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Well, Scottish Mick has a new solo project in the pipeline and now has hair like an ACTION MAN. Geordie Mick plays in a pub rock band called the Pump and Tap and Linda is a top journalist on the Leicester Mercury and does pieces on the fantastic nightlife in Leicester.

― Ogi, Thursday, 13 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I am Scottish Mick and I like girls with bobs and flowery dresses(ma pal told me to write this) and av got hair like an action man

― md, Thursday, 13 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Pat from Prolapse went back to being a pot specialist, but he also developed an interest in ferrets to such an extent that he now runs a refuge for injured ones. He can now house up to 50 of them in his back garden!

― Ogi, Thursday, 13 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Their fanclub Organiser/T Shirt Seller man, TURK, ran away to Canada to teach parachuting and was never heard of again.

― Jeffrey Organs, Thursday, 13 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three weeks pass...

Shouty pop at its finest. Their 20 minute set at the Love Train all day festival at The Garage in London was extraordinary. Sadly missed.

― DSS, Saturday, 6 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

No one told me they'd split up. Jeez, I spent years trying to persuade everyone how great they were. The Italian Flag is wicked, no bad songs on it at all. Bugger! Bugger! Bugger! That's ruined my day, that has. I hope you're all proud of yourselves

― NOoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Tuesday, 23 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Their Roadie was the famous Andy Anorak who used to wear an anorak that was "almost cosmic in its groovieness" and said "Havoo! Horrid Man" alot. He used to like eating runny ice cream by all accounts...

― Mushroomhead, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

nine months pass...

Geordie Mick lives in a YMCA hostel in California with the drummer from The Shits.He is a pagan monk and eats rats.

― Baron Sid, Thursday, 8 May 2003 11:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Their side project "Ears go Pfffff!" was all about the aforemmentioned Mr Andy Anorak and his exploding ears.

― Tony Adams (flowersdie), Monday, 12 May 2003 09:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Is anything on this thread true?

I really REALLY miss prolapse.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 15:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Alls I know is, I can't read the word "prolapse" without thinking of the word "rectum" as well.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 15:18 (twenty-three years ago)

I've spoken to Linda Steelyard a couple of times in her role as Leicester's answer to Lois Lane. I resisted the temptation to tell her how much I loved Prolapse, because to be honest I didn't.

― Andrew Norman, Wednesday, 21 May 2003 15:23 (twenty-three years ago)

They opened for stereolab in 1996, covering "eat yrself fitter" much to my delight.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 15:34 (twenty-three years ago)

they covered sister ray that night too! (troubadour, right g?)

also coolest band ever to have girl's lyrics song by song on one page of booklet, next to boy's lyrics song by song on another page of booklet (italian flag cd)

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Thursday, 22 May 2003 05:02 (twenty-three years ago)

wow, you have a good memory*

*well, better than mine.

wait, are you my stalker? oh well, sorry if this isn't about wolf eyes. i did see them a couple times about 6 weeks ago.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 22 May 2003 06:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Geordie Mick is no longer a pagan monk, he was last seen playing bongos in Leicester nightclub Po Na Na for jazz funk band "The John Hogg Experience" wearing a Fez, no less.

― Pripton Weird (flowersdie), Friday, 23 May 2003 11:21 (twenty-three years ago)

That Scottsh Mick from Prolaoipse is a bit of a cyba stolker - he keps learving messges on my LJ the scamp!

― Susan Brunswick, Friday, 23 May 2003 12:45 (twenty-three years ago)

I hear to cheer himself up after the Celtic result, he's decided to become a clown, travelling with a circus around Spain until September. Apparently he's going to be looking after a couple of small monkeys as well.

― jortonhoopiter (flowersdie), Friday, 23 May 2003 16:05 (twenty-three years ago)

>I hear to cheer himself up after the Celtic result, he's decided to
become a clown,

no change there then

― mr clocktower, Friday, 23 May 2003 16:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Did anyone see the Freed Unit/Prolapse offshoot "The Inside ov a Butcher's shop" in London a good couple of years ago? A mad bloke claiming to be Pope John Paul the 3rd came in waving a gun at everybody. He ended up on stage singing backing vocals at the end. There is an extremely weird video of it available somewhere (On Outthere records?)

