Well obviously not forgotten, or else they wouldn't be here now would they? But I got the idea for this thread from talking to a 22 year old about bands like Sleeper, Shed Seven, Silver Sun, Powder and Gene, and that 22 year old not having a clue who I was on about, jesus she didn't even remember Elastica :mad:
Anyway I'll start it off by posting up a few videos of Sleeper, who I think were one of the more underrated guitar bands of the 90s, cracking lead singer too;)
Little Annie
Inbetweener
Sale of the Century
19/04/2007, 7:48 PM
citizenerased
Kula shaker
19/04/2007, 9:55 PM
BohsPartisan
Friend of mine bought te inbetweener single and the first time I saw the cover I thought it said inbentweener.
Louise Wener was a bit of allright though. Always smuggling peanuts.
19/04/2007, 11:36 PM
Risteard
Dubstar interested me.
This is called Not So Manic Now.
Stars was a better song but all i can find is a dancey remix and a bad live performance.
20/04/2007, 12:02 AM
SkStu
alisha's attic. They were awesome...
20/04/2007, 8:13 AM
BohsPartisan
Interstella.
Electronic.
Flowered Up.
The Farm.
20/04/2007, 8:31 AM
noby
Some of those are best left forgotten.
Dubstar I like.
20/04/2007, 8:37 AM
Pauro 76
Ah yes the 90's left them behind... God I hate it when whippersnappers dont remember that kind of stuff. Makes me feel so old.
20/04/2007, 8:38 AM
gustavo
Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
Well obviously not forgotten, or else they wouldn't be here now would they? But I got the idea for this thread from talking to a 22 year old about bands like Sleeper, Shed Seven, Silver Sun, Powder and Gene, and that 22 year old not having a clue who I was on about, jesus she didn't even remember Elastica :mad:
Anyway I'll start it off by posting up a few videos of Sleeper, who I think were one of the more underrated guitar bands of the 90s, cracking lead singer too;)
Little Annie
Inbetweener
Sale of the Century
Thanks for that ! Sale of the Century still sounds great!
20/04/2007, 8:40 AM
BohsPartisan
Quote:
Originally Posted by noby
Some of those are best left forgotten.
Flowered up were good. The Farm had two good tunes and the rest were muck. Interstella just jumped on the Madchester bandwagon. Electronic had their moments, never as good as they should have been as you'd expect more from a collaboration between Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr.
I also forgot another band from that category. The Soup Dragons
20/04/2007, 8:42 AM
Pauro 76
Longpigs?
20/04/2007, 8:49 AM
gustavo
Mansun
Space
20/04/2007, 9:01 AM
Lionel Ritchie
Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
...
...Sleeper, who I think were one of the more underrated guitar bands of the 90s, cracking lead singer too;)
Sale of the Century
Agreed, one of my unfulfilled dreams is to hear Louise Wener scream
"take it out, take it out!!! ...you'll give me a babba!!!" :cool:
Someone else mentioned The Soup Dragons. Several years before they were a sh1t band jumping the madchester wagon ...they were actually quite good. Soup Dragons -Hang Ten
20/04/2007, 9:05 AM
the 12 th man
Mostly eighties but broke up in 95 "The Kane Gang".
20/04/2007, 9:08 AM
Magicme
Arrested Development were one of my favs back then. Also loved Carter USM and EMF.
20/04/2007, 9:11 AM
Pauro 76
Catatonia 'International Velvet' wasn't half bad. 'Road Rrrrrrrage' was one of the best singles of the 90's too... Thought Mansun were really under-rated...
20/04/2007, 9:35 AM
noby
Gene. Missed that one earlier.
Also Echobelly. They were cursed with the 'Liked by Moz' tag, so doomed from the start.
20/04/2007, 10:10 AM
jebus
couple more I still like
Shampoo - Girl Power (remember being outraged as a teenager when the Spice Girls ripped this off them)
Bis - Tell it to the Kids
Silver Sun - Julia
{Dammit I can't find any videos for Urusei Yatsura on the net because of the Anime series of the same name, quality band though if anyone can get some of their CDs}
20/04/2007, 10:16 AM
BohsPartisan
Can't believe I forgot EMF. Add Jesus Jones and Pop Will Eat Itself.
Also a band I saw play in the UCD students' bar - Kenickie. Only a handfull there but it meant I could get up close for a good ogle of Lauryn.
20/04/2007, 10:24 AM
Magicme
Do u rem Engine Alley? My ex hubby used to fancy pants off the girl in them!
I rem goin to see Utah Saints durin the 90's & they were pretty good!
20/04/2007, 10:29 AM
ifk101
The Wannadies had a number of hits in the 90's, Hit been one of them.
I was at the Kenickie "gig" in UCD as well. But I thought the three girls were a bit rough up close.
