I have a terrible track record in the music business Part II

Back in 1991 when I was 15, I was big into this band Five Thirty. Looking back, they were clearly Britpop precursors who, after some early flirtations with baggy, also predated the much feted New Wave Of New Wave bands by about three years. They released one album on a major label, then split - under-rated, unacknowledged. This seems to be a recurring theme with the bands that I tend to like - the ones I tip always fail where watered down versions of them succeed. Singer Tara was also briefly in Supergrass early on, then formed a band called The Nubiles who were the first band I ever interviewed, circa 1994. So technically Five Thirty are indirectly responsible for me becoming a music journalist.

Here's a live clip from a show at the Marquee in 1991, which was headlined by the Manics. Though hardly original, Five Thirty were at least ahead of the rest of the indie hordes. While everyone else were grunging it up, they were dressing like mods.

It's these little details that matter.