 16 years for a follow up to the 1st Colourbox LP. Hell even 23 Skiddoo managed to pull the finger out.
― Aaron, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Now that's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for.
― Robin Carmody, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Dave Grohl has said that he too still remembers Daisy Chainsaw with fondness. The acid test should be -- did anyone get anything of theirs *after* what's-her-name left? And how about Tabitha Zu, which was led by what's-her-name's sister?
A band that I *do* know what happened to is Cranes -- whose new album I am in fact listening to right now, and quite grand it is. Float over to http://www.cranes-fan.comfor more info.
Veruca Salt. "SEETHER!...really rips off the BREEDERS!" Dorks.
But yeah...Strangelove...er...Marion...
― jamesmichaelward, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Strangelove tickled my goth fancies (oo-er). And Marion could have been a great band, they just had one of the world's most obnoxious singers. Listen to the singing on the verses of "Let's All Go Together" and try not to imagine punching his face.
Not only that, but she was a hair hopper.
How about anyone that was on Atlantic during the mid-'90s that wasn't Jawbox? Machines of Loving Grace, the Charthogs, the Hatters, Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies, Madder Rose, Rusty ("Roosty"), Tracy Bonham. I'd also list any band who ever released a record on Grass, but -- aside from Brainiac -- I can't think of anyone.
― Non-Lookout Andy, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Wasn't Bonham on some Sony label, Andy? Those allmusic.com catalogue numbers sure look like it.
Andy: Madder Rose were quite good though, no? As for Grass, they never had anything you'd take seriously enough to even forget. I'm pretty sure the Wrens were the only thing they had that was even supposed to be good.
Another forgotten moment: Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde starts a new duo called Vowel Movement. The only thing I can't remember is who the other person was, or why anyone should care.
Plus, for America, the whole NWONW. All I remember is one band had asterisks in its name and another was something to do with animals.
― m jemmeson, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Fuck if I can recall Madder Rose. I'm sure I'll have my memory jogged once Ned makes it to the Ms of his AMG review writing. So it'll probably happen around 2005.
I'll see your Vanilla Trainwreck and raise you a Dillon Fence. And how 'bout Seed? Didn't they have a record called Ling?
Gruntruck. I Mother Earth. Dig. Mutha's Day Out. An Emotional Fish.
Seed? How about Weed? Or Wool? How about Will to Power? Anyone remember Boy Meets Girl or Vaya Con Dios?
As Nitsuh started this thread with Babylon Zoo, I'll nominate a novetly No.1 from around the same time: Rednex
― Graham, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
From the unsuccessful turn of the last decade indie bands category I nominate: Sp!n, Bob, Telescopes, Top and band whose name I can't even remember but who were fronted by a guy who was the exact spit of Dave Gedge only with more bouffant hair.
― Richard Tunnicliffe, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I kind of thought that until I actually heard it. It's not too bad, if you like stuff like the Beatmolls or Mogul, kind of Org Records stuff (this is possibly a bit of a indiewank point of reference, so I need to qualify the whole thing by saying that immediately after listening to it we put on Kylie)
Other boybands fading from memory: 911, OTT, Ultra, and from the SAW era: the utterly uninteresting Big Fun.
...8 Storey Window, Deep Jim and the Zep Creams, the Glee Club...
― JC, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
also i'm so fashionable i've not heard of the beatles. not in my sphere.
― matthew james, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Bryan Shurb, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
(Q: was Butt Trumpet's name a reference to Dante's Inferno? I've always wondered. Or they could have just liked such an adolescent name.)
― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― pauls00, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
(hee!)
― Patrick, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― nathalie, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Also what was that band that Julian Cope's brother Joss was in about 10 years ago, were they called Something Kinda Beautiful?
Let me say that Madder Rose's first two albums, especially Panic On were/are superb!
Ned - Dumpy's Rusty Nuts WERE real, and I've seen them!! They were a biker trio who all usually wore biker googles and flying helmets on stage, playing a heads-down biker boogie stylee. Best known song "Boxhill or Bust", about a Sunday morning biker run to the south coast. In fact there was a band schism at some point which led them to be called Dumpy's Rusty BOLTS for a few years, rather like the Damned/Doomed scenario. Bet Jerry hasn't seen them.
― Dr. C, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
All crap too, by the way.
OK they were total rubbish but they were still better than U2.
― mark s, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
UK Decay, Subhumans, The Decorators, June Brides, Restricted Code, The Books, The Room, Scarlet Party, The Passions, The Bongos, The Lyres, The Laughing Clowns, Laugh, Extreme Noise Terror, Nutz, Tygers of Pan Tang, Praying Mantis, We've Got a Fuzzbox....,Poison Girls, Flux of Pink Indians,Marine, Minny Pops, And Also The Trees......
