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Thanks for the link. Brings back lots of great memories. That was one of the best Fall gigs that I ever attended, music-wise. The previous gig had been at the Brighton Centre East Wing, in about 1999, very soon after the disastrous US tour where he fought the entire band onstage. It was...

Definitely. They were all part of a very incestuous music scene. Tricky and Massive Attack came from The Wild Bunch, ostensibly a Bristol band but more of a musical collective that also gave rise to Nellee Hopper (Soul II Soul) and Roni Size. Before that were other Trip-hop acts such as Smith...

The first time I saw British Sea Power they were supporting The Fall at Concorde 2 around the late 90s/early noughties. Bloody hell, they were good. Likewise, I fell in love big time with Ladytron after seeing them support Peaches.

All 3 of the Trip-Hop Holy Trinity are stone-cold classics, all 3 were debut albums and all 3 hugely influential, far beyond their own musical genre: Portishead - Dummy Massive Attack - Blue Lines Tricky - Maxinquaye Both Massive Attack and Tricky had better albums afterwards so not sure if...

The Sugarcubes. 'Life's Too Good'. That album was a complete life-changer for me. And then Saint Etienne 'Foxbase Alpha' came along. Possibly the most perfect pop album ever recorded.