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Post by andy on Apr 26, 2004 9:32:52 GMT -5
Cool, i'll check it out. I'm quite a late starter with Leatherface, was just shocked a couple of years ago to find a band from my home town worth listening to! Although the Toy Dolls weren't too bad I suppose.
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Post by Fat Reg on Apr 26, 2004 11:07:45 GMT -5
Andy, check out China Drum, too - they're from Ovingham in Northumberland, so the same area (kind of!). They were around in the mid 90s, and made two cracking albums "Goosefair" and "Self Made maniac" which are filled with awesome tunes played loud and fast. Insanely catchy, they're less full-on than Leatherface, but are well worth a listen. Nice guys, too and a top live act, who once opened the main stage at Reading. Always billed themselves as Geordie Scum...
Their final release, an album called "Diskin" under the name The Drum isn't anywhere near as good, sadly - a change of direction that didn't come off.
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Post by andy on Apr 26, 2004 13:52:04 GMT -5
Funnily enough Bill McQueen (i think that's his name) from China Drum is my brother's music teacher at school these days. Haven't heard a single China Drum song though...yet  |
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Post by Fat Reg on Apr 26, 2004 14:39:54 GMT -5
Holy green shit, that's amazing! I was involved in giving the band an early break when they played a weekend bike event organised by a magazine I worked on at the time - no one in the office could be bothered listening to all the CDs and tapes we were sent, so I got China Drum on the bill. Met them at a gig in Cambridge the following year and they were all top blokes - they put me on the China Drum guest list for life, but I never got the chance to see them again, sadly... check 'em out.
Also, check out Leatherface main man Frankie Stubbs' two other bands (who he was in while Leatherface were split between 1994 and 1999). they are Pope and Jesse. Actaully, their stuff is really hard to find (most of the Pope album is on the re-issue of Leatherface's "The Last", but the Jesse CD is long out of print). Also good, but hard to find are a couple of Frankie Stubbs solo single, a seven inch and a ten inch.
And... if you can, seek out Doctor Bison (I think Dickie Hammond was in them). Vocalist was Baz Oldfield of the Abs, and Dr Bison are (were) fantastic.
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Post by Digsy on Apr 27, 2004 5:27:42 GMT -5
currently digsy is listening to..... • The Only Ones • The Detroit Cobras • The One • Angelic Upstarts • The Fall • White Stripes • Danko Jones • Leatherface • The Pixies • The Darkness  |
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Post by Trigger on Apr 27, 2004 5:52:20 GMT -5
at the moment im listening to Taking Back Sunday.
Trigger.
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Post by DaveyC on Apr 27, 2004 6:33:52 GMT -5
Working, or not, to the following: - F4AF
- Story of the Year
- Lostprophets
- John Lennon
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Post by Fat Reg on Apr 27, 2004 7:12:01 GMT -5
currently digsy is listening to..... • The Only Ones • The Detroit Cobras • The One • Angelic Upstarts • The Fall • White Stripes • Danko Jones • Leatherface • The Pixies • The Darkness That list sounds familiar! |
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Post by S8N on Apr 28, 2004 7:37:22 GMT -5
sounds of today:
Cat Power - What would the community think
Thursday - Full Collapse
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
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Post by mr magnificence on Apr 28, 2004 9:48:52 GMT -5
Check the signature, now i've got it working again. I don't even have to constantly update it.
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Post by Digsy on Apr 28, 2004 11:58:47 GMT -5
does that update what you are listening to in real time  why cant i find a woman who gets as excited as me over these things |
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Post by mr magnificence on Apr 28, 2004 13:46:39 GMT -5
does that update what you are listening to in real time why cant i find a woman who gets as excited as me over these things Oh yes, it does. Through listen to |
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Post by Trigger on Apr 28, 2004 18:54:07 GMT -5
I got a new cd through the post today
Poindexter - The Unbearable Darkness Of Being.
Its a very good album from a uk emo band from Brighton.
Trigger.
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