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  • The Ug Brothers: What Is It? (Ugstrumental)
    What Is It was a song that was soon added to the The Ug Brothers live set in 1995 and became one of their most popular tracks. Dave wrote the lyrics after the band had jammed out the main groove enough for it to make some kind of sense. The talking part (not heard here so this particular piece of information is somewhat superfluous) was also written by Dave and delegated to George by accident after a recording blunder. He was never entirely comfortable with it.
    These recordings of instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.
    There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995
    4 min
  • The Ug Brothers: Mouse Art (Ugstrumental)
    Mouse Art was an instrumental piece written on guitar by the multi-talented Graham and was one of several interesting guitar pieces he composed around 1985-6 along with Stone, Temptation and Speeding With The Starlight. It was a piece that the original Ug Brothers attempted although no recording of it seems to exist.
    Graham had a small mouse tattooed on his body around the time this piece was written and we believe that this tune is dedicated to his tattoo (this is speculation and may be utter nonsense). He liked the tattoo but not the conecpt and later had another tattoo put on top of it to hide it ("Can you find my hidden tattoo?").
    On the full recording you can hear George announce "Mouse Art" just before the Ug Brothers launch into the piece. In the original edit of the recordings, the first part of the Mou in Mouse Art is deleted and it sounded as if the announcement was Arse Art, which made us giggle. How silly.
    Despite the very best efforts of the band, this piece and its various subtle nuances was never quite performed to Graham's satisfaction and never made it to a live performance although this version is arguably reasonable in some parts.
    These recordings of instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.
    There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.
    Music: G.Barbe
    Arrangement: The Ug Brothers
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995
    5 min
  • The Ug Brothers: Secret (Ugstrumental)
    Secret was a song that George wrote in 1993 that even had lyrics but never saw the light of day as it was never performed live or even rehearsed very much, as you can probably tell from the horribly dodgy performance in this recording. This is a melodic rock piece that may someday become a track on a future Flicker album.
    These recordings of instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.
    There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995
    5 min
  • The Ug Brothers: Shiny Boots (Ugstrumental)
    Shiny Boots is a hard rock guitar piece that was originally written as The Thin Man by Dark Company. However, as that band had disintegrated and there seemed no prospect of the music being used, George took the piece to The Ug Brothers and they started doing it. New lyrics were never written and the title comes from the feeling of satisfaction one has after polishing one's boots and a couple of the Ug Sisters who had painted their Doc Martins silver. Graham was not very keen on this track as it was too guitary and eventually Dark Company reformed and The Thin Man was recorded to their Ghost of the Art album.
    These recordings of instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.
    There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995
    3 min
  • The Ug Brothers: The Ug Song (Ugstrumental)
    The Ug Song was always a big hit live and was almost always used to close the band's show. It would be introduced as a sing-along, or perhaps to be more precise, a grunt-along and often wound the crowd up to a chorus of shouts of "Ug! Ug! Ug! Ug! Ug!" (etc.) at the end, bringing The Ug Brothers back onto stage for an encore.
    It began as just a jam that the band had right at the beginning of their second life. After it started to manifest into a piece of music, Dave had the idea of trying to spell the word 'ug' using the strings. The G was quite easy to achieve, whereas the U was not so straightforward. They decided that the best way to represent a U would be to do it as it would be written, i.e. a movement down and then back up. This produced the F-E-F then back to G part in the middle of the piece, spelling 'ug'.
    These recordings of instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.
    There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995
    7 min
  • The Ug Brothers: Shake Yer Brother (Ugstrumental)
    Shake Yer Brother originally came from an unused Dark Company song and was a large, loud, bombastic staple of The Ug Brothers live set. It was also a song that could degenerate into feedback and noise at the end, allowing The Ug Song, the band's set closer, to grow from the sonic chaos. Lyrics were a collaborative effort by Dave and George.
    These recordings of instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.
    There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995
    5 min
  • The Ug Brothers: Gigolo (Ugstrumental)
    Gigolo was one of the earliest songs by The Ug Brothers and was a constant favourite in the band's live set. It somehow never seemed to translate satisfactorily into a recorded version for some reason, perhaps because the lyrics were overtly sexualised and needed the live energy and Natalie's glances and wiggles to pull it off properly.
    These recordings of instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.
    There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995
    5 min
  • The Ug Brothers: Lookout (Ugstrumental)
    Lookout was a rare slow number by The Ug Brothers. George wrote the music, drawing inspiration from Reasons by Dark Company and Could Have Lied by Red Hot Chili Peppers. He also wrote some lyrics and a melody which was incorporated into the eventual guitar solo on the later Cute But Weird release.
    After George took this piece to the band as an instrumental, Dave wrote new lyrics. He drew inspiration from a girl called Grace that he met at a party one night and composed a new melody which Natalie later adapted brilliantly for the key-change section.
    These recordings of instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.
    There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995
    3 min
  • The Ug Brothers: Fang (Ugstrumental)
    Fang was a song composed by George about sleep vampires - people who are able to sleep perfectly peacefully whilst their presence prevents any sleep being had by anybody else. It was written around the time that The Ug Brothers reformed in 1994 and was the only song with lyrics that the band had for some time, until a great outburst of industry was had shortly before they were due to perform their first live gig.
    These recordings of instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.
    There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995
    5 min
  • The Ug Brothers: Wibble and Bling (Ugstrumental)
    Wibble and Bling was a guitar groove that came to George one evening as he sat in the dark playing some guitar in the room The Ug Brothers used for rehearsal whilst Graham and Dave partook of interesting vegetation and bourbon and played Risk on the Amiga with some Ug Sisters in a different room down the corridor. It grew and grew into - this. Dave wrote the lyrics and Graham particularly enjoyed playing the drums to it.
    The title seemed to stick even after the lyrics had been written, as all of the Ugstrumentals were named something or other in order to have some idea of a term of reference. Wibble was something that Fay, one of the original Ug Sisters, would say after partaking of a strong measure of this or that, and Bling was a word that didn't mean 'bling' in the same sense that it does now as this particular form of bling predates the flashy jewelry kind of bling by at least a couple of years. Rather it is something that might be said when surprised by an idea, insight, realisation, discovery, serendipity or intuition, that occured freely and spontaneously.
    These recordings of instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.
    There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.
    Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995
    3 min

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