the landfill that time forgot: crap uk bands of 00s/10s

The Pigeon Detectives

Stephen claims: “Because of their ludicrous name people brush them off nowadays, but those boys had some absolute tunes! Plus, I think their debut record sold over MILLION copies, which is huge compared to today!

I bet Adele is well jealous.

i see that chasing cars is the most played song of c21st british radio

destroy everything imo

Had to hear 'She's So Lovely' a bunch of times last year thanks to the combo of stupid lazy office culture and streaming services official playlists based on 'feels' and algorithmic reliance on keywords in titles or whatever. This rewards all kinds of trash pop from the last 40 years with renewed and prolonged exposure than is deserved even on an objective level - particularly a problem at Xmas though. Worst first world problems.

I’m so confused by this clickbait article from the Yorkshire Evening Post in which every heading is just ‘Kaiser Chiefs’. Probably the most Leeds editing fuck up imaginable pic.twitter.com/VdqnisuZAs

— georgina🌹 (@georginaallen99) July 29, 2019

i miss nakh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRD-it5_uIA

thank fuck; I was wondering how Northern Uproar were getting on

That was one of the worst things I've ever ever seen btw

brb going outside to contract Covid

The Northern Uproar couldn't even be bothered to stand up from his couch.

Morbidly watchable.

...guy

Who knew "Imagine" was going to be the high water mark?

Fucking hell

Good that z-list proto-landfill has its own Live Aid moment

Nice to see an appearance from Pete Doherty at 4.27

Paul Chuckle, why have you demeaned yourself in this way

thank fuck; I was wondering how Northern Uproar were getting on

Billy Bibby's not in Catfish & the Bottlemen anymore? ;_;

Didn't have the sound up tbh because I'm trying to listen to Webern at the moment. Who the fuck are All The Young? I assume they must have written the song?

I think it's by Shed Seven? I only watched a minute of it before it was too much to bear. I do remember liking a song by Paris Angels

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/ShedSevenChasingRainbows.jpg

“Radio legend”, 😐

I've got this shit fucking song stuck in my head now, thank you Rick Witter I DON'T THINK

Needed Gary Crowley btw

Sweet Jesus, that was soul-suckingly bad. That Witter cunt with his sunglasses on.

Is it being generous to assume some level of self-awareness here?

I'm sure Leon Northern Uproar would have done his bit from the bog had he not been talked out of it

Being an American not into indie rock (and also being old) I've heard almost none of these, but looking at this list and thinking The Enemy? no, not the Seattle punk band ca. 1979. The Wombats? No, not the 80s garage rock band. I figure if they can't even come up with an original name, the music must be really crap.

It is.

It's intensely crap - and yes, it's very generous to assume any self awareness. The people that listen to this kind of indie actually believe all other music is inferior, often to a stupid degree. Imagine the ego on the people that make it.

Being an American not into indie rock (and also being old) I've heard almost none of these, but looking at this list and thinking The Enemy? no, not the Seattle punk band ca. 1979. The Wombats? No, not the 80s garage rock band. I figure if they can't even come up with an original name, the music must be really crap.

― Album Moods: Rambunctious; Snide (Dan Peterson)

nirvana?

no they were good

no names are original tbrr

Father time is cruel

xp never heard of them but they sound crap as well

this era cured my rockism long before I discovered ILM & co. just horrible

it kind of comes out the other end with swill like this, of course it's all horrible but then you remember there are always new 16 year-olds and hey let them have their own shitty skiffle bands instead of constantly being referred back to the lionised skiffle bands of yore

the lionised skiffle bands of yore

that is. . . a really convincing name for one of these groups.

this was a tonic for me. a good laugh

Yes, I'm glad they made it, it's hilarious.

i could only get as far as the bloke from Dodgy "singing"

I had to skip forward a bit

i didn't want to watch it but i'm glad i have, really needs its own poll

The Enemy? no, not the Seattle punk band ca. 1979

I like that Enemy.