― Romymidena (flowersdie), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:46 (twenty-three years ago)

On stage? Wasn't that a Rough Trade instore? I was there & that guy wandered in talking gibberish & then started brandishing a 'gun'. Scottish Mick put his head against the 'gun' & said "Go ahead, shoot me", which I thought was risking it a little.

There's a CDr of the set. Ridiculously limited like that 1st _The Inside Ov A..._ record (the graveyard one).

― Wandering Boy Poet, Thursday, 29 May 2003 13:19 (twenty-three years ago)

The "set" only consisted of one song, "Carnage". Which lasted about 21 hours. The cd also consists of only "Carnage", a long version and a short version. Though the copy I have certainly isn't live.

I seem to remember it getting reviewed in the album section of the NME and getting 0 out of 10. So that's them and Stereolab then. Maybe there should be a "Who got 0 out of 10 in the NME" thread.

― Bouquet (flowersdie), Thursday, 29 May 2003 15:31 (twenty-three years ago)

The "set" only consisted of one song, "Carnage". Which lasted about 21 hours. The cd also consists of only "Carnage", a long version and a short version. Though the copy I have certainly isn't live.

I seem to remember it getting reveiwed in the album section of the NME and getting 0 out of 10. So that's them and Stereolab then. Maybe there should be a "Who got 0 out of 10 in the NME" thread.

― Bouquet (flowersdie), Thursday, 29 May 2003 15:31 (twenty-three years ago)

talking to yrself is one of the first signs
of madness mr wiltshire

― anorak inspector, Friday, 30 May 2003 09:27 (twenty-three years ago)

"talking to yrself is one of the first signs
of madness mr wiltshire"

Is this one of the rare b sides?

― Andrew Asprey (flowersdie), Friday, 30 May 2003 10:57 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

Havoo my friend jeremy used to have a fluffy little rabbit called flopflop but it died cos of the horridness of noisy guitars.

― sid moony, Monday, 16 June 2003 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"Akin to the weasel" was about scottish mick's imaginary pet weasal, who was called Jeremy and featured drummer Tim on backing vocals for the first and last time.

― Boris Vian (flowersdie), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

i love this thread so

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 16 June 2003 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I heard a rumour that Dave Jeffries is playing the lute in a Columbian skunk mine and he gets paid in dead flea shit.

― sid moony, Tuesday, 17 June 2003 09:47 (twenty-two years ago)

wahey!!!!!!!!!!!!
i remember the first time i saw prolapse.
it was the BEST DAY OF MY LIIIIIIIFE!!
i am suing the london transport system....they are calling their
trains 'tube trains'!!! after all the hard work i put in and they
want to take the credit....i dont belllllieve it!!

― turk - ham on hand, Tuesday, 17 June 2003 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

The rumours true, Dave Jefferies gets 14 oz per hour, we've got Geordie Mick and his bongos (and famous fez), playing at the next event. (We're only giving him 11oz of the dead flea shit tho' ha ha )

― Columbian Skunk Mine Owner (flowersdie), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Turk is that actually you? Still involved with Beatglider? I'm sure I saw their name on a forthcoming gig listing somewhere...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 16:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't talk to me about Beatglider!!!!
After ALL THE MONEY I SPENT!!!!!
And now DJ Jason Basin is leaving the TUBE BAR!!!!!
What am I GOING TO DO NOW!!!!!!
OOOOH NOOOOO!!! This is THE WORST DAY OF MY WHOLE LOOOIIIIIFFFEEEEE!!!!

― turk - ham on hand (flowersdie), Thursday, 19 June 2003 12:18 (twenty-two years ago)

God I love prolapse. 'Italian Flag' was bloody great...didn't like ghosts of dead aeroplanes much though. Can't believe i've found other people who like them as much as i do...

