by fat cherry » Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:08 am
Just read it over the weekend. Seems a mix of old stuff and a couple of two minute interviews. I've heard les say something similar before, haven't read Houghton book but that might be a source. Spends an inordinate amount of page on the mac having balfe by the throat anecdote. About the supposed transformation from minimalist amateurs to the band of crocodiles (hey, a band of crocodiles, there's a thought) "how had these people, with their parochial instincts, primitive social skills and obdurate musical philosophy effected such a transformation." Might sting a bit. Short answer? Got a drummer and practiced constantly for weeks on end. My band at school did that and we were red hot for a couple of gigs in the autumn and then it all went spectacularly tits up. We can smile about it now, as the mancunian one sang. Where was I? Oh yes, a few bits, like balfe writing down song structures because the band would still get in a groove and go on for hours if you let them. Will comes across, as usual as beligerantly antisocial, Mac as the gobshite and high praise for the rythm section. No mention, as is my opinion, lol, that the album is produced by a team with almost zero production experience, as compared to Hanney, lilkywhite etc. Oh and mac still gets a bit of a u2 dig in, though almost of the backhanded variety, that they wrote some good songs, but weren't cool. Anyways.....