the rectal prolapse of norman lamont: terrible post-britpop/dadrock ephemera

i am going to ban the living fuck out of you for putting kenickie in this poll

― racing up the fuck charts (electricsound), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

Worst, right?

― emil.y, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

the list isn't mine

kenickie need to be included cuz of lauren laverne's later career

― oddo futre wolf ganso kilgallon thome aldair (nakhchivan), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

worst

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

and yeah u know the score, vote for shittest

― oddo futre wolf ganso kilgallon thome aldair (nakhchivan), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

The Longpigs record was pretty good! Also, I kind of liked a couple of the 60 Ft Dolls singles. They kept getting a weird push in the U.S. that never went anywhere.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

I remember the Melody Maker YOB ROCK cover

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

i have records by all but 6 of these bands. a prize for anyone who can guess which ones i don't have

― racing up the fuck charts (electricsound), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

Because the landfill bands were so so very bad, are we going to get nostalgic ilxors saying britpop/dadrock wasn't so bad after all now?

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

electricsound - nowaysis?

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

that is one, yes

― racing up the fuck charts (electricsound), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

also i have never heard of this "audioweb"

― racing up the fuck charts (electricsound), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

codreggae type thing

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

i was gonna say them actually

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

the gyres. shitty local band to me, you cant know them

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

18 wheeler?

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

Perfume? (tho the format is wrong there as it has 60ft dolls)

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

correct. also nothing by longpigs, supernaturals and smaller. i think i had a smaller 45. i should probably get some supernaturals because the hussys are one of my favourite bands

― racing up the fuck charts (electricsound), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

xpost no i have several perfume 45s

― racing up the fuck charts (electricsound), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

I saw Perfume at t in the park 95 i think. (Powder are the worst band i ever saw)
Supernaturals are awful. i fucking hated them and that Smile song. BASTARDS!!

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

There's a BBC Scotland documentary on The Gyres that should still be on youtube. Every local band sounded like that. From 13-30 age group.

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

dodgy
echobelly
embrace
gene
gomez
longpigs
menswe@r
sleeper
space
bluetones
60 ft dolls

I fuck w/ at least one song from each of these bands.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

confused about number 1 cup being here as they are from chicago

― racing up the fuck charts (electricsound), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

every dubstar vote will make LJ cry, not that i'm trying to influence anyway..

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

none of these are actually dadrock except maybe Embrace and mmmmmmmmaybe Northern Uproar

― yesterday's twat (sic), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

and heaps of them are HEART of britpop, not post-

― yesterday's twat (sic), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:47 (2 years ago) Permalink

been playing a lot of dubstar recently

they deserved a better fate

― racing up the fuck charts (electricsound), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

no they didn't!

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

3 colours red - pretend Metal for kids who thought they were too clever for Metal but really weren't
18 wheeler - are these one of those sub-Teenage Fanclub tribute bands to Big Star? probably dire
divine comedy - I have enjoyed many of Neil Hannon's tunes in my time but let's be honest he doesn't do himself many favours
dodgy - scientists said it was impossible to make Cast sound like peerless sonic futurists but then these boys stepped up to the plate
dubstar - ah, the Nisa St Etienne, snore
echobelly - fact, nobody has ever listened to a whole Echobelly album without nodding off or deciding to do the laundry instead
embrace - lol Southall
gene - unique sounding band that sounded nothing like the Smiths. like them better than the Smiths
gomez - lads the idea is to pretend that you're not fucking students
hurricane #1 - Cromarty, light Southerly, 2 to 3
kenickie - no, i've got no idea either
longpigs - ah, it's the Tesco Blue Stripe U2. quite like
marion - totally unique sounding band that sound nothing like the Smiths
menswe@r - you can punchline them in as many gags as you want but I thought that one about being a superstar were alright
my life story - this is that twat who wants to be Jarvis Cocker right?
powder - fuck knows. must be interesting judging by their interesting name. is this the one with the Dutch lady VJ singer? cos they were terrible iirc
puressence - filed in my head under "shitty Manchester goths", never heard them knowingly
sleeper - it's not sexist if she realise is a braindead gobshite
smaller - not a fucking clue. name on a par with Powder
space - the 90s Scouting for Girls except without the charm
audioweb - is this lol False Metal as well? shit I assume
bluetones - quite liked that slow miserable one. think he was the drummer
geneva - is this Hooky? planet of the cunts if so
heavy stereo - lol get tae fuck
jocasta - sound like goths but I haven't got a scooby
midget - these are made-up now right?
monaco - or this is Hooky? Return to the Planet of the Cunts
northern uproar - i thought these was Heavy Stereo in drag or something?
nowaysis - about as good as their stalkees
number 1 cup - seen this vid, NSFW
perfume - shit name, taking a stab at shit band
60 ft dolls - i really really really hate these twats
rialto - it doesn't sound exotic, neither do you, fuck off, whoever you are
silver sun - these were fucking awful too
supernaturals - perky poppy pure poppers? fucking disgusting, wd run over in a tank
symposium - were these the ones that were 12? it was no excuse for being that shitty
the gyres - lol garage rock revivalists or something, like the Sealed fucking Knot of indie
tiger - really really shit
unbelievable truth - nope
warm jets - sorry

― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

^fronting

― racing up the fuck charts (electricsound), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

18 wheeler - are these one of those sub-Teenage Fanclub tribute bands to Big Star? probably dire

werent they more shitty indie dance?
David Keenan (LOL) was in them (LOL)

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

dodgy - scientists said it was impossible to make Cast sound like peerless sonic futurists but then these boys stepped up to the plate

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

actually that whole post of yours is lol. The gomez one had me in stitches

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

space - the 90s Scouting for Girls except without the charm

See this is one of those examples of it being nice to have been in the States and been able to frame "Female of the Species" as some kind of disposable novelty hit and not realize they ever did anything else ever.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

am voting for Space because thinking of the singer's face even now is raising my blood pressure

― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

Salad had the dutch MTV VJ

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

Dave the Thief I think he was called

― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

NV which singer in Space? There was 2 of the fuckers

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

the one with the face like a weasel

― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

ahh the non ginger one. was it james or jamie?

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

the sister of one of G0m3z asked me if I thought they'd win the Mercury and I coughed and said something about it being a very open field that year

― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

My contenders for worst of the worst:

3 colours red
embrace
hurricane #1
powder
sleeper
northern uproar
the gyres

Can't decide.

― emil.y, Thursday, 24 February 2011 01:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

I met the drummer from Dodgy at Truckfest once, he was actually really funny and a pretty sound dude.

Also, is now the time to wheel out the always interesting fact that the guy from Jocasta was Dot Cotton's nephew? Or actually, maybe grandson or godson or something.

― emil.y, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

if you ever wondered if you could take 2 shitty britpop bands and cross them, would the sum of their parts result in a 10000% increase in shiteness or just double the horror ?
the answer was

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

Louise Wiener bringing all women ever into disrepute surely a vote-winner

― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

"I've never thrown my knickers at you " "i dont come from wales" must be the worst lyrics in a chorus since any of catatonia & space's previous hits..

god theres so much to hate in this poll

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

Im pretty damn sure Space will win this poll

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

still like Ballad Of Tom in all its crapness tbh

smaller - not a fucking clue. name on a par with Powder

they got some press and gigs on the strength of Noel Gallagher having written a song about the singer liking to eat lasagne

^^ this is NO WORD OF A LIE

― yesterday's twat (sic), Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

were the real people around then or were they around the time of the coral?

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

the top two are the only two of these i saw live

― this odyssey that refuses to quit calling itself (history mayne), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

― Romford Spring (DG), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

lol I Love Music, I Hate Women

― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

you voted sleeper, right?

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

Oh what jokers.

― kraudive, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:16 (2 years ago) Permalink

dunno, there was a few anti-kenickie posts, looked serious to me. still shocked though that space & sleeper finished so low.

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

28 votes for bands w/women vs 43 for bloke bands?

― Romford Spring (DG), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, people really do think Kenickie were a worse band than Symposium and Nowaysis.

― Danzig, with tears in my eyes (DavidM), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

lol nineties indie kids, lauren laverne is never going to give u the time of day and u might as well admit

― oddo futre wolf ganso kilgallon thome aldair (nakhchivan), Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:55 PM

― Romford Spring (DG), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

Kinda preferred Marie du Santiago tbh.

― Danzig, with tears in my eyes (DavidM), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

lol nineties indie kids, Marie du Santiago is never going to give u the time of day and u might as well admit

― Romford Spring (DG), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

lol nineties indie kids

― this odyssey that refuses to quit calling itself (history mayne), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

particularly since she doesn't call herself that anymore xpost

― some velveeta morning (electricsound), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

lol indie

― Danzig, with tears in my eyes (DavidM), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:38 (2 years ago) Permalink

― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

indie kinda lol but mostly sad

― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

poll results seem a bit suspect to me.

― lycanthrope electrif (Pashmina), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

Very surprising and disappointing results, Dubstar and Kenickie do not deserve to be up there. Pleased to see Embrace so high, what made them worse is they actually had a big comeback later on but thank god that World Cup song killed their career again.

