They wanted to be Beatles. They wanted to be The Stones. OK, so a couple of them made it...but what about the rest? During the humble days of these Original Artyfacts, most lads would just have to content themselves with pub gigs and day jobs. Never mind that singer of David Jones & The Lower Third who would go on to enjoy fame and supermodels as one David Bowie. Or Birds guitarist Ron Wood who would become a card-carrying Rolling Stone. This is the story of the bands that rock forgot. But who needs a memo...   [ read more ]

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Recorded in 1995, Supermodels broke the long hiatus since Cringe (1991). Having lost drummer Nicholas "Ogs" Loizides, the group had done some tours with Steve Wren sitting in on the traps. But without a recording label and management, the group was rather directionless and bereft of new material. This changed in 1994 with the great new songs collected here, written mostly by guitarist Derek "Del Boy" Greening. With the band having picked up new management, the demos of this material got {@We...   [ read more ]

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Any CD that benefits Planned Parenthood and the Northwest AIDS Foundation warrants existence, even if the contributing artists were Menudo, Milli Vanilli, and Michael Jacko. But as it happens, this raw, pumping CD features suped-up bashes by Northwest underground vets such as the Fastbacks, Young Fresh Fellows, Mudhoney, Flop, and the Walkabouts. This also stretches to encompass the sweetness of the Spinanes, the garage din of the Picketts and the Minus 5, the trashy {$G...   [ read more ]

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