Wall of Mouths

I got into therapy? about two years ago,(it was September of ‘98 I think)when I heard Born In A Crash in a Virgin record shop.It really blew me off and it remains to this day the best record i’ve ever heard.From that day they became my favourite band.Of course I knew them before that,but i hadnt heard anything apart from nowhere or diane.You know the rest,i guess its all the same for everyone,i bought troublegum,and then nurse,and then infernal love and so on

My first introduction with Therapy? was a promo on MTV Europe about some Formula-1 festival somewhere in the summer of ‘94. They used Screamager for the music of the promo. I liked the promo, and turned it up loud whenever it came on. After that I was them play at Pinkpop ‘94. I was 15 and I never went to a festival before. I hated the big mass of people jumping on me. Not to mention T?’s music. At that point I really thought they were a shite band.
When Infernal Love was out for a year, I had become more familliar with their music through media and some friends. I came across a copy of Infernal Love in a second hand store and bought it. Still, no fan, although I really loved the album, especially A Moment Of Clarity and Misery.
Again, a few years later, I saw them play at Lowlands. At that point I just thought they were a cool band and that gig was really one of the best festival gigs I’ve seen sofar. (Portishead was the best, in my opinion) They were wearing white overalls with a red cross on the back and Andy explained on stage that T? bandmembers all have different religious backgrounds, which really impressed me. Fuck war.
They did a session, signing. So I got my T-shirt signed. (Hell-o from Micheal, etc) Which was pretty cool.
A year later (99) I saw them play in Paradiso, Amsterdam. That was the best T? gig in a small club I can remember so far. That was their European tour of SPYF. I had no idea at all about albums they put out or anything.
I bought Semi-Detached. I listened. I cried at the last chorus of The Boy’s Asleep. The rest of the album wasn’t that accesible as Infernal Love, but I listened to Semi-Detached for weeks non stop. It only got better. From that day I checked every record shop that came on my way for any T? material. Before I knew it I pretty much had all the albums in a nice neat row at home. First I bought SPYF, Troublegum and Born in A Crash. Nurse, Caucausian Psychosis, Baby Teeth and Pleasure Death came last. I pretty much knew Troublegum (some friends made me listen to it) so when I listened to it the first time again, it was like touching the green green grass of home.
I started looking on the net for more, going to gigs etc. and i became a real fan, I geuss. So that’s my story…does that make me unhappy?

I’m into T? since ‘95, since they released stories. I was having exams at that moment, and I felt so happy each time they played it on the radio!!!! Then, a few months later, I needed new clothes and I bought a nice T?-sweater, just because I thought I would look ‘cool’ with it. After that I also decided to buy infernal love and troublegum. Since then my life isn’t the same anymore…

(Olé.)

I got to know T? by accident in 95.
I found the infernal love at a second hand shop and lent it from there, without knowing who their were.
Then a few weeks later I found out that they would play near my home, so I decided with some friends to go there and since that time- seeing t? live- I just love them. A week after this gig I’d been in England and there I bought my first T? cd…

By the way T? always release a new album, when s.th. important or new happens in my life! It’s a kind of mysterious sometimes…

Bye roxy

Not much to it really;
T? were coming to Newcastle(now there’s a novelty, a band coming to Newcastle) I hadn’t seen a band live before and my brother offered to take me to see them. I agreed and so we went. I LOVED THAT NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Therapy? have been my favourite band since.

I was at school doing my A-levels when i got into Therapy? my friend had a discman and he had the Die Laughing CD single. I listened to Die Laughing and thought this is ok, then i heard Evil Elvis and i just thought ‘WOW!!’ I bought Infernal Love, but stupidly turned down the chance to see them in Cambridge in 1995. That’s my only Therapy? regret… i never got to see Therapy? with Fyfe. Since then i have been to 29 Therapy? shows and have roughly £400 worth of Therapy? cd’s, tapes and vinyl. Cheers Sim (or was it Kev?), thanks for bringing that Cd in back in the bad old days.

By the way, if you like Therapy? , buy The Yo-Yo’s album, Uppers and Downers. It’s my favourite album of 2000.

My story is probably pretty lame, and I’m not sure I remember it totally well. I remember being in middle school, and some kid on the bus home was listening to Nurse. I just remember the cover sticking out in my head and I kind of made a mental note of the band.

A few years later, I heard Screamager on MTV. I used to go to the record store all the time, but I wasn’t sure which album to get. I joined Columbia House Mail Order CD club and ended up getting Hat’s Off. That was in November, and I asked for every single other album for Xmas. I got them all, and have been hooked ever since.

Yeah…I saw GN’R. I geuss it was in 92 or something. They just had Use Your Illusion out and it was the UYI tour. It was in Rotterdam, in ‘de Kuip’. (stadium). I remember an image of Slash to this day, wearing a long hat, and holding up his yellow Gibson up to the light…

It was 1993, I graduated from school, our ex-drummer gave me the tape of Nurse. I liked it. Then, saw their videos on MTV (Screamager and Teethgrinder)..I was shocked, because 3 short haired guys were making cool noise. Then I bought shortsharpshock. I was shortsharpshocked!
But, everything changed in February 1994,when I bought The Mighty TROUBLEGUM album. Until that time Suicidal Tendencies was the best band for me. Now, ST is No.2!!

TROUBLEGUM is still the best album in the world. For me, it means what bible means for a christian!!!

back when caucasion psychosis was released in the US (91-92, i think), a friend made a tape for me with all kinds of cool shit on it. T? had the coolest shit and i’ve loved their music ever since then. on that tape was one of the only copies of a remix that my friend made of prison breaker (along with remixes of blue oyster cult - don’t fear the reaper & blondie - rip her to shreds), god i wish i still had that tape (it got eaten by my tapedeck).

You have been forgiven, my son…

We’ve discussed your question over and over and over again, infernalover. Dear new and more interesting T?opics, where are you? It’s been so long since I’ve heard from you, I really miss you on this board. snif snif snif.