Rufus Beer: Three EPs 93-95, by Rufus Beer

Rufus Beer: Three EPs 93-95

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1.	rufus beer - tribute 03:38	info	buy track
2.	rufus beer - back to the void 02:09	info	buy track
3.	rufus beer - un-nameable 03:18	info	buy track
4.	rufus beer - spiricom 02:41	info	buy track
5.	rufus beer - slow-motion car crash 11:28	info	buy track
6.	rufus beer - (i was a teenage) trainspotter 03:29	lyrics	buy track
"there they go, all the lives we'll never know"
7.	home alone 02:32	lyrics	buy track
life's a feather, death's a stone
8.	misogyny inc. 04:15	lyrics	buy track
"Watch the skies!"
9.	shrine 04:15	lyrics	buy track
"guess i never wanted to be kneeling at your shrine" - an element of sour grapes in this one, more to do with a degree of disillusionment at unreliable disembodied entities as with a failed relationship.
10.	tribute (to a gravestone) 03:35	info	buy track
11.	reject 04:14	info	buy track
12.	intercity 04:24	lyrics	buy track
"Dowsing rods grasped in our hands, we search for the promised land, but all we find are empties and used rubbers in the sand... seems I've spent my life on platforms where no train will ever come"
13.	magic bag 05:13	lyrics	buy track
"Byker Bridge is calling!" - we used to rehearse in Polestar, just under the Byker Bridge, site of several tragic falls.

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All payments received will be donated to Newcastle Women's Aid, registered charity 1139393

Rufus Beer were a band in the rich and varied early nineties' Newcastle local band scene. Formed in Stannington Terrace, Heaton, in late 1992, and named after one of Les or Lee's mates, they played loads of gigs, recorded three EPs, and wound down by mid-1995, Les going on to form Superjudge and Nev playing solo acoustic sets as Brenda System. They were, at one point, offered a deal by a geezer connected to the Happy Mondays, but rejected his comedic contract and his two suggestions (both wise, in retrospect) that they start wearing black and let Les sing all the songs. Owen now works in a music shop, and Lee (amongst other things) runs the annual Tusk festival in Newcastle. We rocked!

PS of course, I'm grimly ashamed of my execrable vocals (and fairly puerile lyrics), which stand in sharp contrast to Les and Lee's. I just didn't have the lungs for it. Still, these are the lads that gave me a chance and got me playing live.

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released July 15, 2018

Owen Roberts, bass & keyboards; Lee Etherington, drums; Les Johnson, voice and guitar; Nev Clay, voice and guitar.

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Nev lives near Newcastle and until 2018 was a mental health nurse. He's been clarting around the local music scene for 30 years, and once supported Keith Emerson out of ELP. Cover photo - Stan Bonnar concrete hippo, Killingworth, Newcastle, photo by Narbi Price 3 Jan 2023. Secret guitar tuning: CGDGAD ... more

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