Pele were fantastic live. I caught them at the Wedgewood Rooms in Southsea in about '93 - I take it you were there too George?

Sparkle is aces.

Really were very good indeed.

for this lot for a while

is fantastic. Also love both those My Life Story records

"She leaves the pie, but always, always eats her greens."

They were a bit like a less delicate Divine Comedy, but none the worse for that.

but I did rather like this when it came out:

Bit rough round the edges, and they didn't do anything else quite as good, but it's not that bad.

Choon.

Marion:

Ultrasound:

Geneva:

Song starts after about 15 seconds of chart countdown!

Good piece Pompey and others - bringing back memories. Never understood why My Life Story weren't as big as Divine Comedy. They ploughed the same furrow

Just found fantastic Wendys single on YouTube trawl - Sun's gonna shine for me soon - which I'd forgotten about. Can't remember anything else about them.

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Excellent set of bands in the original post, I own 2 Pele albums and the Rialto and Whistler ones. Wasn't the guitarist in Whistler from EMF?

I nominate Spearmint. Their album A Different Lifetime, which charts a relationship from start to end, is absolutely brilliant. Here's where it all goes wrong, in a song named after a long-term cult band now in the big leagues:

Just me and Andrew Collins, then.

Always thought this lot should have been a lot bigger. Perhaps their Fascist bating didn't make for mass consumption, but i thought their Punk/Ska/Rap configuration offered something truly unique.

that it's a bit early for the Kiss of Death on Duke Special, no? He's still recording and performing. I suspect his appeal will remain rather selective, which is a crying shame - the world needs more utterly utterly brilliant stuff like this...

about these chaps before but I still think it's only me and my mate Dan at school that ever loved them. And I saw them at the Wedgewood Rooms.

I loved that Rialto song and bought it on a CD single which I still have...

This is a real favourite, I heard it on a cover mount I think.

And I have no idea whay Wilt weren't bigger. Unfortunately My Medicine isn't on Youtube, but this one is...