I think i sent nathalie mp3s of the albums iirc
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 11 October 2010 16:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
GM was probably the only band that's attempted to pick up where the Cure left off after 'Pornography'.
Insta-sold.
I think I saw these fellas on Ned's 136 list when I browsed it a couple weeks ago?
Where to start, etc.?
― i'm just saying let ilxor say something nice to me ffs (ilxor), Monday, 11 October 2010 18:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
Get both albums and you've got most everything, but definitely search out the various singles as you can -- Home, The Desert Song, Ego, the original Purity EP.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 October 2010 18:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
then get some bootlegs
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 11 October 2010 18:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ah yes, okay, I'll search the albums first.
YouTube'd a few tracks and this sounds waaaayy up my alley. Fantastic.
― i'm just saying let ilxor say something nice to me ffs (ilxor), Monday, 11 October 2010 18:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
the god machine piss all over the cure btw
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 11 October 2010 19:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
Okay let's not get ahead of ourselves Herman...
― i'm just saying let ilxor say something nice to me ffs (ilxor), Monday, 11 October 2010 21:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
Without a doubt, one of the best bands I have seen live, in the 150-200 capacity Hull adelphi. It was rammed and GM floored everybody with their gorgeous - and at that time fairly original-quiet/LOUD.
For some reason,Robin PS's incongruous baseball cap sticks in my mind along with the drummer's felt ball drumsticks.
That and the freakouts by Jimi. A tragic loss.
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Monday, 11 October 2010 22:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sorry, I meant Jimmy. Respect.
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Monday, 11 October 2010 22:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, a ferocious live band. I recall seeing them in a lot of places like the New Cross Venue, the Underworld, and various Sausage Machine venues. They also played a great + powerful set on the second stage at Reading one year. They were sort of on the periphery of the Camden 'lurch' scene, and certainly played with most of those bands despite not really fitting it, sound-wise.
― Position Position, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
Well obviously, from the few songs I've now already heard, Jimi's got nothing on Jimmy...
xp
― i'm just saying let ilxor say something nice to me ffs (ilxor), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
I used to have an album by this lot, can't remember much about the way it sounded except that it was a bit miserable. I should dig it out.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
Haha one of my first posts up there in 2003. Still love these guys but have to admit that as a comfy mid-30sth I usually find it too intense to listen to them anymore.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 09:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
God damn, Scenes from the Second Storey is fucking awesome. I think I have the Home cd single somewhere with their lovely version of Fever.
I don't hear The Cure here, hmm?
― kraudive, Sunday, 13 May 2012 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sorry for the bump, just enjoying the record.
― kraudive, Sunday, 13 May 2012 00:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's there, trust me. But it may take a little time to fully sink in.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 May 2012 00:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
no apologies for bumping; now unsuspecting folks like myself get the privileged of hearing them for the first time...
― arby's, Sunday, 13 May 2012 01:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ned, you're writing of Disintegration era Cure, I guess?
― kraudive, Sunday, 13 May 2012 01:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nope -- to quote myself:
"It's All Over" in particular leapt out at me, the burnt, sad acoustic guitar-led song smack dab in the middle of the album, rivalling anything as gripping as what the Cure did in Faith/Pornography days, to echo Fabrice there.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 May 2012 01:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
This band could do with a nice lil' box set collecting all their odds and ends
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 14 May 2012 10:08 (1 year ago) Permalink