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- Chin Up Chin Up: A great band marked by tragedy.
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- The Verve: Who’s goin’ solo this time?
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- Mika Miko: Punk done.
Stereogum is a great music site, and they have compiled a fantastic video — with more than a hint of cheekiness — of all the bands who hung up their hats in 2009. Yep, even as EVERY FAMOUS BAND OF THE LAST FIVE DECADES reunites amid dreams of that final cash-in there were several, mostly smaller, bands saying “fuck you” to their mates.
A short list of the victims: Chin Up Chin Up, Oasis, Queen (with Paul Rodgers), Cyann & Ben (one of my personal faves), Harvey Danger (they weren’t already broken up?), Brooks & Dunn (YEAH!), The Verve (who cares), Harlem Shakes, Mika Miko (no big loss, truth be told), The Rakes, Oxford Collapse (great Sub Pop band), Panther (I believe this is — was — a post-The Planet The band, and thus notable to Gumshoe).
So get yr tissues ready and watch Stereogum’s “In Memoriam” with hope in your hearts RIGHT HERE. That’s right, or RIGHT HERE!!! (or right here) …