Really surprised that 3 Colours Red are so high. I wasn't a fan at all but I don't see them being worse than Space, Northern Uproar and loads of the others, they were just boring rock as apposed to being really annoying.

― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

idk, not sure what laverne 'is all about' these days but sort of feel she is the living link between lamont and landfill, the doughty coelecanth thriving despite (or even because) of her apparent limitations as a 'wry' clever-but-not-cleverclogs indie girl from the distant provinces in the post-brother age where london private school kids and m25 area expoly bros are the only ppl allowed to make shit indie

― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

also kenickie weren't shit afaict

― nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

i'm guessing the results turned out weird b/c this is one of those polls where ppl get confused as to whether they're supposed to vote for the best/least offensive or what they think is the worst from list

― dell (del), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah, i think "rectal prolapse" in the title didn't make it sufficiently clear that this was a vote on bad things

― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:59 (2 years ago) Permalink

kenickie were bad but there's a constituency out there who believe otherwise

'they gave good quote' - a music journalist in the 1990s

there are much worse bands than them or dubstar in this poll, but that's what makes the result lol

tbh no-one ever lumped dubstar (who were terrible live) in with the rest of these bands

― this odyssey that refuses to quit calling itself (history mayne), Thursday, 3 March 2011 01:02 (2 years ago) Permalink

But-but-but... Prolapse were great, what are you talking about?

xpost

― emil.y, Thursday, 3 March 2011 01:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

Good to see Embrace is in at the top. No, it hasn't been long enough to appropriate that name, especially those guys.

― Franklin_The_Turtle, Thursday, 3 March 2011 03:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

Dubstar deserve to be up there, but do they really fit in? They were more Saint Etienne copycats than 60s/70s British guitar pop copycats after all.

― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 3 March 2011 04:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

See, Geir has also showed the confusion inherant.

No, I don't believe Kenickie and Dubstar got that many "worst" votes.

Dubstar, particularly, people either liked them or weren't bothered. Nobody actually disliked them to the point of hate over all others...

― Mark G, Thursday, 3 March 2011 09:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

Given that is says "vote for worst" in about the fourth post, it's only confusing if you can't be bothered to read the thread or are a fucking idiot.

― Matt DC, Thursday, 3 March 2011 12:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

Which category are you proposing that Kenickie and Dubstar fans fall into there?

― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 3 March 2011 12:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

Maybe it's difficult to read with all that glitter in your eyes.

― Matt DC, Thursday, 3 March 2011 12:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

Fifth post, after one whughe pic and a very long list and a few "eh?" type posts...

― Mark G, Thursday, 3 March 2011 12:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

also it is a follow-up poll to the other one

anyway, you look for the guy dancing around at the end, and that's who won

― this odyssey that refuses to quit calling itself (history mayne), Thursday, 3 March 2011 12:23 (2 years ago) Permalink

i thought it went pretty well, but a bit more focus will ensure some epic levels of butthurtedness next go round

― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 3 March 2011 12:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

I mean, I knew, and voted My Life Story....

OK - RERUN!!!---

terrible post-britpop/dadrock ephemera RERUN VOTE FOR WORST

― Mark G, Thursday, 3 March 2011 12:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

Maybe it's difficult to read with all that glitter in your eyes.

― Matt DC,

rofl

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 3 March 2011 14:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 3 March 2011 17:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 3 March 2011 19:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

http://selectmagazinescans.netii.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/kenickieathome1.jpg to see it bigger

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 3 March 2011 19:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

what lp is that underneath the video next to thin lizzy?

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:43 (2 years ago) Permalink

Dunno, too shiny.

― Mark G, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

I think it's this album:

― Obese Pony-hating Liberal (Billy Dods), Friday, 4 March 2011 19:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

Think yr right.

Funny, on my home laptop, it's less shiny.

― Mark G, Friday, 4 March 2011 20:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

oooh well done, that looks spot on

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 5 March 2011 00:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

lol indie in excelsis:

"These young fucking art school kids attacked me because I took off Duran Duran and put on [experimental minimalist] Tony Conrad. I don't understand what kids want any more, and I'm not interested in catering to it. All they want to do is dance and fuck, and those are two things I'm completely incapable of."

― Vast Halo, Sunday, 13 March 2011 17:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

dude probably means physically, though, right?

― blvd money (sic), Sunday, 13 March 2011 23:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

big norm bossing it on newsnight right now

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Friday, 12 October 2012 21:56 (7 months ago) Permalink