I don't think I've ever actually heard the landfill indie Enemy. There was also a UK punk band called the Enemy, UK82 era, bit mediocre tbh, and of course Chris Knox's pre-Toy Love/Tall Dwarfs punk band

Lmao I couldn’t make myself watch the imagine video as it would have made me murder myself but this is classic, thank you based randos

#1 favourite bit: the bloke from Zutons having to punch in a second take over the top of his first, with a wipe

#2 favourite bit: the Indie Allstars consisting of bands on Polygram, Parlophone, Sony, Virgin, Island, BMG, London, Universal, Sire, Columbia and Polydor. tbf Northern Uproar, the Pigeon Detectives, and the Inspiral Carpets were actually indie.

#3 favourite bit: the bloke who wrote the song having to punch in a second AND THIRD take, with a wipe (even better, this looks like it might be the same take but he got so out of time in eight bars that it required two edits)

Uplifting as this is, somehow, Clint Boon's wellend has just made me sad.

"The people that listen to this kind of indie actually believe all other music is inferior, often to a stupid degree."

I want to know more about this kind of person. Do they really exist though? Or is there just a few bizarro versions of these dudes making a lot of noise about it somewhere?

Everytime this thread comes up I think of 'thirteen senses - into the fire', another generic song from a generic band in a vast, saturated sea of rock piano ballads coming from the uk in the mid 00's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFroDCsVCeY

So, the introduction by McGee got me thinking, what if...

Alan McGee is phoning Bobby Gillespie with a proposition.

McGEE: (*impatiently*) "Come the fuck on, Gillespie, ya lazy cu..."

BOAB: (*sleepily*) "... hullo?"

McGEE: "Hey, Bob, it's me."

BOAB: (*brightly*) "'Zat you, Al? Here, how's it fuckin' hangin', wee man..."

McGEE: "... uh yeah I..."

BOAB: "... here, whit aboot this coronavirus shite? Huv ye ever seen the likes? Stuck in the hoose 24/7, nae pubs open, the bookies shut, it's like a fuckin' nightmare..."

McGEE: "... aye, er ..."

BOAB: "... it's fuckin' dystopian is whit it is! And can ye believe me, the bold Boab, huvvin' tae practice fuckin' social distancin'? Whenever ah'm oot and aboot these days ah've goat tae make sure ah don't get mobbed wi mah fuckin' fans - keep the fuckers 6 feet awiy..."

McGEE: (*coolly*) "Happens a lot does that? Gettin' mobbed by your fans?"

BOAB: (*sheepishly*) "Well, no' really but that's no' the point..."

McGEE: "... listen, Bob, if I can interject..."

BOAB: "... interject away, wee yin, interject away!"

McGEE: "Aye, right. (*clears throat*) Now, I've got a propostion for you, Bob..."

BOAB: "... aw right, here we go..."

McGEE "... naw, never mind 'here we go'. I've got a proposition that entails a doing a good deed for the NHS."

BOAB: (*warily*) "Here, ye're no' tryin' tae get me tae fuckin' volunteer at a fuckin' hoaspital, ur ye? Ye know, 'cuz ah'm fine wi' gaun tae ma front door an' clappin' the NHS workers every Thursday night but ah'm no' intae volunteerin' - no' that ah dae go tae ma front door and clap them every Thursday night..."

McGEE: (*exasperated*) "No, Bob, I do not want you to volunteer at a local hospital (*sotto voce) (perish the thought) I want you to lend your musical talents to a project to raise money for the NHS, Jesus!"

BOAB: "Oh right? That's mair like it, wee man! Because the fuckin' NHS is the fuckin' backbone o' the country! Pittin' their lives oan the line fer us, every day and night. Where wid we aw be wi'oot they brave fuckin' men and women o' the NHS? Ah tell ye where we'd be - doon the fuckin' cludgie, that's where! Tae think that ...

McGEE: (*sotto voce*) "Fuck sake, he's going to mention Nye Bevan in a minute..."

BOAB: "... back in 1948 when Nye Bevan..."

McGEE (*raising voice*) "... Bob!"

BOAB: "... founded the NHS or, tae gie it it's fuhll name..."

McGEE (*louder*) ".... BOB!"

BOAB: "... the National Health Service..."

McGEE (*almost screaming*): "... BOBBY!!!!!!"

BOAB: "... here, nae need tae shout, Al, ah'm listenin', ah'm listenin'."

