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ac acoustics
Origin Glasgow, Scotland
Genre(s) Alternative rock
Years active 1990–2003
Label(s) Elemental
Yoyo Recordings
Cooking Vinyl
Members
Paul Campion
Caz Riley
Dave Gormley
Mark Raine
Paul Murray
Former members
Roger Ward

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Biography

Arguably now a spent force, ac acoustics briefly flirted with a breakthrough in the mid-late 1990s. They were widely championed by the music press and by peers such as Placebo. Placebo are an Alternative rock band formed in London in 1994 currently comprising Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest

At their peak they combined dense, fuzz-heavy riffage with cryptic, poetic lyrics[1], before later introducing keyboards and moving into a sparser, more repetition-based direction. A fuzzbox (or fuzz box) is a type of Effects pedal comprising an amplifier and a clipping circuit which generates a distorted version of the In Music, a riff is an Ostinato figure a repeated Chord progression, pattern refrain or melodic figure, often played by the Rhythm Initially, they owed a debt to The Jesus and Mary Chain — blending furious white-noise with early Pavement-style experimentation and augmenting their two guitar, bass and drums instrumentation with saxophones and violins. The Jesus and Mary Chain are an Alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride, Scotland in 1984 Pavement was an American Indie rock band in the 1990s Although they experienced only moderate commercial success they achieved a significant cult

Their first release was the 1992 five track Wrist Eye demo, notable also for featuring Gerard Love from Teenage Fanclub on backing vocals. Gerard Love (born 31 August 1967, Motherwell, Scotland) is the bass player and one of the three Singer-songwriters Teenage Fanclub are an acclaimed Scottish Alternative rock band from Bellshill. The demo gained them a recording contract with the independent label Elemental Records, who released their debut single, Sweatlodge/MV, in 1993[2]. At this time, despite their relative obscurity, they displayed an aptitude for getting on the bill at relatively high profile gigs and opened for PJ Harvey, Spacemen 3 and The Jesus Lizard, amongst others. Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English Musician and Songwriter. Spacemen 3 were an English rock band who formed in 1982 and whose career spanned from the Post-punk to Acid house eras The Jesus Lizard was a Rock music group formed in 1987 in Chicago Illinois.

In 1994, the band's debut album, Able Treasury, was released. Demonstrating a tighter sound, it was also notable for its unusual song titles[3].

Shortly after this release, Mark Raine replaced Roger Ward on guitar and the band began to move in a rockier, less feedback-drenched direction. This culminated in the 1997 release of the band's masterpiece, Victory Parts and gigs with Embrace, Stereophonics, dEUS, as well as a couple of tours with Placebo[4]. Victory Parts is the second album by Scottish Indie rock band Ac acoustics. For the US punk band see Embrace (US band. Embrace are an English Rock band from Brighouse and Bradford Stereophonics are a British Rock band, consisting of Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Javier Weyler and Adam Zindani. Deus (stylized by the band as dEUS) is a rock band based in Antwerp, Belgium, currently consisting of Tom Barman (vocals and guitar The band's acumen and wall-of-noise approach garnered them sponsorship from Marshall amplifiers. Marshall Amplification is a British company which designs and manufactures music amplifiers.

Despite the accolades for Victory Parts in the music press, ac acoustics remained a cult act. They left Elemental and signed with Yoyo Recordings, releasing the EPs Like Ribbons and She's With Stars. Yoyo Records (aka Yoyo Recordings is an Independent record label and recording studio in Olympia Washington owned by Pat Maley. They parted with Yoyo in 2000 and moved to Cooking Vinyl, releasing a further EP Crush (continuing the Placebo connection thanks to backing vocal contributions from Brian Molko). Cooking Vinyl is a UK -based Independent record company, founded in 1986. Brian Molko (born December 10, 1972, in Belgium) is a Songwriter, Lead vocalist and Guitarist of the band Placebo

The band's line-up was augmented by a keyboardist, Paul Murray, and two further albums, Understanding Music and O followed, the latter being completed in a mere ten days.

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They have featured twice in John Peel's annual Festive 50 chart, both tracks featuring on the Victory Parts album:

Prior to ac acoustics, Dave Gormley played drums for fellow Glaswegian band Thrum. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio The Festive Fifty was originally an annual list of the year's fifty (though the exact figure varied above and below this number best songs compiled at the end of the year and voted for Heterostyly is a unique form of polymorphism and Herkogamy in Flowers In a heterostylous species two or three different morphological types

Critical acclaim and quotes

Discography

Albums

Singles

Notes

  1. ^ Example (taken from Hammerhead): In this light/I wear my hammerhead high/On a big stick/With an ice cream float
  2. ^ the single was recorded for a paltry £340
  3. ^ for example, Mother Head Sander, Oregon Pine Washback and future live favourite Sister Grab Operator
  4. ^ Brian Molko was a relentless champion of the band and often wore a Stunt Girl T-shirt, including on Placebo's Top of the Pops appearance for Nancy Boy
Victory Parts is the second album by Scottish Indie rock band Ac acoustics. Brian Molko (born December 10, 1972, in Belgium) is a Songwriter, Lead vocalist and Guitarist of the band Placebo Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart Television programme, made and broadcast
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