Wall of Mouths

you mean 1994?

Troublegum is far far superior in every way.

Chris Sheldon knows what he is doing.

Interesting idea. I think a great song is a great song and though fashion will go some way to dictating its placement in our culture, Troublegum would make T? big again if it came out now.

If the record company promoted them more, then i think T? could do well again. Dopamine Seratonin Adrenalin is as good as anything on Troublegum and i think a wider audience could get into it.

To be honest I think we missed the boat on the Britih Rock revival.

When The Darkness hit it big I expected a scene of clones (Hurricane Party, Towers Of London, Tokyo Dragons anyone?) and a major Wildhearts revival (As it was them who got them their big break by taking them on tour.) Sadly the general pubic didn’t respond as they should have done and the whole thing vanished without a trace - Had OCFA come out during my forecasted New Wave Of Nineties Britrock (NWONB) It would have been the return of Therapy? to the level of exposure and popular success they enjoyed in the mid-nineties.

Still - There’s always Lostprophets. :D

Well, back in 1994 when “Troublegum” was released, MTV would play all kinds of music, including Therapy? videos. I believe that increased record sales and got them lots of new fans who had never heard about the band before. Nowadays MTV is all about that R’n’B / Hip Hop garbage and in my home country kids watching MTV and local music video channels haven’t heard Therapy?. So I don’t think TG would be as big a success as it was back then if it was released now. And that’s a damn shame.

Don’t know about OCFA though. I think it requires intensive listening before it grows on you. Troublegum is “easier”.

You’re posting stuff like that just to annoy me aren’t you?

okay: *clears throat*

“What?”

Good enough? :D

Interesting subject.

I believe that Troublegum, when released now won’t do much. A bit better than OCFA, but that’s about it - it’d rely on word of mouth even moreso than OCFA does now, as Therapy? doesn’t have the reputation of the Troublegum release to propell it’s fame.

That brings me to OCFA released in 1994.. I wonder if people would notice the sudden growth of musicianship? In this parallel universe though, I doubt OCFA would make it big, and in turn make Therapy? big big! Quite simply, Troublegum hit the spot, it had a niche of appreciators there that couldn’t get much from most other music at the time. OCFA’s songs wouldn’t be as popular for simple reasons, for one the content of OCFA is much more mature (I guess that makes sense, but in the parallel universe it’s a giant mystery!). Perhaps there are also other consequences of this release, such as IL being a bigger surprise, but perhaps not catching as much ear.. drummers leaving, the band dying before the masterful (?) Troublegum release in 2006.. But I’ll try not to speculate too much on that, and leave it to the big timeline experts, ok?

Thats how you get in trouble Grant. ;)

Colinx

Stop complaining about the topic folks. Ive nothing to add to the topic, but discourse relevant to the music is a good thing among fans…its a shame it leads to complaints most of the fucking time.