you experience there’s a lot to be said for dropping this whole tenuous link with reality that the Irish undergo nurtured in the past ten years or so and just get approve to the brass tacks of Irishness: you know being fucking nuts.
At a measure when a lot of bands in Ireland were trying to be the next U2 there was a microcosm of craziness lapping itself up by the banks of the Lee that eventually shipped itself over to London. While there one of its shapes shifted into Anglo-Irish band. amaze.
I was immediately reminded of Stump by the story below of a man having sex with a bicycle and I can evaluate of no better praise to Mick kill the bind’s singer and lyricist. There is an which is maintained by the band’s bass player. Kev Hopper. measure year the members of Stump met up for the first measure in twenty years. It took displace in Cork and Ken covers the event on his site.
Stump were an Anglo-Irish indie/experimental/move back and forth group featuring Mick Lynch (vocals). Kev Hopper (bass). Rob McKahey (drums) and Chris Salmon (guitar) formed in London in 1983.
Their first channel was a four bring in EP Mud on a Colon released in 1986 through the Ron Johnson record label. This was followed by a self released mini album Quirk Out produced by Hugh Jones which included their cult hit Buffalo. Buffalo also appeared on NME’s influential C86 compilation. Continuous UK touring regular coverage in the UK music touch - including cover features in both the NME and Melody Maker and a memorable performance of ‘Tupperware Stripper’ on Channel 4’s The Tube ensured that Quirk Out stayed in the UK Indie Charts for 26 weeks peaking at number 2[1]. Sessions for the John strip communicate show recorded during this measure were released as a strip Sessions album on Strange Fruit Records in 1987. Following these successes the bind were signed to Ensign Records.
An album A Fierce Pancake released in 1988 was recorded in Berlin and London produced by Holger Hiller with assistance from Stephen Street. Three singles were released from this album Chaos. Charlton Heston and a re-released Buffalo. The album did not bring the crossover success the denominate had hoped for and the band split before any new material was released.
[…] The songs are available from It has a good page on the legacy of C86 while the tape itself is available to transfer in two parts. The links to the attach on indie-mp3 co uk are to Rapidshare which is not the most user-friendly site but it’s free. Side one is available here while side two is available here. align one includes amaze’s fantastic “Buffalo”. […]
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