Bellatrix put out three absolutely stone-cold classic singles (Jediwannabe, Sweet Surrender, The Girl With The Sparkling Eyes) so I bought the album. It's alright, but they seem to have sunk without trace.
― Chris Jones (Crackity Jones), Friday, 20 February 2004 16:36 (twenty years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 20 February 2004 16:55 (twenty years ago) link
― clive (Clive), Friday, 20 February 2004 16:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 20 February 2004 16:56 (twenty years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 20 February 2004 16:58 (twenty years ago) link
― ferg (Ferg), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:02 (twenty years ago) link
― ferg (Ferg), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:03 (twenty years ago) link
Nicola Bowery, wife of Leigh! I saw them support Pulp in Manchester. The bloke screamed "Heterosexual couple cuddling in the front row... THAT'S NICE!" and the crowd took a step back. I heart Minty.
Into the fray I throw Marion, 60ft Dolls and China Drum.
― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Jones (Crackity Jones), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:05 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:10 (twenty years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:10 (twenty years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:12 (twenty years ago) link
― maypang (maypang), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:12 (twenty years ago) link
Campag Velocet. Magic.
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:13 (twenty years ago) link
― mzui, Friday, 20 February 2004 17:22 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:23 (twenty years ago) link
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:23 (twenty years ago) link
"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.
― Nick H (Nick H), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick H (Nick H), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick H (Nick H), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:26 (twenty years ago) link
Blimey... s'a name I ain't heard in a long long time... their compadres Huge Baby were the bomb...
― Mog, Friday, 20 February 2004 17:26 (twenty years ago) link
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
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:31 (twenty years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:33 (twenty years ago) link
Doesn't one of them work for Barfly now?
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:34 (twenty years ago) link
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.
― jellybean (jellybean), Friday, 20 February 2004 17:43 (twenty years ago) link
― ferg (Ferg), Friday, 20 February 2004 20:18 (twenty years ago) link
― ara, Friday, 20 February 2004 20:34 (twenty years ago) link
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!
― cis (cis), Friday, 20 February 2004 21:01 (twenty years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 20 February 2004 21:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Barnaby (Barnaby), Friday, 20 February 2004 21:08 (twenty years ago) link
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?
― jellybean (jellybean), Friday, 20 February 2004 21:14 (twenty years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 20 February 2004 21:18 (twenty years ago) link
― castle ashby, Friday, 20 February 2004 21:24 (twenty years ago) link
Surely there's the odd Pastels record which is better than working at John Smith's?
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 20 February 2004 21:24 (twenty years ago) link
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.
― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 20 February 2004 22:38 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 20 February 2004 22:39 (twenty years ago) link
main dude became Echoboy
― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 20 February 2004 22:40 (twenty years ago) link
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.
― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Friday, 20 February 2004 23:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 20 February 2004 23:37 (twenty years ago) link
*ashamed*
I only actively bought one of their singles though.
― jellybean (jellybean), Friday, 20 February 2004 23:52 (twenty years ago) link
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.
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 21 February 2004 00:35 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Saturday, 21 February 2004 00:38 (twenty years ago) link
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...
― billislord, Saturday, 21 February 2004 10:22 (twenty years ago) link
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.
― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 21 February 2004 10:25 (twenty years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 21 February 2004 13:04 (twenty years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 21 February 2004 13:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick H (Nick H), Saturday, 21 February 2004 13:38 (twenty years ago) link