Cud
Saturday, November 02, 19:00
adv £16 + BF
8pm ‘Showbiz’ set
9pm 'Greatest Hits' set
Emerging from the same art/design cauldron that produced fellow Leeds legends Soft Cell, Scritti Politti,
and The
Mekons
, CUD were the pre
-
Britpop answer to doleful shoegazing bands
–
fun
-
loving, light
-
hearted,
romantic a
nd downright catchy
.
Alternatively loved or loathed like a yeast extract, CUD are indie rock for the unpretentious pleasure seeker,
boasting as they do the rich deep
-
lunged voice of Carl Puttnam, edgy guitars of Mike Dunphy and tight, funky
rhythm section
of William Potter,
bass and Gogs Byrn, drums.
CUD were initially lauded for their quirky Peel session cover of ‘You Sexy Thing’ in 1987. They soon built up
a huge live following and buffed up their repertoire with a string of unstraight pop beauties, bes
t exemplified
by th
e 1990 album ‘Leggy Mambo’. This led to a major
-
label deal with A&M in 1991, front
-
page NME
coverage, massive sellout gigs and proper Top 30 hits, ‘Rich and Strange’ and ‘Purple Love Balloon’.
Misunderstood by record companies and press
, CUD packed away t
heir guitars and sticks in 1995 but,
bolstered by a greatest hits anthology (‘Rich and Strange’) in 2006, they agreed to tread the boards again
,
with a further reunion
following
in 2012
(
now with original
guitarist
and
key songwriter Mike Dunphy
)
and
conti
nue to
f
ind
an army of ‘Space CUDets’ still eager to sing along, dance like fruitcakes and inva
de their
stage.
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The Lexington is an 18+ venue - please bring ID!