Have had 'slight return' in my head for the past two days since seeing the RW blog post. A few weeks ago my parents and my o/h's parents unloaded a ton of boxes of our old stuff on us and we saw our CD collections for the first time in years. At least 50% of these are in there somewhere (not Northern Uproar though, never Northern Uproar)I saw someone doing karaoke to Menswe@r in San Francisco in 2012
― kinder, Friday, 22 March 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
btw Republica are playing in my town soon. They're not really akin to the rest but I did raise an eyebrow and furrow a ... brow
― kinder, Friday, 22 March 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
Marion's 1st album was good. Saw them live at t in the park 95 too (prob saw a lot of these britpop bands there but most weren't very good live but Marion & Menswe@r were as were Cast)
Voting Ride, even in britpop era Ride's Carnival Of Light was really good, not a patch on earlier albums however.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 22 March 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
Saw Marion sometime in the past... 7 years? when they had their massive comeback
― kinder, Friday, 22 March 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
Uh, they had a massive comeback?
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 March 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://images.theage.com.au/2011/07/12/2488339/liveaidmain-600x400.jpg
― acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Friday, 22 March 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
sorry wrong picture
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-af5AeyMpRWg/Tf8dWbGpg-I/AAAAAAAAFFM/TlzLQos-mr4/s1600/20-06-11+011.jpg
― acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Friday, 22 March 2013 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
The plot thickens:http://www.nme.com/news/devendra-banhart/69350
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Friday, 22 March 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
Linked that upthread.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 March 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
xxxp huh, according to Wikipedia, almost exactly 7 years ago, I have a pretty finely tuned internal clock ... Which is actually why I'm such a good natural percussionist
― kinder, Friday, 22 March 2013 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
i still listen to, and enjoy, the menswe@r album (wasn't it rumoured that the band had little to do with it, and it was all production/sessioners etc). well, a couple of times a year.the rest, except curve and adorable of course, nah ..
― mark e, Friday, 22 March 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
Voted Symposium for their commitment to tune avoidance.
― Late night with Amazing Bo (MaresNest), Friday, 22 March 2013 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, I'm a bigger fuckin idiot than RW for that
― Late night with Amazing Bo (MaresNest), Friday, 22 March 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
you just realised its a best not worst poll?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 22 March 2013 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
*head in hands*
Wonder what Symposium's Spotify stats are.
― Late night with Amazing Bo (MaresNest), Friday, 22 March 2013 19:38 (eleven years ago) link
Who the hell are most of these
robbie otm I'm sure
every time there's one of these polls of a load of lol landfill acts people pop up to say things like "powder don;t belong on this list" or "symposium's first 2 singles were actually quite good" and I just know without checking that this isn't true
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Friday, 22 March 2013 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
both were utter shite so they do
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 22 March 2013 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
Powder are the fucking worst.
― emil.y, Friday, 22 March 2013 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
Well, actually, I'm not sure anything could be worse than Northern Uproar. But they make a good stab at it.
oh sub in any name here
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Friday, 22 March 2013 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
Powder were one of the bands I saw at TITP 95 and they are by far the worst band I ever saw in my life
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 22 March 2013 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
Lodger were just as bad.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 22 March 2013 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
Tomorrow sees the 18th anniversary of the day I saw Powder live
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Friday, 22 March 2013 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
is this Powder the same white-power-looking Powder I found on Spotify? because fuck if I'm gonna listen to the Spotify thing I found
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
iirc this was their album
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/725/MI0001725114.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 22 March 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
so... no
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
wins otm
― Kontuszówka reverie (Noodle Vague), Friday, 22 March 2013 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
Am I reading this right? Was there really a band named Salad?
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 22 March 2013 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
Indeed there was. If memory serves, the singer was an MTV Europe presenter (or something like that)
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 22 March 2013 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
yes. they werent very good though.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 22 March 2013 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
On the 2nd day of titp 95 i walked past her in the street on my way down to strathclyde park. Also bumped into Martin Carr and John Power (who said "alright La" ).Also saw Rick Witter and Joe Strummer walking past me inside the festival.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 22 March 2013 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not big britpop dude but ride fucking rules
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 March 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
Ride seem quite out of place in this list, but then again he mentions Hurricane #1 in the same breath. I think it's an Oasis thing
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Friday, 22 March 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
Of course Williams' old drummer is now in BDI with Bell
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Friday, 22 March 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
I still have a Powder single but that's only because no-one will buy it off me.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 22 March 2013 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
I seem to remember really liking the main Powder single at the time, but I'm sure its actually terrible. I think a lot of my admiration was for how the singer looked as well.
yeah. Ride don't belong here.
