Thought of Swansway, and also of Scarlet Fantastic, who they became
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 24 September 2010 10:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Cranes got a fair amount of hype in MM I recall, 'this summer's coolest band' along with odd insinuations of child-abuse and Alison & Jim's odd-childhood (forget details)
― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Friday, 24 September 2010 10:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I remember a fair amount of 'the next Smiths??' style hyping going on in the NME, some bands I recall being on the receiving end were people like Easterhouse, Gene, The Railway Children & James.
Also there was Bradford and Raymonde
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Friday, 24 September 2010 10:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Were Love & Money successful?
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Friday, 24 September 2010 10:43 (thirteen years ago) link
aw man don't lump the poor Primitives in with this lot :(
I liked the Motorcycle Boy too but they're the perfect fit for this thread.
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Friday, 24 September 2010 10:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh shit Raymonde! Ha
― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Friday, 24 September 2010 10:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Swansway had "Soul Train", which was pretty good.
Hipsway certainly belong on this.
― Mark G, Friday, 24 September 2010 10:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Love + Money had a hit or two. As did Hipsway. That was the period when bands in Glasgow were only allowed to write songs with Sugar, Candy or Honey in the title (see JaMC).
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 24 September 2010 10:46 (thirteen years ago) link
What was the name of the band with Thom Yorke's brother in, named after a film I think.
― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Friday, 24 September 2010 10:46 (thirteen years ago) link
The Unbelieveable Truth
― Flint Baths (useless chamber), Friday, 24 September 2010 10:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Love and Money were successful enough to hang around for years making records for the same audience. Maybe I thought they were more successful than they actually were because of their prominence in and around Glasgow.
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Friday, 24 September 2010 10:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Texas came along and made all those bands redundant (not to mention embittered + resentful)
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 24 September 2010 10:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Getting unpleasant flashbacks of people like The Big Dish and The Silencers here.
― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Friday, 24 September 2010 10:50 (thirteen years ago) link
In terms of post-Nirvana major label cash hemmorhaging, Jonathan Fire*Eater probably had the most high-profile trajectory of "a MILLION dollar contract --> total flop album --> drugs --> cautionary tale --> obscure footnote." It's a really great album, though.
Even at the time, it almost seemed like the majors already knew not to bother spending the marketing cash on the many other big WTF post-grungexsplosion signings (Drive Like Jehu, Helmet, Jawbox, Shudder to Think, etc. etc.)
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 24 September 2010 10:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Everyhit brings nothing for Love and Money.
Hipsway:
17 Hipsway The Honeythief Feb 1986
― Mark G, Friday, 24 September 2010 11:02 (thirteen years ago) link
"Candybar Express" not a hit?
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:04 (thirteen years ago) link
(see what I mean about Candy/Honey/Sugar?)
http://www.btinternet.com/~birdpoo/images/pupplp01.jpg
― Stevie T, Friday, 24 September 2010 11:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I've got that album somewhere!
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:05 (thirteen years ago) link
from Love and Money's wikipedia page - "hits" in this case meaning between #50 and #75
In their nine years together they recorded four moderately successful albums, three of which were released in the United States, and had six chart hits in the United Kingdom.[2]Singles"Candybar Express" (1986) UK #56"Dear John" (1986)"River of People" (1987)*Love & Money" (1987) UK #68"Halleluiah Man" (1988) UK #63"Strange Kind of Love" (1989) UK #45"Jocelyn Square" (1989) UK #51"Up Escalator (1989)""Winter" (1991) UK #52"My Love Lives in a Dead House" (1991)"Wishing Waters EP" (1991)"Last Ship on the River" (1994)
Singles
"Candybar Express" (1986) UK #56"Dear John" (1986)"River of People" (1987)*Love & Money" (1987) UK #68"Halleluiah Man" (1988) UK #63"Strange Kind of Love" (1989) UK #45"Jocelyn Square" (1989) UK #51"Up Escalator (1989)""Winter" (1991) UK #52"My Love Lives in a Dead House" (1991)"Wishing Waters EP" (1991)"Last Ship on the River" (1994)
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:06 (thirteen years ago) link
"Strange kind of love" the only one I could hum you.
