A timely reissue of Billy MacKenzie’s first solo album ‘Outernational‘ plus bonus tracks. William MacArthur “Billy” MacKenzie first came to musical prominence through his involvement in the much loved band The Associates in the early 1980’s. This was his first album release after the split with fellow Associate, Alan Rankine.
The album was originally released in [...]

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Entries Tagged as '1990s'
Billy Mackenzie – Outernational – Expanded Edition
Edwin Huxley - Sunday 14.04.13, 18:10pm
Cherry Red release Fuzzbox ‘Big Bang’ album as 2CD expanded edition
Annie Payne - Sunday 14.04.13, 14:22pm
We’ve Got A Fuzzbox and We’re Gonna Use It!! were formed in Birmingham in 1985, the all-female quartet originally consisted of Vix (Vickie Perks), Magz (Maggie Dunne), Jo Dunne and Tina O’Neill.
Three years after the release of their debut album ‘Bostin Steve Austin‘, We’ve Got A Fuzzbox And We’re Gonna Use it!! returned in 1989 [...]
Rare amateur video of the Manic Street Preachers from 1991
Terry Lane - Tuesday 26.02.13, 19:57pm
This film has been in an attic for twenty years and has only just been unearthed. The Manic Street Preachers is the only visual recording of The Buzz Club where bands such as Blur, The Stone Roses, Suede, Primal Scream and the Manics played. This was recorded when the Manic Street Preachers played on Saturday [...]
Tags: 1990s · Indie Rock · Live Music · Video
Entertain Us – the Rise of Nirvana, book review
Terry Lane - Sunday 07.10.12, 11:48am
In 1991 Kurt Cobain was quoted as saying: “I don’t think we’ll get that big. Our music isn’t that commercial.”
Twenty years after Kurt Cobain’s tragic suicide the Nirvana’s popularity has not waned. Their meteoric rise to fame as part of the ‘Grunge’ movement was due to the commercial success of their classic second album, Never [...]
Tags: 1990s · Indie Rock · Music Books
Bill Nelson – Practically Wired reissued via Cherry Red
Peter Cook - Saturday 21.04.12, 14:04pm
Practically Wired is a landmark album by Bill Nelson, a continuously creative musician and artist over 40 years. This copy of the album has been re-mastered and updated with a booklet by Cherry Red Records after the original album has been unavailable for 10 years.
In case you are wondering who he is, Bill Nelson led [...]