Victor N'dip was an alarming looking man. Bleach blond mullet and very intense boggly eyes. Myself and my friends became convinced he was following us around after he ended up camping near us at nearly every festival we went to between 93 and 96 and kept popping up in front of us at gigs. My mate Rat finally talked to him at a club in Brighton, and he turned out to be a very nice bloke behind his scary exterior. Bit of a conspiracy theorist, but otherwise quite charming.
― Richard Tunnicliffe, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I bought records by most of these. Where they all go?
― D*A*V*I*D*M, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Aqua still almost certainly sell more records than virtually any band you care to name: and Shampoo too are MASSIVE in Japan and other countries. This xenophobia on the part of certain correspondents is starting to worry me...
― Jerry, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I have actually *interviewed* all the following (sigh)...
The Mock Turtles, Slowdive, 700 Miles, Cat Butt, The Fluid, Plastic Fantastic, Minty, Northside, 60ft Dolls, The Smoking Popes, That Dog, Action Swingers, Gumball, Ultrasound, Cell, Tiger, Madder Rose, Blake Babies, Pain Teens, Darling Buds, Earth, Straitjacket Fits, You Am I, MN8, Telescopes, Soup Dragons, Janitors, Pig Bros, Dave Howard Singers, Animals That Swim, 70 Gwen Party, Carter USM, Pond, The Servants, Yeah Yeah Noh, June Brides, Jasmine Minks, Laughing Clowns, Laugh, Cud, the Chesterfields, Blood Sausage, The Family Cat, Mambo Taxi, Voodoo Queens, Bleach, Earwig, Maxine, Common Language, Tar... and that's only the tip of the iceberg my friends, the tip
While we're on the topic, there's lots of bands that are massive somewhere, but still fit into the long-lost category. For Canadians, that band is Saga, who are huge in Germany but haven't had a hit here in their native land for...oh, 20 years. Is that xenophobia? No, harsh reality. I'm just glad they're still making a living somewhere.
― Sean Carruthers, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
But how could I ever forget the Tragically Hip?!
S*M*A*S*H and These Animal Men. I really really wish I could forget These Animal Men, but there's a long sordid story that involves them and my sister so alas, I cannot.
― Nicole, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― gareth, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Manchester Branch : King of The Slums, Distractions, Dub Sex, Paris Angels.
Leeds Branch : Delta 5, Hollow Men.
Got it! My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult!
― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Bush Pig, Bush Tetras. Waitresses. Fatal Microbes. Thrown Ups. The Leather Nun. (Damn, I've got to stop listing bands I've interviewed.)
I see why I sometimes feel adrift when people talk about bands that were huge in the mid-90s: I was still stuck on bands who peaked in the late-80s/early-90s, then faded into obscurity.
― Nitsuh, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Some posters mentioned Daisy Chainsaw, as in where are they now?
QUEEN ADREENA!!!!
I have NO IDEA what they sound like. Judging by thee graphix0rz displayed here, I'm guessing GOTH. xoxo
― Norman Fay, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
And what about the entirely forgetful Blessed Ethel?
― flowersdie, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I too was amazed to discover that Dumpy's Rusty Nuts *existed*. They just seemed like a parody band to me. But then there are in this country people who think that Starsailor (who even Nick Southall hates) *aren't* ...
― Robin Carmody, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Was reminded in Exclaim! when I read that Nash has just done a soundtrack for the 20's silent film 'Nosferatu'.
Every couple of years I seem to re-remember the existence of singing siblings - The Jets.
― Kim, Tuesday, 24 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Tribe- Saw them live once...they had a couple of good ones (I'll admit a liking to "Red Rover", "Outside" is probably my favorite for the second half of the song), but I found most of the rest of their stuff rather middling.
FM- Black Noise is way cool. The writing and harmony vocals are very reminiscent of Yes circa Drama or 90125. "Phasors on Stun" gets a lot of play in my radio.
Does anyone from the Boston area remember a band called Ajna Chakra? I liked them a lot. Also, The Low Road from Philadelphia was another favorite. "I Think I'll Have an Affair"...
― Joe, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Well that's been my problem, you see. I can't tell you about these bands because I'VE FORGOTTEN THEM. Everyone else's responses are completely null and void for this reason. If only the thread had been left blank it would have achieved some kind of conceptual perfection.
― Nick, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― fritz, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Lyra, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
And I think about the Jasmine Minks AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES. I know this is bad.
