Shed 7

[dangermows]

Saw them supporting Aerosmith at Newcastle Arena. They were good and the drummer did a front flip over his drums at the end of the set and thus ruined all credibility.

Sad to hear

 

[Deleted User 11453]

To be fair they have done some good choons and I'm starting to remember a few more through the haze.

Edit: top 90s totty on here!

 

[Botchie]

Seen them at Northumbria Uni around 96ish. It was a class gig, supported by Mansun?

 

[Deleted User 11453]

That vid dance scene reminds me of this:

 

[robbied1]

It was their refusal to move to London, that held them back alot. Was also at the roundhouse on sat, was an enjoyable gig. Chasing rainbows is a great song

 

[AFCSR6]

Some of my favourites.

Dolphin
High Hopes
Mark
Ocean Pie
Speakeasy
Where Have You Been Tonight?
Parallel Lines

 

[Topbanana1]

Class band live , never fail to deliver when they do the Xmas gigs , inspiral carpets supported this year

 

[NewAdventuresInWiFi]

Not listened to.them.for years.

Quite like.High Hopes, Ocean Pie, & Chasing Rainbows from memory.

 

[Deleted User 11453]

Class band live , never fail to deliver when they do the Xmas gigs , inspiral carpets supported this year

Hmmm that could have been worth going to, the original pre-Tom Hingley singer is back for the Carpets?

Bugger, I could have gone to the Nottingham one.

 

[dave hedgehog]

Seen them a few times over the years. One of the better indie bands i always thought.

 

[Life's A Pitch]

Decent enough.

Saw them a couple of times, had a good night.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

This about sums it up. But I still really like them, they do a Christmas tour every couple of years, it's well worth getting along to, you forget how many good songs they had.

Shed Seven were the perennial underachieving Britpop also-rans, who had a ridiculous misconception of their own importance and ability, and, lest we forget, were the band who, somewhat embarrassingly, re-appropriated their own song for The Link advert (you know the one; “at The Link it’s easy, easy” !). But, hold on a moment. Dig a little deeper and you’ll find an actually pretty bloody successful band with a whole raft of stone-cold classic pop tunes.

First of all, a few stats for you (cheers Wiki):

– 15 top 40 singles
– 4 top 20 albums
– in 1996 the Sheddoes had more chart hits than any other band!
– played with Ride, Elastica, Oasis etc and got to number one in Thailand, beating Take Thatto the top spot !

When the Sheds first came out, they were thought to be a brash, laddish breath of fresh air as they faced down their contemporaries, Oasis, with a sneer (despite singer Rick Witter’s alleged 26 inch waist !). As they evolved as a band though, it quickly became clear to the more sensitive of us Britpop kids that there was something deeper and more longer-lasting at work. Comparisons with Suede and the Smiths abounded and the band responded in kind by making their songs more epic and grandiose and tempering their confidence with a sensitivity and attention to detail lacking in most of their peers.
They were rewarded for their efforts with two amazing albums: the debut “Changegiver” and follow up “A Maximum High” and a string of singles that won them more and more fans (mostly in Thailand!) and played an important part in expanding the Britpop blueprint beyond its initial limited range.

The problem was, that even to their fans, they were perhaps their fourth or fifth favourite band! Although they charted, it was inevitably number 27 with a bullet! Despite their illustrious peers, they were quickly left behind, not helped by the music press (mainly the NME) backlash against them, which always seemed so unjustified to me. They fizzled out in a boring cycle of poorly-received albums, label problems, ‘musical differences’ between band members and increasingly rubbish songs.

Absolutely wonderful

Without a doubt, the funniest, least ironic post in SMB history

 

[crocodilecryer]

Seen them 7 or 8 times great live band never fail to entertain

 

[10 Gary Rowells]

Saw them supporting Aerosmith at Newcastle Arena. They were good and the drummer did a front flip over his drums at the end of the set.

Yes, I was there - Shed Seven were great, Aerosmith were terrible - can't imagine why I was there, but Shed Seven were a nice surprise.

 

[Topbanana1]

Hmmm that could have been worth going to, the original pre-Tom Hingley singer is back for the Carpets?

Bugger, I could have gone to the Nottingham one.

yeah the original one whom left half way through the life album is back

 

[wigwams]

Saw them at the academy couple years ago on their fifth farewell tour

 

[Fred Army]

Love the Sheds, saw them at the Roundhouse on saturday night and it was tremendous, the mass chanting of Chasing Rainbows long after the gig had finished was amazing.

 

[Bladecat]

Saw them at the old Newcastle Riverside. They were very good.

 

[PTR]

They played the o2 academy the other week

 

[DufraisFTM]

Class. Went to seem them at the the Roundhouse last Saturday, still a great live band. They don't market themselves to be taken too seriously and you can just have a few pints and sing-along pretending you're 16 again without all the wanker'ishness that goes with an Oasis gig.

Funnily enough I've only seen Shed 7 once, about 4 or 5 years ago at Newcastle academy and I saw more "wanker'ishness" that night than I've seen in the dozen or so Oasis gigs I've been to combined.