― Kate Jane Connolly (fixitgirl), Thursday, 19 June 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Kate, you're a fool - while The Italian Flag is indeed great, Ghosts Of Dead Aeroplanes is BETTER. So ner.

And Turk, I'm sorry if I've caused you any anguish - just an innocent enquiry ;-) - I'm a Tube Bar alumnus '96/'97 vintage, see?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 19 June 2003 17:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I've just spent a good few minutes trying to remember what the name of their song 'Deanshanger' was. I was getting it confused with 'Panshanger, a district of Welwyn Garden City where some of my friends lived around about, coincidentally, the time when 'Deanshanger' came out.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Thursday, 19 June 2003 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Deanshanger is a village in Northants, UK that Pat and Mick from Prolapse used to frequent when doing archeology digs. They also used to go round the charity shops there so that Mick could find yet a another ceramic monkey to stick on his "toy wall".

― Derrick McDerique (flowersdie), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 09:38 (twenty-two years ago)

My nephews mates granny had a pet monkey who set fire to the curtains with a lighter.

― sid moony, Tuesday, 24 June 2003 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I heard a rumour that Geordie Mick has auditioned as bassist on Simon Le Bon's new solo album. Remember, you read it here first kids!

― Boris Vian (flowersdie), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 14:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Mick and Pat are moving to Scandanvia together and are forming a band called olag the great. They have recorded a hard house tune called "viking boyz" with legendary producer Ben Keen and the girl who used to be in Tiny Too.

― sid money (flowersdie), Friday, 27 June 2003 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Linda has got into watchmaking (but only as a hobby)and drummer Tim was involved in a freak accident involving an umbrella and a pair of kitchen scales. Sorry.

― sid moany (flowersdie), Friday, 27 June 2003 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Freed Unit gimp Jeremy (son of) Peel is recording an album of
Prolapse covers playing only the tambourine with his 'sock monster'.

the Field Mice were unavailable for comment.

― john hogg, Friday, 27 June 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I've heard that S. Mick has tried his hand at producing, and has engineered The Haggis Collectors (two bored 14 year olds from Ayr)new single, a cover of the Ligament Blub Brothers classic "Big Shoe Boy". It's out in October on Pickled Egg.

― Sid Meany, Sunday, 29 June 2003 12:37 (twenty-two years ago)

my grandmother was telling me about her prolapsed rectum last week and for a moment I disassociated to this thread.

― Queen G returneth? (Queen G returneth?), Sunday, 29 June 2003 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Dave Jeffries new Aztec/emo/transvestite influenced outfit "The Salt" are currently working with my nephews mates grannys monkey as producer, at Bogsheds old studio.Honestly.

― sid moony, Tuesday, 1 July 2003 11:54 (twenty-two years ago)

In a bizzare twist of fate Geordie Mick has accidently burnt all his nostril hair off while trying to impersonate Ron Mael from Sparks using only a packet of matches and some "laughing gas". S'all true.

― sid mangy, Wednesday, 9 July 2003 15:48 (twenty-two years ago)

two weeks pass...

Hey Turk! The 'Glider sank without a trace, anyway. F'k'm. Has Scotia gone to Norway with Elin yet? Might be up to play at the Spread Eagle before you know it! Be afraid, youth! Love to all if you see 'em.
DXX

― DRS, Thursday, 24 July 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

In a last ditch attempt at fame Geordie Mick has tried to create a whole new own genre. He takes his BONGO METAL outfit "How Many Means Bakes Five?" out on the road in September. The tour starts at the Shed in Leicester. The band all wear Fez's to "comical" effect. Keep it under your hats.

― Edward Fizzy, Friday, 25 July 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Strange but completely true. Ex Julian Cope guitarist and Prolapse Keyboard curlyhead Donald Ross Skinner has been offered a free season ticket seat (worth £650!)in the directors box at Port Vale F.C. in exchange for writing and performing a single with the team squad for the upcoming season to commemorate the "Valiants" 127th season in existence.

― Gillian Mope, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I like how this thread keeps coming back.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

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I hear whispers that there may be yet further warm up shows..

― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 5 February 2015 23:43 (eleven years ago)

two months pass...

Hey, new interview

https://lazerguidedmelody.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/adventures-in-vocal-mess-lgm-interviews-mick-derrick-from-prolapse-exclusive/

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 April 2015 20:19 (eleven years ago)

one month passes...

!!! TONIGHT !!!

― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 29 May 2015 12:51 (eleven years ago)

At this btw and excited

― woof, Friday, 29 May 2015 20:08 (eleven years ago)

well jeal

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 29 May 2015 20:20 (eleven years ago)

Was great. Especially 'Flex'.

― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Saturday, 30 May 2015 09:33 (eleven years ago)

so great. i've missed them

― woof, Saturday, 30 May 2015 11:15 (eleven years ago)

Really really really great.

― emil.y, Saturday, 30 May 2015 15:57 (eleven years ago)

two weeks pass...

nottingham tonight!

― ogmor, Friday, 19 June 2015 16:12 (ten years ago)

Brighton last night was fantastic. An absolute joy to put them on. Lots of Leiester in that room for a Tuesday on the south coast.

Semper fucken eadem!

― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Wednesday, 24 June 2015 21:44 (ten years ago)

Saw them supporting Mogwai at the weekend, they sounded fantastic and went down really well... except for bloke standing next to me who turns to his mate and says "what the fuck is this? This is the worst shite I've heard in my life [glances at me] you like this shite?"

― ailsa, Thursday, 25 June 2015 09:25 (ten years ago)

Nottingham gig was a huge amount of fun, glad they've been so well received

― ogmor, Thursday, 25 June 2015 11:02 (ten years ago)

one year passes...

Something new from Michael Derrick. Bit weird, bit mad, bit low quality.

https://mrmichaelderrick.bandcamp.com/album/the-sexy-world-of-mr-michael-derrick

― everything, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 23:07 (nine years ago)

this is good nonsense

― ogmor, Thursday, 1 June 2017 10:33 (nine years ago)

five years pass...

Ack one ticket for gig tonight at Oslo in Hackney but I can’t go.
Any takers? You just need a dice account and I’ll send it to you.
If you’re a London ilxor just buy me a pint sometime (probably greater than face value as things stand so maybe a half).
Ilx mail works - slightly busy afternoon but post here and send a mail and I’ll try to make it work.

― woof, Saturday, 29 October 2022 12:50 (three years ago)

oh that sucks. I am going tonight but already have a ticket

― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Saturday, 29 October 2022 12:59 (three years ago)

Do they plan a new record?

― nostormo, Saturday, 29 October 2022 13:00 (three years ago)

they had studio time booked but was scrapped due to lockdown, no doubt they'll get back to it at some point
saw them in Leicester the other day, as good as ever live, played all the "hits"

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 29 October 2022 13:05 (three years ago)

Mick Derrick has a new record out, as National Screen Service, “A New Kind of Summer”: https://nationalscreenservice.bandcamp.com/album/a-new-kind-of-summer

― bulb after bulb, Saturday, 29 October 2022 14:23 (three years ago)

Wrong Mick!

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 29 October 2022 15:49 (three years ago)

Mick Harrison, sorry.

― bulb after bulb, Sunday, 30 October 2022 05:42 (three years ago)

nine months pass...

I like the little ditties you write musing about imaginary numbers. Maybe you should team up with rock librarian god and leather trouser wearer, Stevie Twee (the sad hedgehogs have split, due to arguments about whether they should cover 'Let the sunshine through Your Anorak' by C86 favourites 'Cellophane'). You could be the next Morrisssey and Marr!
― The Walking Looking Up Man's Big Bag, Monday, May 16, 2005 10:24 AM (eighteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

working a job at the moment catalouging zines, and obviously there is a lot of c86 / indie pop fanzines in there. have come across one titled: 'let the sunshine through Your anorak'and this is the only use of the phrase i can find online; was this post from the enigmatic fanzine author?

