Supertogether Band

 Discovering Supertogether, together

In the late 1980s I got introduced to a band called The Seers by one of my school friends.

 The moment I put the needle down on the 12" vinyl of  Freedom Trip I knew this was the band for me.

When they broke up in 1992, around the time of their second album, Peace Crazies, it left a gap in the lives of many music fans. Personally, that gap was made worse by the fact I never got to see them perform live. 

Having seen many bands I enjoyed my teen years get back together, I always hoped The Seers would do too, but as the band approach their sixties it seems that won't happen. 

A while ago, I discovered some of the members of The Seers have been in other bands since then, so, this post is about one of those bands and I'll probably do something on the other bands too (though, I'll probably include them in here too.)

My main reason for doing this is to save myself having to dig around for material when I want to listen to them. This is the cased with Supertogether, because I haven't found any of their music for sale or to stream. 

Supertogether are a band put together around 2011 (possibly earlier), fronted by Steve "Spider" Croom of The Seers, and include Billy and Richie from The Heavy Drapes (both are now in The Godfathers). 

Material first started appearing on the internet via Bandcamp in 2011, but with members of the band far apart as Scotland and Bristol it seemed difficult for them to get things done. The last post (at the time of writing) on their Facebook page was 2018. It's now July 2022 and their debut album, Bitterness and the switch, still hasn't materialised. 

It's a shame because the tunes that have been shared to date are awesome.

So, let's start off with the videos that are out there. Here you go.

There are a few places to listen to audio tracks too. Probably the place with the biggest selection of Supertogether's material is Reverbnation with 9 tracks (includes 2 versions of Powder Blue). If you pop over to Steve Croom's Soundcloud page you will find 3 more (okay, one of them, Loveless, is on Reverbnation), Here you will find more of Steve's tracks from his other bands, Zoomer, Teenage Girls and some of his solo stuff.  Their bandcamp page only has one track, Powder Blue again. 

So, that it really. Well, all I can find out about Supertogether. Will they ever put the finihsing touches on the debut album and perhaps play some gigs? Who knows. I hope so. 

Thunderclap

Like an Icelandic thunderclap, the sound of activity on my blogs in deafening. Ok, over-dramatic prose but still.... I have been very busy.

On MaJaTo Scribes I've taken to just coming up with stuff off the top of my head and typing it without any plan. Just to get the creative writing juices flowing.

 At the moment new posts are appearing every few days on Pocket Picture Taker and Random 70s/80s/90s blog too. Original StarWars has had a couple of recent posts too. I'll try to keep up the pace, people.

On NorfolkPlaces everything is pretty active too. It's the website's 7th birthday this month and it continues to grow, establishing itself as Norfolk's favourite and best independent tourism, leisure and lifestyle website.

 To celebrate this hive of activity, here's a fantastic song from A House, an Irish indie/alternative band from the 1990's. Tune.

The King of Procrastination

The exertions of an early start, fleeting thoughts echo around my hollow head. The news. The emails. The social media. All checked. And checked again. For I am the king of procrastination and I wear my crown wearily. My domains are my domain. It's a kingdom of isolation. Indeed, the outside the world is frozen as I type. Hence the plagiarised line. :o)

So what brings me to blog on this here wintry day? Well, to avoid work of course. House work, health work (gym), my work (my domains), real work. No other reason, because the only other reason is vanity. And I don't do vain. At least, I don't think I do, but what do I know? Precisely.

Whilst I'm here I may as well poison your minds. Afterall, isn't that what kings and leaders have done for millennia? Not that I lead. But I don't follow either.

So, that poison. It's a poison of the soul, and poison can be good for what ails you. For you dear reader are quite probably sick. We all are. It's part of the human condition. We seek things that will make us feel better; Quick fixes that fade and leave a scar like butterfly stitching. We're here so fleetingly that we must grab stuff that makes us feel really better about ourselves for just that bit longer. Music is one of the few poisons that work for real.

So, the dispensary offers you a healthy dose of tunerificary (yep, I made that word up. It's not latin for terrific tune, but that's what it means. Or not. Call the police).

I force this perspective upon you. Maybe it fuses to your guts' inner lining. Imagine the rain, an inner city slum of desperation, hate, love, fear, hopeful hopelessness. An undercurrent eddies beneath the  skin. Oppression, suppression, class, race, religion. Friction, fact.  Forget all that, and close your eyes. Taste this. Feet it. Underappreciated, not forgotten. And still here.

"Up the Empire/Balls to the Bulldog Breed" - by King of the Slums, from the album "Dandelions".


The King of Procrastination retires to his jail of thoughts once more.

Back once again

Back once again for the renegade master D4 damager, power to the people Back once again for the renegade master D4 damager, with the ill behaviour....etc

Yep, these Wildchild/Fatboy Slim lyrics sprung to mind the instant I typed the post title "Back once again". That's more apt as a title than Take That's "Back for good" but "Back on the chaingang" (The Pretenders) is in the running too.

 Rather than post what I was going to post I think I'll just include some musical links instead (just in time for Christmas!). That way I get to do posts in one day, doubling last years' feeble effort!

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie

Below are some videos of 1980's scottish band "Goodbye Mr Mackenzie."

JCB Song

Now, I've posted some really great tunes below, and, yes, here's another.

I consider this a missed opportunity. For many people it rightly reminds of their Dad, especially those who have passed away. For me, I meant to play it to Luke when he was 5. Watch it to find out why (and enjoy the other videos too.)



Okay. That's it for memory lane for now. I'll get back to the rants, observations etcetera on my next post. Honest.

While I'm at it....

Lets have some Darling Buds too from the same year (1990)



...and The Belltower from 1991 (might need to turn the volume up on this one.)



Ok. One last one. This is just Dean and Britta, who I have literally discovered (thanks YouTube) -Britta was in The Belltower - wow. Good stuff.

I've just ran a little experiment with my favorite Michael Jackson song - Ben.

I played the video (below) alongside the Marti Webb version (also below). Jacko's is slightly faster.






It's worth watching the following video too to.

Just for my friends in Utah...

....Here's the Utah Saints!

Well,....the dance house/sampling/dance band from Leeds, England . According to Wikipedia they weren't named after LDS; the name in fact relates to some Basketball and Grid Iron teams.

They had a few hits in the early 1990's, and are experiencing a bit of a revival at the moment. To be honest, it's not my preferred type of music (thought I recall dancing to it in the discos of my youth....)

Mark is listening to....

Emotion Lotion by "Top"

a fee weeks ago I was spending a bit of time listening to some cool retro tunes from "back in the day" - the early 1990's and wanted to reminisce about scouse band "Top" but for the life of me couldn't remember the name of their songs.

So, after a bit of searching on You Tube I found a this video, then managed to locate the album on Amazon. Sorted!