Kandy Pop by bis

In 1996 Bis became the first, and (so far as I'm aware) the only unsigned band to appear on Top Of The Pops. 

'Kandy Pop' wasn't my favourite track from the Secret Vampires EP, but it's aged surprisingly well in retrospect.

They played Manchester Roadhouse the day after appearing on TOTP, supporting Super Furry Animals, and the gig sold out. To the extent that people were turned away. From The Roadhouse. I kid ye not.

Spook on the High Lawn by Cha Cha Cohen

Not your typical Chemikal Underground band maybe, but a fantastic band and a fantastic record.

Magoo - The Starter's Gun

I'm doing this from memory, but...

As I recall, Magoo were from Norwich and, prior to being on Chemikal Underground, were on a local label called Noisebox.

I am pretty sure that, at the point when they signed to Chemikal Underground, they were the only non Scottish band on the label.

This didn't last though, it's just how it was back in about 1996 ish.

Sucrose - The Delgados

'Sucrose', from the bands debut album Domestiques was the one that had an absolute blinder of an extra track on the CD single, and I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the track except that it might have been a cover version.

Why did I not keep it?!?

Lost in France trailer - special screening and reunion gig 21 February l...

Aaaahhhhh!

It's like one massive flashback to my fanzine writer years.

To that time in the mid-late 1990s when ALL the best bands were from:

A) Glasgow
B) Newcastle
C) Lanarkshire in the wider sense
D) The North East in the wider sense

End of.

Lost In France will be showing in Manchester on Tuesday 21 February at 20:15 at Home as part of a live satellite broadcast from Glasgow Film Festival. As it should be!

Chemikal Underground had such a massive impact on the Glasgow music scene and it's great to see that someone has documented that.

Note: I know I spelled Chemikal Underground right, but autocorrect corrected it, so I've now corrected it back again