Wud Records Archives Sampler.

This section of Wud Records is where we have put the music and memories of glorious bands from days gone by. These bands are no longer heard live, but this is a place where their wonderful songs can live on and be enjoyed. We created these pages because we are fans of these bands. This material is not owned by us but by independent individuals and companies.

The main purpose of the archive pages is to pay homage to other bands that we have known and loved over the years. We have always felt it to be a terrible shame that there are so many bands that write great original material who simply disappear without trace after they split up and it is no longer possible to ever hear any of those songs again. Perhaps we can go a small way to rectify this issue.

We would love to be able to host more music, photos, video, stories... of all of the bands already in our Archives. If you have any recordings that might be usable, please, please - contact us by email: archive@wudrecords.co.uk

If you wish to comment or if you would like to submit your material to this section, please email: archive@wudrecords.co.uk to do so. Applications will be considered on merit.

Should you happen to own the rights to the material we have published here and would prefer it to be removed, we shall do as you wish. Traffic figures can be supplied upon request.

We are very interested in giving exposure to the following bands. If you have any recordings of them, or indeed any of the other acts that are already in the Wud Records archives, please contact archive@wudrecords.co.uk:

* Midriff (Plymouth c. 1999-2001) – Chris Brian (guitar/vocals), Simon Patel (bass), Lee Ireland (drums)

* Free Barrabas (Torbay c. 2000-01) – Steve Sowden (guitar/vocals), ??? (bass), ??? (drums)

* Swamp Thing (Brixham c. 1988-90) – Marston Hawkins (bass, vocals), Rodney (uberwiddlesome guitar), ??? (drums)

* The Sicillians (Drewsteignton c. 1986-8) – ??? (vocals, guitar), Dave Costello (lead guitar, bass), Pete Bravo (bass, trumpet), Tim Peirce (lead congas), Tim Irons (drums)

* The Vibration Doctors (Sidmouth c. 1985-8) – Rick Austin (bass/vocals/didjeridoo), ??? (guitar/vocals), ??? (drums)

* Rough Cut (Ipplepen c. 1988-90) – ??? (guitar/vocals). ??? (guitar/vocals), ??? (bass), ??? (drums)

This particular compilation has just one song from each of the bands in our Archives. That song may change from time to time and may not be entirely representative or typical of that band's creativity.

Listen to more of our Archive bands here: http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives

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Archive Sampler 2

Bring Me Home by Demon Groove Lizards.

From the EP Demo Two by Demon Groove Lizards.

Demon Groove Lizards were a fantastic heavy funk and hard rock band from Devon. They formed in 1993.

Demon Groove Lizards' high energy performances were notable for the band's outstanding musicianship. Virtuosity was a virtue which they continued to value over the course of every lineup change.

Demo Two features four original songs composed and performed by Demon Groove Lizards.

By the time Demon Groove Lizards recorded Demo Two, their line-up had changed somewhat compared to their earlier Demo One recording. The band's hardcore of Ian Lee on bass and Brent Cassidy on rhythm guitar remained. Ben (vocals), James (lead guitar) and Andy (drums) had all left the ensemble and been replaced. Joining the band were Phil Stamp on vocals, Jay Henson on lead guitar and Chris White on drums.

In between the recording of Demo One and Demo Two, more than a year passed. During this time, Demon Groove Lizards performed many live shows. They were clearly a much more rehearsed, silkier and well-drilled unit.

Demo Two was recorded by Olly at The Beehive in 1994.

Cassette salvage by Ian Lee.
Audio cleaned and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, February 2022.

All songs by Demon Groove Lizards.

Performers:
Phil Stamp - vocals
Jay Henson - lead guitar
Brent Cassidy - rhythm guitar
Ian Lee - bass
Chris White - drums

Copyright ℗ 1994 DGL Music Publishing.
Copyright © 2022 Wud Records.

Demo Two

Bring Me Home

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Demon Groove Lizards: Bring Me Home

One Direction by Search Party, from the Search Party Demo (1999)

Search Party were a progressive rock band from Exeter, notable for their wonderful songcraft and use of a DAT machine for their live backing tracks instead of a drummer.

