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Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 4:57 pm

I was just listening to Pop Will Eat Itself, and it made me think what happened to them and the other bands like Neds Atomic Dustbin and Carter USM ?

It was a fun time before grunge, too bad it couldn't last.

Gamma-UT · Post by **Gamma-UT** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 4:59 pm

Numanoid wrote:I was just listening to Pop Will Eat Itself

The clue's in the name.

They have apparently reformed but with only one of the original lineup.

Clint Mansell has done some stunning soundtrack albums since, such as The Fountain. No thievin' or robbin' in sight.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:01 pm

Gamma-UT wrote:The clue's in the name.

But PWEI were never pop(ular) where they?

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:03 pm

yeah, clints kept busy.
for the rest of the band and others, see "nmtb - the line up"

ZenPunkHippy · Post by **ZenPunkHippy** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:08 pm

Ned's Atomic Dustbin were a fun band but definitely of the time and never really going to reach classic status.

You could ask the same of Faith No More, btw ... and my answer would be the same. Love that band, but they didn't have the legs.

Peace,
Andy.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:14 pm

ZenPunkHippy wrote:Ned's Atomic Dustbin were a fun band but definitely of the time and never really going to reach classic status.

But it was a point in 1990 when it looked like industro-alternative-pop could go mainstream.

Another band who was big then was The Farm, and maybe also Big Audio Dynamite fitted into that scene, even they started out earlier.

Gamma-UT · Post by **Gamma-UT** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:20 pm

Numanoid wrote:
ZenPunkHippy wrote:Ned's Atomic Dustbin were a fun band but definitely of the time and never really going to reach classic status.
But it was a point in 1990 when it looked like industro-alternative-pop could go mainstream.

Nevermind was released. Grunge took rock one way. House took dance the other.

Gamma-UT · Post by **Gamma-UT** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:23 pm

Numanoid wrote:Another band who was big then was The Farm,

They only made it one single past being a one hit wonder. There was plenty of other Madchester-baggy-stylee stuff going around to keep people happy and was probably going a bit stale by then.

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:27 pm

I think the Farm were more aligned to the Madchester scene though, or at least they were around at that time (and from Liverpool rather than Manchester).

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:40 pm

robojam wrote:I think the Farm were more aligned to the Madchester scene though, or at least they were around at that time (and from Liverpool rather than Manchester).

I dunno, maybe Grebo was like a sub-scene of the Madchester scene?

Not geographically of course, but that most of the bands in both genres, included samplers and a lot more electronics than the indie bands of the mid and early 80's

Madchester was also a quite short scene, it was basically 88-90, more or less over by 91, and especially when Happy Mondays released their dire swansong album.

EMF was also a cool band of that time.

Not forgetting Jesus Jones.

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:44 pm

Numanoid wrote:
robojam wrote:I think the Farm were more aligned to the Madchester scene though, or at least they were around at that time (and from Liverpool rather than Manchester).
I dunno, maybe Grebo was like a sub-scene of the Madchester scene?

Not geographically of course

Well that's what makes me think of the difference - Grebo was really a Midlands thing for the most part.

Both sets of bands were good for the most part though, so I probably shouldn't worry too much about what to label them.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:02 pm

It's only recently I came to know that there in fact was something called "Grebo", it was in many ways created by the Music Press at the time.

A bit like "The New Wave of New Wave", which included These Animal Men, around 94'ish

I just find the word Grebo pretty funny, what does it mean?

Gamma-UT · Post by **Gamma-UT** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:17 pm

Numanoid wrote:I just find the word Grebo pretty funny, what does it mean?

It's another name for greaser or rocker (as in 'long-haired grebo'). It's supposedly Midlands slang, but as I'm from the East Midlands, it's hard for me to tell whether it was more widespread before the Poppies came along (they did have early songs like Grebo Guru). We certainly used it at school in the early 80s.

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:18 pm

Numanoid wrote:It's only recently I came to know that there in fact was something called "Grebo", it was in many ways created by the Music Press at the time.

A bit like "The New Wave of New Wave", which included These Animal Men, around 94'ish

I just find the word Grebo pretty funny, what does it mean?

Well all of them are really.

Grebo to me was always something that was aimed at guys in long hair with leather jackets, but was never quite sure how it got applied to those bands.

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:00 am

I thought Grebo was still sitting happily on Nanny Ogg's lap.

Wha'ppen to Grebo?