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  • Guarana: Gods
    Gods by Guarana.
    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 [email protected] – we hope you enjoy the music of Guarana as much as we do.
    The Real World EP was a CD release by Guarana in November 2000. These are studio recordings made at a time when the band were in fine form. There is very little information to pass on from the sleeve notes, everything on there has been copied to here other than the distorted photo of the drummer on the front cover and the bass with poised thumb on the rear.
    “You don’t want to think too much
    There are no reasons in the real world.”
    The copyright in these recordings is owned by Guarana Music.
    Copyright © November 2000 – all rights reserved.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/guarana
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    4 min
  • Dayglow: Dancer
    Dancer 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
    5 min
  • Dayglow: Grain of Sand
    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 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'.
    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. This was largely thanks to The Live Stage, run by Joe and Mel at The Hideaway - and another orange venue in around the corner in Market Street, for a couple of months 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 Market Street 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 Live Stage 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. The band probably had the best sound of any performance anybody ever gave at any of the Live Stage shows that we can 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
    4 min
  • Dayglow: Land
    Land 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
    4 min
  • Dayglow: Sapling
    Sapling 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
    3 min
  • Goodstaff: Pathfinder
    Pathfinder 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.
    See also peoplesound.com for more.
    4 min
  • Goodstaff: Heidi
    Heidi 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
    3 min
  • Goodstaff: Fake Hero
    Fake Hero 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
    4 min
  • Goodstaff: Superstitious White or Black
    Superstitious White or Black 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
    3 min
  • Goodstaff: Perfection Imperfection
    Perfection Imperfection 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
    3 min

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