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Willow

Raven
The Bodines
Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
The Silencers

i've just spent all night on youtube watching Cat Scratch Fever vids cos something somewhere reminded me of them today!
Great band round Liverpool (and elsewhere) in the mid 90s ... have a look
Paul Kappa (dr death(??) is still going around town i believe

Willow

Little Angels.....
Saw them twice in their early days, great band that went off the map when The Cult poached their drummer.....

Electric Love Hogs.....
Saw them supporting Ugly Kid Joe and they totally stole the show, bought their debut album and played it to death.....brilliant.....never heard of them again.....

THUNDER

wow! So many accusations of horse molesting!!

I thought the Little Angels were ace too. Product of the working class was an ace single!

I remember buying an album by a guy names Robin George years ago - did all the instruments himself, decent songwriting etc. Thought he'd be HUGE, but nothing (over here anyway - dunno how he fared in America where he came from)

Mick

Thunder were pretty big for a while weren't they? I was going to say them, but I remember buying their greatest hits cd not long ago - and they had quite a bit of success with backstreet symphony didn't they?

Mick

"I dont neeeeeeeed your diiiiirty lurve........"

Terence Trent D'Arby - Huge 1st album , then went weird and badly weird!

Toss the Feathers
Goats Don't Shave

Both should have been as big as the Levellers and The Saw Doctors

@US Mail - lol ! I always hated Terence Trent Darby. I think his fish eyes used to scare the hell out of me!

I thought Autograph were pretty good......

Mick

The Fixx - Never made it over here but massive in the US.

Rootjoose, a great band with fun tunes from the mid-90s. This song is a classic in my eyes, and reminds me of being in primary school when everyone else was bumming off the Spice Girls I was into Placebo and Beck. If only I were as cool now! : -

Rootjoose saw them live in blackpool they were great and thealbum was pretty gud as wen.

Love/Hate
Electric Boys

It's Immaterial should've been far, far bigger than they were and the Railway Children too. I think baggy just destroyed all non flares and tie-dye wearing indie bands of the late 80s/early 90s.

It Bites, FM.

No justice in the world!!

Dan Reed Network - saw them at Manchester academy in early 90`s and they were brilliant.
The Storm. - half of Journey, great well crafted melodic rock.
Giant. Dan Huff, what can I say ?

Foreign Affairs,The Apex Beat Company and Jack’s Assassin were all very tricky...The Firm, Thunder and The Wildhearts and Back Street Crawler

@ mick. now way pal love/hate are one of my all time favorite bands!!!
i want to see them at bradford rio in 95 i think, and ended up spending the day with them!!!top guys.

king of the hill

babylon a d

pride and glory

motley crue with john corabi on vocals (heaviest album they did.) i loved him on vocals but im probly the only crue fan that did!!!!

Budgie
The Fixx
It Bites

Thunder defo, and cutting crew. Awsome band live. Milli vanilli. lol

MORPHINE
(great trio, not helped by the lead songer/songwriter dying onstage in Italy)
THE GODFATHERS
(straight ahead rocking band, not helped by 'difficult third album' syndrome and Britpop)
JELLYFISH
(genre-busting pop pastiche act, not helped by grunge movement)
BADFINGER
(awesome tunes, terrible luck with management,nNot helped by the two main songwriters committing suicide)
MANSUN
(Chester-based, superb first album, world at their feet, buggered it up. Where are they now?)

Morphine and Mansun are two epic shouts.

It ites, Mr Big, Winger, Jorn

Autograph have just had their Albums re-released and are being played on Rock FM
Toby Jepson the singer with Little Angels is now with Gun and Dan Huff (Giant) was with the country band LoneStar (remember 'Amazed' bout 10 year back)
Mr Big have reformed again to do some gigs .....

