My grey-indie roots are showing through, but I'm going through a bit of a Wedding Present revisionist stage. I always thought they were the 'edgiest', if not the 'rockingest' of the C86 Bands, besides the JAMC. Thought George Best was a pretty good album, the one after that a slight progression, but SEA MONSTERS is defintely their masterpiece. Lost interest with their 7" single thing, hated the Eastern Euro Pouges album and didn't care much for Gedge's girly-pop things after the Weddoes.
The WP were an anomoly. They were staunchly English, sortya post-punk in a FALl sorta way, and had quite a sizable cult following, even had a book written about them! They also had quite a big cult following in the USA , kinda weird for such an Engerlisch indie-trainspotter type band.
Did they spawn Pulp in their wry English observations? I remember Gedge having an odd sex appeal with some of the ladies, and Robbie Williams sometime reminds me of the Gedgster in his mannerisms!@#$! Heck you could even throw in the Arselick Monekys for some sorta weird lineage, but all up an most under-rated UK band, that were never quite as 'sexy' and pseury as most English far from their time and after.
The WP were an anomoly. They were staunchly English, sortya post-punk in a FALl sorta way, and had quite a sizable cult following, even had a book written about them! They also had quite a big cult following in the USA , kinda weird for such an Engerlisch indie-trainspotter type band.
Did they spawn Pulp in their wry English observations? I remember Gedge having an odd sex appeal with some of the ladies, and Robbie Williams sometime reminds me of the Gedgster in his mannerisms!@#$! Heck you could even throw in the Arselick Monekys for some sorta weird lineage, but all up an most under-rated UK band, that were never quite as 'sexy' and pseury as most English far from their time and after.
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