Frontman Lawrence Morgan Anstee played five-string guitar, keyboards, pipes and sang lead vocals. Brother Luke Morgan-Anstee played bass and Glen Sherlock played guitars, keyboards and sang.

Search Party had an occasional percussionist called Dave who brought a unique twist to the band with his ethnic instruments and eastern rhythms.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/search-party
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/sub-publishers
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Search Party Demo 1999

One Direction

Search Party: One Direction

Billie Holiday by Goodstaff.

Goodstaff were Silverton’s finest post-punk extreme sports band of the late nineties and early noughties.

Goodstaff were an awesome live band. Besides creating a most joyous hullabaloo on stage, they were visually one of the most interesting bands of their time and sounded unlike any other act in the south west. Many of their songs were about subjects such as snowboarding and the winter sports lifestyle and some of their songs were used on snowboarding videos.

Frontman Ross Martin was the main songwriter and provides all the guitars and main vocals that you can hear, including some rather interesting and unusual stomp-box effects. He played his guitar slung so low you would think that his knuckles must drag along the ground when he walked. Mik E played the keys, sang backing vocals and provided a lot of stage presence and psychotic uber-geek strangeness and digital waveform finery.

Goodstaff had one of the finest rhythm sections around. John Thornhill was an awesome drummer and highly visual, especially during Superstitious White or Black which was mostly in seven time. Ant Barron on five-string bass also had a great stage presence with his facial hair and piercings and numerous coloured contact lenses. He also provided backing vocals and acted superbly as a dry foil to Ross’s on-stage wit.

Despite a couple of years of success playing the south of England and developing a formidable reputation for their live shows, which had a much bigger and far more powerful sound than these recordings, the band ground to a halt when Ross failed to return from a snowboarding holiday in New Zealand. As far as we know, he is still there.

Tracks 1-5 recorded at CrazyCat Studios Exeter.
Mixed by Rick November 1999.
Copyright © Ross Martin and Goodstaff 1999.

Tracks 6-8 recorded and mixed at Torna-K’s studios.
Engineered by J.Burrough.
Mastered by Dave Bliss.
Copyright © Ross Martin and Goodstaff 2000.
6635 Records.
More details can be found at peoplesound.com

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/goodstaff
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Goodstaff

Billie Holiday

Goodstaff: Billie Holiday

Aquamarine by Ember.

Ember was a band from Exeter which featured Joe Catcheside on vocals, Dan Wright on lead guitar and backing vocals, Floyd Zoboki on rhythm guitar, George Davies on bass and Tony Price on drums. Previously there were different members, including Vince Canning on bass, with Dan Wright remaining the constant creative force throughout the entire length of Ember’s existence.

Floyd had already left the band and the country when these recordings were made, although the emigration and the recordings were coincidental to each other.

Moving On was written by Joe Catcheside/Phil Woodward/James Willmott. The other songs were written by the original Ember line-up, which was Dan Wright (guitar)/Vince Canning (bass)/Robert Coache (vocals)/Emma Richardson (drums).

These songs formed the Moving on a Moment in Life demo and were recorded by Martin Dearmun of Transit Recordings in 1999 at Fig Tree Farm, Butterleigh, in deepest, darkest rural Devonshire.

Copyright © 1999 Ember.

If we locate more of Ember’s recordings in our archives, we shall upload those as well.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/ember
https://soundcloud.com/danwright
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Moving on a Moment in Life

Aquamarine

Ember: Aquamarine

Box Shots by Murdock.

Box Shots

Gun shot, through a window of an apartment in San Fancisco
And a nuke sub crashes into the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
It's bad news everywhere I go, on the radio,
On my favourite tv show,
What's going on?

Concorde hits the floor with a tremendous roar, a tremendous roar,
And then Ronan's roller coaster goes straight into a wall, straight into a wall,
Bad news, everywhere I go, on the radio,
On my favourite tv show,
What's going on?

It's box shots everywhere I go, on the radio, 
On my favourite tv show
What's going on?

Gun shot, through a window of an apartment in San Fancisco
And a nuke sub crashes into the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
It's bad news everywhere I go, on the radio,
On my favourite tv show,
What's going on?

