Comments on: my 4th and 5th gigs http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/02/my-4th-and-5th-gigs/ John Eden: BM Box 3641, London, WC1N 3XX, England UK Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:50:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: STN http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/02/my-4th-and-5th-gigs/comment-page-1/#comment-3334 STN Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:43:22 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1070#comment-3334 I had a New Model Army T-shirt, which my dad binned in a rage. History does not record whether it was the Cromwell connection that rose his ire, or that he simply didn't think much of 'Raw Melody Men', either way, looking back I see he was right. I had a New Model Army T-shirt, which my dad binned in a rage. History does not record whether it was the Cromwell connection that rose his ire, or that he simply didn’t think much of ‘Raw Melody Men’, either way, looking back I see he was right.

]]> By: Martin http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/02/my-4th-and-5th-gigs/comment-page-1/#comment-3331 Martin Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:44:09 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1070#comment-3331 Seeing as the Truth and Reconciliation Committee's in town, I really used to like the "Vengeance" LP by NMA, the title track and "Smalltown England" still sound brilliant cranked up. A kid at school's older brother taped it for me with a later NMA LP on the flip, which wasn't so hot. Though I could never get into them properly cos of aforementioned clog-wearing, the fact they dressed even worse than I did at the time, and the oliver cromwell association. The 'Model Militia' became vaguely notorious for their antics, including stomping round in a pack at the gigs and intimidating any lone gig-goers who weren't as dishevelled or as smelly as they were. I think the Levellers were to crustie what the Cure were to goth, the commercial entry level. Or I could be wrong? But I seem to remember most early 90s crusties being into Spiral Tribe and Twinkle Brothers, whereas Levellers fans were more like freshers who'd just strung some multi-coloured beads into the laces of their first pair of DMs. Seeing as the Truth and Reconciliation Committee’s in town, I really used to like the “Vengeance” LP by NMA, the title track and “Smalltown England” still sound brilliant cranked up. A kid at school’s older brother taped it for me with a later NMA LP on the flip, which wasn’t so hot. Though I could never get into them properly cos of aforementioned clog-wearing, the fact they dressed even worse than I did at the time, and the oliver cromwell association. The ‘Model Militia’ became vaguely notorious for their antics, including stomping round in a pack at the gigs and intimidating any lone gig-goers who weren’t as dishevelled or as smelly as they were.

I think the Levellers were to crustie what the Cure were to goth, the commercial entry level. Or I could be wrong? But I seem to remember most early 90s crusties being into Spiral Tribe and Twinkle Brothers, whereas Levellers fans were more like freshers who’d just strung some multi-coloured beads into the laces of their first pair of DMs.

]]> By: Gutter http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/02/my-4th-and-5th-gigs/comment-page-1/#comment-3329 Gutter Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:53:58 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1070#comment-3329 'oh god, yeah..U-Vox was a bag o' shite, that was the record that finished Ultravox for me and long ago jettisoned from my collection, i'm pleased to say. Despised NMA proabably even more than U/vox at that point though. christ my ability to hate groups just because they were guitar-based was really intense back then. wish we'd all been blogging in our teens...it would've been so passionate/deluded ‘oh god, yeah..U-Vox was a bag o’ shite, that was the record that finished Ultravox for me and long ago jettisoned from my collection, i’m pleased to say.

Despised NMA proabably even more than U/vox at that point though. christ my ability to hate groups just because they were guitar-based was really intense back then. wish we’d all been blogging in our teens…it would’ve been so passionate/deluded

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