― Tim, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Kate the Saint, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Nude Spock, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Nitsuh, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Dr. C, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Nicole, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Richard Tunnicliffe, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Mike Hanle y, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Dr. C, Thursday, 26 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Dr. C, Tuesday, 31 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Jerry, Wednesday, 1 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Dr. C, Wednesday, 1 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― gareth, Thursday, 2 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Nasty Rox Inc.
World Domination Enterprises
― Nick, Thursday, 2 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Bryan Shurb, Saturday, 1 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― dave q, Saturday, 1 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Lindsey B, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Nick, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Andrew L, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Dr. C, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Jerry, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― gareth, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― derek williams, Monday, 10 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Lodger!
But that's three forgotten bands
― daniel, Monday, 10 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Richard Tunnicliffe, Monday, 10 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Send money now.
― pete, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I found myself eating dinner with one of the former members (known by the endearing moniker "Bianca Butthole") in '96, through a very odd string of events. I believe they were broken up at that point. Possibly not, but she was playing with another group at the time.
Yeesh.
― Bobby D. Gray, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Mr Noodles, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― maura, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Jack Redelfs, Sunday, 7 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I think I just used up the toilet roll. Seven fucking years of college radio.. and this is what I have to answer for.
― Brian MacDonald, Sunday, 7 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Be brave, little thunderbucket... your biggest challenge may still await.
― Jack Redelfs, Monday, 8 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Sterling Clover, Monday, 8 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Sleeper. Juned. Falling Joys. Babe the Blue Ox.
Haysi Fantayzee. Total Coelo. Oxo.
Tuff Darts. Killer Pussy.
Yum-Yum.
― zaxxon25, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Sterling Clover, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Billy Dods, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Kim, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Dr. C, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― gareth, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Charlie Bremner, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Geraldine Fibbers, Thursday, 25 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Nitsuh, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
HELMET and IDAHO.
― Charlie Bremner, Saturday, 27 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― bob snoom, Saturday, 3 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Act Alpha Team ('Speed Racer' theme) Animotion T'Pau Apotheosis ('O Fortuna') Babble Blancmange Betty Boo Book Of Love Boxcar Propaganda Breathe Boytronic Chris & Cosey Durutti Column Section 25 Kon Kan Icicle Works Kissing The Pink Vicious Pink LaTour ('People Are Still Having Sex') Martika Manufacture Malcolm McLaren Moev The Primitives ('Crash') The Rentals ('Friends Of P') Right Said Fred Severed Heads Shriekback Sigue Sigue Sputnik Sparks SPK Stereo MCs Swing Out Sister Tackhead Talk Talk Waterfront ('Cry') Westworld Xymox
― Blake, Wednesday, 14 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Dj Martian mentions Shriekback nearly as often as I witter on about Section 25!
A rummage through the basement of Record and TApe Excahnage on Berwick St. yesterday reminded me of a few names from the past... Living in Texas? The Inca Babies? Bambi Slam?
― Dr. C, Thursday, 15 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Lord Custos, Thursday, 15 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Ian M, Thursday, 15 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― g, Thursday, 15 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― matthew m., Saturday, 17 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
;)
― Baine Jakey, Thursday, 6 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Based on your list, I'm glad I wasn't. ;-)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Nitsuh, Friday, 7 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― dj smith, Monday, 31 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Dan Perry, Monday, 31 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― OleM, Tuesday, 1 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― helenfordsdale, Tuesday, 1 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― mike vitali, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 9 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Michael Bourke, Thursday, 10 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― gareth, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Forgotten that MTV-era band so completely it's taken me months to post.
― briania, Tuesday, 16 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 16 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 16 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Ted Hawkins! Andy Kershaw's gift to the nation! (Cheers, Andy)
― Poops McGee, Tuesday, 16 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― elizabeth anne marjorie, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Poops McGee, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Dave225, Wednesday, 17 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
MC 900 Ft. Jesus James Gerardo Coal Chamber Jesus Jones God Lives Underwater Puya Taco Thomas Dolby and so on
― The Jerker, Monday, 6 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Chris, Monday, 6 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Nate Patrin, Monday, 6 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
I was browsing a ZTT discography the other day and they showed up. All I could remember about them was that one of them had rectangular eybrows in a 1920s German Expressionist film style. It says something when even I can remember a band I can remember Act and Anne Pigalle for gods sake.
Oh and as long as I or other right-minded people draw breath Yeah Yeah Noh will never be forgotten.
― Alexander Blair, Monday, 6 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Thoo Thparkley and the Shiny Objects, Monday, 6 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Seantanu, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Sean Carruthers, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Thoo Thparkley, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― DeRayMi, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
The NME put a CD on the cover a couple of years ago entitled ON:1. It did feature some bands that went on to do something, but also featured some that died on their arses - New Electrics, Seafruit, Younger Younger 28's (they got on CD:UK, though), Jumbo...
