In February 1996, when Coxon and James were absent for a lip-synced Blur performance broadcast on Italian television, they were replaced by a cardboard cutout and a roadie, respectively. Blur biographer Stuart Maconie later wrote that, at the time, “Blur were sewn together very awkwardly”.
In the autumn of 1995, the band was joined by new member Neil Codling , a cousin of Gilbert who played keyboards and second guitar. His first appearance was at a fanclub gig at the Hanover Grand on 27 January 1996, which turned out to be one of Suede’s most…
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The following month, on 18 January 1996, “Sweet Catatonia” was released.
Idlewild played their first show on 16 January 1996, at the Subway Club in Edinburgh to a crowd of thirty friends, which led to many more shows around Edinburgh throughout the course of the year. In May 1996 the band, now with over twenty songs written, entered Split Level Studios…
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In 1996, they signed up with Impact Records and recorded their next EP Pig Iron . Beef also joined the band. Further personnel changes occurred in 1997 when Winston left the band to be replaced by Jon Jon, and the recording of the album Scum . Winston Blake returned to…
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Farren then continued to perform and record sporadically under the name The Deviants, using a pool of musicians which include Andy Colquhoun and former Blodwyn Pig saxophonist Jack Lancaster . Eating Jello With A Heated Fork was released in 1996, credited to Deviants IXVI , followed by 2002’s Dr Crow…
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In 1996, Carter left Chrysalis Records and joined Cooking Vinyl . With Salv from the band S*M*A*S*H on bass, Wez’s brother Steve on guitar, and teenager Ben Lambert on keyboards , Carter became a six-piece band.
The footage was shelved for 28 years but was finally released officially in 1996
In 1996 Broken Bones re-formed, with Bones on guitar, Quiv on vocals, Hoddy on bass and Dave on drums. They released their first studio album in eight years, Without Conscience in 2001 and in 2004, they released Time for Anger, Not Justice . Both albums bring the band back to…
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Curve returned to the music business in 1996 with the EP Pink Girl With the Blues . In the same year, Curve collaborated with Paul Van Dyk by reworking the mostly instrumental song “Words” from the album Seven Ways and also adding Halliday’s vocals.