Oil Red O
Originally formed in 1998 as a four piece called Alnico. I recorded their first demo at the Forge with Kev Burton which you can hear here.
Ideas changed and Glenister P. James moved on. Brother Charles moved to 2nd guitar from drums and I stepped in behind the kit. After a few gigs and a couple of recording sessions, bass man Luke Hall moved on, leaving the trio to steam on.
Taking influence from various corners of the US post rock movement, the band played with the likes of Doves, Penthouse, Dianogah, Billy Mahonie, Delgados and recorded a session with Kev Burton for their one and only single.
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Oil Red O are:
Charles Wilson
Darren Waite
Will Wilson
Horseworld/Cutshaw
Black vinyl 7"single. 2 (of 4) tracks recorded by Kev Burton at The Forge in North Norfolk. Mastered at The Premises, Hackney.
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The artwork evolved from the Wedding Present George Best album cover. Best was David Gedge's hero and we thought we'd simply do the same. Charles chose Peter Cook, I chose Iain Banks and Darren chose Gerhard Richter.
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Horseworld, named after an Italian pornographic magazine featuring 2 women and 1 horse, smuggled in to Blighty by an Air Force chum.
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Cutshaw, inspired by the film The Ninth Configuration. Samples of Captain Billy Cutshaw.
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Mammoth
SR50 is a celebration of 50 bands that played at the first 50 legendary Silver Rocket club shows at The Garage, Highbury Corner, London.
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I can't remember who we played with or when but you can check out the CD playlist here.
This track came from the same session as the above single.
Unreleased material
Recorded at Purple Studios with Mark Watson. Sample of Charles Bukowski.
Recorded at Purple Studios with Mark Watson. Sample of chanting cult.
The Sheik is referring to GG Allin and becomes quite animated.
I thought this was a reference to an old kids' tv programme but it may well be Lord Lucan. The chap talking was a blind piano tuner who had become deaf.
I don't know if this was Carmarthen (Welsh town) or Carnarvon (Lord, Egyptologist). Either way, it was quite a tune to play. Nice nod to Macca too.