As for the relaunching in another country - Tina Arena learnt how to sing in French, and now she's quite big over there.
― Mr Swygart, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
White Town. Space. My Drug Hell. Matt Bianco. The Caulfields.
Darn, I had few more, but I can ony keep a few in my head at a time and White Town and Space pushed them out when I AMG-ed th
― felicity, Sunday, 7 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Sean Carruthers, Sunday, 7 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― DeRayMi, Monday, 8 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Jocasta.
AC Acoustics - I think they're still around.
The Warm Jets. Their singer went out with Zoe Ball.
Octopus - Evening Session flavour of the month for about, well, a month. Talked up to be huge, and then promptly disappeared. I once saw their album on the chucking-out sale in my local library for the princely sum of 50p. Should've bought it, really.
The Modern English - don't really know anything about them, but they were a 4AD group and I found a mini-LP of theirs in a charity shop. Jangly but unmemorable.
― Phil A., Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― DeRayMi, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Especially since they've been on at least one prominent movie soundtrack every summer since 1996?
― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Manicured Noise.
DC Nein (never saw a spelling of that so it might be 'DeeCee9'or something.)
Giro (? think that was their name - did a paranoiac post-punk single called 'Central Detention Centre' - oooh must have a good rummage through me old singles...)
― Ray Manston, Thursday, 11 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― dave q, Thursday, 11 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Chris Ott, Thursday, 11 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
A few weeks ago I would have added Junkie XL to that list, but... *sigh*. Maybe we should start up a 'Hall of Fame' site dedicated to immortalising all these minorest of minor footnotes in pop history.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 11 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Ah, ya bastard! There's a memory I didn't need revived. Their 'prime' moment -- some horrible crap-metal-march noise, the lead guy going off and then saying "...and we rock and ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!"...which then leads without a break into them covering Joy Division's "Interzone." Imagine some semi-screeching metal guy going, "I was WAITING for a FRIEND of MINE!" and you'll get a sense of the pain.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Fire Engines - see above.
I'd add Josef K & Orange Juice, but the memory of them lives inside me like a cancer.
― Ray M, Thursday, 11 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Josh Norek, Saturday, 17 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― My name is Kenny, Saturday, 17 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 11 October 2002 17:53 (twenty-three years ago)
― gareth (gareth), Friday, 11 October 2002 19:45 (twenty-three years ago)
― ailsa, Friday, 11 October 2002 19:58 (twenty-three years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 11 October 2002 20:27 (twenty-three years ago)
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 11 October 2002 20:33 (twenty-three years ago)
― g (graysonlane), Friday, 11 October 2002 22:04 (twenty-three years ago)
― Micheline Gros-Jean (Micheline), Friday, 11 October 2002 22:39 (twenty-three years ago)
― Steph (Steph), Friday, 11 October 2002 23:26 (twenty-three years ago)
― Steph (Steph), Friday, 11 October 2002 23:35 (twenty-three years ago)
― keith (keithmcl), Saturday, 12 October 2002 00:39 (twenty-three years ago)
Another repressed Much Music memory that surfaced the other day - 'Tu' the singing twin sisters that had that one hit 'Stay With me' and also sang with Platinum Blonde on 'Fire'.
I was recently suprised to find out that 'Gene Loves Jezebel' are still a going concern.
I almost forgot about Strawberry Switchblade.
― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 12 October 2002 00:54 (twenty-three years ago)
― doom-e, Saturday, 12 October 2002 07:32 (twenty-three years ago)
Symposium,the nicotines,the crocketts,Crashland,Mundy,Llama Farmers,Drugstore,Snug,Midget,Radish
― xanthein, Sunday, 1 December 2002 17:13 (twenty-three years ago)
― Curt (cgould), Sunday, 1 December 2002 17:43 (twenty-three years ago)
Who sang this rhetorical pop song. I've forgotten the band's name - they were around in the late eighties.
― Jenny Taylor, Sunday, 1 December 2002 18:02 (twenty-three years ago)
I saw a previous mention of The Four Horsemen...only reason I though of them recently is because Alabama Thunderpussy did a cover of "Rockin Is Ma' Business".
- Alan
― Alan Conceicao, Sunday, 1 December 2002 18:20 (twenty-three years ago)
PoeThe New RadicalsReefNightmares On Wax
Wait, who did that song "Flagpole Sitta"? Am I right in thinking they were called Harvey Danger? Awful.
