The Monochrome Set

Kid Calamity Nov 19, 2010 09:37:19

If ever there was a truly neglected and criminally UNSUNG band, this must truly be it. My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys, Girls and staff; I give you the utterly brilliant Monochrome Set:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ouBnu9AQcU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9zfNlV_Fio&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stQCa12fh9w&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YDoYnuiJ3k&feature=related

All my records by them are up in the loft on vinyl. I'd somehow forgotten all about them until I put in an old compilation CD that Eardrum sent me yonks ago. Thanks Eardrum, for bringing it all back to me!

Deepinder Cheema Nov 19, 2010 10:01:34

Replying to Kid Calamity

You may then love this insightful interview:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1488655171?bclid=1564556238&bctid=1794986836

There are many great Cherry Red TV interviews with Ian McNay & others, all geared toward musical heads.

Gladwin Nov 19, 2010 10:16:37

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I love 'em, and can only give them hearty recommendation to anyone who hasn't heard them before.

Unfortunately there's no perfect compilation to suggest as an introduction, so I'd say that the uninitiated should try either Tomorrow Will Be Too Long, which compiles the first two albums, or Eligible Bachelors, which is the third and probably most accomplished of the first Square era.

Myers Nov 19, 2010 11:46:55

Replying to Kid Calamity

I had a friend who thought they were called the monochrome fet. Because of the gothic typeface they used!,

Wiggy Nov 19, 2010 21:07:50

Replying to Kid Calamity

Loved 'em but only saw 'em the once at LSE around 1983/84. Fantastic!
I believe Bid now fronts a band called "Charlottes Well" although this could be very old news as I don't get out much now. =;o(

Fitter Stoke Nov 20, 2010 19:12:51

Replying to Kid Calamity

Oh, I love 'em, and have done ever since 'Strange Boutique' charmed my lobes thirty years ago. But then, I was always going to love a post-punk outfit with a real strong Canterbury vibe. I've always thought that Bid must have LOVED the first four Caravan LPs. No bad thing in my book.

I dig all their output, but most especially 'Love Zombies' and the Peel sessions collated on 'Volume, Brilliance, Contrast'. Foot tapping, rib-tickling excellence.

Kid Calamity Nov 19, 2022 11:43:35

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This very evening, in Stourbridge, I will see them for the first time. For all those decades, the planets (and my diary) have failed to align, until this momentus day. Please don't let them be crap.