…and Curve were never part of the Neds, Carter, CUD, Stuffies crowd, none of which I ever liked. Saw Lush a bunch of times, best gig was at Moles, in Bath, where the stage was only about 6″ high. I was stood on front of Emma, and had to keep leaning back, because she was moving, swinging her bass from side to side, and if I hadn’t moved back, I’d have got a Fender headstock smacking me in the nose! Curve were brilliant live, bloody loud, and pretty aggressive, and should have been massive. I’d love to see them reform and tour again. Pretty influential, too, I keep hearing newer bands with hints of Curve about them; early Asobi Seksu, in particular.
6Music played the Sultans of Ping’s ‘Where’s Me Jumper’ only last week, haven’t heard that in years!