― Dave M. (rotten03), Sunday, 1 December 2002 18:23 (twenty-three years ago)
This was Hollywood Beyond - released in 1986 !
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Sunday, 1 December 2002 18:25 (twenty-three years ago)
― doug (doug), Sunday, 1 December 2002 18:41 (twenty-three years ago)
Do you remember Boom Boom Room, and their album 'Stretch', DJ Martian?
― Jenny Taylor, Sunday, 1 December 2002 19:10 (twenty-three years ago)
on the flip side, those that (in retrospect) actually achieved 'underground success' and 'cult popularity' probably would have been ruined entirely had they gone the mass-market route, no? (jesus lizard is the first of several to come to mind...)
my price of admission: G. Love and special sauce. ...supposedly going to change hip hop forever. they very well may have, but a lot of good it did THEM!
finally a confession: i wound up here on a wild-google-chase to try and track down LSD's Silent Majority CD. any tips email them to me plz! =)
― =Snappy=, Saturday, 4 January 2003 19:56 (twenty-three years ago)
― Steve Harris, Friday, 24 January 2003 03:39 (twenty-three years ago)
I will never forget Animals That Swim, they're amazing. Or at least, they were til 2001 when it all went a bit wrong.
― Charlie (Charlie), Friday, 24 January 2003 03:59 (twenty-three years ago)
― Sspeedy, Tuesday, 28 January 2003 12:21 (twenty-three years ago)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 8 December 2003 00:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 8 December 2003 00:56 (twenty-two years ago)
Joe Pop-O-Pie is my one of my girlfriend's fave ever artists and is never far from our turntable. Not forgotten in one household, then, at least.
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Monday, 8 December 2003 01:52 (twenty-two years ago)
for starters.
― M Specktor (M Specktor), Monday, 8 December 2003 02:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 8 December 2003 03:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 8 December 2003 03:37 (twenty-two years ago)
JUST DO IT.
― ModJ (ModJ), Monday, 8 December 2003 03:59 (twenty-two years ago)
Now that's a plea.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 8 December 2003 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 8 December 2003 05:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 8 December 2003 13:37 (twenty-two years ago)
Thrashing Doves!
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 12 December 2003 03:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― metfigga, Friday, 12 December 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― nabiscothingy, Thursday, 1 July 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― xexxee, Thursday, 1 July 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 1 July 2004 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 1 July 2004 21:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 1 July 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)
I've got a stack of 13 year old college radio playlists sitting here, so I can go all night.
― stahflayah, Wednesday, 23 March 2005 03:08 (twenty years ago)
― stahflayah, Wednesday, 23 March 2005 03:21 (twenty years ago)
― stahflayah, Wednesday, 23 March 2005 03:23 (twenty years ago)
― Aaron A., Wednesday, 23 March 2005 03:24 (twenty years ago)
― charleston charge (chaki), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 03:28 (twenty years ago)
― Roadkill Bingo (Roadkill Bingo), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 03:29 (twenty years ago)
― mitch dub (ano ano), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 03:42 (twenty years ago)
*shudder*
― Masked Gazza, Wednesday, 23 March 2005 03:46 (twenty years ago)
― Aerodynamic (Aerodynamic), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 03:59 (twenty years ago)
― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:09 (twenty years ago)
I've listened to at least one track by each in the past week.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)
i've bought records (nay, actively searched for some of them) by at least half that list in the last month.
― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:40 (twenty years ago)
― stahflayah, Wednesday, 23 March 2005 14:37 (twenty years ago)
I do, if DJ Martian doesn't, and theirs is one of my favourite albums..
― Das Feld, Monday, 22 August 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)
Elsewise: The Mint Juleps! The Dinner Ladies! Attacco Decente! The Blue Ox Babes! Red Lorry Yellow Lorry! Blaggers ITA!
(Damn someone beat me to Big Pig)
― OleM (OleM), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)
-- Alex in NYC (vassife...) (webmail), July 1st, 2004 10:00 PM.
I think this comment deserves yearly revival until UDS gets their critical revival.
― Bax the Boy Robot (EdBax), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)
― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)
*ouch* they were good !
― blunt (blunt), Thursday, 25 August 2005 00:13 (twenty years ago)
― latebloomer's rectal mocha latte (latebloomer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 00:58 (twenty years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 25 August 2005 01:07 (twenty years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 25 August 2005 01:08 (twenty years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 25 August 2005 01:13 (twenty years ago)
― jimmy glass (electricsound), Thursday, 25 August 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)
"Are you Faye Wraye ?!" "Are You Jimmy Ray ?"
"Who wants to know ? Who wants to know ?"
