I remember seeing The Motors live in the late 70s and when I saw there videos on youtube it brought back some very fond memories:
Everybody will remember their hit single Airport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU5buMgojTo
And who can forget their legendary appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test performing Dancing The Night Away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8X1EKyhLHw
Years ago I saw The Beatstalkers live and at the time wondered why they didn't make it big. Your thread made me look them up on youtube and I got my answer, they were chyte.
Years ago I saw The Beatstalkers live and at the time wondered why they didn't make it big.Your thread made me look them up on youtube and I got my answer, they were chyte.
Bomb Disneyland - Deeside thrash/hardcore band at the height of the period. Should have been huge, or at least medium.
Brakes - Debut album got Rough Trade's LP of the year. Ridiculously good. Think a British Pixies. Just pooted along and then gave up.
Cathy Davey - another one who's debut LP was sensational. Now stays at home minding the farm while Neil Hannon goes out getting paid for arching his eyebrows.
Cotton Mather - their Kontiki album is one of those almost flawless albums. Ridiculously strong song writing.
Death Angel - another thrash band from back in the day. Act III remains the greatest thrash album of all time in my opinion. Never reached the heights of less talented peers.
dEUS - Their 1999 album The Ideal Crash is - imo - the single greatest LP of all time. Heroes back in Belgium but have enough talent, style and imagination that they should be international stars.
Future of the Left - like a re-incarnated Nirvana. Falco is one of the best lyricists around.
Loads probably60ft Dolls - like Oasis, but really goodBomb Disneyland - Deeside thrash/hardcore band at the height of the period. Should have been huge, or at least medium.Brakes - Debut album got Rough Trade's LP of the year. Ridiculously good. Thin
Brilliant keyboard player in the video. Standing up and for four minutes hardly looked down at the keyboards once.
Everybody will remember their hit single Airport"You've got a smiling face'Brilliant keyboard player in the video. Standing up and for four minutes hardly looked down at the keyboards once.
Dome in Brighton (1970?) warm up act for Jethro Tull - they couldn't get them off the stage to get Tull on
Mac - we should do a fred on bands we saw live 40 years apart - saw Curved Air a few weeks ago, 40 odd years on - they're still not very good
One for the oldies - Savoy Brown (Blues Band)Dome in Brighton (1970?) warm up act for Jethro Tull - they couldn't get them off the stage to get Tull onMac - we should do a fred on bands we saw live 40 years apart - saw Curved Air a few weeks ago, 40
Cecil - Supported Skunk Anansie and headined a few gigs in and around their native Liverpool back in the late 90's. Try and get a hold of 'No Excuses and 'Fishes', the latter boasting the immortal line 'I've been unwillingly screwing rabbits'
Also Flowered Up, Diamond Head, New Model Army and Callow Saints
Cecil - Supported Skunk Anansie and headined a few gigs in and around their native Liverpool back in the late 90's. Try and get a hold of 'No Excuses and 'Fishes', the latter boasting the immortal line 'I've been unwillingly screwing rabbits'Also Flo
pale fountains/shack/michael head. find it astonishing bands/him werent/arent massive.
friends again/love and money/bathers/james grant likewise.
heads up for go-betweens, triffids, pearlfishers
pale fountains/shack/michael head. find it astonishing bands/him werent/arent massive. friends again/love and money/bathers/james grant likewise. heads up for go-betweens, triffids, pearlfishers