tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post2482534296891734793..comments2024-03-27T21:46:11.188+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: Various Artists – "C-86" (New Musical Express – NME 022) 1986Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-34953454960461655482021-02-03T20:49:01.729+01:002021-02-03T20:49:01.729+01:00all IMO of course ;)all IMO of course ;)Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147186679298442560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-88021659211986413132021-02-03T18:26:58.028+01:002021-02-03T18:26:58.028+01:00Awww don't be like that Jonathan.Awww don't be like that Jonathan.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-21153988560866873512021-02-03T16:10:08.414+01:002021-02-03T16:10:08.414+01:00"30 years removed, one now finds this jangly ..."30 years removed, one now finds this jangly indie pop refreshing, and charmingly youthful."<br /><br />One really doesn't. With the exception of the Ron Johnson bands, it's unrelentingly dire.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147186679298442560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-81204365171556644022019-07-13T15:28:28.253+02:002019-07-13T15:28:28.253+02:00I saw the C-86 tour at York uni and the best band ...I saw the C-86 tour at York uni and the best band were Bristols Flatmates who i'd never heard of, the rest were average the whole C86 thing was just a nme invention.Amchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412627880058738210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-84706812264244906442017-05-11T13:36:59.654+02:002017-05-11T13:36:59.654+02:00It's easy to disparage the C-86 scene - C-85 r...It's easy to disparage the C-86 scene - C-85 really as all of the bands included on the tape had come to prominence from '84 onwards - but what was terrific about that (brief) period was the random array of acts you'd often find piled up together at the average mid-week gig: Primal Scream, Bogshed, A Witness and McCarthy have zilch in common but I saw all 4 of them on the same bill one evening in Sheffield. And the diversity of acts inevitably brought together an equally diverse selection of audience members of course. Great times for music and underground culture in the UK basically...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-26515622638858966182017-04-29T08:58:39.552+02:002017-04-29T08:58:39.552+02:00I you for posting this.I you for posting this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com