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{fb1000000Pop Will Eat Itself, S*M*A*S*H and Loop Guru
13th March 1995
Rock City, Nottingham

Hang on, Loop Guru have three drummers, and that blokes got a bass guitar. Where is everybody else? Loop Guru had wondered on to the stage as you may of guessed from the opening lines and I was begining to wonder what was instore. When they had got their act togther (struming THE bass guitar, taping drums etc) they began to play nice and amibient strange noises, chanting from what I can describe as some sort of singer. Then, all of a sudden (I had been waiting for this), the drums started, and the whole stage errupted as the singer danced about and the bassest ran all over the place like he had only half an hour to live! They have taken dance(?) music back to its tribal roots and added some very strange samples, to produce a sound which I can only decribe as colourful.
 
S*M*A*S*H, errrrr, well I don't know what to say (after all, this is a family mag) so instead of calling them a complete bag of... I will say that they should stick to contributing tracks to NME and VOX free tapes.
 
As the sound man trudged across the stage the crowd errupted, then realising that it was only the sound man, shut up again. Seconds later, Clint Poppie stumbled onto the stage closely followed by the rest of the band. Tintro to 'Auslander' played and the place errupted into one mass of pogoing Poppies T-Shirts. After 'RSVP', and a couple of tracks from Dos Dedos mis amigos, it was time for some classic PWEI with 'Wise Up Sucker'. By this time the crowd had errupted into a stage diving / crowd surfing mad house, and all too soon the Poppies left. A few minutes later Clint wondered back on to the stage with guitar in hand and started the ball rolling again with the first few chords of 'Me No Fear The Reaper'. Other notable tunes showcased tonight were the excelent 'Karmadrome' and 'Urban Futuristic'. In all, a great gig, with most of the tunes having being produced well on stage. Before I wrap up this PWEI special, I must just have a moan; 20 for a T-Shirt!. Having said that, it didn't stop me buying one!

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Note: PWEI recently issued a double CD remix version of 'Dos Dedos Mis Amigos', called 'Two Fingers My Friend'. Although the track listing is the same as the original it does contain some very different mixes. Well recommended if you can't wait for the NEW album.

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{fh2C00000The Stone Roses - {fh200C000Second Coming
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Every review I have seen of this album has had the same subject in its opening lines. So without futher ado...

It has taken them five years, stuck in a shed in Wales, to record this, their second album, and first for Geffen; was it worth it?

There, now that's over and done with I can get down to reviewing the thing. The first track 'Breaking Into Heaven' starts off promising with a ring of guitar then slowly fades into jungle noises. After four and a half minutes of these noises and tribal beats in the background, the song starts and you can instantly tell that The Stone Roses are back on form (although the total running time for the first track is a staggering 11:18!). A lot of the music press compared their new found style to the likes of Led Zepplin; 'Tears' sounds like Gallows Pipe, but that's about it. Apart from the fact that the songs are well written and produced, they have taken the Indie mould which they helped shape and have distorted it to produce their own unique style yet again. I guess after a year touring and promoting their second outing it will be back to the shed in Wales for 'x' amount of years producing yet another album.

8/10

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