[peel] Solex

Kumar, Harmesh Harmesh.Kumar@...
Thu Mar 30 11:51:18 CEST 2000 

Totally agree.
Solex were fantastic. I never really took much notice of them before.
Was it Solex that did the "Teenage Kicks" track for Peel?
Excellent stuff.

hk

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>From:	Andy Smith [SMTP:andy.smith@...]
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>Andy Smith <andy.smith@...></tt>
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>My mate won some tickets to the John Peel gig at the Union<BR>
>Chapel last night. Unfortunately we arrived too late for <BR>
>Murry the Hump's set, and I'm not a big fan of the High Fidelity,<BR>
>but Solex were superb. The sound was fantastic, really clear<BR>
>with massive bass that worked brilliantly for the huge slabs<BR>
>of cacophonous sampley racket they generate. I'd heard their<BR>
>cover of The Cutter a while ago, and not really rated it, but live<BR>
>it was just amazing, with scary huge noises crashing out of the<BR>
>speakers and totally mad drums and guitar, viscerally intense<BR>
>in a totally anti-rock way. I bought the new album (for a tenner! <BR>
>Hoorah!) but in a way I don't want to listen to it because I can't <BR>
>believe it'll live up to the gig. It was pretty weird getting into <BR>
>the car and hearing it all again on the radio, it all sounded very <BR>
>small and controlled. A top night out all in all, and I even got <BR>
>to stand within a few feet of the great man himself, but didn't <BR>
>get up the courage to interrupt his enjoyment of the bands by <BR>
>introducing myself.<BR>
><BR>
>Andy<BR>
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