the rectal prolapse of norman lamont: terrible post-britpop/dadrock ephemera

unh? That's rubbish!

Good: Dubstar, Kenickie
Tolerable for a song or two: Divine Comedy, Sleeper, Supernaturals
Ugh/eh: the rest

Sad I can't vote for the Seahorses because this right here is the ignominious death of Britpop. lex, for you this is what hell sounds like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18w84rpaqlg

Disgraceful omissions in this thread, should have been a public consultation first, tempted to overturn this thread. Nakhchivan you are the Michael Gove of shit indie.

― Matt DC, Thursday, 24 February 2011 09:54 (2 hours ago) Bookmark

the list was contributed by someone more knowledgeable in this field

cast/ocs/kula shaker get the kicking they deserve already, wd skew the poll

not sure abt mansun

Gay Dad
Shed Seven

accepted, but hey i think yall have enough to chose from

Gay Dad seem a bit late for this poll?

Gay Dad was first formed in 1994 by former Mojo and The Face journalist Cliff Jones

Add it to the list of things they were late for.

Mojo and the Face would be an A+ band name

Better than Gay Dad anyway

i thought the face was meant to be cool ;_;

On second thoughts, Tiger don't really belong here. This is great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQXJ0SL44Ac

Mojo and the Face would be an A+ band name

I'm going to start a Mod revival just use it

Yay!

You can be Mojo

3 colours red - lame gumby punk, ZZzzzz
18 wheeler - no memory of what these sounded like
divine comedy - vaguely remember these, seem to think the singer put too much of his creative enercy into his MM interviews, not enough into the band
dodgy - couple of half-decent tunes
dubstar - likewise
echobelly - ridic hott singer clouds my judgement of these, IIRC they sounded like the smiths a lot?
embrace - singer was almost as bad as BBY GLSSP, sounded like a wounded animal whining in pain, band could have been awesome and therecords wd still have been dreadful bc of this
gene - bad smiths clones, could not figure out why these got so much press
gomez - remember the band name, nothing else
hurricane #1 - totally forgettable and forgotten
kenickie - likeable kiddiepunk, can actually remember (and remember w some fondness) a couple of their singles
longpigs - seem to remember seeing these on tfi friday or something, can remember what the singer looked like, but not the music
marion - another sub smiths band iirc?
menswe@r - sounded like a bunch of primary school kids trying to ape wire. might have got good after like 3 albs but ridic hype meant that wd never happen i suppose
my life story - sort of remember thinking these were ok but cannot remember anything about what they actually sounded like
powder - singer was called "pearl" can remember nothing else about these
puressence - no memory of these beyond vaguely familiar band name
sleeper - lol c-man. In retrospect, a couple of the tunes were OK or at least memorable.
smaller - who?
space - seem to remember liking idk one of their singles, can at least remember what they sounded like
audioweb - who?
bluetones - bought their album for chap from cgharity shop, was OK-ish but a bit flat iirc
geneva - nothing beyond vague memory of band name
heavy stereo - likewise
jocasta - who?
midget - who?
monaco - who?
northern uproar - laughable gumby music made by idiots no idea why these ever got coverage outside of the live reviews pages
nowaysis - you're having a laugh, right?
number 1 cup - wjo?
perfume - nothing beyond the name
60 ft dolls - see norther uproar
rialto - saw these on tv on some chatshow, seemed like a bad copy of pulp -humour +whiny lyrics
silver sun - can remember the name, nothing else
supernaturals - likewise
symposium - vaguely remember - somethign - about them, cant bring it to mind
the gyres - who?
tiger - one hit wonder w/o the one hit - seem to remember they they were ok, mainly remember ridic hype
unbelievable truth - who?
warm jets - who?

when did the UK become this factory for churning out forgettable, 2nd rate guitar acts w/loudmouth spokesperson? Pretty sure that it wasn't always like this.

Mad Lizzy Crumbs' blind cobblers' thumbs were a sight to behold
She was a rum old slapper and we always tried to get her pants off when she phoned

what would be the point of doing that?

Rialto's point of interest was they had TWO DRUMMERS. This was completely inaudible in their music.

voted embrace because of the terrible singer ++ ridic hype that never mentioned THE SINGER CANNOT SING

when did the UK become this factory for churning out forgettable, 2nd rate guitar acts w/loudmouth spokesperson? Pretty sure that it wasn't always like this.