― devvvine, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 11:38 (two years ago)

four months pass...

some guy who runs a metal/noise label in Glasgow posted on his Instagram stories today that the biggest disappointment of 2023 was the bloke from Prolapse being an abusive dick at Mono in Glasgow, and all the bald blokes in the audience did nothing about it.

what's all that about? as far as I can see Prolapse played at Mono in 2022, not this year. maybe it was one of them solo? or was this guy completely unfamiliar with Prolapse and took Tina This Is Matthew Stone seriously? couldn't find anything about it online

― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 17 December 2023 01:23 (two years ago)

they played Mono in October last year, maybe that's what he's thinking of?
when they recorded Tina in the studio for the 1st album the producer really thought they were having a fight and hitting each other in the vocal booth
they recorded a new album in Wales this summer, should be getting released next year

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 17 December 2023 01:47 (two years ago)

I think that's probably what happened, bit embarrassing for the guy tbh, I think he's older than me, I'm sure he probably doesn't have as much hair as he used to

― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 17 December 2023 01:53 (two years ago)

I saw them in London last autumn and the worst thing that happened was their t-shirts apparently stinking of fish because they'd been sat in a lock up somewhere for 25 years. I bought one and it did not smell of fish fwiw

― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 17 December 2023 02:01 (two years ago)

nine months pass...

saw them last night and… it was a lot of fun! well, esp the first half. donald skinner had a funny turn or something, and carried on playing sitting down and some of the oomph and chaotic energy went out of it. i was like… don’t you want to check he’s ok?

one of the new songs v good. the other… needed practice.

then due to engineering works which it wasn’t clear were happening i ended up in bromley at half midnight. ;_;

― sur le pont donkey kong (Fizzles), Friday, 27 September 2024 16:44 (one year ago)

I was going to go last night but Melt-Banana were playing in Brighton and I opted for the gig that didn't involve hours of travelling (sounds like that was a good idea re engineering works). hoping due to the recording of new songs they'll be playing again next year

subsequently learned that the guy I posted about last year who I think grossly misinterpreted their stage performance is in Coffin Mulch who I saw a couple of months ago and are really good, and can confirm that he isn't in fact bald

― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 28 September 2024 03:37 (one year ago)

I was in the support band (Kylie Monologue) for the London date. They were self adminttedly a bit rusty. New stuff sounds good; not a major departure. Guess they will be back over when the new album comes out next year.

― Flowersdie, Tuesday, 1 October 2024 12:06 (one year ago)

five months pass...

Gideon Coe on 6 Music just played a forthcoming track from Prolapse

Prolapse - On the Quarter Days
https://bsky.app/profile/6music.bsky.social/post/3lktpdj4xib2b

sounding intense and noisy

― djmartian, Thursday, 20 March 2025 22:21 (one year ago)

On Spotify now. Pretty good!

― paulhw, Tuesday, 25 March 2025 16:08 (one year ago)

And said track is now up for streaming/purchase:

https://prolapse2.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-quarter-days

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 March 2025 23:23 (one year ago)

Plus, we got video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-MDNcozGgY

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 March 2025 23:26 (one year ago)

three months pass...

More! Cha Cha Cha 2000:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNMeGgG37C0

― emil.y, Friday, 27 June 2025 13:02 (eleven months ago)

two months pass...

Unless I'm missing something somewhere else, you know there's a whole new album out right?

https://open.spotify.com/album/5TNi3y1BQPDXLVfXegk4dz?si=A-ctOXGtToKoLfJn0IzeUw

― paulhw, Friday, 5 September 2025 23:45 (nine months ago)

Very well aware!

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 6 September 2025 14:20 (nine months ago)

Very well aware!

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 6 September 2025 14:20 (nine months ago)

*hiccup*

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 6 September 2025 14:20 (nine months ago)

six months pass...

Just listened to The Italian Flag for the first time while reading this entire thread. Would describe the experience as 'life affirming'

― imago, Saturday, 4 April 2026 08:47 (two months ago)

The reunion album is tremendous, one of my faves from last year. Amazing that they still have that unique vocal contrast still working perfectly.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 4 April 2026 13:42 (two months ago)

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