Those live clips prove they were even shittier than I had originally thought.

Can't sing, can't play. Tripe.

Fine, so they were dodgy (at best) live. Who gives a fuck? They never made a bad record.

I stand by my vote.

My internet isn't fast enough to watch the video...sorry.

Admittedly, their singing on record is often slightly off-key, but I actually like that. It somehow adds to the melancholic lovelorn vibe. And Chris Acland is/was a far steadier drummer than Colm O'Ciosoig, if not always as interesting.
FWIW, I recently read that Kaki King cites Emma Anderson as a major influence on her playing.

Sock OR Muffin? wrote:Always loved Gala.

Robin guthrie produced their earlier EPs and helped them get their debut album Spooky(1992) together, producing and arranging the songs. It took nearly two years to record It.
Gala (1990) is a Compilation of their earlier EPs, not an album.


Miki Berenyi, Robin Guthrie and Emma Anderson, Backstage

As they finished up the recording of Spooky, bassist Steve Rippon left the band, reportedly because he couldn't endure Guthrie's ego any longer.
The drummer Chris Acland committed suicide in 1996.

Adam I wrote:Added CRAP for the pure spazzery of the guitarist lady's strumming 'style' as witnessed here.

She apparently agrees with you.

Excerpts from a 2008 interview with Miki Berenyi:
-Do you still play the guitar, and do you still have your guitars from your Lush days such as the Fender Telecaster, Rickenbacker 370-12, Epiphone Riviera, Firebird II etc?

MIKI: No – I don’t play I’m afraid. I was never a proper guitarist – only in the context of Lush. I played the guitar to write songs on and to play live. That’s probably why I was so crap!
To be honest, unless someone is really good, my heart always sinks a bit when you’re in a public place (campsite, party, holiday) and someone whips out a guitar. My least favourite phrase in friendly company is “Here’s a song I’ve been working on…” I still have the guitars, though. Sentimental reasons.

Their EPs's were really good. They should have stayed an EP band. They couldn't sustain a whole album.

"De-Luxe" is a Not Crap song.

Me dyeing my hair to look like Miki's in high school: not crap, but the results were crap.

Pale Saints were better.

burun wrote:Me dyeing my hair to look like Miki's in high school

Prove It! Dare ya.

Didn't Guthrie just plug their guitars and effects directly into a recorder?

I couldn't think of a more crap way to record than that.

As you would expect, no photographs exist of me from about 1984 - 2004.

So use your imagination.

Actually, since we're talking about you, better NOT use your imagination.