Who remembers this Sheffield band from the early 90s?

Anyone know where the band members are now - if they went on to be in other bands or anything?

Oh yes i remember them, my mates appalling band once supported a gig they did at Sheff Uni ( not in the Octogan though).

I can't remember anything except the T-Shirts they had.

Whats going on? Justin?

Justin Wood works with me.

He has fans, oh dear.

Jody Wildgoose, who was the bassist in VV, is releasing his second solo album on Sketchbook records, probably it January. His stuff is all done on 4 and 8 track machines and is absolutely mint.

I saw Various Vegetables about 10 times between 1991-1993, including seeing them at the marquee in london.I know Jody Wildgoose has done solo stuff not sure about the rest of them.

i can remember going to see various vegetables at nelson mandela building in oct 92? as part of sheffield's sound city

Some are amusing themselves playing funk in a private club down Shalesmoor, the guitarist is making commercial ringtones. The drummer does stuff with Jody Wildgoose and has a new band going.

I remember that when they did the single on Gift 'Im OK' that it was a let down...very poorly recorded compared to them live.

the veg singer is a civil servant with wife and two kids, back in sheffield after spells in leed and london. rock and roll occasionally at weekends - sad but i'm happy!

as previously noted, jody is about to release his second album and it is absolute bloody genius - i was so happy for him i shed a tear when i heard it...

I thought the I'm OK single was ace! I loved all the tracks on that.

Those early 90s bring back happy musical memories.

supported the veggies in 92/93 ish, at the leadmill


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Which band were you in Sharpshooter???

I saw them at one of my first ever gigs. Pulp, Longpigs & Various Vegatables as City Hall Ballroom, July 1992..........

Bryan Day - the guitarist - has just got a 1st in computer Science at Hallam . (together we were half of the Brotherhood's Cosmic Foes). Bryan has been working with Jody on his album which should be released soon.

I saw them at one of my first ever gigs. Pulp, Longpigs & Various Vegatables as City Hall Ballroom, July 1992..........

What a great line-up! I'd love to see that gig again now.

Originally posted by theimposter
Which band were you in Sharpshooter???

I saw them at one of my first ever gigs. Pulp, Longpigs & Various Vegatables as City Hall Ballroom, July 1992..........

back then I was in a band called 2 til 10, which eventually dropped the 'til' and became 2:10...

we played the leadmill, hallamshire, uni, and did a couple of record company showcases in manchester but if truth be known although we were well received and had a faithful (if small) following, we were never really destined for greatness. There were four very distinct personalities/egos and too much 'politics' went on for my liking. We split in 1994, I hung up my mic for a couple of years, dabbled again with a band called sikorski, but that was just a little hobby, before getting a call in 2002 to audition for the Sharp Cuts. Been with themn now since 2003, and loving it, also written and recorded an album with my mate James Bacon, who was in a band called mindfeel with Simon Hinkler ( artery/pulp/the mission). We're calling the project 'Grosse Konig' and the album will be available in January, as will our website which is currently 'under construction'. I realise you didnt ask for all that info but if ya get me started on music I will ramble :hihi:


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coming soon grossekonig.co.uk

i used to see the veggies a bit, used to know at least two of them, names are sketchy now

Jody rings a bell (was he the small one with black sticky out hair?) and karl? was he a vegetable?

yes it is jody i knew, just seen a picture on the sketchbook records site i just googled :)

I saw 2:10 at the Hallamshire...I can't remember who with...The Bendy Monsters? The Protectors?...These Animal Men?? Im sure it was These Animal Men...I've got the flyer somewhere. What a gig...I got my pic in the NME when the reviewed it....

Good luck with the new project...I like you are currently starting a new project "The Zeligs" following a split from my old band.......

Originally posted by sharpsinger
back then I was in a band called 2 til 10, which eventually dropped the 'til' and became 2:10...

we played the leadmill, hallamshire, uni, and did a couple of record company showcases in manchester but if truth be known although we were well received and had a faithful (if small) following, we were never really destined for greatness. There were four very distinct personalities/egos and too much 'politics' went on for my liking. We split in 1994, I hung up my mic for a couple of years, dabbled again with a band called sikorski, but that was just a little hobby, before getting a call in 2002 to audition for the Sharp Cuts. Been with themn now since 2003, and loving it, also written and recorded an album with my mate James Bacon, who was in a band called mindfeel with Simon Hinkler ( artery/pulp/the mission). We're calling the project 'Grosse Konig' and the album will be available in January, as will our website which is currently 'under construction'. I realise you didnt ask for all that info but if ya get me started on music I will ramble :hihi:


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coming soon grossekonig.co.uk

Originally posted by theimposter
I saw 2:10 at the Hallamshire...I can't remember who with...The Bendy Monsters? The Protectors?...These Animal Men?? Im sure it was These Animal Men...I've got the flyer somewhere. What a gig...I got my pic in the NME when the reviewed it....

