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Post by canyouplayguitar on Mar 16, 2009 22:59:39 GMT
How did you get into the band originally? thought this might be interesting to find out. sorry if there is a thread same as this already i searched and couldnt find one.
i basically wanted to buy my best mate tickets to see a band for her birthday but we have completley different taste. i looked on her facebook through her list of favourite bands and typed them in ticketmaster to see if any were touring at the time, a lot of the bands i already vaguely knew and was pretty sure i'd despise seeing but i had no idea who the courteeners were and they were touring so i thought f*ck it ... lets go for something i've never heard in my life.
bought st.jude a few weeks before the gig and turns out i DID know some of their songs already especially No You Didn't No You Don't which got played at work all the time ... and i bloody loved the album. Went to see them and was blown away with how fantastic they were and how charasmatic Liam was on stage.
Then found out they were supporting Stereophonics to which i already had tickets and the rest is history ...
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Post by mc18988 on Mar 16, 2009 23:24:35 GMT
XFM - Manchester
then blown away at the warrington parr hall gig, couldn't believe how good they were live and how many songs I could sorta remember afterwards
everyone in the crowd knew the words to every song so obviously there was a bit of downloading goin on etc so I was determined to find das much as I could by them etc which lead me to here!
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Post by sirmavers on Mar 16, 2009 23:27:19 GMT
I woke up one morning for work to hear Acrylic on XFM manchester, simple as that. I bsically raved about it for months to come until WTYSL? I was really unsure about buying the album though, simply because I'd only heard 3 tracks and I was worried, but the gamble payed off, best decision I've ever made. You can run from love, but if it's really love it will find you, catch you by the heal.
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Post by frankiewno1 on Mar 17, 2009 1:22:51 GMT
XFM....how many people are gona put it down to them?
Didn't get to see them until WTYSL? instore tho..mainly because I wasn't gonna get in 18+ venues and I had no money
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Post by cal on Mar 17, 2009 9:00:34 GMT
Saw them supporting Towers of London in Manchester i think. the rest is history.
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Post by jthemod on Mar 17, 2009 10:22:02 GMT
it was about this time last year, before NNF was released, there was a big media plug & i picked up on them through that. couldnt stop playing NNF, & if i remmeber rightly there was a gap between NNF being released & st jude coming out. i then bought tickets to see them at the astoria, something ive never done so soon after hearing a new band for the first time. ive listened to bands like the cribs & babyshambles but never really felt the urge to go & get tickets. but after hearing NNF & b-sdie smiths disco, i felt i had to go see them. then when st jude arrived, i realied i was going to see them so many more times. in the last year seen them 9 times.
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Post by chezza on Mar 17, 2009 11:09:04 GMT
Heard WTYSL on Zane and was blown away - randomly they were playing my local indie club - got tickets got a load of others in on the crack and was blown away...met liam......and the obsession and stalking began.
Reckon I must be responsible for a good few albums sales - used to work in local pub so always had it on in there plus everyone I know knows how obsessed I am!
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Post by kokainekinney on Mar 17, 2009 13:13:53 GMT
read about them in MEN paper on the train in around jan 07. then went to see them later on in blackburn in sep 07. then the rest is history. once again...money, transport and age restricted me seeing them earlier on.....academy 3, acrylic video etc...
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Post by IrlamHillbilly on Mar 17, 2009 14:20:49 GMT
Heard about them quite a bit but never actually heard any of their songs. My mate asked me if I wanted to go see them at LIFE cafe but I was busy that night. Managed to see them a month later at Academy 3 (July 07). Seen them another 14 times after that.
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Post by sirmavers on Mar 17, 2009 15:01:15 GMT
Seems that getting into them when Acrylic was released is fairly late compared to some of you, like Dec getting into them in January 07', which in itself is fairly brave, I usually just dismiss any bands I read about in papers nowdays, so great that you stuck with them.
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Post by IrlamHillbilly on Mar 17, 2009 15:16:24 GMT
Its good when you see bands early and you actually witness them growing. I saw Twisted Wheel for the first time in December 07 and have watched them grow and grow this past year.
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Post by cb on Mar 17, 2009 16:22:26 GMT
My dad said "have you heard of the courteeners,
i know someone that knows them"
then i got the album, & completely loved it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2009 16:29:08 GMT
i can't remember exactly but it must've been around the time acrylic was released. i remember loving the line "please vacate this city of mine" and i saw them live for the first time at the WTYSL hmv gig. what a night.
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Post by Fergal on Mar 17, 2009 16:34:10 GMT
read about them in MEN paper on the train in around jan 07. then went to see them later on in blackburn in sep 07. then the rest is history. once again...money, transport and age restricted me seeing them earlier on.....academy 3, acrylic video etc... Actually Declan brother, I think you will find it was me who read about them on the train and told you to have a look on their myspace  |
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Post by Andy on Mar 17, 2009 16:40:59 GMT
read a small bit about cavorting in NME being the best single since live forever or whatever the quote was
and as cal said - the rest is history
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