Thurman (band)

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Thurman

Origin	Oxfordshire, England
Years active	1994–1996
Genres	Britpop
Labels	Righteous records
Members	Nicholas Kenny (Vocals/Guitar) Simon Kenny (Bass/Vocals) Paul Disley (Drums)

Thurman were a band heralding from Oxfordshire comprising of brothers Nicholas Kenny, (Lead Vocals + Guitar) Simon Kenny (Bass + Additional vocals) plus Paul Disley (Drums). Heavily associated with the Britpop movement rumours circulated at the time that they had originally been a heavy metal band called 'To Die For,' who changed their style of music as so to be snapped up by a record label. Their chirpy 60s influenced sound is one produced by a huge number of artists in 1995 at the height of Britpop mania. Their sole album 'Lux' is entertaining, but lacks depth and plagiarises a number of songs, most noticeably 'Children of the Revolution' by T-Rex on the track 'Loaded.' Perhaps with less pressure to be totally 'Britpop' then their natural talent may have shone through more, evident on the final track of their album 'Flavour explosion' Despite some positive reviews at the time the album can be seen now as style over substance, leaving Thurman to go down with numerous other bands associated with Britpop who were in the minor leagues, such as These Animal Men, Pimlico (band), Powder (band), Octopus (band) and Mantaray.

Following Thurman's demise, the Kenny brothers went on to form a band called Four Storeys along with drummer Dan Goddard (ex-Nubiles) Following a single release of a track entitled 'Castaway' in 1999 the band released an album entitled 'Betting is Now' in 2002, receiving critical acclaim from Steve Lamacq and the NME no less, who had derided Thurman's career. The future of this band is unclear.

Both Thurman and Four Storeys music can be found on popular internet record retailers second hand, though the albums are no longer commercially available.

1 Albums
2 Tracklisting:
3 Singles
4 Additional Thurman Material
5 Additional Information

[edit] Albums

Lux, (1995) UK

[edit] Tracklisting:

01) She's a man 02) Loaded 03) Cheap Holiday 04) Strung Out 05) It Would Be 06) English Tea 07) Famous 08) Now I'm a Man 09) Clowns 10) Lewis Brightworth 11) Talk To Myself 12) Automatic Thinker 13) Flavour Explosion RIGHT 005 CD Also available on LP Produced by Charlie Francis & Jon McLoughlin: Released October 1995 Album Did Not Chart

[edit] Singles

"English Tea" RIGHT 001 CD 01) English Tea 02) Boy 03) Nobody Told Me. 7-inch (Same Tracklisting) Released: Sep 1994
"Talk to Myself" RIGHT 002 CD 01) Talk to Myself 02) Hero of My Day 03) Statues. 7-inch 01) Talk to Myself 02) Hero of My Day Released: 19 Dec 1994
"Famous" RIGHT 003 CD 01) Famous 02) Benny 03) Unconsciously. 7-inch 01) Famous 02) Benny Released: 30 March 1995
"She's a Man" RIGHT 004 CD 01 She's a Man 02) It Would Be 03) This Way. 7-inch 01) She's a Man 02) It Would Be 03) English Tea (Live) Released 08 September 1995

All Singles failed to chart in top 75.

[edit] Additional Thurman Material

"Limited Leadmill Records 4 track 7-inch vinyl E.P" Lead 001 01) DEUS-The Horror Party Jokes 02) THURMAN-Boy 03) New Fads-What I Feel 04) The Cardinals-Maybe World Released: 1995

"Fierce Panda six track multi band 7-inch vinyl E.P" NING 003 01) The Bluetones-No.11 02) THURMAN-This Way 03) Create!-Nothing Personnel 04) The Weekenders-Seems You Missed Sunday 05) The Nubiles-Tatjana 06) Alvin Purple-Billie Released: 1994