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

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oh, just noticed the preceding post. they should add an exclamation mark to the end of 'Soldier On' to make it sound like a groovy exhortation

elton laleham, Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link

They (or at least a graphic designer in a hurry) added an arrowhead to the N in their logo.
http://www.wearesoldieron.com/meet-the-band

You are swimming in spaghetti. Without a paddle. (snoball), Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link

If you ever got a hold of my iPod touch, once you get past the four-digit code you’ll see it’s full of some of the greatest music you’ll ever hear. Ranging from Small Faces to The Seahorses, every songs a “tune”.

I think if you’re in a band you need to look cool as fuck. I want to look like I’m in a band. Parkas, Polos, Chelseas etc. Anything that’ll make people ask “Here you! You in a band?” to which I’d reply “Aye mate, Soldier On.”

Ottbot jr (NickB), Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link

are they all man u fans?

elton laleham, Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:51 (nine years ago) link

What band/artist has most inspired you?

Oasis look at my hair

You are swimming in spaghetti. Without a paddle. (snoball), Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:54 (nine years ago) link

I’m actually really good at writing about myself. I’ve always got something to say and an opinion on most things.

yes i'm sure you do

Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:56 (nine years ago) link

What would be your ideal gig?

Being the last band on at a big festival.

if only there was a convenient word for this position

Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:58 (nine years ago) link

I have a dislike for most people that don’t dare to be different.

http://www.wearesoldieron.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/DSC_1036-198x300.jpg

Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 January 2015 16:00 (nine years ago) link

This has to be a joke, right?

Dinsdale, Thursday, 1 January 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link

having watched the video of "Eggs for Breakfast" i'm hoping so

Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 January 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link

It's like they have even less awareness than Raygun.

You are swimming in spaghetti. Without a paddle. (snoball), Thursday, 1 January 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link

not everyone that keen on the Eggs for Breakfast video:

callogan245 days ago

You look like a bunch of miserable bastards, smile some and stop objectifying women, sexist video.

though the girl just looks vaguely bored and contemptuous throughout the whole thing, don't know if this was intentional

elton laleham, Thursday, 1 January 2015 16:16 (nine years ago) link

This is a vanity project of independently wealthy dudes right?

Treeship, Thursday, 1 January 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link

The girl did add a bit of sophistication (boredom and contempt) to the video which I liked.

Treeship, Thursday, 1 January 2015 16:34 (nine years ago) link

okay that one must be a joke

Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 January 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Cj4ytJC8Gvg/maxresdefault.jpg

elton laleham, Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link

guy second from the right doesn't really seem 100% committed to the 'look'

elton laleham, Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link

I was trying to start off 2015 giving humanity the benefit of the doubt

i bet my life on HOOS (rip van wanko), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:13 (nine years ago) link

http://www.merc.com/media/wysiwyg/blog/the-dying-breed-01.jpg

elton laleham, Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link

The girl did add a bit of sophistication (boredom and contempt) to the video which I liked.

― Treeship

ruh-roh blurred lines defence raggy

local eire man (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link

wait i was gonna do that, are we swapping jobs for 2015?

Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link

fuckin why not

local eire man (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link

not like it was working out for either of us as was like

local eire man (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link

a fair point well made

Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hDWme-1pQQc/maxresdefault.jpg

Ottbot jr (NickB), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link

imagining some kind of Prefab Sprout/Street Preachers crossover there

Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link

why can't mod bands look like this anymore?

http://www.modshoes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/56-mod-shoes-the-times.jpg

elton laleham, Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link

it's nice those blokes letting their kids be in the band

Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:26 (nine years ago) link

is that Stevie g

local eire man (darraghmac), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link

http://www.sixmic.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/THE-DUKES.jpg

Il faut un temps, dans les années 70, où courait un slogan fort en vogue : « If its too loud, your’re too old. » Passé la démagogie du propos, on peut se souvenir de ce type de phrase édité sur les albums : « To be played at maximum volume. » Même le Ziggy Stardust de Bowie en a bénéficié, on pourrait ajouter que cette recommandation n’aurait pas été saugrenue sur les disques des Stooges, MC5, Fleshtones ou autres.

Avec The Dukes, cette même instruction semble superflue : « Black Hole Love » ou « Gold Digger » ressusciteraient Rob Tyner (Rock in Peace), « Alive » puise sans vergogne du côté des musiques qu’affectionne Tarantino pour ses films (western et riffs démesurés) et des titres lorgenront sans fausse honte vers des groupes « hard » plus récents : Linkin Park sur « Genius », QTSA avec « The Great Escape », le punk US façon Offspring dans « Just In Case » et un groupe avec qui on peut voir plus d’une affinité revivaliste, The Hives sur « The Tyrant ».

droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link

here you! you in a band?

mookieproof, Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:56 (nine years ago) link

Eventually someone's gonna post a pic of a band that an ILXor is in.

nickn, Thursday, 1 January 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link

This thread is like Shit Haircuts R'Us!

All the shit haircuts under one roof...

who or what's to blame for this 'Who, mods, Jam, parkas, Faces, Chelseas, Stones..' look/talk/bollocks? it wasn't even this bad 10 years ago. the influence of YouTube and Spotify? BBC4 rock docs? Classic Rock magazine?

makes me pine for the ElectroClash revival.

piscesx, Friday, 2 January 2015 11:45 (nine years ago) link

I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Shit Haircuts R'Us kid!

You are swimming in spaghetti. Without a paddle. (snoball), Friday, 2 January 2015 12:09 (nine years ago) link

xp release of Quadrophenia on home video?

You are swimming in spaghetti. Without a paddle. (snoball), Friday, 2 January 2015 12:17 (nine years ago) link

I've got two problems with these bands. The first is the misogyny. I don't know if Oasis ever wrote misogynistic lyrics - I'm not one of the millions who are familiar with their work - but 'Eggs for Breakfast' is some sub-Confessions/Carry On garbage that Noel Gallagher would never have descended to.
The second problem I have is that there's a difference between being influenced by a list of artists and being 'influenced' by them. The latter is just blatant copying. I really wonder what the Gallagher brothers opinion on all these bands is. Maybe we'll never find out - they are from the demographic that buy a good proportion of Oasis records, so it's unlikely that Noel or Liam would ever say something as blunt as "fucking load of shite copycat wankers".

You are swimming in spaghetti. Without a paddle. (snoball), Friday, 2 January 2015 12:26 (nine years ago) link

Hmm. I mean, I like The Who/The Jam/Small Faces etc. on a musical level. I'm not really interested in adopting the look and waltzing around like I've just took a time machine from 1965 and acting like I'm willing to pretend that the last 40 years of music didn't exist.

The thing about these bands is that they don't seem to be aping The Who/The Jam/Small Faces directly; the impression that I get is that they're aping Oasis aping solo Weller aping The Who/The Jam/Small Faces etc., which is something completely different. I haven't heard any of the music by some of these bands, but just from looking at them and reading "what they're all abouuuuut, maaaaan!", I get the impression they're more on the Cast end of the spectrum of quality than the The Who/The Jam/Small Faces end of the spectrum.

For some reason, I have this vision of half of these bands listening to Confessions Of A Pop Group by The Style Council and whining "Blasphemy! What's this bollocks, Weller? It's not proper enough! There's no tunes on it! Maaaaaan!"

it's unlikely that Noel or Liam would ever say something as blunt as "fucking load of shite copycat wankers".

Hmmm, this would be a different Noel and Liam then?

Mark G, Friday, 2 January 2015 12:42 (nine years ago) link


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