Good luck with the new project...I like you are currently starting a new project "The Zeligs" following a split from my old band.......

ayup theimposter.... it was These Animal Men who we supported at the hallamshire, and it was a great night, the place was rammed even when we were on, and we had a top laugh. One of the funny things about that night was these animal men, onstage they were all shouty and 'punk' but offstage they were, with all respect, a bunch of southern softies , 'hooligan' was actually the very nicely spoken 'julian' and the drummer was getting all upset because he thought our drummer was going to wreck his snare, til we explained we had our own stuff. they had the big dressing room upstairs, and we didnt get a dressing room at all , they were complaining that there were not enough sandwiches and cans of lager, but all in all they were ok lads.
aah memories, it was a great scene back then, would love to see that flyer and any pics you took theimposter.

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Originally posted by theimposter
I saw 2:10 at the Hallamshire...I can't remember who with...The Bendy Monsters? The Protectors?...These Animal Men?? Im sure it was These Animal Men...I've got the flyer somewhere. What a gig...I got my pic in the NME when the reviewed it....

Good luck with the new project...I like you are currently starting a new project "The Zeligs" following a split from my old band.......

i remember these animal men.........for the short time they were big

i know the bendy monsters, i used to go to school with nearly every member of em........i have a tape of em aswell as the previous, muzzle club.....saw both bands hundreds of times at the hallamshire etc :)

Originally posted by bluemonday
What a great line-up! I'd love to see that gig again now.
... not wanting to split hairs, but the line-up at the city hall ballroom was Pulp, Various Vegetables, Longpigs. The Longpigs might have been a lot better than us, but they were supporting!

Originally posted by melthebell
i used to see the veggies a bit, used to know at least two of them, names are sketchy now

Jody rings a bell (was he the small one with black sticky out hair?) and karl? was he a vegetable?

hi mel

Carl used to come on stage for the last song (vegetate), do a daft rap and trash a wooden guitar. He is now a professional photographer living in Burngreave...

http://www.carlrosephoto.com/

Originally posted by jfoe
hi mel

Carl used to come on stage for the last song (vegetate), do a daft rap and trash a wooden guitar. He is now a professional photographer living in Burngreave...

http://www.carlrosephoto.com/

HAHA cheers

jeez its funny seeing what people are doing after all these years

ive still got a photo or two of him sat im my flat in pitsmoor

Jeezus
some of those burngreeve pics bring back memories

specially the offlicense, catherine street, ashram (used to be pinkies i believe)



well i used the contact function see if he remembers me :)

I bumped into Ben Key (the drummer) yast year on Ecclesall Road. Can't remember what he said he was doing these days (besides he now has a kid)

The complete lineup was

Joe Fowler (Guitar + main vocals), Jody Wildgoose (Bass), Ben Key (Drums), Justin Wood (guitar and backing vocals), Bryan Day (guitar)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJENKmtYyo

By accident I found a recording of Various Vegetables playing live on Radio 1's Sound City in Apr. '93! It's on the end of The Lemonhead's set.. but sadly only one and a half songs before the tape runs out.... shame!

By accident I found a recording of Various Vegetables playing live on Radio 1's Sound City in Apr. '93! It's on the end of The Lemonhead's set.. but sadly only one and a half songs before the tape runs out.... shame!

Any chance I could get a copy of that?

Yeah sure.. I can put it on a CDR... now, how do I get your address? Cheers!

Yeah sure.. I can put it on a CDR... now, how do I get your address? Cheers!

If it's digital format and smaller than 100mb in size then you can send it via http://www.yousendit.com/ - I'll PM you my email address. Thanks

i used to hang out with the longpigs and 100 quid amongst a few others i cant remember,i seem to remember my mate tim mccall who played with 100 quid and then the crybabys(he now plays lead for jarvis cocker) did some session work with vv.these animal men ring a bell but we drank a lot of beer back then and i cant remember who was in them? can anyone help?

Yeah sure.. I can put it on a CDR... now, how do I get your address? Cheers!
rip it to mp3 and upload to something like rapidshare...id like to hear it too.

by the way anybody know owt about when Jodys new albums gonna be out??

Ahhhhhh.. Various Vegetables! I have a (very old) tape recording from when they were on the Mark Radcliffe show on Radio 1, many many moons ago.