They sure were
Caught them a few times late 90’s
The Essendon theme song after a final.
Alex Chilton is one my musical heroes.
Off the album of the same name.
And after this they decided to ‘take a break’ and ended up not re-forming for ten years.
The magnificent Kirsty MacColl on backing vocal
Inspired me to look up everyone’s favourite Christmas song:
l bought that album about 25 years or so ago.
Reminds me of this song.
Loved it, but haven’t heard it for such a very long time.
Reminded me of Paul McCartney, but…you know…released in the mid eighties and good.
Having never really heard their stuff before, I’ve been on a tear through their discography this morning. Bloody great stuff, will definitely go into regular rotation for me
If you haven’t already, take a stroll through Cheap Trick’s first four albums while you’re at it. CT were openly fans of The Beatles, but they were clearly fans of Big Star too. Their early albums sound like a rough approximation of what a mating between the two bands would’ve sounded like.