Ned's Atomic Dustbin
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Dan Dan the fast drumming man,Mat plays one bass, Alex the otherRat does the guitar and Jonn sings...
So it began in 1987 and so it finished in 1995. In between times Neds were very busy growing up together and eventually growing apart, building a unique twin-bass-no-nonsense-Black Country-adrenaline-fuelled-indie-rock-beast of a legacy.
Myth has it that Ned helped inspire the likes of Coldplay, Muse, Blink 182, Kill Hanna, Mark Ronson and Jamie Cullum to forge their own, undoubtedly more lucrative, legacies. From 2000 to 2007 a reformation took place with Alex, Dan and Jonn recruiting the more than capable talents of Now Assassin members Andy King (bass) and Martin Warlow (guitar) to fill the cavity that Rat and Mat's absence rendered empty.
In 2007, Sony/BMG invited the band to write the track list for a new compilation of their Sony recordings ('Some Furtive Years') and, suddenly, everyone was talking to each other again. Well, writing at least.
And if they were talking, why weren't they playing? When the Astoria came knocking, it didn't take much deliberation before the date was set and Dan, Alex, Mat, Rat and Jonn were stood in a rehearsal room together for the first time in 13 years.
The setlist? The hits of course!
The occasion? 21 years of Ned's Atomic Dustbin.
| 01 Dec 12 | Civic Hall | Wolverhampton, UK |