― dave q, Tuesday, 23 September 2003 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)
Central figure Vaughan Toulouse was in and around the Paul Weller inner circle in the Respond Records days, fronted an act called the Main-T Posse, I never heard them. I understand VT passed away some years ago, shame.
That's about all I know, apart from "Is Vic There?" being mentioned on Radio 5 THIS VERY MORNING. Is that why you're thinking about them Mr. Q?
― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 09:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 09:54 (twenty-two years ago)
Appeared '81 IIRC. Vocalist Vaughan Toulouse (get it? No? Try saying out loud....) and I think one of the others had formerly been in Guns For Hire, which released one single but actually seems to have been more of a marketing concept than a proper band. Dept S. recorded a single "Is Vic There" for Demon which hit the charts while they were on tour supporting The Spizzles with the effect that the tour ended with The Spizzles supporting Dept. S (I remember seeing them at Hammersmith Palais!).
Recorded a follow-up "Going Left Right" for Stiff but that failed to chart and Stiff dumped them.
I believe they were part-way through recording what would have bee their first album when they split up; in any case a CD has subsequently been cobbled together from the singles, B-sides, unreleased studio tracks, a Peel session, live recordings etc.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 09:56 (twenty-two years ago)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― dave q, Tuesday, 23 September 2003 09:59 (twenty-two years ago)
I was at a pop quiz recently and one of the questions was "who was the best member of Bananarama?" The answer they wanted was Siobhan. Fools.
― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― dave q, Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:45 (twenty-two years ago)
I just got the compilation CD and am digging it. Some of these tunes sound quite modern, like Interpol if they had a sense of humor and loved early Wall Of Voodoo.
― Mr. Odd, Sunday, 3 June 2007 14:28 (eighteen years ago)
Nice comparison! And yeah, fun band.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 3 June 2007 14:30 (eighteen years ago)