The Wedding Present
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Leeds, England (1984 – 1997, 2004 – present)
The Lost Pandas fell apart in 1984 when guitarist Michael Duane (later of DUSTdevils) was sacked, and Panda’s drummer Jaz Rigby followed in protest. Gedge and the Pandas’ bass player, Keith Gregory, decided to continue the band, renaming it The Wedding Present.
Gedge wanted to use the name “The Wedding Present” in honour of one of his favourite bands,The Birthday Party.
Gedge and Gregory recruited an old schoolmate of Gedge’s, Peter Solowka, to play guitar and auditioned a string of drummers, including Mike Bedford, with whom they recorded a demo tape, before settling on Shaun Charman. The country’s clubs and bars were toured as the band prepared for the recording of their first, self-financed single.
After some consideration, “Go Out And Get ‘Em, Boy!” was chosen over early favourite “Will You Be Up There?”. The A-side features drumming by hired hand Julian Sowa with Charman on its B-side.
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d1lll1nger
George Best !
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BearPolar
His voice is so great.
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LittleGib
Should've looked on Spotify! Pretty good album. Better than what followed, but not as good as what came before.
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LittleGib
What's peoples opinion on Watusi? Is it worth the difficulty trying to track it down?
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damonlila
Interstate 5 *-* great song!!!
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It was indeed :) :)
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sunheadbowed
It was very great to see Seamonsters performed in its entirety!
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Nakkinak
good lord, octopussy is wonderful
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adchelle
The recently released Live 1991 album is fucking awesome.
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thrashdeth
<3
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TheJoachim
I bought Seamonster in Paris for 2 euro. The best shopping in my life. I would like to pay much more for they CD.
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MarioYoho
the smiths feat. r.e.m.
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V + cupcakes :3
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Nakkinak
Joy Division + R.E.M.
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adchelle
I dunno... I still love 'em but nearly everything from 2008-on has sounded so... stodgy. There's no intensity in his voice anymore - even when he's belting out the old ones. They lost a special something when Simon Cleave left I think.
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TonvanderSchaft
Looking forward to seeing them live at primavera festival in Barcelona next month.
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Andrew_Klinov
yes
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sonofrocco
review: http://www.fyh.com.pl/2012/04/wedding-present-valentina-2012.html
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Check out our review of Valentina: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/valentina/
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