The Diagram Brothers.
At Offset a few months back i had the pleasure of meeting Andy Diagram. Mr. Diagram was the bassist/ trumpeter from the Diagram Brothers and also played in Dislocation Dance, The Pale Fountains and later James.
It was great to meet a man I had spent so much time listening too. Unfortunately when I did get to meet him I was out of my box, I have a feeling I probably embarressed myself. At one point I do remember him asking me to repeat what I had said to him 5 times. This means i was probably talking complete bollocks. shit.
I’m going to put up my favourite Diagrams and Dislocation Dance stuff. As well as a great interview from a few years ago when they all got together in a pub in Manchester to discuss the past 25 years since they played together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bs58RNo2ik
Dislocation Dance - You Can’t Beat History
Andy also told me that they were trying to get the rights off the BBC to release the Diagram Brothers Peel Sessions, I think this is a amazing idea, the tracks from the 3 Peel Sessions are all great (especially ‘Tracy’ and ‘The Expert’), I’d love to own them on vinyl. I think some sort of facebook petition should be circulated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMQLAi10rZA
Diagram Brothers - I Didn’t Get Where I am Today By Being a Right Git (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKTjUuj4NM0
Diagram Brothers - I’m a Policeman
Here is the interview:
