This is the thread where we reminisce over not particularly good Evening Session bands from the late 90s

Campag Velocet. Magic.

"C'Mon Cincinatti" by Delakota is just asking to be used in a car or alcohol advert. It is great. I believe their main blokey was in the Senseless Things, whoever they were.

"Vague Us" by Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pi is about as good as a lost album as you'll find, if they'd have been around last year they'd probably have managed an NME cover and a top 30 single.

Only if they were called The Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pis.

Blimey... s'a name I ain't heard in a long long time... their compadres Huge Baby were the bomb...

With a lumbering inevitability they toyed with changing their name to the Mo-Hos at one point, before doing one (1) gig as Telephone and knocking it on the head. I am not or have ever been a member of the band, BTW

Doesn't one of them work for Barfly now?

I've just been rediscovering the Geneva album today.. It's a bit like Keane, if only Keane had more character... and guitars.
and a Helen Love album. Helen Love rocks.

I adored Urusei Yatsura. (did anyone besides me buy Yon Kyoku Iri ep? nah, thought not.) And Ultrasound were my first proper gig! (along with Travis and, uh, the Hybirds? Whoever they were). Really didn't like the album, but as a singles band you couldn't fault 'em. Geneva were wonderful - I keep rediscovering their singles and cooing.

Magoo!

Silver Sun have just reformed.
Magoo are still as great as ever, if not better.
Astrid and Seafood are touring again soon.

Anyone else? Who would have thought that this lot are still playing on?

Surely there's the odd Pastels record which is better than working at John Smith's?

Didn't Ooberman have one good single and then turned shit?

nah, they actually improved once they got dumped from Independiente.

are Quickspace still around? they haven't released anything for a while and the Kitty Kitty website appears to be extinct.

i *love* Geneva, and now i can't find their second album for love nor money.

main dude became Echoboy

Oh yes. I loved Urusei Yatsura.

I went to Glasgow for a job interview in 1997, and came out in that "Omigod, did you say that? You fool" sort of state. Found Missing Records on Great Western Road and got "We Are Urusei Yatsura" going dead cheap. Thought it had to be a good sign.

I got offered the job the next day and moved to Glasgow and had a great three and a bit years there.

*ashamed*

I only actively bought one of their singles though.

Not sure, but one of their number is in a band with a mate of mine, called Empire Of Sponge, and who release their singles on some Italian label. Doesn't stop them being dead ace, though.

Someone mentioned China Drum? They hooked up with the drummer from Compulsion, went really bad, changed their name to The Drum and died a slow lingering death...

Three of them (Fergus, Ian and Elaine) have started a new band called Project A-ko who have been doing a couple of gigs in Glasgow. Graham is doing something else.

(ok ok I remember more than this.)

are you sure?

'we're going down to talk to the cows!' = the one I don't like.

However every band on this thread has got 'one page feature by Mark Beaumont' written all over them. Crashland!

Grand Theft Audio!

Good work sir.

The Period Pains!

I really liked Ooberman's 'blossoms falling': all wide-eyed and joyful and perfectpop-y.