Classic
Also Shawn Mullins, Days of the New, Dogstar, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Crazy Frog (give it a month), Billy Ray Cyrus, Smashmouth, Prozzak, Justin Guarini, Eiffel 65 (I'm blue, da ba dee da ba dah)
I'll think of more later
― Erock Lazron, Thursday, 25 August 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)
― latebloomer's rectal mocha latte (latebloomer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)
Wow, I was even trying to think of swing revival bands before and I still couldn't call these guys to mind.
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 25 August 2005 03:21 (twenty years ago)
Impressive that Doomie namechecked the Darkness nearly a year before they broke big in the UK.
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 25 August 2005 03:29 (twenty years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 25 August 2005 03:43 (twenty years ago)
― msp (mspa), Thursday, 25 August 2005 03:43 (twenty years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 25 August 2005 03:51 (twenty years ago)
― Christopher Costello (CGC), Thursday, 25 August 2005 03:52 (twenty years ago)
― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 05:02 (twenty years ago)
ALSO:- The Afrolistics- Lonesome Val - The Veldt- The Eric Martin Band- Eugenius- Big Pig- that one alternative rapper from the early nineties who actually used his name instead of some nickname...he was on Warner Bros. and his album was titled something like MY FIELD TRIP TO AMERICA...I believe his name was Justin Warfield?? I forget.- Me Phi Me (in those pre-Outkast days, alt-rap was SCORNED - probably still is)- Cindy Lee Berryhill (Rhino never did right by newer acts, did they? Billy Vera notwithstanding, reissues were really their thing.)
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Thursday, 25 August 2005 05:04 (twenty years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 25 August 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)
― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Thursday, 25 August 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 25 August 2005 05:06 (twenty years ago)
― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 05:06 (twenty years ago)
― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 05:08 (twenty years ago)
...and I can think of an entire LABEL that has been forgotten: Enigma Records. In the pre-grunge years, they had the whole alterna-whatever scene TIED UP and it looked like they were gonna revolutionize the nineties but it didn't get that far
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Thursday, 25 August 2005 05:12 (twenty years ago)
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Thursday, 25 August 2005 05:18 (twenty years ago)
― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 05:19 (twenty years ago)
― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Thursday, 25 August 2005 05:33 (twenty years ago)
― donut gon' nut (donut), Thursday, 25 August 2005 06:01 (twenty years ago)
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Thursday, 25 August 2005 06:05 (twenty years ago)
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 25 August 2005 06:22 (twenty years ago)
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 25 August 2005 06:24 (twenty years ago)
yeah yeah b-boys on acid prince paul production etc i really like a lot of this but admittedly its boho alterna rap. he's also on that bomb the bass single. with the nice kruderndorfmeister rmx *ducks*
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 25 August 2005 06:33 (twenty years ago)
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 25 August 2005 06:35 (twenty years ago)
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 25 August 2005 06:44 (twenty years ago)
the afros - that was a great single they had! I kept thinking it was DMC from Run DMC from the video - forgotten til now
rumpletilskinz - i still can't quite remember them, pretty sure I didn't like them
rodney-0 & joe cooley - ooohh i hated them
hi-c - haha I just namedropped "Leave My Curl alone" today on another messageboard, very underrated, recently found out he's still rapping!
little shawn - forgotten til now
kam - heard a song of his a few weeks ago(that diss on Ice Cube), always liked him, otherwise he would have been gathering dust tho
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 25 August 2005 07:02 (twenty years ago)
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 25 August 2005 07:04 (twenty years ago)
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 25 August 2005 07:14 (twenty years ago)
and fuckit i think i sold it!!!
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 25 August 2005 07:20 (twenty years ago)
― Greg T., Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:36 (twenty years ago)
he started a band called Tape a few years back, released a few tracks to the net that showed real stoner rock promise .. but as often is the case he disappeared .. making the rest of the band resurface as meow meow.
would love to know what Justin is up to these days .. last i heard he dropped some words on the single by indie/dance hopefulls LHB couple of years ago ..
m.e
― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)
i heard "this is how it feels" in a shop like 2 weeks ago and was amazed at what it actually sounded like..only a bit like i had remembered it...meant to dig up an old casette and forgot..have to do it wheni get home
― bb (bbrz), Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:46 (twenty years ago)
― everything, Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)
― ddb (ddb), Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)
― ginger, Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)
I didn't know anyone had actually heard of Dots Will Echo. I thought they never made it beyond Bleecker Street.
― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)
huge joy inducing stuff. generic dance/indie/rap it may be .. but i care not. wonderful.
thankyou.
― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)
― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)
― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)
― mzui (mzui), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)
― mzui (mzui), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)
― kwhitehead (stephen schmidt), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)
stupid people shouldn't breed vs. bad musicians shouldn't make music.m.
― msp (mspa), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)
― joe schmoe (joeschmoe), Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)
― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Thursday, 25 August 2005 23:51 (twenty years ago)
― wheeee, Sunday, 11 December 2005 05:54 (twenty years ago)
― wheeee, Sunday, 11 December 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)
― wheeee, Sunday, 11 December 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)
― wheeee, Sunday, 11 December 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)
― moley, Sunday, 11 December 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)
― latebloomer: Deutsch Bag (latebloomer), Sunday, 11 December 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)
― sleeve (sleeve), Sunday, 11 December 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)
― antonio, Monday, 12 December 2005 00:06 (twenty years ago)
― wheeee, Monday, 12 December 2005 01:47 (twenty years ago)
― wheeee, Monday, 12 December 2005 01:48 (twenty years ago)
xxj
― www.johnettenapolitano.com, Wednesday, 1 March 2006 08:38 (nineteen years ago)
― bendy (bendy), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 19:33 (nineteen years ago)
― everything (everything), Friday, 3 November 2006 04:34 (nineteen years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 3 November 2006 09:51 (nineteen years ago)
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 3 November 2006 23:11 (nineteen years ago)
― PappaWheelie, don't fuck this up (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 3 November 2006 23:42 (nineteen years ago)
― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 4 November 2006 07:01 (nineteen years ago)
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 4 November 2006 07:05 (nineteen years ago)
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 4 November 2006 07:06 (nineteen years ago)
― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 4 November 2006 07:16 (nineteen years ago)
in terms of answers:
izzy stradlin and the ju ju houndshorseheadeuphoriajesus jonesboom crash operamachines of loving gracealice donutpaw
haha, i guess i haven't really forgotten any of them. hence, i can remember them
― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Saturday, 4 November 2006 07:23 (nineteen years ago)
― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 4 November 2006 07:26 (nineteen years ago)
― Jena (JenaP), Thursday, 9 November 2006 07:09 (nineteen years ago)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 18 November 2006 10:30 (nineteen years ago)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 18 November 2006 10:36 (nineteen years ago)
― yetimike (McGonigal), Saturday, 18 November 2006 11:05 (nineteen years ago)
like.. Lync
Or bands/artists that I thought sucked ass and was trying never to think of again??
like.. Michael Sembello
― Sir Echo (Sir Echo), Saturday, 18 November 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)
BardeauxDouble YouFun FactoryTwenty-Four Seven Def Dames DopeAlex PartyIce M.C.
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 18 November 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)
― everything (everything), Sunday, 19 November 2006 00:51 (nineteen years ago)
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Saturday, 24 February 2007 19:59 (eighteen years ago)
― henry s, Saturday, 24 February 2007 20:17 (eighteen years ago)
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 24 February 2007 20:29 (eighteen years ago)
― keythkeyth, Saturday, 24 February 2007 21:02 (eighteen years ago)
― henry s, Saturday, 24 February 2007 21:10 (eighteen years ago)
Remember "Loud Lucy"? I saw them one Halloween night years ago opening for Elastica. The bass player played as if he was standing in front of a full-length mirror, watching himself.
― FreighTrainMan, Sunday, 25 February 2007 00:03 (eighteen years ago)
― Trayce, Sunday, 25 February 2007 01:47 (eighteen years ago)
― leavethecapital, Sunday, 25 February 2007 02:13 (eighteen years ago)
― Keith, Sunday, 25 February 2007 02:30 (eighteen years ago)
― Curt1s Stephens, Sunday, 25 February 2007 02:37 (eighteen years ago)
― Kim, Sunday, 25 February 2007 04:17 (eighteen years ago)
― the table is the table, Sunday, 25 February 2007 05:41 (eighteen years ago)
― the table is the table, Sunday, 25 February 2007 05:45 (eighteen years ago)
― the table is the table, Sunday, 25 February 2007 05:47 (eighteen years ago)
― unfished business, Sunday, 25 February 2007 12:29 (eighteen years ago)
<em>UDS (as we used to call them) pre-dated Rage Against the Machine, let's remember.
― Bax the Boy Robot (EdBax), Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:37 PM (5 years ago)</em>
I'm still waiting in vain for this.
