Northside (band)
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Northside are a band from Oldham, England that borrowed heavily from the Madchester scene of the time. Formed in 1989, they released their only (and well respected) album Chicken Rhythms on Factory Records in 1991. The band became known for their ecstatic live shows as part of what was the 1990 Indie-Rave scene. Their style was more to do with The Charlatans, as opposed The Stone Roses, who totally dominated the indie scene in 1990. Nevertheless, Northside were considered a real goup of the 1990's scene, and their album proves this.
With its opening gambit, LSD, their single, "Shall We Take A Trip" was held by many as a symbol of the Madchester scene. It served up spangly psychedelia and shuffling beats. The track was banned by the BBC for its many references to drugs. It eventually broke into the top 50 in the UK charts. Interestingly though, on 6 May 2006, BBC 6 Music played this song in its entirety on the Marc Riley Show in mid afternoon. This possibly shows how things have moved on in 15 years, "Shall We Take A Trip" was also used as "Granada Soccer Nights" Theme tune in the early 90s. In 2008 a campaign on the social networking site 'Facebook' was launched intending to get the single "Shall We Take A Trip" back into the charts in the last week of June 2008. In little under 2 weeks almost 1,000 had signed up to download the song and was officially backed by XFM Manchester Radio Station.
Band members are Warren Dermody (Vocals) Timmy Walsh (Guitar) Cliff Oiger (Bass) and Paul Walsh, (Drums) with Danny Yates (Guitar) Paul Ankers (Guitar) and Dean Dermody (Drums) replacing the original line up some years later.
Most of the Northside band members, including Leadman, Warren "Dermo" Dermody are now in a band named Silent Partners, which is on tour as of July 2006. The band played their first gigs in 2003, seven years after the demise of Northside.
Northside reformed in late 2006 for a reunion tour. Although the only original member of Northside in the line up was "Dermo", they received strong support, playing gigs from London to Liverpool to Leeds, culminating in a one off show in Manchester December 17 2006.
The band have announced more shows following their successful reunion tour with a homecoming date at Manchester's Ritz on 3rd May 2007 with support from Bez's Domino Bones
[edit] Selected Discography
Vinyl Releases on Factory Records
- FACT 310 Chicken Rhythms LP
- FAC 268 Shall We Take A Trip / Moody Places 12"
- FAC 268/7 Shall We Take A Trip / Moody Places 7"
- FAC 298 My Rising Star / Instrumental 12"
- FAC 298/7 My Rising Star / Instrumental 7"
- FAC 308 Take 5 / Who's To Blame (Instrumental) 12"
- FAC 308-7 Take 5 / Who's To Blame (Instrumental) 7"
[edit] Footnotes
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Northside track listing: A Change Is On Its Way;Practice Makes Perfect;Moody Places;My Rising Star;Wishful Thinking;Yeah! Man!;Take 5;Shall We Take A Trip?;Whos To Blame?;Tour De World;Funky Munky;Weight Of Air.[All on the album "Chicken Rhythms"].
