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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Crispy Ambulance flourished as a cult combo in Manchester, and found a spiritual home on the legendary Factory Records, whose Joy Division they resembled so closely that Ambulance vocalist Alan Hempsall actually stood in for Ian Curtis on one occasion. The Crispies certainly mastered the chiming hypnotic guitar lines of their mentors, but Hempsall lacked the charisma of the doomed Curtis, and their songs have failed to become rock classics for any but the band's terminally smitten original fans. Nevertheless, they did manage to get back together for a series of gigs in late 1999, and this live
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Crispy Ambulance flourished as a cult combo in Manchester, and found a spiritual home on the legendary Factory Records, whose Joy Division they resembled so closely that Ambulance vocalist Alan Hempsall actually stood in for Ian Curtis on one occasion. The Crispies certainly mastered the chiming hypnotic guitar lines of their mentors, but Hempsall lacked the charisma of the doomed Curtis, and their songs have failed to become rock classics for any but the band's terminally smitten original fans. Nevertheless, they did manage to get back together for a series of gigs in late 1999, and this live CD was recorded during the Guy Fawkes Night gig at the Band On the Wall, Manchester. There's no denying that, for a bunch of middle-aged geezers, the band still plays with muscle-a-plenty, investing each "classic" from their catalogue with a passionate urgency that the crowd responds to with evident enthusiasm. It's unlikely that such aggressively discordant angst can spread its charms beyond the faithful, but for the small clan of nostalgia-seeking devotees--all of whom seem to have turned up for the gig--this must have been a great night. --Johnny Black
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Manufacturer: LTM
Release date: 26 May 2003
EAN: 0766485847225 UPC: 766485847225
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