I think a lot of britpop bands had started off in another life too. Like Travis and that Scottish band who did that terrible "smile" song that was a huge hit but started off as a grunge band.
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 20 August 2016 22:27 (seven years ago) link
Morrissey was a supporter of The Ordinary Boys for a while (they were named after one of his songs), put them on a compilation he made but after Big Brother he seemed to change his mind.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 20 August 2016 22:45 (seven years ago) link
Gavin & Stacey seemed to help the career of landfill indie bands. They were always being played on it
Benchmark set in very first episode
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007j8w4/segments
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 09:09 (seven years ago) link
Landfill comedy with landfill actors
― you can't drowned a duck (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 09:23 (seven years ago) link