MTV2core

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Been thinking about how huge an impression that period of early-mid 00s British rock music made on me. Grew up glued to MTV2 and it seemed to create a scene around a bunch of great, interesting bands and records, a lot of which still stand up today. As a collective musical wave it doesn’t get enough recognition imo.

Biffy, Reuben, Million Dead, Mclusky, Oceansize, HIFH, Hundred Reasons, yourcodenameis:milo, Idlewild, Cooper Temple Clause maybe the biggest names.

But also: Kill Kenada, Serafin, People in Planes, Crackout, Jetplane Landing, Distophia etc were (and still are) excellent.

Any fans of this era on here? Any other favourite bands?

General MTV2 memories also welcome!

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Seafood
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The best, always and forever

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How I discovered ATD-I

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Also, Seafood obviously

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The first three videos that come to mind when I hear MTV2

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Remember this always being on there.

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This was on there all the time, such a great song.

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Felt like this was on every hour or so

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Ooooh Judith as well.

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Only know Robert Redford by them, which totally bangs. What else should I check?

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Their mini album Soda Lake is :100:. Robert Redford was from their proper album which was also decent but got delayed years and years until they split up.

First Calories album (3/4s of Distophia) is also very good.

None of this is on Spotify though :frowning:

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Ah I remember that about Calories, was quite a fan of them for a bit! Was obsessed with this for a while for some reason

Will have to give that album another go tomorrow I think

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Never had the music channels but my friend would occasionally lend me VHS tapes of stuff he’d taped off MTV2 and Kerrang

Outraged to hear they used to play Mclusky and Jarcrew, they were never on the tapes

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same, i remember seeing it without seeing the band name and thought ‘wow this Hundred Reasons song I somehow haven’t heard is quite heavy!’ :grimacing:

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Someone post JJ72 for me please

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also i did this clubnight in 2013 which was basically just a Gonzo/brown couch night

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Amazing. Would attend!

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Underrated band!!!

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