It's box shots everywhere I go, on the radio, 
On my favourite tv show
What's going on?

It's box shots, box shots,
Everywhere I go.
It's box shots.

Paul Russell: vocals, guitar
Adam Hughes: bass
Peter Haig: drums
David Breeze: lead guitar

Lyrics by Paul Russell, music by Murdock.

Copyright © & ℗ Murdock 2001.
Recorded at PMC Studios, Plymouth.
Engineered and mastered by Phil Sheppard.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/murdock
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Night Vision

Box Shots

Murdock: Box Shots

Gorilla Tango by Stephen Yates.

Stephen Yates is a composer and guitarist of extraordinary virtuosity. After winning Guitarist magazine’s coveted Classical Guitarist of the Year award, he worked as a session musician both in the studio and on tour, and as a guitar teacher.

These demos are four electric guitar pieces from 2001. All the instruments are played by Stephen Yates himself and he programmed the drums and produced the finished tracks as well.

All four tracks are hosted here with permission.
Copyright © 2001 Stephen Yates.
Copyright ℗ 2001 Stephen Yates.

See also:
https://www.youtube.com/user/stephenyatesacoustic
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/stephen-yates
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Stephen Yates

Gorilla Tango

Stephen Yates: Gorilla Tango

Your Fault Not Mine by The Chillun.

The Chillun were one of the finest blues bands ever to play together and for a time they were based in Exeter where they had a residency at the river front pub which is still to this day called the Port Royal. We are not sure what the origins or the end of The Chillun’s story was, only that for the years they played together they were magnificent.

The songs we have here are from two of their demos. The first from 1982 was titled Booze and Blues – Yer Actual Demo and the second from 1984 titled simply Demo. The first four songs are from the Booze and Blues demo and the last four from the Demo.

Unfortunately, as we only had cassette versions of these songs to work with, the passage of time has caused the first two Demo tracks (Baby Too and Sleighride) to sound rather mangled, although the other six tracks seemed to clean up quite well. We will see if we can improve upon these at some time in the future.

We also believe that there was at least one other recording that The Chillun made, probably in 1983. Sadly we have no details of this recording.

We have been trying to remember other song titles and have come up with Painted Lady, which was a splendid rocky blues song in D that ended with Boggy’s drum solo, Cuddles which was rather a fun blues number that Boggy’s drum solo began, and The Bullfrog Blues, which was often the last song of a Chillun show.

The Chillun were Andrew ‘Angus’ Russe on guitar and voice, Nick Banwell on bass and Martin ‘Boggy’ Gorman on drums. Steve Clarke played the keys on the Booze and Blues recording.

Singer and guitarist Andy Russe wrote a fascinating autobiography of The Chillun for us and you can find it here:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/the-chillun/the-chillun-an-autobiography-by-andrew-angus-russe

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/the-chillun
http://alonetone.com/andyr
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

The Chillun

Your Fault Not Mine

The Chillun: Your Fault Not Mine

Born of Stars by Spacegoats, from Spacegoats Live at Glastonbury Town Hall 18/12/1999.

This is a recording of a live concert by Spacegoats at Glastonbury Town Hall on 18th December 1999. Spacegoats personnel were Pok (guitar, vocals), Clive (vocals, percussion), Ruth (flute, vocals), Dave (drums) and George (bass).

Also on the bill that day were Gandiva and The Ripple Effect. 

Somewhere between Track 8 (Broken Eagle) and Track 9 (The Freaks) there were several other tracks, including Centre of the Cyclone, but due to some absent-mindedness on the part of the sound engineer the tape was not flipped over and some of the recording of the performance was forever lost. Similarly, the end of Broken Eagle and the start of The Freaks are missing.

Spacegoats had had just one rehearsal, earlier that same day, and then taken the songs out live. It was freezing cold and there was snow on the ground which made driving rather hazardous for those who came to the show. George had been kept awake for the whole of the previous night and was somewhat shattered before the start of the gig.

This particular combination of Spacegoats personnel never played together again after this night, although the band with a different drummer to Dave and a variety of extra singers managed one more show at the Art College in Exeter. Also included in this line-up were Jim on keys and vocals and Hills on guitar and vocals.

