Wall of Mouths

Er, don’t you think talking about well-dodgey bands on Therapy’s new label constitutes a vibrant and well thought out contribution to this here thread then?

Nope, born in Cardiff, living in Newport since like, er, forever.

Ectospazz ring a few bells. Enlighten me further if you would.

And were you there for City Kidds Grant? Tell me you were then give me your hometown so’s I can run outside and listen for the laughter coming from your direction.

Hey Grant, you’ve been censored!!!!

On a side note I did some research and discovered Pepsi Tate has sadly gone to meet his bespandexed maker in the sky. A pity as Huw was a nice bloke who I met a couple of times. Only 42 and cancer. Bugger me.

Still, Tigertailz lose points by getting some arse from City Kidds to join. I know City Kidds. They are from my patch too. They provided the funniest moment in ‘raaaawwwwwkkkk’ history bar none, just a pity there were only a couple of thousand people there to see it. Caldicot Castle Mayday Festival circa 1990. I was doing the sound desk for another band that day but witnessed comedy in it’s purest form. The dry ice was flowing, the thumping intro track was finishing and their guitarist lept from behind the amp stacks, magnesium flashes going off everywhere, to hurtle into a blistering intro solo that would blow the minds and bodies of all present. His hair was big, his girating bold and his trousers tight. Pity he’d kicked out his guitar lead when he performed a mid-air starjump mind.

Spinal Tap have got fuck-all on these boys.

I’m still crying with laughter today.

Lovely.

Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha , ‘Thrill Pistol’ indeed !!!! Ooooo me fucking sides, you just couldn’t make it up any better if you tried. Fark me sunshine, you just keep supplying the ammo.

Eh? Get over what? Nurse was freakin’ immense. Teethgrinder a step-up again. Troublegum magic, Infernal Love the best ‘grower’ I’ve ever owned etc etc etc. They’ve done some tidy stuff, even, yes even on Shameless and OCFA.

Therapy aren’t the problem, it’s the total, head-hanging shame of being on the same label as Tigertailz.

Oh the humanity !!!!

Oh the horror !!!!
Just seen the bands on the label. Fark me sideways with something blunt, what a shower of shit. Tigertailz were always the shame of Wales.

You can only hope that the lads have got their heads on and not taken the first label to come along.

To think back to when I first encountered the beauty of Therapy when they supported Babes in Toyland circa 199? in TJ’s. Those blistering hooks and whalloping driven beats and amazing gurning. Twas something to behold oh let me tell you. And that’s from a club that had the best of the best playing there week in week out (Hole, Spermbirds, Jesus Lizard, God is My Co-Pilot, Lunachicks, Dub War, Flemgods etc etc etc). They were torchbearers to an angle on sound I’d never heard before. I’ve followed then ever since, through good times and bad, but this is something to behold.

I hear one, just one, “Cummon people, wanna hear you screeeaammmmmmmm!!!!” on this new album and I’ll take a fucking taxi to Andy’s house, make him pay the driver, and then insist he buys me back that pint I got him all those years ago.

On a side note, if Andy does decide to use my lyrics (copyright Old Twat 2008) then I’ll also happily take my 20%.

The bands Therapy started out supporting were great in their time so chuck in a bit of Hole, Babes in Toyland, Lunachicks et el plus stick on the other great bands that were around at the time, Silverfish, Fugazi etc.

Now that would be a smart compilation album.

Fuck me what a coincidence !!!

On my 18th birthday I seem to remember losing about £60, both trainers and myself whilst attempting to walk home.

Title: No, no, no

You’ve all got it wrong.

Top three…

Perversonality
Teethgrinder
Screamager

unless I’m a bit down and then it’s…

Jude the Obscene
Gone
Fear of God

But if I’m a tad pissed it’s…

Trigger Inside
Innocent X
If It Kills Me

then again…

36, saw them play with Sons of Ishmail in TJ’s Newport and went back to see them when they supported Hole a few months later and all this waaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy back around ‘89 or somewhere around there.