Groundhog Day

Ever get the band that Dave Grohl formed when Nirvana split up with the one that played Sun City AND Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday party. No, not Kings Of Leon.

It's an easy mistake to make, as this footage from Hyde Park shows - was it from last night or two years ago - answers on a postcard (from Henley) please.



As for Brian May, who managed to elbow his way into most of the Mandela evening I notice, I think this story from (told to me fist hand by one of my ex-gilfriends) speaks volumes. Having accompanied her dad to see 'We Will Rock You' at the Dominion in Cental London, she discovered one Brian May sitting in the seat in front of hers.

Respectfully waiting until the main part of the show was over, with the pre-curtain call applause ringing out, she leant forward and discreetly asked him for an autograph for her dad. He disappovingly shook his head and replied:

"Not now love, it's showtime."

They Might As Well Be Working In Dixons

Saxondale on DJs...

Australians on punk

Two of my current favourites - it's just sheer co-incidence they're about punk and from Australia...


1983 Squatters Documentary - very Monty Python!




And secondly, John Lydon on an unknown Oz show... Cyndi Lauper beware

Six seconds long, 40 years old

...and still endlessly recycled (and indeed Recycled) and reshaped into new beats every year...



Here are a few more excellent, Amen-enhanced tunes that this tutor missed off his list, in the order they were made...

Lennie De Ice: We Are IE


Remarc: RIP


Orbital: Satan


Squarepusher: Come On My Selector


Alec Empire vs Elvis Presley: Hound Dog

Herbie Hancock: Rockit

Released in 1983, this is the best known track of three albums' worth of stuff the jazz veteran recorded with New York producer/collaborator/bass player Bill Laswell.



Anyone old enough to be conscious of pop music at the time will remember the shock of this amazing electro instumental, not to mention the weird Godely and Creme-directed video. It was miles ahead of all the competition at the time.

I remember much debate about whether the scratching was 'real' ie made on a record player - hilarious, as it's so obviously not, but even that lends a futuristic twist to the sound.

Luke Unabomber - A Star Is Born

The new star of the internet for sure - expect to hear about this result of a very, very late and messy night for weeks to come...

Hey Jude remix


And here is the resident of Manchester's legendary Electric Chair night on his hometown, Sheffield:

Underground Music