Earl Brutus

[banana]

To my shame I missed this lot when they were active but they seem fucking awesome.
There is this thread: https://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=18567.0
But doesn't seem to be a proper Earl Brutus one.

If you haven't heard them I would recommend them, they are just mega fun and clever.

Does anyone know how to get that Mouldy Old Dough cover?

This is a good one if you don't know their stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8638L-7Sf_w

Would have loved to see them live, bet that was a right laugh.

[Kankurette]

They were in Select a lot - they did the Absinthe Friends feature where journos feed a band absinthe and Nick was photographed having a slash - and they sounded interesting, so I checked them out on Spotify and liked what I heard. Come Taste My Mind is one of my favourites.

[lazyhour]

Absolutely brilliant band - "like Queen having a fight with Kraftwerk in a pub car park". I saw them live a few times and they were always excellent.

Singer Nick Sanderson went off to be a train driver and apparently loved doing it, but sadly passed away several years ago now.

Criminally underrated group.

[RicoMNKN]

They were terrific.

I only realised the other day that some members had formed a new band and put out an updated version of their England Sandwich sound collage.
https://quatermass3.bandcamp.com/

[Kankurette]

Jamie Fry is also the brother of Martin out of ABC.

[lazyhour]

They were terrific.

I only realised the other day that some members had formed a new band and put out an updated version of their England Sandwich sound collage.
https://quatermass3.bandcamp.com/

They have a more 'proper' post-Brutus band called The Pre New which have been going for years now, but I feel Nick (and their lead guitarist, can't think of his name) provided so much of the magic of Earl Brutus and it's not the same without them.

[Kankurette]

Rob? Bloke out of JoBoxers?

[Jockice]

Rob? Bloke out of JoBoxers?

And before that Subway Sect. I know that because the one time I saw Earl Brutus live (at some promotional thing in London) I ended up backstage 'interviewing' him. The inverted commas are because I was actually dragged backstage by their press officer while in a horribly drunken state and without a pen or any paper. All I can recall is saying in an awed voice several times: "You were in Subway Sect!" And then I went back into the main hall and fell flat on my face in front of Jarvis and Steve from Pulp.

I'm not sure how he was the one I ended up 'interviewing' anyway. Nick Sanderson was in Clock DVA and an early version of World Of Twist were based in Sheffield before decamping to Manchester. I've never met Nick or Jim but we'd have some mutual acquaintances.

By the way, I don't often get drunk and it's incredibly rare I get THAT drunk. The only comparable time is when I saw My Life Story and came out convinced I'd seen the future of modern culture. And then I heard their records...

Earl Brutus were much better anyway. They still get the occasional play from me.