I have a couple of Q articles on them (yes I know, I should be shot, I read Q).
New To Q:
THE MUSIC
The baggy Led Zeppelin.
"We want to give people the feeling of hearing their favourite record for the first time," says the improbably named Adam Nutter, 19-year-old guitarist in the Music. "I'd be at school, thinking about how much I wanted to listen to the Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream or the Chemical Brothers' Surrender, and how much I didn't f**king want to be there. We're going to do the same thing with people."
School might now be out for the Leeds quartet, but without tea-time jamming sessions at Brigshaw High in Kippax they would have never come this far. It's where Nutter first practiced with singer Robert Harvey and bassist Stuart Coleman. They added drummer and childhood friend Phil Jordan to the line-up in 1999. Quickly establishing themselves through a torrid live show that's led to support slots with Oasis, Doves and New Order, the Music were signed just two years into their existence.
"Live is where we shine," says Nutter. "We just want to make the biggest sound ever."
Unfortunately a recent tour with the Coral bit the dust when Harvey contracted laryngitis during the making of their self-titled debut album. Recorded in Surrey with Jim Abbis (Bjork, DJ Shadow) at the controls, it's an accurate reflection of the band's hectic, gonzo rock. "It's our musical lives up to now," says Harvey. "Everything we've done, all the s**t we've experimented with. And it's loud."
Harvey's lung-busting take on Robert Plant's vocal stylings means there's moer than a little Led Zeppelin in the mix too.
"The whole album was recorded before any of us had heard any Led Zeppelin," says Harvey. "I would never have gone near that kind of music when I was younger, I just thought they were old rockers. And now? We think they're beauty."
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Names: Robert Harvey (vocals), Adam Nutter (guitar), Stuart Coleman (bass), Phil Jordan (drums)
Age: All 19, apart from the 20-year-old Jordan.
Hometown: Kippax, Leeds, where they all still live with their parents.
Try 'em if you like: Led Zeppelin and certain imitators, such as the Stone Roses circa Second Coming and the Verve circa A Northern Soul
The gameplan: "We're trying the best we can to be f**king brilliant," says Nutter. "There's a lot of bands out there with not enough ambition."
Currently available: THe Music (Hut Album, 2002)
Article written by Emma Warren
I also have an album review of them in a previous issue, got three stars. Hope that lets you learn a bit more about them.