― Mark G, Friday, 24 September 2010 11:08 (thirteen years ago) link
So, what positions did those moderately successful albums get to?
Not exactly setting the heather on fire there
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Looking at the wikipedia page, it looks like the record company tried everything they could launch them, but not one top 40 hit. Support slots for U2, Simply Red & Tina Turner, appearances on the Wogan TV show etc...
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:09 (thirteen years ago) link
iirc 'Candybar Express' mentions both sugar and candy in the chorus.
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:10 (thirteen years ago) link
James Grant couldn't sing and wasn't very good looking - no competition for Sharleen Spiteri basically
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Their first album didn't chart. I'd be surprised if any of the others reached higher than the arse end of the top 40. 'Dogs in the Traffic' was 30th in the Scotsman's top 100 Scottish albums thing that I think we discussed on ILM at one point.
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Did Jonathan Fire*Eater srsly have seven figures chucked at them?? That seems like next level madness if that's true. In the UK they were exactly as big as you'd expect ie a cult band who had a good rep among indie kids and got played on the Evening Session (think Lamacq released their records in fact?)
― Heurelho Gomes & The Scene (DJ Mencap), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Did Jonathan Fire*Eater srsly have seven figures chucked at them??
That was the story:
In early 1997, Jonathan Fire*Eater signed with David Geffens nascent Dreamworks music label. It was a million dollar contract with unusual clauses including full creative control for the band and a generous dental plan for their nearly toothless manager Walter Durkacz.
The front man had a big drug habit and the band collapsed, but (most of) the rest of the band put the money into their own studio (and re-formed as The Walkmen).
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 24 September 2010 11:27 (thirteen years ago) link
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/101581.jpg
^ remember seeing these cocknozzles all over Smash Hits when I was a kid. Never heard a note though.
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Whozat?
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:29 (thirteen years ago) link
The mighty Drum Theatre
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:31 (thirteen years ago) link
It was a good era for preening buffoons in post-'Wild Boys' pyjamas
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Friday, 24 September 2010 11:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Detective
― henry s, Friday, 24 September 2010 11:56 (thirteen years ago) link
were Das Psych-Oh Rangers hyped?
― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Friday, 24 September 2010 12:05 (thirteen years ago) link
2x Hayzee Fantayzee + self-promotional linkidge
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Friday, 24 September 2010 13:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Managed a couple of hits though, and Jeremy Healy has been pretty successful since.
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Friday, 24 September 2010 13:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, two big hits in the UK, which is twice as many as Toto Coelo ever had.
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Friday, 24 September 2010 13:09 (thirteen years ago) link
The Gufs
― Remedial Thug Motivation (San Te), Friday, 24 September 2010 13:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Tin Machine?
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Friday, 24 September 2010 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Oy Vey, Baby still boggles the mind.
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Friday, 24 September 2010 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Radish! Another group what got tons of money thrown at them by Mercury. Think Ben Kweller saved a little bit of it, maybe and has ended up making a few records that for some reason sound nothing like Radish.
― ellaguru, Friday, 24 September 2010 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, ellaguru! I've been trying to think of them ever since I remembered Symposium being on the NME 'bratbus' tour (lol). I bought the Radish album...I...I dunno...
― textbook blows on the head (dowd), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:19 (thirteen years ago) link
wait, did anyone mention Vanessa Hudgens?
― bang (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I guess Disney is guilty of spending money on people whose talents they later shifted - Lohan? Panetierre, Duff etc.
― textbook blows on the head (dowd), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
hey onimo you remember Slide and The River Detectives?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
shitloads of these shitbands got hyped by billy sloan/daily record/sunday mail. Each one shitter than the last.Love & Money were by far the worst.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Was about to mention them. "Eldorado" was actually a great pop song. But surely no hit. Not that one either.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw Slide a couple of times supporting people at the Barrowlands, can't remember what they sounded like.
― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Friday, 24 September 2010 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
shit yes :(
I think I saw the Silencers once, supporting The Alarm maybe.
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Friday, 24 September 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link