Cheap Life (formerly known as supernovab's 80s Song #17) is an formely unidentified alternative rock song by British band Pigbros, released in 1986 as a single and in 1988 on the album From Now On This Will Be Your Ideal Life.
Search History[]
On August 19th, 2010, user robert-msk (Pro56) posted the song on WatZatSong. According to them, the song was recorded on tape in 1987. They also shared a link on 4shared with a longer snippet, but it soon became invalid.
On August 16th, 2012, user So.it.goes.2512 created the page about the mixtape "Peel 042 (BFBS)" from radio BFBS on John Peel Wiki, among which was this song was played.
December 24th, 2013, OP posted the ling on zippyshare with the song on AllTheLyrics, but it soon became invalid too.
On December 26th, 2013, YouTuber supernovab17 posted the song on his channel.
On December 29th, 2013, the song was identified by user jp12345 as Cheap Life by Pigbros. It soon turned out that the song had been played on radio by John Peel.
Lyrics[]
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Pigbros[]
Pigbros: formed 1984 by Nick Beales (guitar & vocals) fresh from a stint in The Nightingales and Jonathan Cooke (bass). Recruiting a teenage Fuzz Townshend (later with Pop Will Eat Itself, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Ranking Roger, The Beat, The Wonder Stuff, etc - as well as projects under his own name) the band played a few gigs before augmenting the line up a few months later to include Svor Naan (saxophone & guitar) not long departed from The Cravats.
The initial sound was a rumbling, bass-heavy groove, driven by Fuzz’s drumming and Jonathan’s unique echo bass with Nick's fierce choppy guitar playing. Added to this concoction was Svor’s mixture of sax riffing and swirling echo effects and a rather curious guitar style which could be mistaken for a balalaika. Although along the way there was a tendency to deviate from this template, Pigbros did on the whole manage to maintain this sonic approach.
As a live experience Pigbros offered a bit of showbiz/glamour both in the look and sound. Nick Beales relished the role of front man and sported a silver glitter shirt. Another visual and sound feature was Fuzz’s tin bath normally attached to his drum kit but, for the song ‘Excessive’ held up centre stage by Svor whilst Fuzz clattered out the rhythm.
Pigbros recorded two radio sessions for the John Peel show (in 1985 & 1986) and released four 12” 45rpm EPs and one LP.
Gallery[]
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External Links[]
- Original WatZatSong Post
- John Peel Wiki Page
- AllTheLyrics Post
- The Full Song
- Discogs Page (Single)
- Discogs Page (Album)
- Band's Wiki Page
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