One of the least likely musical touring partnerships was when I saw James back in 1991. They appeared at the Portsmouth Guildhall and were supported by a band called Eat.Eat were a London band led by the charismatic singer Ange Dolittle, who would really get into the character of the stories in the songs. Other notable members were, brothers Paul and Max Nobel and Pete Howard, he played drums for the Clash during their fated Cut the Crap era.
Their musical style was a mixture of many many styles, their influences were as varied as Creedance Clearwater Revival, Doors, Gang of Four and Big Audio Dynamite. It was the bluesy sound of the deep south that Eat will be remembered for. The spaghetti western blues of Tombstone and Walking Man, the swampy sound of Stories and Things I Need , which have a blues funk tone. Red Moon tells a story of scratching expensive cars at Kings Cross. The cover of The Lovin' Spoonful's Summer In The City, isn't really necessary
Eat never sat well in the genres; a bit too strange for Wonderstuff fans, too danceable for Echo and the Bunnymen Fans.
Eat : Sell Me A God
http://www.mediafire.com/?hgynpewx8546m2h
Tombstone
Electric City
Fatman
Stories
Walking Man
Skin
Red Moon
Insect Head
Body Bag
Things I Need
Judgement Train
Gyrate
Summer In The City
Mr & Mrs Smack
i saw Eat a few times when they were around, Sell me a god is a masterpiece in my eyes, their live energy was awesome, they really should have got the praise they deserved.
ReplyDeleteCheers for posting that - never heard it before. I got into Eat when Epicure came out - Bleed Me White is an awesome song, but there was more great stuff on that album.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, a great live band.
Tyvm for this, caught them a couple of times in their day, never understood why they wern't bigger.
ReplyDelete... and you can still see ange / hear these songs ... http://www.wegottickets.com/event/134502
ReplyDeletewent to the joiners in 1993 to see these... cancelled signs on the door! guess thats how you found out these things pre internet !!
ReplyDeletedid get the pleasure ot see doolittle a couple of years ago and we know where you live a while back too
You know where I live? I think you have probably seen me as we were going to the Joiners at about the same time.
ReplyDeleteSaw Ange as Dolittle last month and was fecking incredible (http://gigseen.blogspot.com/2011/12/live-review-dolittle-mr-g-rich.html) ..... Sell Me A God is by far my fave LP ... I'd 100% recommend buying it rather than swiping it - can preview here - http://croaksloudcloud.blogspot.com/2011/04/eat-sell-me-god-lp.html ... Sorry, but hate to see someone I think is fantastic potentially short-changed :)
ReplyDeletethere is a Facebook page - 'How Much Do I want Eat to reform' - please go along, like the page and post any comments or memories
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