mickb2112
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Their last two albums are way better than Metallica`s last two
Underrated bands
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EcosseMackem
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They were very highly rated by a lot of people including the press - They didn't get the commercial success they deserved and appear to be somewhat forgotten these days but at the time, they were very highly thought of, especially from 1979-1982
I'm so glad someone agrees with me - the most criminally underrated band of all time
Always liked the Comsats too - I can't count how many times I saw them as a support band
Another band that were far better than people ever credit
I'll add the following
The Skids
Penetration
The Higsons
Magazine
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heston
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It's more their latter period I think was underrated. They're an acquired taste but albums like Mummer, Skylarking and Oranges and Lemons have many moments of utter brilliance once you delve into them.
EcosseMackem
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Fair enough, but they certainly were highly thought of from the Drums and Wire period
heston
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Yeah, quite the critic's darlings around that time. I suppose a lot of good bands have their moment in the sun then the press moves onto someone else.
EcosseMackem
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To be fair, the critics rarely got it wrong in those days
You missed the Gibb brothersWe've been having a brothers band and or brothers in bands session at work these last couple of days!
Started when there was a Scott Walker tribute show on radio concerning a tribute concert at the Albert Hall on Tuesday neet. My mate argued until he was blue in the face that The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anywmore was by The Righteous Brothers.....he eventually relented when I offered to bet him ten pints that it was The Walker Brothers. If I'd offered a pint bet he would've took it.......I shot myself in the foot there. They were playing The Everley Brothers all day anarl.
The Webb Brothers. Sons of Jim Webb writer of Wichita Lineman and others.
The Golinski Brothers. Indie pop classic "Bloody".
The Faith Brothers. Toured with REM and drank in one of my old locals in Fulham.
Sparks
Oasis
Kinks
Beach Boys
UB40
Jesus and Mary Chain
Flying Burrito Brothers.
Prefab Sprout
AcDc
Daintees
Crowded House
Split Enz
Psychedelic Furs
Allman Brothers
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ramones
Triffids?
Saw both the triffids and the GoBetweens. Gobetweens were way way better.
riffraff
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Aye......and The Osmonds, Jacksons, Jackson 5 and Dire Straits.
There'll be more.
Royal 8er
Winger
Aren't they ( or were ) from Oz?
Or is this whoosh
riffraff
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Proclaimers ffs!
Swindon. Had a map of Swindon on the inside of one of their early albums which was mocked up as a A-Z type guide to their lives.....place of virginity loss, place of lsd hallucination, place of drunkeness, place of violence etc etc.
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heston
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Are you thinking of INXS? You should be able to tell the two apart, INXS are incredibly shit.
supernaut1968
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But loads of people still love them.
EcosseMackem
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There was a band from Edinburgh called the Scars who made one fantastic album called Author Author in 1981 then disappeared off the face of the earth
They never get a mention these days
They never get a mention these days
Space Hopper
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Superb album. I have still got the vinyl. I bought it at the same time as 'Fiction Tales' by Modern Eon. Another criminally underrated band (they only made one album as well).
EcosseMackem
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I saw Modern Eon as a support band a few times in 80/81 most notably supporting the Stranglers on the MIB tour
Excellent band who should have gone on to greater things
Their Peel session of 1981 was as good as the album in my opinion
Mr.Thunders
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Is it true someone from Prefab Sprout lives in Leadgate?
I think Paddy lives there, maybe?
Mr.Thunders
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