― kraudive, Saturday, 23 March 2013 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
sorry, but rudebox is way better than anything these bands released ..
― mark e, Saturday, 23 March 2013 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
I really love Echobelly's second album "On". I never saw a video until tonight, and never heard them on the radio. I must have bought it from clearance dollar bin of Columbia Record Club. Really good CD.
It's one of those records that I like in a vacuum.
― Zachary Taylor, Saturday, 23 March 2013 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
lead singer of powder
http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/bwe/images/2011/01/Powder.jpg
― Spectrum, Saturday, 23 March 2013 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
aw, I haven't heard motorbike to heaven since the 90s... it's so nice! lyrics are complete cocaine nonsense.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 23 March 2013 03:15 (eleven years ago) link
Never cared for Ride. Liked Echobelly at the time and they sound OK this evening via Youtube. Liked "Daysleeper" by Menswear and that still sounds OK this evening too, though nothing else by Menswear ever has.
Went with Adorable in the end. "Homeboy" got a lot of play on the olde walkman back in the day, though it's a bit soft-loud-soft-loud innit.
At least Robbie had the good sense to leave Elastica the fuck alone.
― Kent Burt, Saturday, 23 March 2013 03:45 (eleven years ago) link
Kula shaker obv
― mister borges (darraghmac), Saturday, 23 March 2013 12:15 (eleven years ago) link
There are at least 5 artists with the name Powder:
1) Britop, 1994-1997
Fronted by Pearl Lowe, with songwriters Mark Thomas on guitar and Tim McTighe on Bass. They released three singles, “20th Century Gods”, “Afrodisiac” and “Deep Fried” in 1995, and toured in the UK. They released a retrospective album, MCMXCV in 1997 before breaking up.
2) Californian Turbo-Pop, 2001 onwards
Formed in 2001, they appear to be a two-piece made up of singer Ninette and Guitarist Phil X, they are still active as of July 2009. The albums Sonic Machine, Powder and nothing are theirs.
Official site: http://www.powdermusic.com/
3)Mod, 1967-1968
Formed in San Francisco in 1967. They’re early power pop band which influenced by The Who and folk rock. The album Biff! Bang! Powder, released in 1993.
Others?
4) rapper from Long Island, New york
5)An English Drum and Bass artist from Bristol
Released one album named sense in direction(1999) and did the production on a number of artist Roni size’s albums. Sadly he remained undiscovered as his trance influenced D&B is unique and soothing.
― emil.y, Saturday, 23 March 2013 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
Kingmaker had that 'Queen Jane' tune which sounded like a bit of a steal from the Hard Rain version of 'Shelter From The Storm'. That's pretty much the only thing I know from any of these bands and it's not completely awful so I spose I'll vote for them.
Where do Animals That Swim fit in with all this sort of stuff? I quite like 'Faded Glamour' but haven't heard anything else remotely encouraging from them I don't think.
― Windsor Davies, Saturday, 23 March 2013 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
The only Kingmaker song I used to hear a lot was 'Saturday's Not What It Used To Be', did not make the top 40 despite being played a lot on daytime Radio 1
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Saturday, 23 March 2013 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
No room for Thousand Yard Stare, NME's "brightest hope for the future" in 1990?
― Step not on a loose unforgiving stone on a pyramid to paradise (Tom D.), Saturday, 23 March 2013 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
Who could turn down that body.
http://www.rockofages.uk.com/stock/20262.jpg
Love those also rans to the side there too. Wonder what became of those bands?
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 March 2013 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
Band photos where one member refuses to play along... unfortunately
― Step not on a loose unforgiving stone on a pyramid to paradise (Tom D.), Saturday, 23 March 2013 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
No "public burning" option, no credibility
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 23 March 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
Chapterhouse have a "Best of" album with more than two songs on it o_O
I think I've spent money of 6 or 7 from the list.
Voted Curve.
― Habemus opiniones pro vobis (onimo), Saturday, 23 March 2013 22:04 (eleven years ago) link