Not going to write a lot, because my thoughts are the same as almost everyone else in this thread.
Bought āMadonnaā in summer 2000 based on very little apart from the bandās name, and something or other mentioned in NME. Loved it. I thought the song āTotally Naturalā was just the best thing ever. Saw them at Reading 2000. Had tickets for them at a show that got cancelled because one of them was arrested or something(?), in Autumn 2000. The show was rescheduled to January 2001, at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms. The Strokes were supporting - their first UK show I later found out. But Trail of Dead totally blew them off the stage. The encored with āRichter Scale Madnessā (which is still my favourite song of theirs to this day. I just love how it starts with just noise, then a simple riff, and then just goes wild) and a guy tried to crowdsurf over the barrier and injured themselves, so they band changed the chant at the end from ākill, killā to ālove, loveā
By coincidence, I saw them again in London the same week. The first and at the time, the only time I saw a band twice on the same tour* at one of the NME Astoria shows. Again, playing with The Strokes, and again Trail of Dead blew them off the stage. When the Strokes got massive, I just found myself all the time going āerrā¦ā
Source Tags came out in my first year at university, at a time when I was just pissing away my student loan on. I just remember thinking it was āOKā and it came out either the same week or around the same time as 'The Way I Feel Todayāby Six by Seven, which I also thought was just āOKā and I remember feeling a bit deflated about both albums.
Worlds Apart came out when I was working in MVC. I think we had about 20 copies of the jewel case edition, and 5 copies of the gatefold edition. I remember putting the album on in the store one morning and, If I remember correctly, thereās a rather obvious āfuck you!ā near the beginning of the album, and by the time the title track came on, with a āweāre fuckedā and 'those cunts on MTV" it was taken off the stero and was politely told not to choose the music for a while. We sold exactly one copy- to me.
Had completely lost interest by the time So Divided came out. I think I downloaded it off soulseek or whatever. I havenāt listened to the albums between, but yesterday I gave the most recent album a spin on Spotify, was was surprised by how much I liked it. I think Iāll fill in the gaps, but I gave them a four anyway.
