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by **mustardman** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:15 am

Never heard of the band until they made it famous. I guess they must have played Art School, Jonny Wilkes and all that crew. Be curious to know?

by **DickyHart** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:52 pm

the singer was in the amphetimeanies for a while. I saw them a couple of times.

by **stinkpad** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 1:00 pm

DickyHart wrote:the singer was in the amphetimeanies for a while.

I saw a lot of Alex's previous band, the Karelia (nee the Blisters) which to be honest I still prefer over Franz Ferdinand.

Stinkpad.

by **PlasticDel** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:24 pm

Never saw them, but they are seriously notch!
Anyone see Snow Patrol either, they were support for everyone in Nice an' Sleazys for seven years!

by **stinkpad** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:35 pm

PlasticDel wrote:Never saw them, but they are seriously notch!
Anyone see Snow Patrol either, they were support for everyone in Nice an' Sleazys for seven years!

Aye, used to be called Polar Bear iirc

by **DickyHart** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:20 pm

i got a blisters single somewhere, its a split single with another band, i ll need to dig it out, its a limited edition thing might be worth about two quid

by **mustardman** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:20 pm

Wilkes? because he is art school to the very end. Could see him possibly plugging Franz Ferdinand. Love Optimo though!

by **stinkpad** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:31 pm

DickyHart wrote:i got a blisters single somewhere, its a split single with another band, i ll need to dig it out, its a limited edition thing might be worth about two quid

Is that the one they put out with Urusei Yatsura or the Beetroot one from the 13th Note?

by **johnnyanglia** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 8:10 pm

No, But they are big fans of "The Fall" who are brilliant and more infamous than famous

by **JamesMc** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:39 pm

Saw them back in April at the QMU, don't suppose that could be conceived as before they made it, but i suppose it was before they started playing the SECC!
I like the whole concept of the 'Chateau' which they were involved in, taking disused buildings and using them for gigs and art shows. Very HG in ethos. Only sorry i never made it to any of those shows.

by **mustardman** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:25 am

Hi Dazza, Well when I first heard Franz Ferdinand I thought they had a kind of 'Optimo' sound, don't know how you define that, miminalisitic??? When I heard they came from Glasgow and Alex was a former art school student, then it all started making sense. I love Optimo, don't get the chance to go much nowadays as I don't live in Glasgow, however sometimes do when down the road.......if you wanna ride, ride the white horse...........Anyway, I won't be going at New Year, however would still like to get my hands on CD they give out. Got 2 from previous years.

I would say to anyone who hasn't been to go, especially if they like house. Always felt that Twitch and Wilkes( the dj's) make an incredible effort with the music, as well as the decor.

Do you go Dazza?

by **mrpattersonsir** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:59 am

i saw them at a party for belle and sebastians last album at mono. they were singing a cheesy bontempi cover of "darts of pleasure" (i think it was taht one anyway) with the johnny 7. hilarious, but i hadnt a clue who they were.

by **JayKay** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:08 pm

johnnyanglia wrote:No, But they are big fans of "The Fall" who are brilliant and more infamous than famous

The Fall are infinitely better than any lookback bores or notebook-out plagiarist.

by **DickyHart** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:46 pm

thats the very one stinkpad, i dug it out

by **mustardman** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 7:57 pm

Excellent, that has been a long time coming. I take it you like soulwax too? Kinda similar, I wonder about this record they are releasing, if it will be like '2 many dj's' stuff?

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