Bulletin Board of Bad Behavior

This is the latest NME hyped decadent rock band. Their main influences are listed as The Beatles, Happy Mondays and Primal Scream. Half of them could be Jesus in a play without makeup and they spike the punch at their parties with ectasy and Viagra.

I downloaded the disc off of Easynews last night. It's pretty fucking good for a first disc. The music has a definite electronic / art-rock / metal influence. It's a good sound! Kind of like the Super Furry's.

Notable Quotables:

"Fuck the Americans - I am sick of your three minute scuzzy garage rock shit"

"We're the best band in Britain at the minute. Form-wise no one can touch us."

Notable tracks:

LSF -
Sounds like the the reincarnation of Jim Morrison back for another round of drugs and drinking.

I've read about these guys before and came real close to checking them out but for some reason I think it slipped through the cracks. I'll get right on it, Sloth. Last I saw it said in the Stranger they are going to play as the opening act for The Music here (remember that band we saw with The Vines, Sloth?) but I think that's a long way off from now.

Speaking of the Vines, the lead singer has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a mild form of autism.

This explains his odd behavior onstage. Nichols routinely destroys sets and hotel rooms and has a penchant for kicking photographers.

People with Asperger's syndrome are routinely mistaken as crazy and jibed by others and called names like "spaz" and exhibit stranglely egomaniacal antisocial behavior.

The announcement for this came only days after Nichols was headed to court to face charges of kicking of a female photographer in the face during a concert.

On a funny McCutcheon-esque note, the NME issue where it was announced that Greg Nichols has Asperger's Syndrome, there is a typical picture of him standing there and the caption reads: "Greg Nichols has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome and a chronic inability to comb his hair."

The joke is of course that Nichols is a crazy Cobain wannabe with a drug problem and an attitude doesn't have Aspergers at all but it's just something his lawyer came up with to keep him out of jail.

The new Vines album isn't as accessible as the debut album, Highly Evolved, but its still a pretty good listen if you like the Nirvana post punk sound.

Marky, if I am still around in Seattle, let's go see Kasabian. I'll bring the ecstasy and viagra punch, you bring the Jesus disguises.

Oh yeah, here's a link to the article on NME

http://www.nme.com/news/110590.htm

I took a listen to Kasabian, it wasn't bad. Sounded a lot like Verve to me, though - would you agree?

I've been listening to John Peel shows from the late 60's before he left pirate radio and started at the BBC. He was a lot less confident then, more of a gentle hippie soul, reading poetry sent in from listeners sometimes. Terribly charming.

Yes, let's go see Kasabian when they come here.

Also, you had said Pulp was your favourite band. Did you know Peel gave them their first big break (as he did with so many other bands) when he asked them in for a session in 1981? I heard it and really like it a lot, although it doesn't sound like any Pulp I've heard before.

Jarvis and Jack White helped carry the casket at the funeral.