Misplaced Mancunia (music thread)

[Deleted member 77198]

Wythenshawe lads. The singer was Paul Young (not the crap one)...he sang with Mike and the Mechanics, amongst others. Sadly passed away a few years ago. I knew his son from school.

There’s a blue plaque on his old house in Alty commemorating him living there.

 

[Out on blue 6]

 

[shadowplay]

I never understood why Fear of Music never really took off. (c2004-2008). I think they signed to a big label but got dumped after their album flopped. You'd think that period of time was perfect for their sort of indie.

BBC - Manchester - Entertainment - Fear of Music – Fear Of Music EP (Blowout)

It was always hard to believe that a band as impossibly young as Fear Of Music could be as good as they were made out to be. Surely it was all hype. As a way of refuting the claims, their eponymous debut EP is a glorious two fingers to the doubters.

www.bbc.co.uk

Haha good shout. Saw these at night and day and still have the album on cd. They looked like they were about 15

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Used to enjoy these playing live:

Saw them support Inspiral Carpets

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

London band but Billy Duffy was a Mancunian

The man who was the link between Johnny Marr and Morrissey.....

Duffy started out with Morrissey in The Nose Bleeds after Ed Banger & The Nose Bleeds ended. After 2 gigs (supporting Magazine at the Ritz and Slaughter and the Dogs / John Cooper Clarke at the Poly, Duffy quit for Slaughter and the dogs..... then Theatre of Hate. then Southern Death Cult / Death Cult / The Cult.
Marr knew of Duffy from their Wythenshawe days and asked him if he knew of a singer for a band he wanted to put together...... Duffy recommended Steven Patrick Morrissey from 384 Kings Road, Stretford and the rest is history

 

[Marklr]

Some good Yargo live footage. Get High.
Not yet ;)

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Fast Cars
Took their name from the Buzzcocks song and dedicated this ditty to the then Chief Police Constable James Anderton

 

[Nightmare Walking]

People forget these are a Manc band.

 

[Out on blue 6]

People forget these are a Manc band.

Was going to put them on myself but couldn't quite decide whether I liked it enough. They certainly had ambition and thought they were going to be huge but it never quite happened in the UK. Not sure how big they were elsewhere but had a couple of good songs

 

[pebarlp]

Love this.

Too right, the album Salt Of The Earth is quality. Saw him at a small gig a couple of years ago, he's a great lad.