Several of the songs in this performance came from the early Laughing Sun set and many also lived on to become incorporated in Alchemeon’s repertoire.

This performance represented a new direction for Spacegoats and Pok described the metamorphosis as being akin to “electric elves”.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/space-goats
http://www.pookofpok.blogspot.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC5dMV4lKtN4-L2KbtnplDw
http://pondlifestudios.com/artist_information.asp?id=1
http://www.tribalvoices.org.uk/space-goats/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC5dMV4lKtN4-L2KbtnplDw
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

There is a lot more on the web concerning Spacegoats if you search, but this particular collection of songs is unique.

Live at Glastonbury

Born of Stars

Spacegoats: Born of Stars

Old Life by Guarana, from Guarana: Live!

Here are some live recordings from top Guernsey trio Guarana. We have attempted to arrange the songs into the order they might have played them live, from what we can remember.

These songs were recorded live in 2002. The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by Guarana (c) 2002. All rights reserved.

Are Guarana the finest band Guernsey ever produced? We think so. In fact, we think Guarana are one of the finest bands the planet ever produced. There are few bands more capable of evoking the sheer power of raw emotion. Their live sets were each like a precious multi-faceted jewel to be treasured.

After leaving Guernsey to try to forge a career on the north island, Guarana found themselves based in Exeter. From there they proceeded to wow audiences across the south of England with their shows, which were full of humour as well as stunning songwriting. Their sound was much bigger than your usual three-piece, thanks mainly to singer and guitarist Danny le Pelley’s unusual chords using jangly open strings.

Unfortunately we have very little information on what happened to the band and where they are now. There was a website with a realplayer stream and photos and discussion, and somewhere out in the universe there is a lot of video footage as every show they played that we remember was filmed by a tall amiable French fellow.

Guarana’s previous contact details were as follows, if you use the Wayback Machine or the Archive – www.guarana-music.co.uk and info@guarana-music.co.uk – we hope you enjoy the music of Guarana as much as we do.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/guarana
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/guarana/guarana-live-2002
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Guarana: Live!

Old Life

Guarana: Old Life

Promise the World, from Ride That Fantasy by Recluse.

This is the 2001 album Ride That Fantasy by Devon trio Recluse.

Sadly we have no information accompanying this album called Ride That Fantasy by Recluse, other than the track titles and the name of the band, Recluse.

We are fairly sure that it is Alex Painter on guitar and vocals and writing most of the material, although as to whether or not Chris White and Tim Desmond provide the bass and drums (or more, or less) and other such detail remains largely mysterious. It sounds as if Alex played a baritone guitar, or at least tuned one of his guitars down somewhat, for some of the songs.

We like Recluse a lot and hope its members are still making great music somewhere, somehow.

Recluse were a three piece band from Devon who wrote the most disarmingly haunting and powerful songs. They were three of the most polite and unassuming young men if you met any of them, yet when put on a stage with some instruments to play they produced the most gloriously demonic musical cacophony.

The main songwriter in Recluse was Alex Painter (guitar, vocals) and when he left the area to study music at Salford the band seemed to grind to a halt. This was a great shame as he was one of the most accomplished young rock musicians and composers in Devon. Chris White played bass and Tim Desmond drums to complete the line-up.

As far as we know, the band made just two albums – Propaganda in 2000 and Ride That Fantasy in 2001. We hope you enjoy listening to the music of Recluse as much as we still do, even after all these years.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/recluse
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/recluse/ride-that-fantasy-2001
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Ride That Fantasy

Promise the World

Recluse: Promise the World

Amnesty from the eponymous album by Prism.

This is the eponymous album from that fabulous Exeter Art College band of the late 80s known as Prism. These tracks were all salvaged from cassette. Artwork is by Emma Waters and was scanned from the cassette insert. The spine is a bit faded by now.

Songs 1 - 4 recorded on Paul's portastudio July 1987.
Songs 5 - 6 recorded on Paul's portastudio September 1987.
Songs 7 - 8 recorded by Daylight Studios August 1988.