― Edward Bax, Sunday, 17 October 2010 19:54 (fifteen years ago)
the ocean blueriverside
― definatelypoopsmcgee (chrisv2010), Monday, 18 October 2010 17:00 (fifteen years ago)
Bands You've Foghatten
― lol @ dog w/ sunglasses (Pillbox), Monday, 18 October 2010 17:11 (fifteen years ago)
volcano!tapes n tapesskeletons and the girl faced boyshigh placesdredgthe sound of animals fighting
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:03 (nine years ago)
dogs die in hot cars
― the unbearable jimmy smits (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:06 (nine years ago)
Black Kids
― Turrican, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 18:33 (nine years ago)
i saw the black kids album a few weeks ago in a local charity shop.did i do the wrong thing to leave it there ? ooh, and i have that dogs die in hot cars cd up in the attic, but seem to recall hating it at the time of its release.
― mark e, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:13 (nine years ago)
Fogotten = Fauxgotten = art of pretend forgetfulness?
― sarahell, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:15 (nine years ago)
xpost:
No, you did the right thing. I'd completely forgotten them until this week when I was clearing out some old music mags. I'd assumed they were one of those bands that released one LP and split up, but apparently they're not only still going, but still working on their second album... 8 years later!
― Turrican, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:48 (nine years ago)
I had forgotten about Towers of London until earlier this week when wikipedia recommended I watch the episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks with Donny Tourette in it.
a sad decline from 9 years ago when everyone in the UK knew who they were:
Matt DC wrote this on thread Everyone knows who they are - only a minority have actually heard their music. on board I Love Music on Mar 14, 2007In the UK, Donny Tourette/Towers of London.
In the UK, Donny Tourette/Towers of London.
― soref, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:55 (nine years ago)
i always forget what quiet village is called
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:58 (nine years ago)
I remember that pillock, but I still have never heard a Towers of London track. Didn't even hear one at the time!
― Turrican, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:00 (nine years ago)
there was quite a lot of Donny Tourette chat on ilm between 2005 and 2007. he was in the Celebrity Big Brother house with Ken Russell, which I'd totally forgotten about as well.
Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino) wrote this on thread Let's, why not, anticipate NME's Cool list for 2005 on board I Love Music on Nov 22, 2005Donny Tourette of Towers of London told me that he liked my dress sense once. I've bought a completely new wardrobe since.
Donny Tourette of Towers of London told me that he liked my dress sense once. I've bought a completely new wardrobe since.
― soref, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:04 (nine years ago)
towers of london : even i had forgotten about them.and i have albums by the paddingtons and the others.
― mark e, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:05 (nine years ago)
i only know towers of london bcuz that dude flipping out on a panel show shows up on /r/cringe every few months
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:06 (nine years ago)
I meant to say that youtube recommended I watch that episode, not wikpedia
― soref, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:08 (nine years ago)
and the only album (so far !) by the much hyped, no sales crew : the star spangles.only this week i was digging in the archive, and it looks like i have quite a few of their one track promo cd singles.do record labels even bother with such wasteful items these days ?
― mark e, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:08 (nine years ago)
Yeah, forgotten them (xp)
Studio album by Towers of LondonReleased June 5, 2006Genre Sleaze rock, Hard rock
Studio album by Towers of LondonReleased 6 October 2008Genre Indie
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:15 (nine years ago)
another deep dig.
while a lot of folks here probably remember EAT and their rather bloody good, swampy groove hit, tombstone.i happened to find the lead singers post EAT bands album this week.it was even a major label release !
big yoga muffin : wherever you go, there you are.
cover art :
http://is2.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/08/a6/07/08a607c9-0579-20ab-6568-d6a2e9055643/source/1200x630bf.jpg
no idea what it sounds like as its been bloody years and i am now listening to the paddingtons.
but i seem to recall it being a more dance/sample type of thing.
― mark e, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:17 (nine years ago)
Oh, and freaking Werefrogs. Wow.― stahflayah, Wednesday, 23 March 2005 03:21
They're back!
Sorta.
By way of a mention here:
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/03/former-spotify-executive-hired-by-apple/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 February 2017 16:45 (nine years ago)
Wow, there wasn't much love for Slowdive back in 2001.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 3 February 2017 22:05 (nine years ago)
Fleet Foxes
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Friday, 3 February 2017 22:26 (nine years ago)
Old ILM, innit.
― Vast Halo, Friday, 3 February 2017 22:53 (nine years ago)
The other day I was reminded that the band Tantric existed.
― MarkoP, Friday, 3 February 2017 23:03 (nine years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lslE8y9lSR4
― yesca, Saturday, 4 February 2017 17:24 (nine years ago)
I had that album, the single was the best cut.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 4 February 2017 17:29 (nine years ago)
For a week or so they sounded like the new U2 or something to me... and then I got over it. That was a nice track though.
― yesca, Saturday, 4 February 2017 17:31 (nine years ago)