babyshambles are the only mention so far that i have owned a .rar by
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Noah + the Whale not on the list
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
The Twang have previously been hailed by fellow Coventry native John 'Gaunty' Gaunt as bringing back the spirit of punk rock, thus unquestionably earning them a place in this canon
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
noah and the whalegorillazstarsailorbabyshambles
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.gaunty.com/tour.php
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I watched the youtube of the twang (it was shit) rather than bringing the spirit of punk rock (eg actually "rocking") they seem to belong to that sub wonder stuff school of "songwriting" where the tunes all seem to be ululations between 2 or maybe 3 notes.
― Pashmina, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Until now I'd never known that the Fat Magic Numbers were British.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Talking of Coventry, there's The Enemy
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
The Enemy specialise in music about friendship and social commentary like The Arctic Monkeys or The Libertines. Tom Clarke has said that bands such as The Clash and Oasis have had a "huge influence on our friendships within the band and with our families. These bands taught us to open our hearts" .
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
.........
― Pashmina, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Towers of London?
― dysfunctional e-penis (van smack), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
"These bands taught us to open our hearts" IDK what to say about this really. It's kind of stunned me into silence.
― Pashmina, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
"...and with our families" did that for me
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah, the emeby.
Try again: The Enemy.
There was some interview where to show their distinct/exclusive tastes, they said that the only band they *all* liked was Oasis.
Which is a good way of saying the exact opposite to what they intended...
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
The OthersThe RakesThe Cribs
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Oasis???? taught them to open their hearts? They know their heart is not their gob, right?
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I dislike Babyshambles for reasons other than their music - they harrdly ever play anyway.Towers of London: Donny Tourette is a twunt but has a tiny bit of self awareness and knowledge that his band's situation is ridiculous and hopeless.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Pash/Tom, I read that as "see, we told our parents that although they might think we're crap and we should concentrate on our school work etc, we played them Oasis records and said that we could do that, and they said that we might be onto something"
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
My shit rural American town has Ke$ha playing a coupla hours away in a few weeks so the local top 40 station is playing her nonstop & last night I was exasperated at the "desperate clubbing" themes of every song but having read that blurb on The Enemy I take back everything I said Ke$ha, you are loved again.
― Euler, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Also SNORE PATROL you bunch of fucking amateurs.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
The Cribs had a few moments and I feel like Towers of London were stupid, harmless fun and not taking themselves very seriously so they can't be lumped in with gobshites like Mumford and Razorlight.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
You know I already had some mass pity for all you folks thanks to Cameron, but this is now approaching catharsis.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
But I am American so my exposure to both was limited.
(xpost)
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Joe lean and jing and a jang and a jong...
Had the good grace to fall off the pavement rather than from a height.
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh god forgot about them.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Biffy Clyro
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Right, they suck
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I would disqualify Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong due to them being so shit no one would even release their album. They were sort of the Gay Dad tipping point where the music industry realised they were just taking the piss now.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
The Cooper Temple Clause on the other hand.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
A Hundred Reasons why Hundred Reasons are shite
^^^ Classic ILM.
just type 'v festival 2007' into yr favourite search engine for inspiration
shittest uk band of 00s/10s poll = "Festval" bands poll
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
There's still a roadsign in Reading that has "home of the Cooper Temple Clause" 'grafitti'd' onto it, (i.e. it almost looks official)
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
We will need to run this poll 50 times so they all have a chance of winning.
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
not sure if gorillaz belong on this poll....even if u h8 them they're still pretty different to the landfill mnstrm
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i agree
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Absolutement. Think we shd have restrictions on number of chords deployed plus shitness of rhythm section.
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Wd also save Lawrence and the Machine for a different poll for the same reason.
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Should the Wombats be here? Or a little too late? The inheritors of the tradition.
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
In a perfect world we'd be able to vote for Kasabian as one Platonic ideal of twattery and Scatting for Girls as the other.
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Also in a perfect world The Sex is on Fires and the Killers wd belong in this list.
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost -- The Anacrapsis
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Kasabian's pretension make them non-platonic imo: if it's a fault, it's an unusual fault in lummox rock. (but obvs no argument that they must be in the poll)
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Nah, Kasabian are part of the noble tradition of Primal Scream-esque would-be space rockers were pretension = "have read a big word in a comic". It doesn't reach to they music or anything.
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:36 (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ahh that's who I meant - The Twang are Brummies iirc
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Will admit to liking "We'll Live and Die in These Towns" but I am a sucker for a horn tbh
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
can we add dirty pretty things?
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
also: the last shadow puppets
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
the fratellis
Don't think foreigners shd be allowed to vote in case they're misled by the veneer of glamour hanging over exotic Britishes locations like Cov and Chorley.
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Dearest Dog Latin: 'never had a girlfriend have you?'
― Stephen Booth, Sunday, 19 May 2002 00:00 (8 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
so icey
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link