As it happens, no, they didn't. They got to #11. My mistake, then.
But I remember them having quite some Smash Hits coverage at the time. Only natural, being that the oldest member was roughly two/three years into his 20's and they had dress sense. ;)
I know MM or NME really didn't try to push them to the forefront, but does anyone remember Goya Dress? And is anyone here following Astrid's solo work of late? I have a feeling that the MM of yore (not the Britpop-MM of '95/'96 onwards) would have really backed them all the way. Their sound was...
I have a memory of Marion's "Toys For Boys" playing a lot in the late morning slot at this now defunct Alternative music station here in Portugal (funnily enough it was called XFM, and it ended its run just as London's XFM was going legal), and I even remember the chorus going something like...
Hello, all. First post here.
Actually, there are already flying accusations that "Dani California" rips off Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance" instead.
http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=17507
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