Stereophonics in general

I had never heard of the Stereophonics until ?bartender and the thief?, which a quality tune, and so I had to go out and buy the album ?performance and cocktails?. I originally thought that this was their first album, then I heard ?local boy in the photograph? on the radio and was told of their first album by a friend. So loving their second album so much, I went out and bought ?word gets around?, and now I really don?t know which of the two I prefer. The first album has some great songs, and some good songs, but no really under average songs on the album. But there is one song that is below the standard of the rest of the album, it would have to be ?last of the ...

Stereophonics - M.E.N Arena - 2.12.01 Its a shame because tonight I left asking the question where did it all go wrong? For some the answer may slip off the tongue easily with a retort like when was it ever right? But to me the Stereophonics were always a band you could rely on. They had that underlining lyrical base with the simplistic pub rock that proves if you're in the right place at the right time then anyone can make it. The problem is they never really progressed from that pub band mentality and still maintain that outmoded ideology that the music will simply speak for itself. What we get tonight is - no airs, no graces, no frills pub rock and ...

Kelly Jones has one hell of a voice The Stereophonics music is just so damn powerful it almost makes your teeth hurt. Being a big fan of drums mixed up loud I love the rush of adrenalin this band gives me when I whack up the volume control. Especially in the car. Also a fantastic group to see live they sound as good as on the album no major mixing tricks to improve their voices. If you like this get the video of them at the morfa statium. They run thru all the big songs and there is massive dedication and effort. The album is great starting with 'The bartender and the thief' all the way to classics like 'She takes her clothes off'. A group that ...