I see that Rub Ultra are still going. They were... rub. Ultra-.
(ok ok, coat etc.)
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Paradise Lost (they went all depeche mode so they belong)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Placebo
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Fightstar
Muse & Stereophonics too big right?
Anyway it's chaps call
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster ?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Were Hundred Reasons welsh?
the darkness or they too recent? or are you doing a 90s poll then a 00s poll?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Ash
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Rock is not my world, but if Pitchshifter are legit, Fudge Tunnel too?
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
fudge tunnel were great. but pitchshifter did go really poppy so merit inclusion and its going to be a worst poll.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
don't see a lot of convergence between reef, pitchshifter and the 80s matchbox bla
― oddo futre wolf ganso kilgallon thome aldair (nakhchivan), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
xp
ah, i see (back to indie world for me)
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Where were Cyclefly from?
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
So far we have FeederTherapy?WildheartsHeadswimTerrorvisionSenserKerbdogChina DrumSenseless ThingsSkinSymposiumBaby ChaosHoneycrackThe AlmightySkunk AnansieLeatherfaceWolfsbaneSilverfishApes Pigs & SpacemenReefJoyrider.Dub WarBlamelessReal TVCecilcompulsionlittle angelsquireboysARachel StampKing PrawnLostprophets FightstarSikthPitchshifterKing AdoraParadise LostA Hundred ReasonsRaging SpeedhornRub UltraThe Eighties Matchbox B-line DisasterPlaceboMuseStereophonicsThe DarknessASHBiffy Clyro
It's up to Chap who is included and who is too big
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Rachel Stamp were formed in 1994 when David Ryder-Prangley met Will Crewdson before recruiting Cliff Harris and Mike Rowe.
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In 2010, Will Crewdson and David Ryder-Prangley have been playing alongside Adam Ant for performances around London. Crewdson is also currently working with a band called LIVAN, fronted by Greek-born musician Cosmas Livanos.[1]
― oddo futre wolf ganso kilgallon thome aldair (nakhchivan), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
You still haven't listed Skyscraper! It is a conspiracy! Just because apparently nobody else remembers their existence...
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I remember Skyscraper actually being pretty good, is my memory deceiving me?
― Neil S, Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_%28band%29
― oddo futre wolf ganso kilgallon thome aldair (nakhchivan), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Good work. Sorry, been watching Human Planet. Poll should be up soon! It will be for the BEST band.
― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked them at the time but the tracks I've remembered enough to dig out haven't aged well at all, I think it's fair to say.
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlj7jXx9jR0
^ don't know if Snuff count but this song was fucking great and one of my favourites from the late 80s/early 90s. ONly mention them cos they seem tied up with the whole Senseless Things/Mega City Four scene.
― ka£ka (NickB), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
If anyone votes Reef for best I am going to drink several litres of the alcopop of the same name (which I suspect you can't even buy any more, for added 90s retro and also added past-sell-by-ness) and come round and throw up on their carpets.
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Not going to include Muse, as they're too big now, or Lostprophets or The Darkness as they're more 00s bands.
― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmD08Na5VKI
^ Somewhat more embarrassingly, I heart this song too. Dunno if you're allowing fraggle though
― ka£ka (NickB), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Swervedriver maybe?
― ka£ka (NickB), Thursday, 24 February 2011 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
did they even get written about in Kerrang? I mean that has to be the baseline requirement right
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked Skyscraper (or at least i had 1 or 2 singles)
remember X-CNN? lol
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
neds didnt get covered but Swervedriver didSO DID CATHERINE WHEEL as they went RAWK
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
chap please dont do best band do worst (or both)
Jacob's Mouse
― ka£ka (NickB), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
The Tanya Donnelly bits of that Catherine Wheel song with Tanya Donnelly on are quite good. The Catherine Wheel bits not so much.
Kerrang! probably just excited by the Bruce Dickinson connection.
(Which tangentially reminds me via the lineup of Bruce's solo backing band - what an oxymoron, never mind - do Gun count? I know they were barely rock at all by the time they had a real hit...)
I sorta liked Jacob's Mouse. They wanted to be the British Tar. They didn't quite make it, but still.
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Done Lying DownRosa MotaHyperheadDaisy ChainsawSome Have FinsSilverfishBivouacMidway Still
plus many many more useless fucks who were unavoidable if you went to gigs in London in the early 90s.
― Satantango! (Matt #2), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Part of that was an xpost. Now it's just confusing. Don't imagine anyone is paying too much attention to my ramblings by this point anyhow.
(xposted again)
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I think I said somewhere on ILM that the Hyperhead album is the worst album I've ever bought. Mind you I liked my Silverfish album ("Cockeye" iirc) at the time, put it on recently, and christ what a horrible noise.
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Silverfish singer had a trip-hop album iirc (man there was a lot of trip-hop landfill)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I suppose Die Cheerleader belong here even though I really liked them and regret selling their cd
Yeah Hyperhead are maybe the only band in history you could accurately describe as sub-Gaye Bykers On Acid
xpost
― Satantango! (Matt #2), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I had Lesley Rankine's triphop album too, yes. Ruby! (xposts)
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
The CateranRPLABomb Disneyland
― Satantango! (Matt #2), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Chap wants a BEST poll. I say WORST poll. What does everyone else think?I think worst is best because it's in the spirit of the britpop/landfill polls. Also I think it will get more votes
haha RPLA
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xdpra7-EL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Don't think this was too bad. Don't think it was too good either.
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
xp would rather have worst (because I am a ball of spite)
― oppet, Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
CableTribute To NothingAC Acoustics
oh god I'm in the Camden Underworld and it's 1993 again
― Satantango! (Matt #2), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
There is nothing good about any of these bands so has to be worst
― Satantango! (Matt #2), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
there was a really good american band called Cable and a really bad UK one
Most of these bands are terrible so it has to be worst imo
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
therapy & the wildhearts are the only good ones (unless fudge tunnel are included)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
worst
although I am surprised about the relative warmth itt for its contents compared to the Britpop flotsam
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Wonder if anyone would call themselves Cable in this day and age.
― ka£ka (NickB), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Leatherface wrote some bangers tbh and are genuinely respected in certain albeit rarified circles
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link