Nine Below Zero

TTony

Back in the day when we were all a bit younger, I was quite a NBZ fan.

Bought their latest album a week or two ago, gave it a quick listen and dismissed it as "not what they used to be".

Which is - of course - perfectly true.  But I gave it another listen today and, between various conference calls, I've had this on repeat play most of today


It's brilliant.

robinbowes

Great band. Lovely people.

R.

TTony

And here's how I remember them, from "back in the day"

Bellycaster

Weren't they on a "The Young Ones" episode?

robinbowes

Bellycaster said:

Weren't they on a "The Young Ones" episode?

Yes, they played "Eleven Plus Eleven"

R.  

robinbowes

mgaw

thanks for the heads up @TTony  great band

EricTheWeary

I'll give that a listen later. I've got a few things by them and remember them on both the Young Ones and the South Bank Show. I saw them live a couple of years ago but they were a bit past their sell by date TBH. 

axisus

I saw the name of the band and 'Dennis Greaves' popped into my head. I remember that he just seemed a superb guitarist for the time.

richardhomer

robinbowes said:

Bellycaster said:

Weren't they on a "The Young Ones" episode?

Yes, they played "Eleven Plus Eleven"

R.  

The first thing I thought of when I saw the thread!

Bellycaster

richardhomer said:

robinbowes said:

Bellycaster said:

Weren't they on a "The Young Ones" episode?

Yes, they played "Eleven Plus Eleven"

R.  

The first thing I thought of when I saw the thread!

Hehe, nice one @robinbowes it was the first episode by the looks of it, in the original house. Can you both remember "Nosin Aroun' Nosin Aroun'" from the same episode

richardhomer

Bellycaster said:Can you both remember "Nosin Aroun' Nosin Aroun'" from the same episode

"TV for young adults - by young adults"

EricTheWeary

Aforementioned SBS 

scrumhalf

This was a bit of a surprise when I first heard it:

boogieman

Seen them a few times but admittedly not since the original drummer and bassist left a few years ago. I don't know what the new line up is like. Last time I saw them they were a bit average tbh, playing old poppy stuff like Sugar Pie Honeybunch or whatever it's called, plus some blues standards. The harmonica player is genius though. 

richardhomer

boogieman said: The harmonica player is genius though. 

Mark Feltham - I was thinking about him this morning oddly enough. Listened to Talk Talk's 'The Colour of Spring' while doing the ironing - he plays on Living in Another World. I agree - genius player.

RobDavies

robinbowes said:

I went and bought a NBZ 'best of' compilation based on that Young Ones performance.....

....and ended up being very disappointed.    Sounded like a load of blues standards and covers to me. 

I feel the same about Dr Feelgood, too.  I really like Wilco and some of the bands' "punkier" output but most of the material leaves me cold.  

ZenOvertone

Get along to the Pelton Arms Jam in Greenwich once a month hosted by Dennis Greaves :-)

dern

Used to love their music back when I was younger and caught them at Glastonbury last year with their new big band sound. Have recently seen them do a longer gig with this version of the band at the Arlington Arts Centre near Newbury. If you get a chance to see them live do so, they're different now but still brilliant.