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Names. They can mean everything or they can mean nothing to the band so titled, or indeed to their audience. They can be serious, political, witty, pithy, nonsensical knowing, ironic, or just ever so simple. Some artists must regret the choice as the weight of their decision dawns on them after the first few years. […]

“Don’t sing Neil, it’s terrible”, stressed my mum, as a 12 year old me hollered out the final chorus of R.E.M.’s Everybody Hurts.  “You take after your mother’s side of the family when it comes to singing.  We just can’t.” Ouch! For a wee Scottish boy who, since seeing the Beach Boys in concert 5 […]