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FREE BAD VIBES: BRITPOP AND MY PART IN ITS DOWNFALL PDF Luke Haines | 256 pages | 07 Jan 2010 | Cornerstone | 9780099522263 | English | London, United Kingdom Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall by Luke Haines Luke Michael Haines born 7 October is an English musician, songwriter and author, who has recorded music under various names and with various bands, including The AuteursBaader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder. Haines formed numerous Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall when he was at school. At college he joined The Servants who recorded two commercially unsuccessful albums. It was only when Haines formed The Auteurs with his girlfriend Alice Readman who had also been drafted into The Servants from time to time and Glenn Collins in that he began to achieve some success. They released their first single, "Showgirl" inand their debut album New Wave a month later. Haines was later to claim that this was the album that started Britpopthough he later showed disdain towards the movement, stating in a interview that Britpop consisted of "a bunch of bands who weren't good enough to exist in their own right, like music's Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall of the Bloomsbury Group. It is arguable that more commercially successful bands such as Suede owed much to Haines' vision. In any case, the album sold only 12, copies but was nominated for a Mercury Prize although the eventual winners were Suede. Their second album, Now I'm a Cowboyfeatured "Lenny Valentino", one of their most famous songs. By now the band were touring Europe and the States regularly, and were gaining a reputation as one of the best new British bands. However, just as the band looked like achieved mainstream success as other British bands, such as Oasis and Blur were then doingHaines broke both of his ankles, resulting in the cancellation of much of their European tour. At the time he claimed "I jumped off a fifteen-foot wall while touring, It happens. Even bleaker and more introspective than previous Auteurs albums, this was just as English as his previous work but now showed very different influences: the downbeat folk of Richard Thompsonthe aggression of My Bloody Valentinethe pared down experimentalism of Wireand the caustic lyrics of The Fall. The Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall recorded a session for John Peel on 20 February At this point, Haines created a solo side project called Baader-Meinhof. Haines released one eponymous album under this moniker inwhich is named after the Baader Meinhof terrorist group. The sound was similar to that of The Auteursbut more sparsely produced and with elements of funk and electronicawith lyrics, typically for the ever-contrary Haines, about terrorism. After this, Haines disbanded the Auteurs, only to bring them back together again for their fourth album How I Learned to Love the Bootboys. This sounds Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall an amalgamation of Haines' previous styles: it is electronic, but has the same concern for pop hooks as his first two albums: on the other hand, the lyrics are brooding and obsessive, in a similar way to those on After Murder Park. From this point on, The Auteurs became merely a name for whatever musicians Haines chose to bring together for specific projects. The Facts of Life produced the eponymous single, which has been the biggest hit of Haines' career so far. Director Paul Tickell had originally expressed a wish to license How I Learned to Love the Bootboys as the Soundtrack for the film but couldnt afford the sync rights from Virgin Records which allowed Luke to write a soundtrack more tailored for the film. Unfortunately reception for the film was lacklustre as a result of the film being released post-Twin Towers attack in America, as Luke put it "Back inthis celluloidal genocide just seemed like logical fictitious denouement to a film about a deranged, avenging angel, but in the heightened state of paranoia of the post Twin Towers world, it seems less far-fetched. The upshot of all this is that no distributors will go anywhere [the film]". He has also produced a solo album under his own name, The Oliver Twist Manifesto. After the purchase of Virgin Records by French company FnacHut Records ' The Auteur's erstwhile label boss David Boyd decided before the dissolution of the company he built that Luke should do The Auteurs 'Best of' album ' but gave him a budget to re-record the songs as he saw fit. Luke speculated in his book Post Everything that this was partly as a thanks to Luke but primarily a parting shot at Fnac for dissolving the company he'd built up for over ten years. Das Capital: The Song Writing Genius of Luke Haines consisted mostly of Auteurs songs rerecorded by Luke most notably with the inclusion of a string quartet and a couple of new original songs thrown in. In Haines called for a "National Pop Strike". A box set covering his career to date, Luke Haines is Dead, was issued inand two new albums were expected Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall 'Off My Rocker at the Art School Bop', and the soundtrack to the abandoned musical 'Property', which like his Black Box Recorder work, also features Sarah Nixey. Haines toured the UK and Ireland during November John Moore guested on bowed saw and backing vocals at some gigs. During an interview on the same show Haines said that he may play some gigs in early in support of a E. The refrain "The North! The North! The phrase "The North! Where we do what we want! Where we do what we like" is also a quote from a character in the Red Riding Quartet. Haines and Peter Buck formerly of R. In issue four of the comic book PhonogramHaines appears as a spirit guide leading the main character through a metaphorical land representing Britpop. It was subsequently announced on Luke Haines' web site that the band would play their first headlining gig for five years at The LuminaireKilburn, London in February The book covers Haines' experiences during the Britpop era to It was also shown at the Barcelona, Copenhagen and Cork film festivals. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediatelyespecially if potentially libelous or harmful. Luke Haines, performing at the Summer Sundae. Retrieved 7 August Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall Archived from the original on 28 December Irish Times. Retrieved 15 March The Quietus. 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Luke Haines – Bad Vibes: Britpop And My Part In Its Downfall But despite the image forming sub-title, Haines points out early on that the book is written not necessarily in retrospect but very much from the perspective of how he felt as the false idols mounted around him and took what he saw as his rightful position in the mainstream, and perhaps such cold water pouring is necessary. The prologue features him being attacked on stage in Strasbourg by a dwarf. Evidently, it happens. Not being blindly ambitious, he ends up outside the Cool Britannia party, having been living in Camden just as everyone appeared in town, much to his annoyance. Eventually, tormented by voices and apparitions, he goes for the big leap. Not one for sensible career management, Haines. Having reasserted his own desire to do something against the grain, a magnificently farcical US tour which ends up comprising one gig takes place. The idea Haines had any part in the downfall of Britpop is wilfully misrepresenting his own part in the wider world. Luke Haines Official Website. Subscribe for news and competitions Email:. Album Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall. Valentino’s Day – Plain Or Pan As Luke Haines' Bad Vibes sours the nation's bookshelves, Jimmy Martin gives the affable writer a call to work out if Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall was anything worth celebrating about Britpop. Or in the public eye", chuckles Luke Haines down the phone line. One might be forgiven for being slightly surprised by such a display of humility from a man who subtitled his first record with 'The songwriting genius of Luke Haines And The Auteurs' just as he proclaimed it "Best debut album of the 90s, no contest". Given his perceived status as a hideously underrated nearly-man who's a grouchy malcontent possessed of monumental hubris, you might be surprised to learn that Luke Haines is a perfectly affable conversationalist. Reason for this, one might fancifully suggest, may be the purging release of Bad Vibeshis fresh-on-the-racks book on his dealings with the fickle mistress of fame in the mids. For all those who've thrilled to Luke Haines' dry musing on the perils of showbusiness and his endearingly misanthropic worldview over the years, this book comes as something of a tonic.

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