Every year I seem to go through a nostalgic phase when something pops up to remind me of a TV comedy, a film or a band that I really liked in my teens and I go on a hunt for all of the albums or episodes that I used to have on poorly copied audio cassettes or video tapes recorded from the TV.<\/p>\n
A few years ago it was tracking down the Who video<\/a> that changed my whole view on what being a bass guitarist meant, the Sugar album Copper Blue<\/a> and Bandwagonesque<\/a> by Teenage Fanclub. Then it was getting the sci-fi series<\/a> V<\/a> on DVD. Last year it was buying up stuff by the Boo Radleys<\/a> (bizarrely released by my own former record label) and now this year, the song Away From Here by The Enemy<\/a> reminded me of Mega City Four<\/a>. That’s how indie rock should sound. So I decided to go buy some Mega City Four stuff<\/a> and while I was at it I tracked down Trains, Boats and Planes<\/a> by The Frank and Walters<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Frank and Walters had just released Happy Busman and were on Channel 4 show The Word, the week before I went to my first ever concert – The Inspiral Carpets at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, supported by Airhead (anyone else remember Funny How?) and the Franks themselves. I was deaf the next day.<\/p>\n A few months later I saw Mega City Four and they were excellent, however I was shocked to discover tonight that lead singer Wiz died just before Christmas<\/a>. Shit. More eloquent words fail me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every year I seem to go through a nostalgic phase when something pops up to remind me of a TV comedy, a film or a band that I really liked in my teens and I go on a hunt for … Continue reading