What about Liverpool in the early 90s? How was that scene?
I just discovered a band called Coma Ray thanks to Soundcloud. Almost a decade ago they uploaded a trove of recordings which I am slowly listening one by one.
The band, self-described as sonic noise terrorists channeling My Bloody Valentine, The Cure, Sonic Youth and Pixies, was formed by Paul Tudhope on vocals and guitar, Mark Docherty on guitar and backing vocals, Dan Booth on bass and Chris Ashcroft on drums. Chris would later be replaced by Damian Cruikshank on drums.
Here on Soundcloud there is a live gig, a rare gig, of them playing at the Wigan Undergraound. No date is given but we know it was 1992. The songs from these gig are: “Arial”, “White”, “Blue Blue”, “Asha”, “Sunsong”, “Spike” and “Fluffy”. The quality of this live recording is really good.
Then I find Dan Booth’s website. It mentions he was born in Bury and that he spend most of his younger years in Liverpool where he studied English Literature.
His first band was Coma Ray, then later he would be in Crush. This band sounds good I think. I should check it out afterward.
And that’s it. No releases. And perhaps no proper studio recordings. In any case, as mentioned, the live gig sounds good, and it is quite an enjoyable listen! Anyone saw them live? Who did they use to support? Would be good to find out more about Coma Ray!
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