Song · Pablo Honey era (1992–93)
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One of the oldest songs they have, recorded twice and used to open fifty-seven shows.
Drill (EP)album- 1992released
- 3:23length
1991–93
recorded twice
It goes back to On a Friday. A version is on the Manic Hedgehog demo cassette from October 1991, and the Drill EP in 1992 used that same recording rather than a new one. It was recorded again for Pablo Honey at Chipping Norton with Sean Slade and Paul Kolderie.
It opens the first album, and what it shows is a band already interested in being difficult: chords that swap between major and minor under the same melody, and time signatures that shift mid-phrase. Reviewers looking back at that record usually name this and “Blow Out” as the two moments where the later band is audible.
1991–2002
the opener
First played in Oxford on 31 October 1991, fifty-eight times in 1993, and of the archive's 186 nights it has opened fifty-seven and closed twenty-one.
on stage
Live at MTV 1994.· WiseRileywatch on youtube →
Live history
| Times played | 186 shows |
|---|---|
| Live debut | Thursday 31 October 1991 · Oxford |
| Last played | Wednesday 7 August 2002 · Salamanca |
| Opened the night | 57 times |
| Closed the night | 21 times |
| Longest absence | 2 years · back on Sunday 25 June 2000 · Thessaloniki |
Nights played include broadcasts; opened and closed count gigs only. A cancelled night has no setlist. All setlist stats →
Tabs (2)
sources3
- Wikipedia, “Pablo Honey” and “Drill (EP)”, for the recordings and the music (the second citing Mac Randall, Exit Music, 2011, for the Drill tracks taken from the demo).
- Pablo Honey CD booklet and back cover, 1993, for the album recording.
- The site's own catalogue note, based on Rolling Stone.