McGEE: "Right, phew, right. OK, so here's the deal, a group of musicians are going to record - at home - contributions to a song that will help raise money to the NHS..."

BOAB (*earnestly*) "... right, Al, goat ye, goat ye..."

McGEE: "... so as I say, the song's already been chosen and all you have to do is sing and film yourself singing a few lines from the song. I've already recorded an introduction..."

BOAB (*interjecting*) "Ye whit??!??! YOU'RE fuckin' singin' oan it??!??"

McGEE: (*exasperated*) "... naw ah'm no' fuckin' singin' oan it! I recorded a fuckin' spoken introduction!"

BOAB: "... jist as well as naebody wahnt's tae hear Alan McGee singing - as the worldwide record sales of Biff Bang Pow prove... nae offence, Al..."

McGEE: "None taken... well, no' much anyway... so, what do you reckon? Can I tell them you'll do it?"

BOAB: "Ah've jist goat a few questions..."

McGEE: (*mumbling*) "... should have fuckin' guessed ..."

BOAB: "Has this project goat a name?"

McGEE (*still mumbling*) "... ye'd think ah'd have learned by now... (*full voice*) Oh sorry, Bob, what was that?"

BOAB: "Ah mean, there was fuckin' Band Aid, and... fuckin'.... Ferry Aid or whatever that wan wis that recorded some shite when that fuckin' ferry sank..."

McGEE (*hesitantly*) "Indie Allstars".

BOAB: "Come again, Al?"

McGEE (*sighing*) "Indie Allstars".

BOAB: (*doubtfully*) "Here, ah'm no' sure aboot that, Al. Ah mean we're no' indie, wid they even wahnt a band plays black music involved?"

McGEE (*deep breath*) "Listen Boab, it disnae fuckin' matter whit the thing's fuckin' ca'd, does it? It's the cause that counts!"

BOAB: "Aye, ah suppose ye're right, wee man. So whit's the song then? Sumthin' classy, like "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - whit was that again, Hillsborough or Thomas Hamilton?"

McGEE: (*flatly*) "No it's "Chasing Rainbows" by Shed Seven." (*coughs*)

BOAB: "Shed Seven?"

McGEE: (*even flatter*) "Chasing Rainbows" by Shed Seven.

BOAB: "Shed Fuckin' Seven?"

McGEE: "Listen, Boab, there's a lot of good people on it... er... apart from Shed Seven".

BOAB: "Like who?"

McGEE: (*clears throat*) "Er, there's a couple of guys from, er, All The Young..."

BOAB: "Aw the who?!??!"

McGEE: "And, er (*swallowing hard*)... the bass player from the Fratellis... um... plays, er, some bass..."

*complete silence*

McGEE: "... ye still there, Boab?"

BOAB: "Aye, surprisingly..."

McGEE: "... and, uh, Billy Bibby formerly of Catfish & the Bottlemen contributes ..."

BOAB: (*interjecting*) "Can ah stoap ye right there, Al?"

McGEE: (*resigned*) "Aye, awright, ah know..."

*pause*

McGEE: "How's the wife?"

BOAB: "She's fine."

McGEE: "And the kids?"

BOAB: "The kids are fine."

McGEE: "Right well, got things to do and people to ... well, I've got things to do. Catch ye later, Bob, when this all over!"

BOAB: "Aye, will do, wee yin, will do. Aw the best! Sorry aboot that wee crack aboot Biff Bang Pow!"

McGEE: "Aye, well many a true word spoken in jest!"

BOAB: "Aye, mibbe mibbe! See ye, Al!

McGEE: "Aye, see ye Boab!"

*phone call ends*

McGEE: (*to himself*) "Wish I still had Liam's number... provided he hasn't blocked me, like that last time..."

lol that is brilliant

hahaha can't stop laughing at that video, even the name of the band is a half-assed effort.

I want to know more about this kind of person. Do they really exist though? Or is there just a few bizarro versions of these dudes making a lot of noise about it somewhere?

Can I introduce you to this classic thread:

a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis

The biggest surprise is that Johnny Dean of Menswe@r seems to be the best singer of the lot or maybe that's just because he gets to follow the Cast bloke who clearly has never heard the song before.