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All this talk of old bands and the fact that Stockholm was just on 6 Music reminded me of them. Had the 'Body Exit Mind' album years ago but has gone missing. Anybody else a fan back in the day? It's a stonking album.
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I vaguely remember some stuff by the New FADS but I wouldn't say I was ever really a fan. 8)
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i remember being played some early new fads stuff a few years ago and thinking it sounded quite joy division-esque

shame they went all 'baggy'...
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Quiff Boy wrote:i remember being played some early new fads stuff a few years ago and thinking it sounded quite joy division-esque

shame they went all 'baggy'...
I didn't even know they went all baggy. As I say I've only heard the one album and it was cracking. Some slight Joy Division moments on it I guess. :urff:
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aye, i think it was that 'body exit mind' album i heard 8) :von:

however, their biggest hit was the very baggy 'fishes eyes', which was just awful :urff: :lol:

they should have stayed miserable ;)
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Quiff Boy wrote:
however, their biggest hit was the very baggy 'moon is a balloon' , which was just awful :urff: :lol:

they should have stayed miserable ;)
see also 'the hollowmen' :(
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however, their biggest hit was the very baggy 'moon is a balloon' , which was just awful :urff: :lol:

they should have stayed miserable ;)
see also 'the hollowmen' :(
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I saw the news FADS live in Leeds on a few occasions. Fishes eyes was a bit ropey, but 'BIG' (especially the early Peel session version) was a bona fida Indie/Madchester classic. :D
Then again, I've always been an indie kid, that just happens to love various early /mid 80's Leeds bands.
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Ah, that well trodden path amongst Manc bands - start off atmospheric (pun intended), moody, and probably miserable, then go all 'baggy'.

cf. The Bee Gees, Take That, Simply Red.

At least I think they're the right examples.
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Define "baggy," please..? I remember seeing that term used to describe bands years ago in NME (around '90 or so), along with stuff like "kiddie" and "anorak" (Huh? 'Splain, pwease.). I can't keep up with you Brits and your musical pigeonholes, hahaha! :lol: :P :roll:
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I think it's somewhere between shoegazing "indie" rock and E-tripping rave. But I could be wrong. And how those two would go together anyway makes no sense to me.
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Quiff Boy wrote:Image

aye, i think it was that 'body exit mind' album i heard 8) :von:

however, their biggest hit was the very baggy 'fishes eyes', which was just awful :urff: :lol:

they should have stayed miserable ;)
Baggy? They definitely had a Manchester sound, but they always reminded me of The Wedding Present -
http://www.retina.net/~tilde/new_fads/ http://www.myspace.com/newfads
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Big Si wrote:
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aye, i think it was that 'body exit mind' album i heard 8) :von:

however, their biggest hit was the very baggy 'fishes eyes', which was just awful :urff: :lol:

they should have stayed miserable ;)
Baggy? They definitely had a Manchester sound, but they always reminded me of The Wedding Present -
http://www.retina.net/~tilde/new_fads/ http://www.myspace.com/newfads
http://www.myspace.com/nfad
never heard they before...i'm listening now on my space....not bad
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I remember "Stockholm" - nice tune (listening now on MySpace)! ;D The lead singer's voice/vocal style kind of reminds me of the guy from The Wedding Present...
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SINsister wrote:I remember "Stockholm" - nice tune (listening now on MySpace)! ;D The lead singer's voice/vocal style kind of reminds me of the guy from The Wedding Present...
Just not as grating. :wink:
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Hey, I love "Brassneck." ;P
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Damn...listening to this New FADs stuff is making me all nostalgic. I miss the Charlatans and the Stone Roses and the Inspiral Carpets and...(and the era that went with 'em, too)... :cry:
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SINsister wrote:Hey, I love "Brassneck." ;P
I think you'll find George Best an altogether more satisfying listen. :P
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...but he's dead!



























:lol: :lol: :lol: :oops: :roll: :innocent:
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
Oh but you should have heard him after a few glasses of champagne.
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SINsister wrote:... the Inspiral Carpets ...
Hey, fact fans, way back in the mists of time, I used to know a guy who lived next door to one of the Inspirals. :lol:

Moo. 8)
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SINsister wrote:Define "baggy," please..? I remember seeing that term used to describe bands years ago in NME (around '90 or so), along with stuff like "kiddie" and "anorak" (Huh? 'Splain, pwease.). I can't keep up with you Brits and your musical pigeonholes, hahaha! :lol: :P :roll:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baggy
Baggy was a British dance-oriented music genre popular in the early 1990s.

The scene was extremely influenced by Madchester, although the scene was not geographically confined to Manchester. Many Madchester bands could also be described as Baggy, and vice versa. Baggy was characterised by psychedelia- and acid house-influenced guitar music, often with a funky drummer beat, similar to the work of the Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses. The scene was named after the loose-fitting clothing worn by the bands and fans.

Some bands, such as the The Mock Turtles and The Soup Dragons, reinvented their sound and image to fit in with the new scene. This led some critics to accuse baggy bands of bandwagon-jumping and derivative songwriting. There was also a crossover between dance and indie, and vice versa.

Bands in the indie-dance era of pop music can be divided into two camps; the acts who could be described as baggy (usually the 'Madchester' acts and a few others such as Flowered Up from London) — and those who can be described as indie-dance (i.e. Jesus Jones, who were more techno inspired).

Baggy and Madchester acts

The Candyskins
The Charlatans
The Farm
Flowered Up
Happy Mondays
Inspiral Carpets
The Mock Turtles
My Jealous God
New Fast Automatic Daffodils
Northside
Ocean Colour Scene
The Real People
The Soup Dragons
The Stone Roses
World of Twist
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Quiff Boy wrote:
SINsister wrote:Define "baggy," please..? I remember seeing that term used to describe bands years ago in NME (around '90 or so), along with stuff like "kiddie" and "anorak" (Huh? 'Splain, pwease.). I can't keep up with you Brits and your musical pigeonholes, hahaha! :lol: :P :roll:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baggy
Baggy was a British dance-oriented music genre popular in the early 1990s.


Baggy and Madchester acts

The Candyskins
The Charlatans
The Farm
Flowered Up
Happy Mondays
Inspiral Carpets
The Mock Turtles
My Jealous God
New Fast Automatic Daffodils
Northside
Ocean Colour Scene
The Real People
The Soup Dragons
The Stone Roses
World of Twist
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Add the Paris Angels, The High & Bridewell Taxis & drop The Real People (Scouse guitar merchants along with The La's/Top & Rain) and that's not a bad list of the scene...........trundles off to find his Cool As F**K t-shirt. :lol:
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