20/04/2007, 10:46 AM
Risteard
Enigma - Return To Innocence.
Mansun had two great songs, Mansuns Only Love Song and I Can Only Disappoint You
20/04/2007, 10:46 AM
BohsPartisan
Quote:
Originally Posted by ifk101
I was at the Kenickie "gig" in UCD as well. But I thought the three girls were a bit rough up close.
You mustn't have been as drunk as me so.
20/04/2007, 11:05 AM
ifk101
Quote:
Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
You mustn't have been as drunk as me so.
Unlikely, not with all the Foster dollars hanging around. I'll be diplomatic and say we have a difference of opinion. I remember one of them had a pair of tight-leggings with a panther skin pattern. She was way too "round" to be wearing anything like that - and just the thought of it now sends a shiver down my spine.
20/04/2007, 11:40 AM
Lionel Ritchie
Quote:
Originally Posted by ifk101
Unlikely, not with all the Foster dollars hanging around. I'll be diplomatic and say we have a difference of opinion. I remember one of them had a pair of tight-leggings with a panther skin pattern. She was way too "round" to be wearing anything like that - and just the thought of it now sends a shiver down my spine.
Singer would do for a handy one (t'would have to be handy mind ...I'm not runnin' for that bus). The bassist was kicked. Can't remember the other guitarist. Drummer was -a bloke.
There version of 'Save All Your Kisses for Me' from a Eurovision p1sstake they did was second only to Shane McGowans reworking of 'What's Another Year' for sheer brilliance.
20/04/2007, 12:46 PM
noby
Quote:
Originally Posted by Risteard
Mansun had two great songs, Mansuns Only Love Song and I Can Only Disappoint You
Pfft. Legacy, Wide Open Space, Being a Girl...
20/04/2007, 12:53 PM
endabob1
Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
Do u rem Engine Alley? My ex hubby used to fancy pants off the girl in them!
Emmaline Duffy-Fallon, Your ex wasn't the only one :o
20/04/2007, 1:38 PM
Risteard
Quote:
Originally Posted by noby
Pfft. Legacy, Wide Open Space, Being a Girl...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Risteard
[Mansun had two great songs, . . . . . . .
among others . . . ;)
20/04/2007, 1:50 PM
Pauro 76
Negative, I Can Only Disappoint You, She Makes My Nose Bleed, Closed For Business, Six. See loads. Their last album Little Kix was quite crap though.
20/04/2007, 10:52 PM
Magicme
Quote:
Originally Posted by endabob1
Emmaline Duffy-Fallon, Your ex wasn't the only one :o
Thats the one!
20/04/2007, 11:27 PM
Eoingull
Rick Witter, ex-lead singer of Shed Seven, has just released his first album with his new band The Dukes, called "The Year of the Rat". I was at the first date on their promotional tour last night...and jolly good it was as well. Man, is he skinny...I'd say he'd give Mick Jagger a run for his money!
20/04/2007, 11:39 PM
Lionel Ritchie
Kingmaker
Ten Years Asleep is the biggest decision I've made in the last decade
21/04/2007, 9:08 AM
BohsPartisan
The Wedding Present
21/04/2007, 11:14 AM
noby
Quote:
Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
The Wedding Present
They're not forgotten in this house. A dip in form, a detour through Cinerama, but when I saw them last year they were as good as ever.
Will you stop! Their last LP -2005s 'Take Fountain' was their most successful (and best IMO) since Seamonsters back in 1991.:cool:
Currently recording the follow up in the states. Gedge had a guitar for sale on e-bay recently actually. If I'd only had a spare 500 bucks.:D
22/04/2007, 2:40 PM
BohsPartisan
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Will you stop! Their last LP -2005s 'Take Fountain' was their most successful (and best IMO) since Seamonsters back in 1991.:cool:
Yeah but I forgot! ;)
22/04/2007, 9:54 PM
Magicme
Disposable Heroes of Hipocrasy. No one I ever mention them to has ever heard of them (bar my brother coz we saw them at Feile one year!) so am always sayin...."thats Michael Franti, he used to be with DHofH" to which I get blank stares.
Please tell me you remember them & they are not a figment of my imagination. Already doubting my sanity........
23/04/2007, 7:38 AM
stann
Don't worry, Magicme, remember them quite well. :)
Television (Drug Of The Nation) seemed to be a fixture in every hiphop mix I heard for many years. I liked that Famous And Dandy Just Like Amos And Andy too, and their version of The Dead Kennedys' California Uber Alles if I recall it rightly.
I'll even go one better and remember Franti's first band The Beatnigs, I know they did Television first, but really only remember reading about them in the Melody Maker at the time.
23/04/2007, 8:07 AM
Magicme
Oh thank you, can always rely on you Stann!
Yeah loved California...made me go listen to dead kennedys
