Quote Originally Posted by westcountryvillain View Post
Abba were pop perfection, loads of catchy hits that appealed to a global audience, they were in their pomp when I was at primary school but you certainly wouldn't trumpet your appreciation once the too cool for school years came along.

I very much enjoyed pop music in the 80's and when my best mate's brother played some Smiths & Wonder Stuff tunes the indie scene became my thing, like Mick I am a bit random - that's the beauty of music, it has infinite possibilities. Off to see the Libertines in October, great lyrics and loads of catchy numbers - buzzin'!
The Wonder Stuff were from Stourbridge, they came along at the same time as fellow Stourbridge bands Pop Will Eat Itself and Ned’s Atomic Dustbin.

I played football with Clint Mansell from Pop in the late 90’s ( Villa fan and a bit of a tool ) but now immensely famous as the writer of music scores for massive films.

I also knew Adam Mole from the band when we were t e e n agers, his dad was grounds man and player for Pedmore cricket club wihich was where I lived, we used to play football on the outfield and he was always throwing us off…..so we made Adam’s life a misery in return!😏🤣

Lead singer of Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, The NADS for short is John Penney, another Villa fan and the worst footballer you could ever imagine but a truly lovely bloke, he played indoor football with our crew of mates from mid 90’s to early 2000’s.

Strange how Stourbridge spawned those three quite well know bands in such a short period and then nothing else.

I don’t know if you remember another Stourbridge band from late 70’d into the 80’s called Witchfinder General WCV?

One of my old school mates Kevin “Toss” McCready was bassist with them?

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