Djpekingman I must be in a class of one here. I have no beach boys records. While I appreciate they are the critics choice their music has never done anything for me. I probably wouldn't turn them off if they came on the radio any more than one track a week would have me reaching for the off switch: those falsetto harmonies I find grating. There, I've said it, feel free to level abuse. Anyway RIP Brian.
90Piesanhour Djpekingman Add me to the list. Some great songs, some stinkers. Don’t own any of their records, but appreciate their influence. I think the Ramones were big fans? RIP Brian.
Djpekingman Douglas McCarthy 58. Frontman of Nitzer Ebb. Who? you may ask. Nitzer Ebb - massively influential Industrial techno band. Contemporaries of the likes of Belgians Front 242, and Germans Einsterzende Neubaten. Probably due to irreversible liver damage when he had cirrhosis.
90Piesanhour That bulldog-faced how clean is your house, woman. Aggie something. Seemed a right stoater.
Under-the-ground MolOverBeethoven yeah saw this. Pretty young. Rain town is a great album . Chocolate girl a good track . RIP
otis Mike Smith. Batleys finest https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/mikes-carpets-beloved-leeds-carpet-31906576
Jon otis Facebook page Carpet Trader broke the news to its followers, the page said: "RIP Mike Smith/Mike's Carpets. You inspired us all and also helped me. RIP pal. You will be missed Inspired them to sell carpets?
space I remember going to Mike's with my Dad to pay for the carpets for our gaff on Armley Grange Avenue. 1978?
Djpekingman Jon Have you ever been to Armley? Mike Carpets was a highlight. That and the asbestos factories. And Charlie Cake Park. And Mick McCann.
oneallanclarke This, which I first came across on OMJ maybe 8 years ago, makes Mike's Carpets, Shackletons, Are You Ready for Rotters etc seem like the work of Saatchi and Saatchi worked over by Don Draper: