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NOT FORGOTTEN – THE FLAMING LIPS – TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE SATELLITE HEART

Like many of us here in the UK I only discovered the multifaceted joys of The Flaming Lips after they had released the glorious, world-beating, The Soft Bulletin. Being the…

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NOT FORGOTTEN – EELS – HOMBRE LOBO: 12 SONGS OF DESIRE

Lust, desire and romance have been the most popular subject matter for songs for millennia now – it’s pretty much what keeps the whole music industry going regardless of genre,…

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NOT FORGOTTEN – DREAD ZEPPELIN – UN-LED-ED

On paper it sounds like a terrible idea, a bunch of stoners playing reggae versions of Led Zeppelin tunes, fronted by an Elvis Presley impersonator. Leaping from your speakers it’s…

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NOT FORGOTTEN – CUD – ASQUARIUS

Love at first sound, that’s what it was. The riff that literally tumbled out of the speakers and then that voice. I knew I’d accidentally discovered one of music’s great…

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Not Forgotten – The Bonzo Dog Band – The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse

One of my favourite anecdotes from the history of rock music recalls the Bonzo Dog Band touring the USA in the late 60s and their minibus being stopped by a…

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NOT FORGOTTEN – TORI AMOS – STRANGE LITTLE GIRLS

I must have stood here, staring at my CD collection for half an hour or so. I had known I’d wanted to do an ongoing series of articles for Backseat…

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NOT FORGOTTEN – PULP – WE LOVE LIFE

Of the Brit-pop bands Pulp were something of an anomaly because they had been around in one form or another since 1978 and had gained acceptance the hard way over…

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NOT FORGOTTEN – JOE COCKER – I CAN STAND A LITTLE RAIN

Throughout my childhood I grew up hearing Joe Cocker due to the fact that my dad is a huge fan of his. Cocker is Sheffield born and while he was…

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NOT FORGOTTEN – HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT – THIS LEADEN PALL

With references to long distance haulage companies, pear drops and heavy metal groups of the 80s, it’s no surprise that lyrical diversity is a strength of This Leaden Pall. What…

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ALBUM REVIEW – NEKO CASE – THE WORSE THINGS GET, THE HARDER I FIGHT, THE HARDER I FIGHT, THE MORE I LOVE YOU

Its her voice that strikes you at first. It’s a clear voice, an honest voice, a strong voice. A voice that’s compelling whether you like alternative country music or not.…

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