Det här mina vänner är en ny blogg som kommer fokusera på musik vi kanske glömt eller inte glömt eller aldrig hört beroende på vem du är...
En del av vad jag lägger upp kommer säkert i en dels ögon vara riktigt trist och i dagens ljus ganska taskigt. Vad jag kommer försöka få fram är en förklaring till varför mina hjältar är Paul King, Luke Haines, Ian Brouidie, PWEI och många, många fler. Om allt funkar som det ska är min plan att lägga upp två låtar/videos per dag med nån sorts röd tråd som binder dem samman. Vi startar nu med:
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine "Sheriffe Fatman"
"Based in Lambeth in South London, England, Fruitbat and Jim Bob originally played in an indie band called Jamie Wednesday, which released two singles - 'Vote For Love' and 'We Three Kings of Orient Aren't'. On discovering they had a gig booked but no-one else to play there, they quickly formed Carter USM, reputedly named for Fruitbat's diligence, aptitude, and stamina. They recorded the backing track of drums, synths and samples, fused Fruitbat's guitar antics with JimBob's lyrics. The debut single A Sheltered Life was released later in 1988 on the Big Cat label, but it wasn't until the classic second single Sheriff Fatman in 1989 that the band began to receive real recognition. The song was written about a South London slumlord and was followed by the album 101 Damnations - a critical account of life South of the river, full of black humour, cynicism, wordplay and puns. The album went straight to the top of the Indie charts. The band's gigs became legendary - the wall of white lights that formed the tradtional back-drop throwing off enormous heat and contributing to the sweaty, stage-diving crowd scenes that became part of the band's image."
Pop Will Eat Itself "Touched By The Hand Of Cicciolina"
"An early version of the band formed in 1981 under the name From Eden; members included Clint Mansell, Adam Mole, Chris Fradgley, Malcolm Treece and Miles Hunt (Treece and Hunt went on to form The Wonder Stuff). After changing their name to Wild and Wandering for a while and recruiting Richard March and Graham Crabb (Graham being the only respondent to replace the 'piss poor' Miles Hunt on drums), they eventually became Pop Will Eat Itself in 1986, taking the name from a quote in an NME article about band Jamie Wednesday (later to become better known as Carter USM).
The band honed their songwriting skills with a string of catchy two-minute pop songs released on EPs both as Wild and Wandering and Pop Will Eat Itself. With the help of DJ John Peel, these EPs saw some airplay and enjoyed some popularity among university students. After the band feared they had accomplished all they could with their sound, they found new influences in hip hop acts such as the Beastie Boys, Run DMC and Public Enemy. Graham soon dropped the drum sticks for a mic and was replaced by a drum machine called "Dr. Nightmare." Their style continued to develop with classics such as "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore' and the anthemic "Def Con One". As a result, PWEI were signed to major label RCA and they achieved top 40 hits with "Can U Dig It?" and "Wise Up! Sucker" off the album This Is the Day…This Is the Hour…This Is This!"
