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Nice little piece that one. Thanks for the flashbacks. Anyone ever score that Roses singles box? I fondly remember not finding it and discovering a buddy who did have it... those were the daze...
Nice blog
This series is giving me a stiffy!
The Madchester scene did make it to the US for a fraction of a second. One of my favorite summers was blessed with the sounds of Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Soup Dragons, Inspiral Carpets, The Farm among others. I caught most of them on tour if they came through Dallas TX Thanks for this blog, it made me have a couple of flashbacks.
I'm so glad that grunge has finally died.
Grunge died when Matt Dillon appeared in 'Singles' with Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament (or maybe even before that). That didn't stop the labels from flogging its dead corpse for another 4 years, though.
next on your list... flowered up? the top? the northside?
I was thinking The Wonder Stuff, but I'm not sure if they're considered Baggy enough. Thoughts?
I was also considering the Soup Dragons, but I never really liked them much.
fantastic series and great write ups. how about The Mock Turtles...?
the Wonder Stuff fell under the "grebo" umbrella that included Pop Will Eat Itself, Gaye Bykers on Acid, Mega City Four, and Neds Atomic Dustbin.
I'd love to see a write up on Ned's Atomic Dustbin and their dual bass attack.
Wow! This is fantastic. I'm just gutted that I didn't think of it first. I lived Madchester first-hand, even though I was too young to get into a lot of gigs, I got smuggled into a few thanks to my older brother and two older sisters. I saw The Stone Roses (albeit on The Second Coming tour), Happy Mondays (at their Pills 'N' Thrills height and Northside about twenty times, because my sister's best friend went out with the drummer.
If you want some kind of progress report on Clint Boon (top guy but I was never a massive Carpets fan) he djs on Revolution FM, here in Manchester and also at multifarious clubnights around the city, most famously Clint Boon's Disco Rescue at South. I went near enough every week for a year a couple of years back. Fucking legendary.
As for Northside, Dermo's got a new band, I hear. Timmy is missing, presumed stoned and Cliff's still Cliff. No-one ever hears anything from Paul. "Bass guitar!"
You should do something indepth about New FADS. They're the band who've aged best from that whole era, in my opinion. Justin Crawford, who was New FADS' bassist is now one half of near-legendary Manc dj duo, The Unabombers who, besides other projects, host the Electric Chair night at Music Box in Manchester and have played host to such luminaries as Ashley Beedle, Norman Jay and Francois Kervorkian.
If you need any help researching this, although I'm sure you don't, don't hesitate to drop me a line.
Sing L.S.D.!
James
//I'd love to see a write up on Ned's Atomic Dustbin and their dual bass attack.//
I wrote up an elaborate dissertation once of how Ned's was responsible for "emo" music as we know it today. I wish I still had it somewhere, because, even though I was just talking out of my ass through most of it, it was a convincing piece of work.
Paul - I'd love to read that article.
Saw both The Charlatans and The Stone Roses here in Atlanta. I was in Athens at the time, and while Dave Matthews was foraging his way as an upstart in Athens, I was in Atlanta seeing Oasis, the Charlatans and the Stone Roses (not in that order of course) NEDS Atomic Dustbin! Yes!
chris
Whatever happened to the LEVELLERS?
James - I have to admit that I never listened to the New FADS or Northside. Shame on me, right? I'll have to do some research on them.
Crank - you're very lucky. I had tickets to see the Mondays in Phoenix, but they pulled out of the show for some reason. I had to settle for seeing Jesus Jones and EMF instead.
I haven't even gotten to the SoupDragons installment yet and this series has me all misty-eyed. So many shows running through my head--Jesus Jones with Ned's, EMF (notorious for playing Unbelievable TWICE during their set) with PWEI, Inspiral Carpets, the Charlatans. My only regret is I never saw the Stone Roses.
1990-92 was a damn fine time to be alive and paying attention to music. I don't know if there's been a period like it.
I saw EMF with PWEI and Jesus Jones with Soho. Remember Soho? They had one hit - Hippy Chick. So lame...
Hey, "Hippy Chick" was great! I've never heard the rest of the LP, though, and I can see how it might possibly blow.
I wonder... did that come out before artists got sampling royalties? If not, I bet Johnny Marr hates it.
Oh my god, Soho. They're guilty of making me, for a split second, very excited every time I heard them because I thought 'How Soon Is Now' was getting airplay. Then came the horrible truth.
PWEI scared the hell out of me. Not them, but the crowd. First time I'd almost been crushed at a show, and not from a source I'dve expected. Great show though.
Anyone remember School of Fish? Not baggy, not British, but of the time. Good band.
As a Smiths fan, I thought I had to hate Hippy Chick on principle. How could anyone mess with 'How Soon is Now?'. I really should dig up that song and play it again. It's probably not as bad as I remember it. Hippy Chick, that is.
I saw New Fads open for The La's at the old Marquee in NYC at one of the last New Music Seminars...I think that was the same seminar I saw a Happy Mondays/Northside/Deee-Lite bill at The Sound Factory.
Jeez, I sound like my grandfather talking about "the good old days".
Clint Boon plays a Farfisa NOT a Hammond organ.
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