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Old 19-08-2012, 19:49
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Originally Posted by starstruck View Post
1992 was - at least as far as the mainstream and fringes went - pretty fucking awful in regards of music. pre-Suede, the Stone Roses had fucked off, the Happy Mondays were coked up, Blur were just finding their feet (really a pop sound, listening to Leisure again). not much in the way of British rock / guitar bands making an impact and the charts were getting to be full of things that sounded good when you were ripped on E at a rave (The Shamen, I am looking at you).

for a British band to release a double lp of angry rock as a debut was insanely ambitious, really.
I couldn't agree with you more. It was the bleakest year for British rock or pop bands. Rough Trade had gone belly up. Indie was dead. Grunge was sticking it's ugly head around the door. All that kept me going during this year was Sarah Record releases and Morrissey's "Your Arsenal".
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