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Construction For The Modern Idiot - The Wonder Stuff

The wonderstuff formed in The mid-eighties, and were one of the biggest influences to my music listening there has ever been. Their mix of pop, with their outspoken views drew me in and still has me bouncing around whenever I take another listen. The original line-up included Miles Hunt(Vocals and the most outspoken of the group), Malcolm Treece(Guitars, and backing vocals), Martin Gilks(Drums, seemed the quiet one), and Rob “Bass thing” Jones(Bass). Although they were well known on the college/university scene from their first material, they never really hit the charts until the release of their third album,”Never Loved Elvis”. This spawned ...

Construction For The Modern Idiot - The Wonder Stuff

The wonderstuff formed in The mid-eighties, and were one of the biggest influences to my music listening there has ever been. Their mix of pop, with their outspoken views drew me in and still has me bouncing around whenever I take another listen. The original line-up included Miles Hunt(Vocals and the most outspoken of the group), Malcolm Treece(Guitars, and backing vocals), Martin Gilks(Drums, seemed the quiet one), and Rob “Bass thing” Jones(Bass). Although they were well known on the college/university scene from their first material, they never really hit the charts until the release of their third album,”Never Loved Elvis”. This spawned ...

Hup - Wonder Stuff

When The Wonder Stuff came out with this, I was not particularly knowledgeable about their music, their cynical outlook on life and record companies, or the shithole that is Birmingham. I had just left school and my life was very much in transition and emotionally it was a disturbing roller coaster. The song Don t Let Me Down Gently came out and I never realised it was about being dumped by a girlfriend till much (year or so) later. Another Brummie - Mike Skinner - made a more heartfelt plea in his moneyspinner. I sincerely didn t know what they were singing about, or who it was pitched at. Then in autumn 1989, I bought the album not knowing what to expect. It was not ...

Hup - Wonder Stuff

When The Wonder Stuff came out with this, I was not particularly knowledgeable about their music, their cynical outlook on life and record companies, or the shithole that is Birmingham. I had just left school and my life was very much in transition and emotionally it was a disturbing roller coaster. The song Don t Let Me Down Gently came out and I never realised it was about being dumped by a girlfriend till much (year or so) later. Another Brummie - Mike Skinner - made a more heartfelt plea in his moneyspinner. I sincerely didn t know what they were singing about, or who it was pitched at. Then in autumn 1989, I bought the album not knowing what to expect. It was not ...

Hup - Wonder Stuff

obsessives welcome). Anyway, apart from the miscalculation of the new title 'Hup', this is a superb album, slick and more commercial than its predecessor 'The Eight-Legged Groove Machine'. I thought The Wonder Stuff would go ballistic after this, but it never happened, and they just stayed a kind of middling Top 40 band without ever quite hitting the bigtime. Anyway, the two standouts are the epic 'Thirty Years in the Bathroom' and the acid 'Radio Ass-Kiss', which recalls the marvellously vituperative B-side 'Astley in the noose'. They both marry genuinely abrasive sounds with wit and superb lyrics, a real step up from the usual ...

Hup - Wonder Stuff

obsessives welcome). Anyway, apart from the miscalculation of the new title 'Hup', this is a superb album, slick and more commercial than its predecessor 'The Eight-Legged Groove Machine'. I thought The Wonder Stuff would go ballistic after this, but it never happened, and they just stayed a kind of middling Top 40 band without ever quite hitting the bigtime. Anyway, the two standouts are the epic 'Thirty Years in the Bathroom' and the acid 'Radio Ass-Kiss', which recalls the marvellously vituperative B-side 'Astley in the noose'. They both marry genuinely abrasive sounds with wit and superb lyrics, a real step up from the usual ...