Emma - vocal, percussion
Allan - bass, guitar
Tom - guitar, bass, vocal, keyboards
Paul - sound engineer, incidental guitar on The Hunted and Big Bang

Words - Emma, except Blindest Night - Tom.
Music - Emma and Allan, except The Hunted - Emma and Tom, Blindest Night and Resurrection - Tom

I stared into their moon eyes, they stared back at me
Taught me something most people can't see
Peace is the answer, I said NO MORE WAR
That's what I saw, take heed be sure...
- Rainbow Song
EW '88

Copyright © 1988 tom tom music.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/prism
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Prism

Prism: Amnesty

Living in the Gap, from Life, Times and Dreams by Watershed.

Recorded at The Acorn, Penzance.
Engineered by Watershed and Steve Smallwood.
Mixed at Elm Road (Mike's room).
Produced by Watershed.
Cover Art: Denise Andrews.
Thanks to: Uffy and the Acorners, Denise and Mrs Lovely.

All songs by Al Shalliker.
Copyright © Al Shalliker 1990.

WATERSHED
Jo Atkins - vocals, percussion
Mike Baldwin - soprano/tenor sax
Mark Flack - bass
Dave Gregory - grand piano
Tony Gullis - drums, percussion
Al Shalliker - guitars, vocals
Steve Smallwood - sound & pound

LIVING IN THE GAP
There ain't no crime in living in the gap
If you want to take the shackles off your back,
There's no crime in living,
If you don't like what they're giving,
There's no crime in living in the gap.

Living in the gap, Jack...

On your back Jack
Losing contact
Way too slack Jack
Want our money back!

There ain't no crime in living in the gap
If you want to take the shackles off your back,
There's no crime in living,
If you don't like what they're giving,
There's no crime in living in the gap.

Want to live my life in my own way,
Not tied up like a chess piece in the game.
Want to live my life,
Without the trouble and strife,
That makes a mind get tireder every day.

Oh my sweetheart where am I?
Just floating like a snowflake in the sky,
When the prophet calls my name
To introduce me to the game
Tell him I cut the clouds right off my back.

Living in the gap, Jack...

Ain't gonna be no yes man saying
Ain't going to carry the can...

Oh listen to the rain,
Each drop that falls comes back round again
But with every drop that falls
A voice shouts duty calls
And duty knows the rules of the game.

Living in the gap, Jack...
There's no crime in living in the gap...

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed/life-times-dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13DknmiCstM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2slWp3l4WP4
https://myspace.com/watershedplymouth
http://www.bandmine.com/watershedplymouth
https://www.alshalliker.com/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Life, Times and Dreams

Living in the Gap

Downloads

Watershed: Living in the Gap

Nothingtime TV, from the album World 3 by Andromeda.

All tracks written, performed and produced by Andromeda.

Copyright © 2001 Joe Ings/Amy McGill/Adam Bonner/Tom Brown.

Thanks to Paul Mumford.

Tracks salvaged from promo copy.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/andromeda
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/andromeda/world-3
https://www.bandmix.co.uk/trimorphous/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

andromedabeast@hotmail.com

World 3

Nothingtime TV

Andromeda: Nothingtime TV

Grain of Sand by Dayglow.
From the Grain of Sand Demo by Dayglow.

Copyright © 2000 Dayglow.

We found this demo amongst our archives and felt it deserved to be shared, along with a somewhat incomplete biographical history of the band Dayglow based on our memories.

First up, it's very important to say that we have no information accompanying the demo CD. All that is written on the CD is 'Dayglow' and 'Grain of Sand'.

So, dear gentlemen of Dayglow, we know not what your names are. We also don't know for sure the names of these tracks, we simply guessed based on what we could hear in the lyrics. If we got it all horribly wrong, please let us know!

Dayglow were without a doubt the most improved band in the Torbay area during the 18 month (or so) period with which we were familiar with that whole scene. The live music scene in Torbay just after the turn of the millenium was fantastic, largely thanks to The Live Stage run by Joe and Mel at The Hideaway and another orange venue before the Hideaway became home for all the live music shenanigans that went on every week.

Dayglow started out as a three-piece grunge band. These recordings are almost certainly from their early days. Their first show was at the orange venue and they played support to another act, possibly Murdock or Kickdown or Outcast or Torna-K, who were all quite big on the scene at the time. Also on the bill were Parafinalia and Goodstaff. Goodstaff played every week and opened the proceedings.

The first Dayglow performance we witnessed was not particularly spectacular, apart from one highly memorable comedy moment. There was a song they tried to play that involved a somewhat twiddly riff on the bass, and during the first three or four attempts the string on which the riff was being played kept popping out of the nut of the bass, so the poor bass player had to replace it and try again.

After several attempts, the guitarist, singer and frontman of Parafinalia stepped up to hold the recalcitrant string in position, and continued to do so for the remainder of the rendition of that particular number. He held it in place rather firmly, effectively putting a massive bend on the whole string, so it was entirely out of tune with the rest of the band. The two of them cavorted awkwardly around the stage in a weird comical dance, like conjoined twins in a 19th century cabaret or two wounded beetles trying bravely to reproduce. The few of us that noticed what was going on found it hilarious. At the end of the song, the assistant was warmly thanked and Dayglow continued with their set.

Dayglow played the Hideaway two or three more times after that, each performance better than the previous as the band grew tighter and more accomplished as they gained experience. The last time we saw them they had grown to a four-piece having added a second guitarist. This latest performance was fantastic and the band probably had the best sound of any performance anybody ever gave at any of the Live Stage shows we remember.

There was one other thing that was rather striking about Dayglow. Their bass player was ludicrously tall. There were several extremely tall bass players for some reason at that time on that scene, and Dayglow's was probably the tallest.

We hope you enjoy these tracks.

*** JANUARY 2022 UPDATE !! ***

The following information was provided to us by Myke, the band’s drummer.

Performers:
Ross Sanders – Vox & Guitar
Myke Heath – Drums
Will Little – Bass (yep an ironic name for a bloke who is 6ft 4” tall)

Later on Rob Duncan joined Dayglow on guitar and eventually the band changed their name to After The Blackout.

Myke and Ross carried on together with another band, which was a continued evolution of Dayglow, called Drawn On Empty Faces. That lasted until 2009, when Ross gave up on playing music.

Myke is still playing and writing with a band called Fabulous Weapons, which you can listen to by clicking here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-480179699

Grain of Sand

Dayglow: Grain of Sand

Amerikay, from the EP Scratchings by Pyg.

Scratchings is a live demo recorded in 1998.
Recorded by Glen Sherlock at Woodrow Barton Farm, Brampford Speke.
Cassette salvage and mastering at Wud Records Studio One.

We believe all songs to be by Martin Dearmunn and/or Malcolm Learmonth.
These arrangements by Pyg.
All songs copyright © 1998 their respective owners.
All intellectual property copyright ℗ 1998 its respectful owners.

Performers:
Martin Dearmunn - voices, acoustic guitar
Steve McTavish - fiddle
Malcolm Learmonth - electric guitar
George Davies - bass
Tony Price - drums

We tend to feel that these songs are a great snapshot of how Pyg sounded in 1998, which was a lot more raw and raucous than their rather refined studio recordings,

We hope you can make it past the rather nasty guitar sound at the start of Amerikay.

Please see also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/pyg-2/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Scratchings

Amerikay

Wud Records Downloads

Pyg: Amerikay

The Wilderness by Critical Error.
Album: Critical Error.

THE WILDERNESS
We used to be so close
We had no need to touch each other
We used to use our eyes and never say a word
We used to give each other
Everything that we needed
We used to use our eyes and never say a word
Thought love would last forever
I thought we'd be together
I never thought I'd have to say

I'd rather die in the wilderness than to have you back again
I'd rather die in an empty room than to see your face again
I used to laugh at your sweet caress now it only brings me pain
I'd rather die in the wilderness
I'd rather die in the burning rain, the burning rain
In the wilderness, the burning rain

We used to be so strong, we fought the world together
We stood there side by side against an angry world
We used to give each other everything that we needed
We used to use our eyes and never say a word
Thought love would last forever
I thought we'd be together
I never thought I'd have to say

I'd rather die in the wilderness than to have you back again
I'd rather die in an empty room than to see your face again
I used to laugh at your sweet caress now it only brings me pain
I'd rather die in the wilderness
I'd rather die in the burning rain, the burning rain
In the wilderness, the burning rain

Words and music by Steve Mavin.
This arrangement by Critical Error.

