Great band. Very under rated.

'K' blew my 15-year-old mind, and I still listen to it regularly. What a band.

@JamesHargreavesGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I have it in my car stereo right now 👍

@Mandrake108

5 ай бұрын

The 'K' album cover artwork blew my mind. It was a complete rip-off of an Objects Of Desire poster I designed in 1992.

I love Kula shaker, one of the best bands of the 90s, I hope that James makes some videos on Kula Shaker's history, a bit like he does the oasis ones

@Mandrake108

5 ай бұрын

Yes, good idea. 👍 James, if you read this comment and you're up for it I can help you with Kula Shaker's real backstory not the myth they've been peddling for years.

@Magician108

5 ай бұрын

@@Mandrake108that would be amazing, would still love to hear all the unreleased early music as well, someone commented on my channel recently 3 objects song titles I hadn’t heard before - Friends in High Places, Step into the Fire, and Another World, are they real song titles and do you still have them?

@Mandrake108

5 ай бұрын

@@Magician108Hi mate, how's you? Yes, those are Objects songs I wrote with Crispian. They were great live but when we recorded them they sounded absolutely awful. There were many reasons for that which I'll tell you about another time. You've definitely got the best of the recordings apart from two early tracks, The Passage and All I Ever Wanted, the first that me and Crisp wrote together when he joined the band in 1988. We recorded them in Kingston on Thames in January 1989. There was a third track we did at the time called Deep In The Heart, a rock ballad about Neil Kinnock! The Passage is the best of the three. Cult / goth influenced, It was the direction I wanted the band to take. War Whore! was probably our best live track. I've got it somewhere on video but sadly we never got round to recording it in a studio. When eventually I hook up with guitarist Tim Scott-Robinson, I'll give him everything I've got including an alternative version of Pearl Handled Revolver, and let him get on with making digital copies. I'll see if I can find that Kula Shaker/Kays demo that Giles Martin produced in 1994 and let you know how it goes. Cheers 👋

@Magician108

5 ай бұрын

@@Mandrake108 Perfect! Belated happy new year to you by the way, that’s really interesting, would definitely be good to get all the music and videos preserved online, would be terrible if it never saw the light of day/vanished. What happened with that book you were writing? All the best!

Thanks for this fun interview. Loved Kulashaker as a teenager and still do to this day. Their 'Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts' album got me through many a night and holds a special place in my heart. 🙏🏼

So glad Jay is back

I worked at a pub in Bristol in the summer of 1996 and Kula shaker played a gig and it was about when tattva came out - those were the days! K was massive back in the day

What a superb band. Proper class tunes!

I met the band at one of their "non gig" signing shows this year - Jay and Alonza were so lovely to chat to. Such a laid back (yet fierce on stage) band! ❤

I pestered my parents for a 60s sounding keyboard after seeing Jay in the video for Hush, I loved how manic the playing was 😄

I never knew that keyboardist with oasis was in kula shaker. I'm an oasis nut but never looked into him. I remember Noel calling him 'The Shroud'.

@cdchantler

5 ай бұрын

Oasis also ended up having the guy who drummed on “there she goes”, was in lightning seeds and also played with Robbie Williams

Great conversation, two superb homegrown musicians and totally unpretentious.. look forward to listening to the next K LP!

Can’t believe it, but I’m an American who is a huge Brit pop fan and had never heard of this band until a few years ago and was absolutely blown away. It’s been amazing to discover their great musical history and the new stuff is just as good.

Great characters, 50% of a wonderful band. New album is BRILLIANT!

Class interview. Love Kula Shaker. ❤️

I saw the band at the Ulster Hall in Belfast in about ‘96 - a fantastic gig. I’ve always had a soft spot for them and still listen to them. I’m looking forward to hearing their new album. Cheers.

Always loved kula shaker so many cracking tunes.

My mate manages Shed 7 and the Enemy. He's a great guy and a lover of all things guitar so it's fantastic that he's getting these guys on the map. Never got into Kula Shaker back in the day. I was more into Suede and Sleeper and Elastica but these blokes come across as ace so will definitely give this album a listen.

I saw them live at V96 they were such a tight sounding band. They stood out against the other bands on that day for their musicianship.

Saw Kula Shaker in Glasgow the other night, and they were brilliant. Glad i got the new album before, as they played 5 or 6 from it... and i must admit the new album is indeed very good. And If it even needs to be said, K is a 10/10 album.

Really good - please do more interviews!

