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Kula Shaker
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YAAAAAY!!!!!
Kula Shaker are back!!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It's a never-ending source of shame to me that I actually bought K, their big hit album, when it first came out. No idea what I was thinking - suffice it to say I got through about two-thirds of its first (and last) visit to my CD player through sheer determination and willpower before it beat me. It then sat unloved on a shelf for several years before some mupp...erm...kind person bought it from me for �1.99 on e-bay. You'd have thought I'd sold it for �1million, I was that happy to be shot of it.
Still, each to their own, eh whickerman? :-)
Still, each to their own, eh whickerman? :-)
Kula Shaker - Most popular at the height of the Britpop boom of the mid-90s, their lead "singer" was one Crispian Mills, son of actress Hayley Mills and grandson of Sir John. Spent half the time dabbling in pseudo-mystical Indian hippy-drippy nonsense, like The Beatles did, only without the talent or excuse of originality. Spent the other half of the time trying to be a "rock" band. Bless. Made Busted look hard. You didn't miss much.
Saw them at that Oasis thing at Knebworth in 1996. Was very impressed. Came across very well indeed. Bought the album. It's not amazing, but I put it on now and again. Liked their cover of Hush too. Anyone taking Deep Purple to the masses deserves some form recognition.
I'll be keeping an eye out for tour dates. They really were a good live band.
I'll be keeping an eye out for tour dates. They really were a good live band.
I saw them at V98 and they weren't on the bill at all. Placebo were due on, and all the slightly mental goth kids had gone up to the front, but no-one amongst the organisers had told anyone that Placebo had actually called off their performance. Who strolls out on stage instead? Kula Shaker. I don't think I've ever seen something as funny as the looks on the Placebo fans faces. It was brilliant, and I remember pogoing around to Hey Dude like there was no tomorrow. They were a bit crap mind...