Going for three in a row: The Datsuns and The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster: TS and C/D?

80's matchbox people sound like about 7 or 8 different bands, all of them rubbish.

They're really retrofetishistic, and they're not going to save anything or anyone, but they are a great deal of fun live. Which is what I look for in a rock show, really.

d4 are cool. if you love the clash, which i do, live, this has all the energy of joe strummer and co. (groans from the indie kids)....aand they are on a mandate of playing 200 gigs a year, so the rock and roll flows through the shows like a disease.

As I've been walking around London, they've been FOLLOWING me, staring out of their posters, following me with their eyes, begging me "Come on, look at us! We're dirty! We haven't bathed or washed our hair since 1997! You know you want to let us paint your toenails!!! Please?!?!?"

And I've been ignoring them, becuase you know, life is too short to have boys begging for your attention all of the time, I can't adore EVERYONE, or else I might actually pay attention to The Calling by mistake or something.

But they're trying REALLY HARD. They've started following me into stores, and blasting AC/TweeC riffs at me when I'm trying to browse, and popping up in magazines when I'm trying to concentrate on hating the music press and wondering if Julian or Courtney have bigger spare tires.

And I think that I might have to soon accept the fact that I actually quite like the Datsuns, as well. Somebody help me. Or else just shoot me and put me out of my misery.

; - )

(that's alright - i've had the official worse day today)

Hence, what I was doing in Virgin, trying to find bands to blow my rent money on when I ever get paid...

This is PRECISELY why I like them. What do dirty teenage rock boys REALLY know more about, sex or masturbation? So clearly they're better at masturbation.

They are currently working on new material and attempting to find a new record deal, after the collapse of the No Death record label. Recently the band have released some demos from their new album, these can be found on their myspace page[1] - Wikipedia.

Hey there's a new Eighties Matchbox album.

Didn't The Horrors buy them out, lock stock and barrel?

I'd be happy if Eighties Matchbox came back because they were the far superior band.

I'd be happy if Eighties Matchbox came back because they were the far superior band.

post eighties matchbox material :

https://soundcloud.com/sicrecords/piano-wire-into-the-orchid

the datsuns ffs

what a shower of shite