An interesting piece at the Quietus by Keith Kahn-Harris about Silverfish as a great lost band from a great lost mini-era.
I remember them fondly as a band that was great onstage but never really caught it on record.
Like maybe they should have put out a video instead of a record - capture the cartoony kineticism.
At Melody Maker, we were quite taken by Silverfish. Quite as in "fairly" rather than quite as in "very".
Then, they seemed like a UK response to recent American noisenik stuff - Pussy Galore and that kind of thing - but thinking back, maybe the comparison should have been more local: World Domination Enterprises. "Noise you can dance to" as one of Silverfish puts in the mini-interview below. Jive to.
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This sent me back to listen to Silverfish, which was fun.
My favourite is the first LP 'Fat Axl' (great title), which includes their cover of 'White Lines'. Along with WDE's 'I Can't Live Without My Radio', I think of it as the secret origin of Limp Bizkit.
I'd still rate their second album, Organ Fan. Can't say it matched the energy of their live sets but it has more swing than most noise rock. Jim Thirlwell produced, and it was around the time he was doing Steroid Maximus, so maybe some of the big band jazz vibe seeped in that way.
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