Wall of Mouths

For ‘high profile’ read ‘second rate tat’.

From T? to Snow Patrol. Talk about your downward spiral.

How’s he going to make their dull, lifeless rubbish fit in with his drumming sensibilities?

The mind boggles.

Title: Christ, I’m old!

Mine was in ‘92 at the Junction in Cambridge.

If I remember rightly, they had Cornershop supporting them (before Fatboy remixed their one and only) and it was in support of Nurse.

Brilliant experience from the minute my mate’s dad picked us up to the moment we were dropped off again.

The best part was I got to shake the hand of my drumming idol, Mr Ewing.

Of course I froze, shat myself and could only say ‘well drummed, mate’.

He looked at me bizarely and scuttled away with several tins of Red Stripe in tow!

15 years ago. T? have been with me for half my life!

Cornershop, needless to say, haven’t :D

Title: Quality stuff..

..and Manson totally blows the rest out of the water.

The only downside is the snap of Fyfe near the end in the video. Brought a tear to my eye :(

Still, I thought Mr Cooper did a great job.

Well done all round.

Fyfe used to trigger the samples, hence the reason there is a severe derth of them from Semi-Detached onwards.

He used a Drumkat or something. Watch the video from the Brixton Academy gig - you can see him triggering the vocal sample and the dentist’s drill, too.

That other drummer looked a lot like Matt Cameron from Soundgarden / Pearl Jam.

As for the ‘who’s the best drummer’ debate, I’m going to stay well away from this one this time, suffice to say I’m firmly and unmoveably planted in the Fyfe camp.

The man is the drummer I aspire to be half as good as.

I remember that Noisy Mothers video too - I’ve got it kicking around somewhere along with a performance from some festival or other (to give you an idea of when, Stone Temple Pilots, Bad Brains, Bad Religion and The Gigalo Aunts were included on it as well!).

Happy days indeed.