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At the start of 2003, The Basement launched to a whole heap of praise from the UKs leading music press. In fact the whole country was getting a bit giddy for the Northern Irish fourpiece. Then The Basement disappeared. Little did we know that they were working night and day on Illicit Hugs and Playground Thugs, a debut album that is set to bring The Basement back to forefront of the British Music scene.
Several years ago, before they were called The Basement, John Mullin, (singer, guitarist and song-writer), Mark McCausland (lead guitar) and Declan McManus (drums) got together in their hometown of Omagh, knowing they wanted to do something with music. “We decided to decamp to Liverpool the first chance we got,” says Mullin. “There was no real mystical reason for Liverpool. It was the first place we hit land after Northern Ireland.” It was a fortuitous place to settle. Within a few months, they met bassist Graeme Hassall and began to rehearse day and night. Living in “a proper shit-hole” (their flat, not the city), they started to make a name on Liverpools rich, rising scene. They were soon discovered by Alan Wills who signed them to his Deltasonic label. The Basement name came as a nod to Dylans Subterranean Homesick Blues because, as Mullin says, “the place we were living and rehearsing in was like a basement and Mark used to take the piss out of me because of the line in the song that says Johnnys in The Basement.
At the start of 2003, The Basement launched to a whole heap of praise from the UKs leading music press. In fact the whole country was getting a bit giddy for the Northern Irish fourpiece. Then The Basement disappeared. Little did we know that they were working night and day on Illicit Hugs and Playground Thugs, a debut album that is set to bring The Basement back to forefront of the British Music scene.
Several years ago, before they were called The Basement, John Mullin, (singer, guitarist and song-writer), Mark McCausland (lead guitar) and Declan McManus (drums) got together in their hometown of Omagh, knowing they wanted to do something with music. “We decided to decamp to Liverpool the first chance we got,” says Mullin. “There was no real mystical reason for Liverpool. It was the first place we hit land after Northern Ireland.” It was a fortuitous place to settle. Within a few months, they met bassist Graeme Hassall and began to rehearse day and night. Living in “a proper shit-hole” (their flat, not the city), they started to make a name on Liverpools rich, rising scene. They were soon discovered by Alan Wills who signed them to his Deltasonic label. The Basement name came as a nod to Dylans Subterranean Homesick Blues because, as Mullin says, “the place we were living and rehearsing in was like a basement and Mark used to take the piss out of me because of the line in the song that says Johnnys in The Basement.
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Illicit Hugs And Playground Thugs
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Medicine Day
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Slain the Truth (At the Roadhouse)
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I Just Caught A Face
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Medicine Day
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Summertimes
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Just A Dream
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When Tomorrow Comes
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It Won't Be Long
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Ever Had A Feeling
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It's A Kinda Love
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The Cheapest Mistake
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When The Night's Gone Blue
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A Roadtrip
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Shoutbox
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brownieboy wrote:
glad i bought slain the truth and medicine day on singles, haven't heard the tracks probably since they were purchased 6 years ago.... Yet another bad what should have LOTS of plays..
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balzadelia wrote:
I always wondered were these went, i got a few early 7" singles really liked them
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mikivalent wrote:
Good group, beautiful music. Atractive style.
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minkis5621 added The Basement to the lineup of Escherbach at Silvie's Lounge. May 2009
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lumondako tagged The Basement with ‘folk’. December 2008
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