Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. I think the feature song for today is a great one for Pub trivia. I suspect that if you had a table of six people, all would have heard it before but one would definitely know the answer, one would be pretty Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. It must be hard to work out what to do next when you have been part of arguably one of the worlds biggest bands that then breaks up. Even more so when you have been the predominant composer and writer for that Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. Sometimes we place a band within a genre and leave them there. I think a good example are those bands that play a heavier style of music – the first thing we tend to hear is a big noise, and if we Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. Music lovers would know that many successful bands have similar back stories. It all starts with real sacrifice, where everything is given to the music and nothing else matters. For those lucky few that gain success, it must feel extremely deserving but Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. It would have been a very bold person to proclaim that RADIOHEAD were to become the band they are today after hearing their 1993 single Creep. That is nothing against the song, it was very successful but also certainly of its time, Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. Icelands THE SUGARCUBES, like the country itself, were certainly unique and intriguing. Fronted by the mysterious Bjork, they took the alternative music world by storm with their debut single Birthday and accompanying album. They were only with us for a short while, Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. I can imagine that there is a certain amount of rivalry that occurs between bands from the same era, particularly between those that also come from the same location. Maybe we the audience are beneficiaries of that competition as it pushes those Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. In the early 80s UK band THE FIXX had a surprise hit in the US with their song One Thing Leads To Another which was the lead single from their second album. Then all of a sudden, songs from their debut album Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. Back in the 90s there was some really interesting blended music being produced that hadn’t been done before. One style I found appealing was the joining of electronic music with rock. There are a few clever proponents of this style and certainly Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. Australian band INXS will be well known to music followers. They achieved some very big things in the 80s and 90s throughout the world. Only very few artists gain instant fame and fortune so there is often a little bit of a Read More