Really great band. A best friend of mine opened for Kulashaker in Coventry with his band, and we were backstage honored to meet the band when i asked crispin about his opinion on the magic key in music after he told me he went to india with george harrison, id been using a Raagini because of sonic , Pete Kember spacemen3 suggested i use one in my set, a digital sample of an Indian instrument the Tampura that provides the drone in some of kulashaker songs too, and i was doing some solo drum projects with different musicians , had been playing live and recording with guys from Spacemen 3 / Spiritualized was blown away with kulashaker when they released their first records it was that time in my life prior to being offered to record with Sting then going to live in Brazil, i kept in touch with Paul on drums 🥁 and have invited one of them here to sample Ayahuasca, wont say who as i havent checked with them its ok to say 😊 At abbey road eith pete bassman i was drumming in his band we were at abbey road too when i went for a coffee there was a guy from the dandy warhols saying spacemen 3 were their influence and one of favourite english psychedelic shoegaze , funny story at glasto 99 the headlining act on the sunday at the main stage said to me there that night before going on that he was there because of me 😊 pretty sure i bumped into noel that year and jo wiley told me she didnt like spacemen3 ! Lol spun me out and i remember that year of 99 being well weird for me, met a brazilian, had 4 kids, and left the UK to live on a farm in South America as you do 😂

Great interview guys

what a great band

A good bunch of blokes. I enjoyed listening to them. Cheers

Great band yes

Great interview.

Loved KS back in the day.

Live clips are scary good.

Great interview! Kudos!

Love the new song ‘waves’ looking forward to the album!

This is great! Another guitar based band coming back! Likes of Green Day Shed Seven, Blur, the success of the Rolling Stones new album Liam and John Squire (well they didn’t leave) This would seriously be a perfect time for an Oasis reunion

Amazing band. Loved K and some of the early records.

Natural Magick is top..simple and fun. Kula were my fav band as well, and recently they broke my heart lol coz I bought my ticket to go see them and apparently Crispian had his throat messed up so they had to cancel their show ;(

Some great tunes on their first album

I loved Chrispins cover of Lenons, Give me So Truth!!!

Kula Shaker's latest album "1rst congregational of eternal love..." is a master piece ! Their best album. I don't understand why you didn't talk about it before. K2.0 is also a very good album.

Question: "Have you ever lied to the media?" Alonza Bevan: "Yes, about everything - the name of the band, the history of the band, everything really. It's expected." - Select magazine, March 1999

I was at one of those Fillmore ( Sam Francisco ) shows. The minute I walked into the ballroom, I was mesmerized on how much the room was "hot boxed" and had even begun. That show had me in a trance. It was brilliant! Gave my poster to my bestie, who saw the band on the L.A. stop.

@DEVOn.A.Skertic

5 ай бұрын

AND ! When OASIS rolled through the U.S for the second time for Definitely Maybe, the show was sold out, the show was about to start and a few roadies came out the side door and sorted who was left outside, and was comped a ticket. The Rock N Roll Magic of the Fillmore S.F proved itself again.

ballad of the thin man is the best cover ever made.... I would love to hear that live 🤘

Absolutely Luv Kula , Gotta Be Honest Didn't Know They Had Knew Tunes On The Go Just Checked Out Natural Magick , They Still Got The Old Swagger 👍👍 Sweet)

I started with rave and Indie rock......My favourite genre is psychedelic rock and acid techno nowadays.

I actually remember them having one song in heavy rotation on (U.S.) MTV after Oasis spearheaded the *Cool Britannia* movement over here Stateside... And I very much liked it, too! Tattva, I believe it was??? Yeah, man... That was it!🇬🇧💯🎶🎶🎶

@JamesHargreavesGuitar

5 ай бұрын

what a tune 🎸🎸🎸

@matthewrider5906

5 ай бұрын

@@JamesHargreavesGuitar Aye!

@matthewrider5906

5 ай бұрын

@@JamesHargreavesGuitar You're probably already aware of it, but in 2000 a band called Cotton Mather opened for Oasis in The United Kingdom after Noel heard their 1997 album Kontiki at a party of Ronnie Wood's, which was reissued in England in '99. It's a very 'Beatlesque' kinda record, circa Revolver, & Noel loved it. Great album, that! Cheers, sir. I really love what you do!👍

@tomwilko7841

5 ай бұрын

Great tune... Bought the single the day it came out here in England, there was a huge buzz around them at the time, tattva and hey dude really put them on the map and in the charts over here

Kula Shaker are the absolute shit! Please ask them to tour Australia. Queensland specifically. And could you please ask them to put Revenge of the King and Great Hosannah in their set list? Cheers James! Love the channel! Hey, it was worth a shot.

@SomedayTomorrow369

5 ай бұрын

😂

Jay looks like George Harrison in the Oasis doc (in at 10:30ish)

The bluetones next please 🙏

@JamesHargreavesGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I would love to have a chance to chat to the bluetones. Fingers crossed

👍👍👍

Love the fact someone has got the balls to call out those pretentious 🔔🔚's Radiohead and their music to snore to.

What happened to Alonzas accent. I’ve never heard him speak in an interview except on the leek b side. He had a soft welsh accent on that!

Track ID they play live around 04:30?

@JamesHargreavesGuitar

5 ай бұрын

It's called 'Hey Dude'

Is that jesus?

Ho did shes seven do that though? I love shed seven, been a fan since I saw em in the 90s just before there first album dropped but that album is just... lazy

To be honest I couldn't stand them in the 90's. Sorry. Maybe I should give them another go.

Never were my cup of tea kula shaker…just checked out there new en..still shite..fake trippyness..cringe..seem nice lads tho

Top notch interview mate. For your next video could you give me a call I'd love to have a talk to man who's making Britain great again. P.s. if not a call notice me by shouting me out at the start of your video