The post from two weeks ago made me think about the Joiners and all the gigs I went to. Probably the most famous gig that I never went to was the Whiteout and Oasis double headliner. Back in 1994, I had become dissatisfied with the music scene with limited interest in grunge and britpop. I looked backward towards Spacemen 3 and Echo and the Bunnymen instead. My friends told me at the time Whiteout were much better on the evening than Oasis. I would have to take their word on this, as I was not there.
Whiteout were from Greenock Scotland, and consisted of Andrew Caldwell (vocals), Paul Carroll (bass), Eric Lindsay (guitar) and Stuart Smith (drums). There debut album was Bite It released in 1995, on the Silvertone label. They were the first guitar band to sign to the label after the Stone Roses. It includes their most famous single Jackie's Racing, and No Time which was released as a single too.
Whiteout were predicted for great things but there were a number of factors that prevented this. They based themselves in Scotland when everyone was in London getting attention. They were signed to Silvertone, look at their management of The Stone Roses as an example of an independent record label that was not really into indie. Lastly the album is a bit slow tempo and has too many ballads. It may seem contrived that someone who enjoys Slowdive can criticise anyone for not being up-tempo.
Andrew Caldwell left the group after Bite It. They soldiered on as a three piece and even put out a second album in 1998. After this they shortly split.
Whiteout : Bite It
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Thirty Eight
No Time
We Should Stick Together
Jackie's Racing
Shine On You
No More Tears
Altogether
U Drag Me
Baby Don't Give Up On Me Yet
You Left Me Seeing Stars
Everyday
Untitled
Saw them in Fibbers (York) when they were about to release the second album. My over-riding recollection was that they were really tight and the new songs were good, but everything was ruined by some prick yelling for 'Jackie's Racing' between every song.
ReplyDeleteHow 'Detroit' was ever left off this first album I'll never know.
Don't suppose you have the second album at all? I've never managed to track it down...
Sorry I don't have the second album.
DeleteWhat luck! I was browsing CDs today at my local independent shop and found this in the used bins for $5 :) Thanks for posting this- I might not have heard of them otherwise!
ReplyDeleteI was just listening to my Whiteout singles and realised I've never actually heard the album. That's about to change. Thank you!
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