# Posted by The Cottonhouse Shakers - 11/03/2010, 00:15 (GMT)

Toss the Feathers
Goats Don't Shave


I used to do gigs at some of the Irish gaff's the 'Tossers' played. The drummer was called Paul I think, wouldn't let me use his kit - he did eventually - when we played at The Palace Levenshulme with them once. Dezzy Donnelly played fiddle and used to do a bit of the 'ol oirish with a chap called Barry (X craptors Rowetta without the make up!!) James

Quartz, Vardis, Export, Samson, Ugly Kid Joe, Skin..........ooh somebody stop me

Mansun were absolutely awesome! Attack of the Grey Lantern was (and still is) a top album. Six isn't bad either, I just think they got stitched up when Brit Pop died, the music industry just went cold all the bands who came to prominence at that time, even if they were more in the Radiohead bracket than the Menswear one.

should have been bigger that they are/were

Mr Big,Skid Row,Tyketto,Skin,Thunder,Living Colour,White Lion

and Ian Mcnabb who is brilliant , mega talented songwriter

i need to get some It Bites stuff

The Smurf's ?.... but turns out they actually very small....























Very sorry..

Ian McNabb is awesome, love the Icicle Works!

Mansun - blimey they were great!

Spider...saw them at the Joiners in Chorley, also Witchfynde

Saw Spider supporting Slade a few times. Good little band.

X.Y.Z !

Self titled first album - first 'single' ....... 'Inside Out' was the bollox !

:O)

That petrol emotion
ex undertones, were stifled for their political views on Ireland. Brilliant band, saw em loads a times.
Icicle Works did some good stuff and some crap too

Mark

Col youve not seconded my Tyketto mention,how dare you lol although its that much a given how good Dont Come Easy is we dont even need to qualify it do we!!

Ian Mcnabb solo is best, great catchy songs and hooks and lots of great humour in his music, wonderful voice too

he ventured into the crowd at the last academy manchester gig i went too, i patted on the back with a well done mate and he handed me the mic on the chorus to Evangeline, awesome so funny that was!!

this song should be known by everybody, still got the fever

Spider's "Here we go Rock'n'Roll" - top track. I saw them at King Georges Hall in the 80's, two brothers in the band and the bassist looked like Bob Carolgees! Good band.

Another exellent band I saw at King Georges Hall was "ALASKA" with Bernie Marsden.

"# Posted by King-Fist - 11/03/2010, 09:45 (GMT)

@ mick. now way pal love/hate are one of my all time favorite bands!!!"

Blackout in the Red Room is one of my top 10 albums. Even now when I go to parties or gigs where recorded rock music is involved, at least one track from that album is played. 8o)

Good times. :oD

Icehouse from ozzy had one hit here " Hey little Girl " bought three of their albums - good stuff.
Great Southern Land is one of many great songs from them, all very 80's but good all the same -

Hurricane Party(who then became Roadstar and then Heavens Basement), still going but cant beat this first EP, met up with them twice, really great guys and superb, did well in the classic rock secen though, got many support slots with big big bands

Love/Hate.....fantastic band, Why do you think they call it dope woa hoa

Rob !

I wanted to nominate Tyketto / White Lion / XYZ ! but you beat me to it ! ....... also the original 'Dare' line-up, 'Out of the Silence & Blood from Stone' still in my Car today ! the word is ...... Darren & Vinny are giving it another shot !

Awesome !

Icehouse! They're cracking. Flowers and Primitive Man are great albums. I don't understand how on earth they never made it.

" # Posted by Anthem - 11/03/2010, 23:21 (GMT)

Love/Hate.....fantastic band, Why do you think they call it dope woa hoa"


she's a knock-down blue-eyed slut psycho-virgin tease! \m/\m/

Gun - they should of been.

Wiretrain - love these.

Agents of groove - a local originals band,the lead singer sung exactly like Pete Shelley it was scary and im gutted as my cd wont play anymore for some reason ;( ahh the good old days of the jam nights in the Sir Henry Royce.

Tobruk yeah. They were really good. They played to about 40 people at King Goerges Hall, a poor turnout but they were exellent.

"# Posted by Piggery Bandana - 13/03/2010, 08:11 (GMT)

Ive started on a mission here - Anyone ever hear icon? They were quality"

Don't fire til you see the whites of their eyes!