Ready for the summer ! They looked like the Small Faces, sounded more like the Faces meets Big Star, or Primal Screams pre-Loaded. Released four classic singles and a debut album. Follow in the footsteps of the true greats; Beatles, Stones, Big Star, Stone Roses…They were part of the bill for Oasis' first major UK tour sharing equal billing. Sprawling, beautifully messy guitar licks with a country rock swagger woven around big hearty soulful vocals.
Whiteout - Starr Club [cds Silverstone 1994]
January 1989. Yesterday, first Nivens release on Woosh records 
reached number 10 in the indie charts.
This five piece from Ashington, England, was one of hundred indie bands in the late eighties, combining angular, chiming guitars and power pop structures, recording for labels that are run partially or wholly by musicians in bands on them. The Nivens supported such stars as The Las, My Bloody Valentine, Cud, Primal Scream, Brilliant Corners, Family Cat, and any indie band who bothered to visit the north of England. Their second release “The Dialect Drug” ep had been withdrawn due to another band called The Nivens from Norwich (Howard Turner’s band). Dropped the “The” but they weren't happy. Band tensions had come to a head and they just couldn't be bothered to argue with them.
In early 1990 appeared on T.V. on a local arts programme called “Out of our heads”. This was their swansong and they were gone.
Firestation Records compile a cd The Nivens 1987-1990, including three releases on the legendary Woosh label, (1 flexi, 2 singles) plus tracks recorded for their only demo tape. http://www.firestation-records.de/
This five piece from Ashington, England, was one of hundred indie bands in the late eighties, combining angular, chiming guitars and power pop structures, recording for labels that are run partially or wholly by musicians in bands on them. The Nivens supported such stars as The Las, My Bloody Valentine, Cud, Primal Scream, Brilliant Corners, Family Cat, and any indie band who bothered to visit the north of England. Their second release “The Dialect Drug” ep had been withdrawn due to another band called The Nivens from Norwich (Howard Turner’s band). Dropped the “The” but they weren't happy. Band tensions had come to a head and they just couldn't be bothered to argue with them.
In early 1990 appeared on T.V. on a local arts programme called “Out of our heads”. This was their swansong and they were gone.
Firestation Records compile a cd The Nivens 1987-1990, including three releases on the legendary Woosh label, (1 flexi, 2 singles) plus tracks recorded for their only demo tape. http://www.firestation-records.de/
The Nivens - Yesterday [7' Woosh Records 1989]
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" is a song written by Mickey Newbury. Said to reflect the LSD experience, Newbury wrote it as a warning against the danger of using LSD. First recorded in 1967 by Jerry Lee Lewis, who rejected it, it was a hit for The First Edition (with Kenny Rogers on lead vocals) in 1968 . Here covered on a speedo take by rock band from Oxford, Supergrass.
Supergrass' origins lie in the band The Jennifers, began building a reputation in the Oxford indie music scene including traits of the pop-punk era, characterized by fast, three-chord, guitar-based, catchy tunes, released one single in 1992, "Just Got Back Today", on Nude Records before they disbanded. The double A-sided "Alright"/"Time" was the fourth single of their first album I Should Coco , which stayed in British Top Three for a month (peaking at number 2) and pushed the album to number one.
Supergrass - Condition [cds Parlophone 1995]
Kenny Rogers and The First Edition - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) [1968]
This song had to be a hit, one of this summer songs played insistently in every local FM station.Contains a clear description of this type of songs : 4/4 beat for dancefloors, irresistible choruses, whoa whoas, and a touch of oriental style with a guitar-sitar. Great. A perfect little song.
Rus Harrison was the founding member of The Cygnet Ring, Rus had previously been in a local indie band called Playing At Trains, who gained a cult following around the late 1980s. He also formed another project called Shaker which played around 1996-ish.
Released two more singles and an album, all of them with no success.
The Cygnet Ring - Love Crime [7' Protocol Records 1991]
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