http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:45:26 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/09/18/165057.php#comment-116140 thanks for reading! I don't remember where my inof came from - please let me know if I'm wrong. 116140@blogcritics.org Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:45:26 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/09/18/165057.php#comment-116137 Thanks for the link back to the way back. Now I have to check whether they're from Birmingham or Nottingham - and I suspect I'm wrong. 116137@blogcritics.org Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:42:11 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/09/18/165057.php#comment-19283 Mark and Rob, I am here to praise the Wonder Stuff, not bury them - the prick stuff was just a personal reaction and not meant to be the final word on anyone's character. I'm sure Miles has matured after ten years anyway - who hasn't? I hope Miles does well with his new material, he's a major talent. I'm not sure about why they didn't break here - the standard line is the label, but the label people I dealt with were totally in to the band and pumped them pretty hard as far as I could tell. Some bands just don't translate well across the ocean (in both directions) for whatever reason. Maybe there will be a Stuffies resurgence here. 19283@blogcritics.org Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:20:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/09/18/165057.php#comment-19271 Well I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinions. The sneer character only continued because the fans loved his verbal backchat so much. Off stage, Miles is a cracking guy as are the rest of the group that I've chatted to. Whatever your views, you can't knock the fact that on their five-night reunion residency at London's Forum a few years back, every night was sold out and the crowd broke the record for bar sales. The Stuffies still have a huge fanbase both in the UK and overseas. That they did not break the US was down to the ineptitude of Polydor in the US. Miles has done a number of solo dates across the UK and the States which have all generally been well recieved. Anyone wanting to hear more of Miles' solo stuff should head on over to GIG Records' website - www.gigrecords.com. You can get Vibrators stuff there too. 19271@blogcritics.org Fri, 19 Sep 2003 05:09:15 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/09/18/165057.php#comment-19269 I loved and love the stuffies music, I think miles solo stuff ,and new band stuff is great. He may well be a prick ,as a lot of people have thought so, but in the end its not about his character (like Oasis for example, 2 pricks who make the band by being so) , its abotu the music, and the music is up to standard in my opinion. 19269@blogcritics.org Fri, 19 Sep 2003 03:58:38 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/09/18/165057.php#comment-19239 Jim, I'm sure you're right about the discrepancy between stardom in the UK and cultdom here being a factor in his attitude, but the other guys in the band were very pleasant. I imagine Miles took it personally and they didn't. He was still pretty young at the time also. The "industry"-only show I saw in L.A. (Whiskey?) was just tremendous, one of the best ever. I felt more charitable afer that. 19239@blogcritics.org Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:03:08 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/09/18/165057.php#comment-19230 Oddly enough I've seen The Vibrators, and worked with The Wonder Stuff. Yes, Miles could be a prick, but the fans were worse. The Wonder Stuff never got the support from their US record label they deserved (which accounted for the prickitude, one week you're playing Reading the next you're in some toilet in New Jersey). 19230@blogcritics.org Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:18:28 EDT