Gibby82 Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 15 hours ago, The Black Flag said: Sigue Sigue Sputnik, everywhere then nowhere, utter shit. How did Tony James career survive that? I ended up drinking in a Dundee pub with the drummer from Sigue Sigue Sputnik about 20 years ago. Boy was off his nut. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, coprolite said: The Zutons put out some new stuff the other week there, that was a blast from the past. Seeing the Zutons in December, they supporting Paul Heaton on his tour. Last time I saw them they were supporting REM @ Loch Lomond, mostly want to see them so I can scream at folk 'this is what the song Valerie should sound like, not being butchered by that warbling Bint Winehouse'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, Central Belt Caley said: Scouting for Girls had about 4/5 hits when I was in late primary school/early high school. Never really heard much from them since My parents went to a campervan rally/music festival about three months ago and Scouting For Girls were playing. The Wurzels, Jason Donovan and Toploader were also playing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Alanis Morrisette kidded on she was a grunge babe in the 90s and popped up all angsty and shouty at every festival going a couple of years later shewas all dippy hippy India. then f**k all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Just now, dirty dingus said: Alanis Morrisette kidded on she was a grunge babe in the 90s and popped up all angsty and shouty at every festival going a couple of years later shewas all dippy hippy India. then f**k all. She might be on the comeback trail, she played Pitchfork last weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Who was the poster who worked in a chippy and said that one of their colleagues kept playing Scouting For Girls album on repeat so they put the CD in the deep fat fryer? I remember laughing at that story. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 41 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: Most the bands mentioned are either still together or have got back together to cash in on the nostalgia factor. Take early 00s Nu Metal heroes Limp Bizkit. Few big hits over 20 years ago then relative obscurity. Now the lead singer, Fred Durst looks like yer grandad having some sort of breakdown Fred Durst directed a horror movie starring John Travolta as an autistic homeless stalker who kills celebrities. This is something that happened and is real. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManBearPig Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, Fuctifano said: Bands in general have disappeared from the charts, saw a clip of Richard Osman podcast on twitter and there have been 3 weeks of bands being at number 1 in the singles chart in the 2020s. Everything else is solo artists or collaborations. One of the three weeks was the Beatles, and one was the live lounge all stars who did the foo fighters song during first lockdown so effectively loads of different individuals. Only leaves Little Mix as a band who would actually tour to have had one solitary week at number 1 in this decade. The comparable figures for the first 5 years of the 1980s and 1990s were around 140 weeks. It's easier to create a parasocial relationship with fans for a solo artist than it is for a band. A lot of big name popstars seem to rely on that these days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, Fuctifano said: Bands in general have disappeared from the charts, saw a clip of Richard Osman podcast on twitter and there have been 3 weeks of bands being at number 1 in the singles chart in the 2020s. Everything else is solo artists or collaborations. One of the three weeks was the Beatles, and one was the live lounge all stars who did the foo fighters song during first lockdown so effectively loads of different individuals. Only leaves Little Mix as a band who would actually tour to have had one solitary week at number 1 in this decade. The comparable figures for the first 5 years of the 1980s and 1990s were around 140 weeks. Was watching one of those clips the other week and discovered that his brother Mat Osman is the bass player for Suede. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 This thread has reminded me of how piss weak music was in the mid 2000's. Tame, public school boy guff as far as the eye could see. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Little Boots Think she's DJing somewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 2 hours ago, 101 said: Franz Ferdinand also in the Indie rock vanishing act Playing Strathpeffer of all places in October. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jives Miguel Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 2 hours ago, Fuctifano said: Bands in general have disappeared from the charts, saw a clip of Richard Osman podcast on twitter and there have been 3 weeks of bands being at number 1 in the singles chart in the 2020s. Everything else is solo artists or collaborations. One of the three weeks was the Beatles, and one was the live lounge all stars who did the foo fighters song during first lockdown so effectively loads of different individuals. Only leaves Little Mix as a band who would actually tour to have had one solitary week at number 1 in this decade. The comparable figures for the first 5 years of the 1980s and 1990s were around 140 weeks. That's a fucking grim statistic. No doubt directly proportional with how many artists are topping the chart with music and lyrics that are written by their record companies and writing teams, and not themselves. Popular music these days has never cared less about artistic merit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 7 hours ago, Steve_Wilkos said: In my youth it was The Kooks, The Pigeon Detectives, The Wombats, The Enemy. They are/ were all shite. Landfill Indie was an absolutely dreadful era of music. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said: My parents went to a campervan rally/music festival about three months ago and Scouting For Girls were playing. The Wurzels, Jason Donovan and Toploader were also playing. So essentially everyone was swinging and avoiding the music. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jives Miguel Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 2 minutes ago, Gaz said: Landfill Indie was an absolutely dreadful era of music. It was. Britpop as equally to blame for influencing it all. Rock music will probably never recover from it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Just now, Jives Miguel said: It was. Britpop as equally to blame for influencing it all. Rock music will probably never recover from it. I wasn't massively into Britpop at the time, but looking back on it 30 years later you realise there were about five good bands and the rest were utter shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 I will, however, die on this hill: Maximo Park were / are fucking brilliant. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 10 minutes ago, Gaz said: I wasn't massively into Britpop at the time, but looking back on it 30 years later you realise there were about five good bands and the rest were utter shite. Same as it ever was.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 5 hours ago, johnnydun said: Skunk Anansie. I thought they would have been so much bigger than their eventual peak. Skin had an amazing voice. They are still going. THey split for about a decade and came back.They are still fucking great IMO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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