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Post by stuhuggett on Dec 30, 2007 1:52:38 GMT 1
So, My Bloody Valentine are back together, hey-ho...
Band reformations, then:
Your favourite examples?
And your least favourite?
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Post by petra on Dec 30, 2007 11:15:53 GMT 1
Chavez getting back together is the best thing evAr.
Probs Boyzone is the worst so far.
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Post by stuhuggett on Dec 30, 2007 15:24:16 GMT 1
Just been reading first chapters of the MBV book Marcus & Lisa got me for Christmas (thanks!) - which is a great little book - but it doesn't make me happy that they've reformed after all this time, especially post-'Lost In Translation' and all those duff production & remix jobs Shields has undertaken for mediocre bands since (Hurricane #1, Placebo, etc). But... it could yet be worthwhile: his stuff with the 'Scream & Mascis was often great.
Other favourite reformations I've seen include Wire, Dinosaur Jr and TG.
Lesser ones (though still with enjoyable gigs): New Order, OMD.
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Post by Michael on Dec 30, 2007 18:35:37 GMT 1
Um... I can't wait to see them live again. The good things about old shoe-gazers is that it's not like they'll be jumping about the stage any less  |
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Post by marcusjr on Jan 2, 2008 16:40:05 GMT 1
We shouldn't be down on Shields for trying to earn a crust, the guy's got to eat! I liked his work on Lost In Translation, it seemed really right for the film. I for one will be standing with my stopwatch to see how long the nine minute chord lasts for (probably around nine minutes).
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Post by stuhuggett on Jan 2, 2008 17:46:59 GMT 1
Shields in the 33rpm (technically 33-and-a-third, but I can't find a fractions key on this keyboard) book, talking about 'Lost In Translation' (p110) :
"They gave me the opportunity to replace some of the music they had in the rough cuts. But it had to be a similar style of what was already there, which was an imitation of My Bloody Valentine. So it was a little weird trying to imitate something that was trying to imitate something I'd done before."
If that was all the comissioning I was getting, I'd reform my old band too!
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Post by stuhuggett on Nov 27, 2008 20:41:10 GMT 1
Toyskin - live at Brass Monkey, Thu 4th Dec.
Didn't see that one coming!
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Post by carrie on Nov 27, 2008 22:46:25 GMT 1
teenbeats (and long tall shorty) brass monkey fri 19th.
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Post by caroline on Nov 28, 2008 1:27:42 GMT 1
teenbeats (and long tall shorty) brass monkey fri 19th. Hoorah! ;D |
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Post by stuhuggett on Nov 28, 2008 9:44:53 GMT 1
There's several clips of some of Toyskin rehearsing for this one-off comeback on YouTube.
The fan-made Teenbeats video is still up there too: it may be violating Tom's copyright (as well as Quadrophenia's and BBC/ITN News'), but they're getting their gigs plugged in the Comments.
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Post by stuhuggett on Jan 22, 2009 19:02:09 GMT 1
*cough* Mumm-Ra *cough*
According to MSN rumour. If true, you could probably guess where and when. But I may be wrong.
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Post by stuhuggett on Jan 25, 2009 20:21:40 GMT 1
I was right - they're out tonight - it was confirmed on MySpace this afternoon. If you're staying home in the warm, maybe keep an eye on the old MSN for the results - although it seems to be going offline soon (along with all MSN groups in their current forms). I love a happy ending. |
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Post by stuhuggett on Mar 17, 2009 11:28:43 GMT 1
A Mancunian friend of mine, who actually knew them back in the day, has just claimed that The Stone Roses are reforming...
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Post by nick on Mar 17, 2009 13:18:04 GMT 1
You know better than believing what Naureen says ;D
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Post by stuhuggett on Mar 17, 2009 13:24:18 GMT 1
The story's in The Mirror today, but Naureen seems pretty convinced...
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Post by nick on Mar 17, 2009 17:16:12 GMT 1
The real question is does anyone really care if they reform again?
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Post by stuhuggett on Mar 17, 2009 17:21:17 GMT 1
I don't have high hopes for it being any good!
Naureen heard it on XFM, incidentally, probably just reporting The Mirror's story. She's looking forward to it, if true, at any rate, I think.
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Post by splurk on Mar 17, 2009 18:30:13 GMT 1
ug  i hate it when bands reform - the worst thing is punk bands sex pistol never had any cred anyway but i was really sad to see even CRASS had done a gig ! GBH, Discharge... probably ton's of them? yeah, at least shoegazers will still be doing the same act but Nah you missed it - move on. can't think of any good examples at all. |
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Post by stuhuggett on Mar 17, 2009 18:42:23 GMT 1
UK Subs are at The Crypt next month, you know... Mind you, I don't think they ever split up in the first place.
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Post by carolyn on Mar 19, 2009 14:14:12 GMT 1
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Post by stuhuggett on Mar 23, 2009 9:56:41 GMT 1
There didn't seem to be a mail-out for the last-but-one ATP/Breeders announcement, but there's a very unlikely reformed band on the bill...
Th' Faith Healers!
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Post by stuhuggett on Apr 6, 2009 13:27:45 GMT 1
Well-placed sources are indicating a Toploader comeback (well, NeilM reckoned so down the pub last week, if that counts!) Didn't they play at Bexhill College once? Or was that Snug? Maybe no-one ever played Bexhill College at all, I can't remember... |
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Post by caroline on Apr 6, 2009 16:07:43 GMT 1
Well-placed sources are indicating a Toploader comeback (well, NeilM reckoned so down the pub last week, if that counts!) Just what the world's been crying out for...oh wait...no. No, it hasn't. |
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Post by stuhuggett on Apr 6, 2009 18:41:39 GMT 1
Joe Washbourn (by all accounts, a nice chap) has now confirmed this on MySpace - live dates and album to follow. Maybe not what you or I have been waiting for, but Dancing In The Moonlight's still regularly on commercial radio and in the background of tv programmes, so they may stand to make some money by touring again (which the Dancing... radio-play won't be bringing in for them, I'd imagine). Been some interesting, generally positive reactions from the Eastbourne end so far anyway.
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Post by stuhuggett on Apr 9, 2009 12:14:55 GMT 1
Here's the Toploader story then. I'm sitting in on the forthcoming East interview next week, which should be interesting.
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Post by nick on Apr 13, 2009 16:25:06 GMT 1
You are a stronger man than I, I would beg them not to reform
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Post by stuhuggett on Apr 15, 2009 17:11:50 GMT 1
Joe Washbourn & Dan Hipgrave: both nice guys, although slightly affected by their experiences in different ways. You can read all about it in Dave Standen's mag feature later in the month, but we might also put the full interview transcript up on the East site too, which means Nick doesn't have to be left out!
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Post by stuhuggett on Jun 1, 2009 14:39:42 GMT 1
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Krustys Stinky Shoes
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Post by Krustys Stinky Shoes on Mar 8, 2010 17:09:17 GMT 1
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i hate it when bands reform - the worst thing is punk bands sex pistol never had any cred anyway but i was really sad to see even CRASS had done a gig ! GBH, Discharge... probably ton's of them? yeah, at least shoegazers will still be doing the same act but Nah you missed it - move on. can't think of any good examples at all. 