Performers:
Steve Mavin - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Rosie Mullin - backing vocals, percussion
Allan Veal - bass
Paul Bateman - drum programming, backing vocals
Stuart "The Amazing Blind Screaming Blue Stu" Cannon - harmonica
Baz Bishop - lead guitar
Jim Peters - backing vocals

Recorded, engineered and produced by Paul Bateman at 32 Howell Road, Exeter.
Mixed by Paul Bateman and Critical Error. 

Cassette salvage by Paul Bateman.
Logistics and co-ordination by Rosie Mullin.
Audio cleaned and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, October 2020.

Cover illustration by Paul Bateman.

Copyright ℗ 1987 Parsnip Music.
Copyright © 2020 Wud Records.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/critical-error/
https://substanceandshadow.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Critical Error

The Wilderness

Critical Error: The Wilderness

Contact: info@wudrecords.co.uk
We had 3998 followers when our account was unexpectedly deleted in error by a SC robot 20.07.2025 and then restored 21.07.2025. UK/EU rock label since 1984. Demos, oddities, archives, WIP. Releases on Bandcamp etc. AI-free zone. All reposts shared to BlueSky and 'X'.
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ACTIVE ARTISTS:
Flicker, Dark Company, Pok the Bard, The Bastard Sons of Dennis

LEGACY ARTISTS:
Alchemeon, Clonk!, Dr Watson, The Ug Brothers, Alien Heat, Rough Terrain, The Subterraineans, The Addled Eggs, The Masters of Drone, Laughing Sun, Wud, Lemming Meringue, Sirius Rising, Now, Fooog Dinboffin and the Release, Mark Drower and the Everyones

ARCHIVE ARTISTS:
Andromeda, Critical Error, Dayglow, Demon Groove Lizards, Ember, Fruit Bats, Goodstaff, Guarana, Murdock, Prism, Pyg, Recluse, Search Party, Spacegoats, Stephen Yates, The Chillun, Watershed

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* Unfortunately...

Due to brexshit, broken britain, rip-off britain, corruption, lies and bias in the media, bigotry, racism, intolerance, polarisation, the fact that some of our family members would not be allowed to remain post-brexit, state-sponsored child trafficking (yes, that's right, we said it - it's pretty shocking, start reading from here if you don't believe it: https://forced-adoption.com/), an increasing sense of frustration and exasperation, and general total weariness of being treated with nothing but derision, ignorance and contempt by the entire shebang since the early 80s, we decided enough was enough and moved our entire operation from brexeter in the uk to begin our grand brexodus in 2017. We are now brefugees, living in brexile very near the border of the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany. If you live in (the crumbling remains of) the uk, do yourself a favour and leave. The upgrade in life quality will blow your mind.

* What do we stand for as a label?

We support all independent musicians who are doing something we find interesting. Our team members all have formal music education qualifications.

We are against corporate brainwash muzak, their puppet friends in the mass media, and many other corporate activities. We will fight their desecration of music until either it stops or we die. 

We believe in helping others in the face of corrupt laws and a broken system. We are pro democracy, green energy and free speech.

We're politically liberal. We cannot support the republicans, maga or gun violence in the usa. We don't see there's any real difference, other than in name, between the christian far right in the USA and the taliban in Afghanistan.

In the uk we are broadly pro LibDem/Green/Labour/SNP. We are VERY anti-tory, bnp, ukip, and any of their friends and associates. We have no trust at all in the uk right wing press monopoly and the bbc. Beware the bbc and its claims of neutrality. It is the propaganda mouthpiece of the tory party. It even charges a propaganda tax called the licence fee. But we like Test Match Special and Radio 6, so does that make us hypocrites...? Hmm.

We support independence for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Cornwall. We support the individual and the underdog. We are anti-putin and his war, and pro-Ukraine.

Please notice the careful use of capitals. Capital letters imply respect!

We're only interested in the colour of your soul. Not your skin, hair or socks.

We like cricket! Most of us support Somerset County Cricket Club.