Being on the dole in Liverpool in the early 90's
gave you three choices - you either spent fruitless hours wandering
around Orwellian job centres, took to drugs or joined a band (and
quite often ended up indulging in all three at once). Luckily I
knew a few guys in a band; we shared similar music tastes and a
vacancy had arisen for a bass player. So I joined Coma Ray (as they
were known) in 1991, playing bass (which I could barely do at the
time, but hey, that's rock'n'roll...) So it came to pass we
punctuated those endless dole days making our 'sonic noise
terrorism', and generally annoying anyone within earshot. You see,
these where the days when Indie music was cool and My Bloody
Valentine, The Cure, Sonic Youth and the Pixies were our
heroes.
Looking back now we made some pretty original music, but we were too far from the mainstream to ever really appeal to a wide audience, and too damn wrapped up in our own little world to even care. Still, we had some good times, quite a few bad ones and the sense that we tried something new...
The Line Up
- Paul Tudhope - Vocals and guitar (centre in picture)
- Mark Docherty - Lead guitar and backing vocals (left in picture)
- Dan Booth (me!) - Bass guitar (right in picture)
- Chris Ashcroft - Drums
- Damian Cruikshank - Drums (after Chris left)
