So he is, from Derry. I always assumed he was from Eire.
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 29 May 2008 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Posh boy, not much of an accent
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Also I imagine it'd be more accurate to say he's from Londonderry, if you know what I mean
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
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:
skippy646 (6 days ago) Show Hide 0 Poor comment Good comment Marked as spam Reply 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
― RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 29 May 2008 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
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)?
― a passing spacecadet, Thursday, 29 May 2008 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― ailsa, Thursday, 29 May 2008 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Pheeel, Thursday, 29 May 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
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!
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Fer Ark, Thursday, 29 May 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I forgot about Toploader. They would've ran away with the poll though so maybe it's best I didn't remember them.
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 29 May 2008 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link
mls were worse than the divine comedy IIRC
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
GENE are the worst. Really.
― edwardo, Thursday, 29 May 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
My guess it's between Stereophonics and Space for the win atm. Not enough people voting OCS yet.
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 23:04 (fifteen years ago) link
OCS=genius
Stereophonics=not quite shit, but not the usual top Britpop quality either.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 29 May 2008 23:34 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― CharlieNo4, Thursday, 29 May 2008 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
my vitriol really weren't that bad - their first three singles are still great, before their own self-regard got out of control
― electricsound, Thursday, 29 May 2008 23:59 (fifteen years ago) link
very liberal use of the word genius there. dictionaries the world over are angered.
― m the g, Friday, 30 May 2008 00:16 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Just got offed, Friday, 30 May 2008 01:23 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 30 May 2008 01:25 (fifteen years ago) link
OCS had 'sway' which is a tremendous single
― electricsound, Friday, 30 May 2008 01:29 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Just got offed, Friday, 30 May 2008 01:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Louis' back!!!!!
― Scik Mouthy, Friday, 30 May 2008 06:57 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 30 May 2008 09:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah there's no way Divine Comedy belong in this list; even just in terms of longevity they're way above anything else. My Life Story were, in retrospect, execrable.
― ledge, Friday, 30 May 2008 09:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Ugh, that horrible straining howl of the OCS guy. Sounded like he was about to bust a blood vessel.
― Neil S, Friday, 30 May 2008 09:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyway, Jack.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 30 May 2008 09:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Jack were the beatles compared to OCS and the like.
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 30 May 2008 10:29 (fifteen years ago) link
... that last sentence is crying out to be said out loud in a heavy East Lancashire accent
― Tom D., Friday, 30 May 2008 10:41 (fifteen years ago) link
My Life Story, as I recall, weren't too bad either. Not essential, but completely OK and better than 99 per cent of American rock, R&B and hip-hop from the same period.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 30 May 2008 10:50 (fifteen years ago) link
lol rubbish
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 30 May 2008 10:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Hmm, didn't see you weigh in on the '12 Reasons Why' poll that NRQ did a while back
xpost to Hongroe
― DJ Mencap, Friday, 30 May 2008 10:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I really wish someone would make an american equivalent of this poll.
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 30 May 2008 13:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Shed 7 own this thread.
where did their name come from? was it some kind of Blake's Seven tribute?
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Friday, 30 May 2008 14:00 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a shed you can see pulling into York railway station. I saw an interview where singer embarrassedly said "I should say it's coz I lost my virginity behind a shed when I was seven".
― Raw Patrick, Friday, 30 May 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
It's unfortunate that Catatonia bear the stigma of writing popular issues songs, though they did bring it upon themselves. There was only those two as I recall. Good band. First album is ace.
Some of these bands I don't know but I've always hated Stereophonics ("Dakota" aside), Cast, Ocean Colour Scene and Reef. Who wants my vote?
― Tim F, Friday, 30 May 2008 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Vote OCS
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 30 May 2008 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Done.
― Tim F, Friday, 30 May 2008 17:05 (fifteen years ago) link
The worst thing about Stereophonics is that they're still fucking going. At least all the others had the good sense to call it a day.
― nate woolls, Friday, 30 May 2008 17:09 (fifteen years ago) link
OCS are still going. Still very popular in Scotland too. They were at one point far bigger than Blur.
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 30 May 2008 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link
A MUST BUY FOR ALL INDIE/MOD/ROCK FANS !!!
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 30 May 2008 17:12 (fifteen years ago) link
By call it a day I take it you mean "couldn't score a record deal anywhere in the world even if they offered to play for free".
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 30 May 2008 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
They were at one point far bigger than Blur
So was fucking Runrig lol amirite?
20 years ago maybe
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 30 May 2008 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Vote OCS http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TR18QMi6L._SS500_.jpg
You know what's ironic? Mods in the 60s liked really cool, modern music.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 30 May 2008 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Then Weller came along.
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 30 May 2008 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link
And Ironically Weller on his new album is supposedly taking more chances than these wankers ever will.
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 30 May 2008 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Louis what are your thoughts on dadrock? Worse than britpop?
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 30 May 2008 22:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't like either term. The good bands like Blur and Pulp fucking transcended any narrow genre expectations. Nowadays the pub-rock Britpoppers are only too happy with their limited commodifications. Cunts. Fuckers.
― Just got offed, Friday, 30 May 2008 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link