Since a cottage industry built up that would receptive to pretty much anything with a guitar in the hope that they might one day make a good record.

... when shit started selling and it was realised someone could make some money out of it

Midget + Jocasta + Number 1 Cup + Unbelievable Truth.... are these real bands or is nakch pulling our collective leg?

Jake Shillingford from My Life Story once accidentally pissed on my hand while standing at a urinal in the King's Cross Water Rats. That's probably the most 90s sentence I've ever typed.

― Matt DC, Thursday, 24 February 2011 10:17 (2 hours ago)

this is what these polls are all about

i know unbelievable truth were real cuz they had thom yorke's brother

note 'ephemera' in poll title

I have a Jocasta CD Single.

nowaysis - Oasis 'tribute' act that put two of their own, original, songs on the b-side of their hit, because they're not totally stupid.

The Unbelievable Truth and Geneva are the two bands that could have been massive if they'd waited for two or three years and come up off the back of Coldplay and Keane.

Unbelievable Truth were pretty much the dullest band I can remember seeing live. Not even particularly bad, just boring.

Other Oasis cover bandsBlurasis
Burnage
Champagne Supernova
Ciao
Cloneasis
Definitely Might Be
Gallagher
Ha'waysis (North East based Oasis tribute band)
Masterplan
No Way
Noasis
NoAces
The Raid
Okasis
Oasisn't
Oasist
Rockin' Chair
Pasha & The Wonderwalls
Shakermaker
Supersonic
Wonderwall (also interviewed for Live Forever)
Acquiesce
Soasis
Bonehead's Bank Holiday (from Raleigh, NC)

I mean, Travis were basically one of these bands until their second album came out.

Dodgy were 1) better than any other Britpop act and one of the best things to come out of the entire 90s. 2) not really Britpop as they started out long before the Britpop boom and only sought to make guitar based melodic pop music. Musically they had more in common with Jellyfish and Crowded House than with Oasis.

there's prob a third category for the interlull between dadrock and landfill

gay dad
skunk anansie
feeder
terris
king adora
my life story
lowgold

i remember unbelievable truth sounding like exactly what you'd expect a band featuring thom yorke's brother in 1996 to sound like. t/f?

One of the Warm Jets went out with Zoe Ball. It's all coming back to me now. I'd better stop reading this thread before I start liking Marion again.

kind of incredulous that you all remember these people

t
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all of them = more reasons that i never read the music press while growing up

http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Yorke

Powder woman's daughter is that famous model

were they big in ankara or something?

Interesting to see you've forgotten The Supernaturals. They were of course great and not awful at all, but so were a lot of the other bands on this list, and I know those people without taste who hate all proper melodic music written after 1990 tend to hate The Supernaturals as well.

New board description:

those people without taste who hate all proper melodic music written after 1990

Good: dubstar, gomez, my life story (*), tiger

Some OK moments: divine comedy (**), dodgy, echobelly, embrace, gene, kenickie, longpigs, space, bluetones, rialto, unbelievable truth

Bad: hurricane #1, menswe@r, sleeper, northern uproar, nowaysis, supernaturals

Can't remember: 3 colours red, marion, puressence, audioweb, geneva, heavy stereo, monaco, 60 ft dolls, silver sun, symposium

Never heard: 18 wheeler, powder, smaller, jocasta, midget, number 1 cup, perfume, the gyres, warm jets

(*) My cousin was in My Life Story for a short while, so they get a free pass.
(**) I liked The Divine Comedy just fine, until "National Express". And then there was no going back.

Sorry Geir, are we forgetting to hate the Supernaturals?

http://lost-pixel.net/gal/Concerts/Andy_Yorke/02.jpg

Thom Yorke's Brother Andy To Release Solo Debut Album

The chorus of Smile only has one note, it can't be good.

Can we stop him? (xp)

'Thom Yorke's Brother Andy' is the solo project of Andy Yorke

DIV comedy more like

Song of bitterness and recrimination gets all the lyrics xcept for one word removed so it can show lots of people happy and dancing because they have a bank account. Named after the song.

Quite a few songs here would benefit from having everything except one word removed.

Like looking at the Burgess Shale, figuring out classifications - My Life Story go with things like David Devant and his Spirit Wife is that right? stringsy, drama pop?

Do Jack have a place here? Thought they were ok, but several of these ok.

stringsy, drama pop?

Divine Comedy f'rinstance