We’re heartbroken to listen to of the loss of life of the fantastic Mike Bryson – the previous bassist and illustrator from Bogshed.
We launched the band on the Membranes document label once they began again in 1985 and liked their quirky wonk submit punk – what a unbelievable band – nice off kilter songs filled with darkly humorous imagery and concepts and fantastic fantastic songs that had been quirky but pop, infernally catchy and laden with a complete genius that has been captured in a an about to be launched multi CD field set – the primary compilation of the band and an opportunity for folks to lastly meet up with the band who’ve sadly misplaced three members who’ve died far too younger.
Mike was the bands bassist and the closest they needed to a traditional cool member trying like an oxfam model of a Jesus And Mary Chain member as he shyly peered from behind his tumbling curls. Mike had a fantastic sardonic dry sense of humour and was too firm. We toured lots with Bogshed and had been thrilled to see them achieve this effectively and likewise liked the band’s good art work which was a collection of darkish and humorous hand drawn work by the inventive Mike – they had been like snapshots of The League Of Gents many years too early and vignettes from unusual northern life within the hills round Hebden Bridge the place the band had been primarily based.
I’ll always remember this good occasions and the joys of listening to this nice band the primary time and being the one particular person at their first Manchester gig after which seeing them develop into agency John Peels faves and people wild weekends spent at Bogshed home up within the hills and attending to know Mike very well.
please purchase the field set and have a good time this most idiosyncratic and good band – each songs was a sliver of genius – they really had been the most effective.
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