{"id":647,"date":"2007-07-17T10:40:06","date_gmt":"2007-07-17T09:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=647"},"modified":"2007-07-17T10:40:06","modified_gmt":"2007-07-17T09:40:06","slug":"compulsion-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=647","title":{"rendered":"compulsion – eating"},"content":{"rendered":"

in a life prior to his current status as producer to the worlds premier league, jacknife lee<\/STRONG> was a guitar toting monster known as garret lee<\/EM>, in the punked up riff heavy, but tune strong compulsion.<\/STRONG> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
the band that were amazingly lumped into the short lived new wave of new wave <\/EM>scene, which was basically a much needed burst of adrenaline speeed fuelled guitar music that exploded in a mass of media attention and commercial failure. of course this all happened a mere few months before people realised that they preferred nice pop songs and cheeky chappy lyrics that exploded with the arrival of britpop.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
but for a few months my ears and feet were thrilled by the rush of love for skinny drugged up leather jacket wearing freaks (hello s*m*a*s*h<\/STRONG>, hello these animal men<\/STRONG>), but nothing hit me quite as hard as my first compulsion<\/STRONG> live experience.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
the band were total dynamite whenever they hit a beer stained stage. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
fusing american underground noise, hard hitting lyrics, and a deft use of memorable chord and riffs, the basic live in the studio <\/EM>approach worked well for the debut mini-lp, safety,<\/EM> fared relatively well over the course of the full length debut, comforter, <\/EM>but it was when they started to introduce electronic extras, and production tweaks to their sonic palette for their follow up, the future is medium, <\/EM>that everything came together perfectly.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
i loved them. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
they gave a certain jaded mid 20 year old a welcome kick up the arse, and set said bloke off on a re-energised voyage of new musical discovery.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
of course the band ran its course, no-one realised that the bands final album was a pop punk masterpiece, and so the dream of world conquering sales never happened, and then the subsequent rebranding of garret as big beat and samples loving jacknife lee <\/STRONG>proved that it really could have been a case of the classic cliche of musical differences.<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
however, to give some indication as to the bands brilliance, i have dug into the archive and dusted down a track that was never released officially. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
in fact, eating, <\/EM>was made available on limited 7″, to a select few who happened to catch the band live, and happened to have signed up to the bands mailing list. <\/FONT>it was evidence as to the bands way with a tune and noise, that such a great track was literally given away, as they had so many slices of 3 minute perfection in their catalogue.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
fast forward a few months, and on a trip to new york, during a cd digging mission, i came across a promo cd that consisted of nme<\/EM> journo, john harris,<\/EM> interviewing the band alongside several well selected classics, some in slightly different versions to the released versions, and a cd copy of eating. <\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
so, it’s from that promo, (domestikon <\/EM>a promo that was pressed up by interscope records <\/EM>as the band were supposedly going to storm the usa and become a big name i seem to recall), <\/EM>that i have lifted this track from, hence the snippets of vocal dropped on the end. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
still, its a cracking track.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
mp3<\/EM> – compulsion – eating<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV>
jacknife lee<\/STRONG> : official site<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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