Yet another help me identify the band thread.

[thraxx]

On some forum or another (can't remember which one, not this one), someone sent me a link to a Birmingham based shoegaze band from the late 80s early 90s, then my computer got nicked and I'm left with no trace of how to find out who they were.  I think there was 2 or three words in the name of the group, and I think that they are fairly low key band as I love that time of music and remember being shocked that they had got under my radar.  They sounded like first album Verve, as I recall.

That's all I have to go on.  Grateful if anyone can help me out.  There's a reacharound in it for whoever can help me track down who it was.

[Absorb the anus burn]

Ned's Atomic Dustbin? Not really pure shoegaze, but close and I saw Swervedriver open for them many moons ago.

[Cleaners From Venus]

Off the top of my head every prominent shoegazing band of the era, barring MBV, was from the south. Neds or Stuffies, maybe?

[holyzombiejesus]

Ned's Atomic Dustbin? Not really pure shoegaze, but close and I saw Swervedriver open for them many moons ago.

They're fuck all like shoegaze!

[Morrison Lard]

from the south

Yeah, it seemed to be pretty big in Reading and Oxford.

thraxx, you positive it was a Brum band?

[Cleaners From Venus]

They're fuck all like shoegaze!

It's the Birmingham bit that's the trickster. Ned's are a bit likelier than Ozric Tentacles!

[Morrison Lard]

Spacemen 3? They were from the west midlands.
More psychadelic than shoegazey I reckon.

Fuck knows mate, I hated shoegazing stuff. Good luck.

[Johnny Townmouse]

UB40?

Spacemen 3 were from Rugby, Neds from Stourbridge, but I suppose you could be talking about Pram despite the fact they are not 'shoegaze'?

Is it definitely Brum?

[holyzombiejesus]

There's a list of shoegaze bands on wikipedia but it's a load of baloney.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shoegazing_musicians

Around that time, there were a few bands that tried to push the boundaries a little bit more than the likes of Ride, although that might be classed as dreampop or blisspop? I was thinking of those Bark Psychosis, Moonshake types but it's pointless trying to guess really.

[thraxx]

Fairly certain it was Birmingham, and it wasn't any of those bands mentioned.  They weren't famous at all, and certainly never jumped on Philip Schofield at a Smash Hits do.

I'll have a look at Bark Psychosis and Moonshake and see if it was them.  Cheers for trying. 

[Phil_A]

For some reason I immediately thought of House Of Love, but they were London based. And not really shoegazey.

[boki]

There's the slightest outside chance it could be Little Giant Drug, although they were more late-90s.  Half of Napalm Death are on this, really:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l-EfNOGTp0
(that song's not really a great example of their mostly-shoegazey sound, but it's all that's on YouTube)

[bitesize]

I immediately thought of Flying Saucer Attack, before remembering they were from Bristol.

This is a helpful post.

[Norton Canes]

Ocean Colour Scene, in their earlier incarnation?

[Oops! Wrong Planet]

Fairly certain it was Birmingham

Bostin?  More AOR than shoegaze though.[nb]I am hilarious[/nb]