Worst Of These Mid-Late 90s UK Bands?

Who the feck are they?

http://uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=3+colours+red&search_type=&aq=f

Alan McGee thought they were better than the sex pistols or something

alan mcgee thinks his bowel movements are the second coming of george gershwin

Dislike of 3CR's "This Is My Hollywood" tempered by mild enjoyment of "Copper Girl" (NB probably not heard since Lamacq left R1, certainly not going to bother watching the youtubes), lost in wondering if China Drum should've been on britrock poll, whether I'd still like Stony Sleep, and alarm at suddenly remembering My Vitriol.

ugh my vitriol. They were terrible.

A bit later on though, weren't they, around the time of JJ72, another stinker of a band. Early 00s: worse than mid 90s?

Christ on a bucket, JJ72 - did the world really need the Cranberries at 78 rpm?

They were really big for a short while weren't they. Looked they might do a Coldplay and conquer the world.

I remember reading somewhere about how JJ72 became bitter and twisted by the cynical music industry when their label wouldn't issue their second (or was it third?) album - so they split up in protest!

RESULT!

Steve Lamacq never recovered from the trauma.

How dare that label not have recognised their unimpeachable genius!

Although my love for them is large and enduring, I'm surprised not to see My Life Story on this poll.

Also, Rialto.

Rialto formed out of Kinky Machine, right? We should do a Worst Of These Early 90s UK Bands poll for them.

London ilxors please help - who were the shitty early 90's band that constantly plastered the tube network with their crappy stickers? Not Underneath What, the other one. I'm racking my brains here.

They'd have to be on that poll anyway, is what I'm saying.

25th of May?

No, it was The (something)s.

The Nubiles?

The Nubiles' 'Layabout' was Justine Frischman's single of 1994, FACT! (and possibly also mine)

Most sparsely attended gig I've ever been to = the Nubiles at Reading After Dark c1995. I (and seemingly everyone else) went to see the support band (some local dudes) and then promptly left after they finished.

I'm not sure they ever actually released anything. I keep thinking it was The Lollies, but...no. Anyway, carry on with excoriating 3CR, don't mind me.

The Divine Comedy should have been on this poll.

Not a UK band

Isn't he from Norn Iron?

Yes

So he is, from Derry. I always assumed he was from Eire.

Posh boy, not much of an accent

Also I imagine it'd be more accurate to say he's from Londonderry, if you know what I mean

Fuck a 3 Colours Red. That's like one color dude. I know I know, that's so three hours ago, but I had to post this:

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the first time i heard this was during their gig at leeds where they announced their first split ! ending the gig on this song was what made me wanna be a writer ! its epic

Isn't he from Norn Iron?

Yes, and the son of a Protestant vicar to answer Tom D's insinuation, but I always think of him as Éireann too, maybe for the Father Ted thing or maybe just because the press always called him "Irish". Meanwhile, didn't even blink at fellow NIers Therapy? and Ash on the Britrock poll.

Knowing bookish singer-songwriter: try to assemble Joycean lineage; noisy rock dudes: front cover of Kerrang! says WHOA NEW BRITROCKKKKK REVOLUTION (some participants may be not British)?

Dig a bit deeper into Northern Uproar's site and you discover they had a spot supporting on Mark Owen's tour. Ha!

I was on the guest list for the Glasgow show on that tour! Then I went to the pub with Northern Uproar. They were really annoying so I left and went home. The end.

SEAHORSES!

It was obvious then, and even more obvious now, that Squire had intentionally surrounded himself with a bunch of absolute no-hopers who would never, ever outshine him musically. NME were unusually spot-on when they said the only reason Squirehorses existed was so he could be Special Guest Guitarist in his own band, forever.

Dodgy had one good song - In a Room.

Great song, but their best single moment was "Staying Out For The Summer". Those fantastic backing vocals in the chorus: Classic all the way!

Reef were great. They get my vote. Place Your Hands on a pair of sharp scissors you floppy haired wankers. Almost as good as Toploader.

All of that list is cunt, bar 3 colours Red - for 'Copper Girl' only.

No wonder I was a Yankophile

I forgot about Toploader. They would've ran away with the poll though so maybe it's best I didn't remember them.

My girlfriend still reps for My Life Story, Rialto, The Divine Comedy and the like. It's the type of stuff she has on pre-recorded cassette.

mls were worse than the divine comedy IIRC

GENE are the worst. Really.

My guess it's between Stereophonics and Space for the win atm. Not enough people voting OCS yet.

OCS=genius

Stereophonics=not quite shit, but not the usual top Britpop quality either.

Space had 'The Female Of The Species' though, which was/is a great pop song. Stereophonics, begrudgingly, have 'Dakota' (although not in the mid-late '90s they didn't). Ocean Colour Scene had NOTHING.

my vitriol really weren't that bad - their first three singles are still great, before their own self-regard got out of control

OCS=genius

very liberal use of the word genius there. dictionaries the world over are angered.

Stereophonics.

Gomez are a band I don't have great feelings for but c'mon they're on a different planet to most of these piss-artists

Also, OCS, Kula Shaker and Space, aside from being infinitely preferable to the likes of The View or The Pigeon Detectives or Scouting For Girls, each have ONE song I really like. Get Away, Hollow Man (yeah I know Pt. 2 is a Dear Prudence rip-off, so what) and Piggies respectively. Don't ask how or why. Actually I haven't heard Piggies for four years, maybe I'd hate it now.

Ocean Colour Scene had NOTHING.

"The Day We Caught The Train" is a fantastic pop song. Easily in my Top 10 singles of the entire 90s.

OCS had 'sway' which is a tremendous single

Actually, Space are possibly not preferable to those aforementioned bands. I am well disposed to them because they let their keyboardist write one track and it was by far the best thing they ever did. I regard that as some kind of victory for the little man. I know there are a few Octopus' Contrarians out there but realistically I think it's the only example of a novelty one-off actually had more musical value than the regular shit. This probably says more about Space than their keyboardist.

Louis' back!!!!!

In addition to "...Caught The Train", "You've Got It Bad" was also a great single. OCS have always been great as long as they've kept some distance to the blues and written more Beatles-influenced stuff.