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Thanks for that, Mark! Particularly enjoyed track one, and track four to a lesser extent. Are you seeing an infuence on Acrylic Afternoons, or something more obvious...?

I'd like to claim an influence of track one on 'Preposterous Tales of Ken MacKenzie' if I may.

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With Slik I see a distinct influence on Being Followed Home - was interesting to listen to, shall do so again soon once my backlog of work emails is cleared and I can concentrate fully. (We're mostly all old now. Isn't it crap!)

-- Edited by Ste on Tuesday 3rd of January 2012 10:00:45 PM

Sturdy wrote:

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I can see where you're both coming from, but is there not something familiar about the first, ooh, six notes of Slik?

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I can't see it! Please either spill the beans, or PM me, or... something so I can get back to work! It's 22:23 and I have to get this done, and this is going to bug the shit out of me!

And the prize goes to Eamonn!

So Mile End is the firstlast fusion of New Model Soldier and old Sega game, Wonder Boy. Quite unique, I'd say

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=J323JguGX9s#t=8s

 

(perhaps you'll have to listen to the more violin-heavy live versions to see this, perhaps not...)

-- Edited by Ste on Wednesday 4th of January 2012 10:50:21 AM

Maybe Russell paid Kurley £1 for the riff...?

Oh and another geek fact: Kurley has more recently fronted a covers band called Bigshambles, also featuring one N Banks. Must have a thing for Pulp drummers...

Ey up - Dave Kurley here - I'm not sure where you got your information from, but as far as I can remember, Anorexic Beauty was a song that I originally sang with 78 or 79 with Trapdoor Spiders (originally Boll Weevil and the Trapdoor Spiders - I was Boll Weevil) and later, with Rapid Eye Movements (no relation to the more well-known American band) - I can't ever remember having been in a band with Magnus (there may have been a jam session at the Hallamshire one night, but I'm pretty sure the drummer was Pete Boam that night. The Blimp, if memory serves, was Simon Barfield and Nick Taylor's band.

Hmmm - it's likely, to be fair - I was somewhat chemically altered that night! Nick played guitar in Rapid Eye Movements and The Blimp - I was at 6th form with him.

Hi Dave! Enjoyed your work, I'd also like to hear more about AB.

If you want to see what NMS looked like back in the day I took some photos which I have put here: New Model Soldier

I used to photograph a few bands back in the 80s.  What's annoying is I used to work with a Mate who came back from the Whimpy burger bar and said he'd just watched a band play - it was Pulp. Wish I'd gone with him now - I could have some really cool photos!!!

-- Edited by cdlists on Tuesday 20th of November 2012 12:37:03 AM

Brilliant photos, thanks for posting that link the whole site looks fantastic.