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标 题: Suede年历
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年07月14日22:07:41 星期五), 转信
65 Simon Gilbert born
67 Brett Anderson born.
Mat Osman born
70 Bernard Butler born
73 Neil Codling born
76 Richard Oakes born
81 Brett and Mat begin to make music together under the name Geoff
83 Brett's choice of schoolwear is either a tuxedo, or a yellow suit (with b
leached blond hair).Geoff is replaced by Suave And Elegant as the band's nam
e.bernard, after studying violin for six years and piano for six months, fir
st picks up his brother's guitar, learning by playing along to Johnny Marrbe
fore forming his first band, Slowdive, with his brothers
86 After A-levels (Brett: three Cs in physics, chemistry and maths) comes th
e move to London. Mat attends LSE, and Brett starts a course in Town and Cou
ntry Planning at University College. However, a few months later, he meets a
rchitecture student Justine Frischmann and changes courses. The pair become
an item and Suave And Elegant gain a rhythm guitarist
Oct 89 Post-University, Brett and Mat put an ad in the NME which reads: "You
ng guitar player needed by London-based band. Smiths, Commotions, Bowie, PSB
. No Musos Please. Some things are more important than ability. Phone Brett.
..". Bernard, having been thrown out of London's Queen Mary College while st
udying history, is the first to reply, Mat: "Bernard fitted in straight away
, we knew within the first 15 seconds that he was the one."
Dec 89 The four piece, backed by a drum machine take a name, Suede is chosen
, because the "aesthetics of the actual letters make it into a graphic symbo
l".
Oct 90 A proper drummer is advertised for. One of the first to answer is ex-
Smith Mike Joyce, who sticks around long enough to play on their first (unre
leased) single
Nov 90 Suede sign their first record deal. A friend of a friend of a mate of
Mat's, sets up a label, and agrees to release their debut single, "Be My Go
d". Once the single is pressed, a contract for a seven-album deal is produce
d. The band decline and the single never gets released
June 91 Simon Gilbert is found selling tickets at ULU Justine leaves to co
ncentrate on her degree. "If you're playing second guitar with Bernard there
's not a lot of room," she says later. "I just ended up feeling like a twat.
""We weren't any good 'til we kicked her out," says Mat
Feb 92 The legendary Camden Falcon gig supporting NY slackers The Werefrogs
sees the band giving such a potent display that journalists are forced to wr
ite things like: "Suede are imminent, serious cult superstars" and, "This ye
ars's most exciting group by a long long way".
Morrissey is seen in the crowd
March 92 Suede sign to Saul Galpern's newly formed Nude records for a two-si
ngle deal
April 92 Without releasing a record, Suede get their first front cover when
Melody Maker dubs them, 'The Best New Band In Britain'.
May 92 'The Drowners' is released as the Nude debut. It goes to No 49 in the
Network charts and stays at No 1 in the Indie charts for four weeks
Sep 92 'Metal Mickey' is released, going straight in the Network chart at No
17
Oct 92 The band re-sign to Nude, with Sony licensing Suede outside the UK
Dec 92 Brett utters the infamous words: "I see myself as a bisexual man who'
s never had a homosexual experience."
Feb 93 After releasing the nominations for the Brit Awards, the BPI is criti
cised for their disregard for their selection. Undercover and KWS are the no
minations for the Best British Newcomer category
Feb 93 'Animal Nitrate' is released and crash-lands in the top ten. 'Animal
Nitrate' is an ode to rough gay sex
Feb 93 'Animal Nitrate' is played live at the Brit Awards. Their "beautifull
y choreographed arrogance" bemuses an audience largely made up of industry s
tuffos
March 93 The video for 'Animal Nitrate' gets banned from the The Chart Show,
because it shows two men kissing
March 93 Their debut album's original cover, depicting two women kissing (on
e in a wheelchair) gets banned from use. Instead, they take a headshot only,
to protect the women's identities
March 93 'Suede', the debut album is released. Selling 100,000 copies in six
days, it's the biggest selling debut album since Frankie Goes To Hollywood'
s 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome'
April 93 A gig at the Kilburn National is called off at the last minute beca
use of oversold tickets
April 93 'So Young' (previously titled 'Chase The Dragon') is released as th
e fourth single from the album. It enters the charts at No. 6
June 93 Rumours of arguments between Brett and Bernard start to circulate in
between tours of Europe and America
July 93 'Suede' is announced as the 2-1 favourite to win the year's Mercury
Music Prize
Sep 93 'Suede' wins the Mercury Music Prize and the band donates their 25,00
0 pounds prize money to Cancer Research
Feb 94 'Stay Together', an eight-minute epic, is released
April 94 Following a lawsuit brought by Washington DC country singer Suede,
the band are forced to change their name in the US to The London Suede
July 94 It is announced that Bernard Butler has stormed out of the studio du
ring the recording of the LP and has left the band.
The remaining members issue a statement saying that they will be auditioning
replacements.Butler releases his own statements, ending, "I am not insane,
I am happy"
Aug 94 Titles under consideration for the new album include 'National Anthem
s' and 'Sci Fi Lullabies'
Sep 94 'We Are The Pigs' is released
Sep 94 Richard Oaked is announced as Bernard Butler's replacement. A 17-year
-old classically trained guitarist, he, like Butler, answered an ad in the p
aper
Oct 94 'Dog Man Star' is released and goes straight to No. 1 only to be topp
led, three weeks later by Oasis's 'Definitely Maybe'
Nov 94 'The Wild Ones' is released
Jan 95 'New Generation' is released
Sep 95 Suede contribute a cover of Elvis Costello's 'Shipbuilding' to the Wa
rchild album 'Help'
Jan 96 A secret gig show at Hanover Grand unveils new member, Neil Codling.
He plays keyboards and adds backing vocals
July 96 'Trash' is released and enters the charts at No. 3
Sep 96 The third album, 'Coming Up' is released with most tracks written by
Anderson and Oakes, with two co-written by Neil Codling
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