Comet Gain is a British indie rock band with heavy influences from Dexys Mi… Read Full Bio ↴Comet Gain is a British indie rock band with heavy influences from Dexys Midnight Runners and northern soul. The band includes ex-Huggy Bear bass player Jon Slade and included future Velocette members Sarah Bleach and Jax Coombes.
Comet Gain was started in David Feck's bedroom in Oxford, United Kingdom in 1992. He roped in housemate Phil Sutton, (The Soft City) to play drums, and then persuaded Sarah Bleach and Jax Coombes, who lived round the corner to join. He found guitarist Sam Pluck, little fella with a nice anorak, looked a bit like a girl...er... in London and thus was born the first stage of the ..er...Latest Soul Vision! Yes! They all met and played for the first time at the Monarch pub in Camden in 1993. You could do that then. Incidently Feck also met future CG singer Rachel Evans that same night. Foresight and planning!
Mr Wiiija, Gary Walker, saw them and signed them up, and before you could say 'You know' three times, they had put out a single 'Aliens at War'/'A Kind of Loving", which single handedly sounded like the TVPs, a bit. They then released the original version of 'Kids at the Club', backed with a song ruined by Feck and Phil's awful rythm section, called 'Goodbye Song', for which at least one of them is still sorry.
But then, came a record beloved by Twee pop fans everywhere - though in those days they were called Cuties (well they were younger then!) that was also championed by DJ Danny Rampling at his club...no that's not right...'Casino Classics' ladies and gentlemen!! What Saint Etienne nicked off'em a bit later on. the cheeky beggars!...Spread out across two sides of an album, as is traditional, this album was even a hit in California, where it was released by Xmas records. Christmas in the sun. Funny that...
This was followed by Peel sessions and...you know...the other. Looked a bit like a shrew...very thin! Though I'm not surprised, the state of food in the BBC canteen. I'd be thin! I never liked sago pudding. What is it? Then there was a couple of EP's, 'Baby's Allright'/'Charlie' and 'Say Yes'/'Hideaway' - two angry shouty rockers and two northern soul infatuated pop songs and a scuppered album, "Sneaky' (which came out with only Feck's songs) which some people said was quite long. But good. I've got it somewhere. Oh no somebody else has...
Any road, the first line-up split in 1997, after they started heckling themselves on stage at the legendary club 'The Beat Happening'. That was ten years ago ladies and gentlemen. In 1998, a second line-up, that didn't get on each others nerves all-the-bloody-time...was started. But that's another story.
The post-1997 line-up of Comet Gain featured the following:
David Charlie Christian Feck (vocals, guitar, keys)
Rachel Evans (vocals)
Jon Slade (a.k.a Jon The Slade) (guitar, keys)
Kay Ishikawa (bass)
Blair Cowl (guitar, bass) (1997-1999)
Erik Brunulf (guitar, bass) (2001)
Darren Smyth (drums) (1997-2001)
Chris Apelgren (drums) (2002)
M.J. Taylor (percussion) (2001-)
Comet Gain was started in David Feck's bedroom in Oxford, United Kingdom in 1992. He roped in housemate Phil Sutton, (The Soft City) to play drums, and then persuaded Sarah Bleach and Jax Coombes, who lived round the corner to join. He found guitarist Sam Pluck, little fella with a nice anorak, looked a bit like a girl...er... in London and thus was born the first stage of the ..er...Latest Soul Vision! Yes! They all met and played for the first time at the Monarch pub in Camden in 1993. You could do that then. Incidently Feck also met future CG singer Rachel Evans that same night. Foresight and planning!
Mr Wiiija, Gary Walker, saw them and signed them up, and before you could say 'You know' three times, they had put out a single 'Aliens at War'/'A Kind of Loving", which single handedly sounded like the TVPs, a bit. They then released the original version of 'Kids at the Club', backed with a song ruined by Feck and Phil's awful rythm section, called 'Goodbye Song', for which at least one of them is still sorry.
But then, came a record beloved by Twee pop fans everywhere - though in those days they were called Cuties (well they were younger then!) that was also championed by DJ Danny Rampling at his club...no that's not right...'Casino Classics' ladies and gentlemen!! What Saint Etienne nicked off'em a bit later on. the cheeky beggars!...Spread out across two sides of an album, as is traditional, this album was even a hit in California, where it was released by Xmas records. Christmas in the sun. Funny that...
This was followed by Peel sessions and...you know...the other. Looked a bit like a shrew...very thin! Though I'm not surprised, the state of food in the BBC canteen. I'd be thin! I never liked sago pudding. What is it? Then there was a couple of EP's, 'Baby's Allright'/'Charlie' and 'Say Yes'/'Hideaway' - two angry shouty rockers and two northern soul infatuated pop songs and a scuppered album, "Sneaky' (which came out with only Feck's songs) which some people said was quite long. But good. I've got it somewhere. Oh no somebody else has...
Any road, the first line-up split in 1997, after they started heckling themselves on stage at the legendary club 'The Beat Happening'. That was ten years ago ladies and gentlemen. In 1998, a second line-up, that didn't get on each others nerves all-the-bloody-time...was started. But that's another story.
The post-1997 line-up of Comet Gain featured the following:
David Charlie Christian Feck (vocals, guitar, keys)
Rachel Evans (vocals)
Jon Slade (a.k.a Jon The Slade) (guitar, keys)
Kay Ishikawa (bass)
Blair Cowl (guitar, bass) (1997-1999)
Erik Brunulf (guitar, bass) (2001)
Darren Smyth (drums) (1997-2001)
Chris Apelgren (drums) (2002)
M.J. Taylor (percussion) (2001-)
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Comet Gain Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Comet Gain:
An Arcade From The Warm Rain That Falls I got your message today I′m sorry what happened to you It…
Another Girl For I have got another girl, another girl You're making me…
Bad Nite At The Moustache My name is Charlie Damage and my light has been…
Beatnik Alright! He's a rebel, he's a guru, and he's a beatnik H…
Books of California All these words I wrote Those books were mine From shatter…
Carry On Living I am stronger than you I can see the future of…
Charlie Charlie is a lad who likes to get around It's his…
Clang Of The Concrete Swans Houses out of giro, christenings out of bread Just another …
Days I Forgot to Write Down John The distance of time is stuck And when the sharp fuck…
Draw a Smile Upon an Egg Whatever museum it was Whatever roof upon Whatever ach…
Fingernailed for You I like the warm nights, i like the rain forward.…
Ghost of the Roman Empire I can't believe I've broke my hearts I'll end up dying…
Gone Before We Open Our Eyes She moves from dream Back to her daydreams Thinks that the…
Hard Times Cold, cold eyes upon me they stare People all around me…
Her 33rd Perfect Goodbye You glued your hopes onto a sunset that never came Only…
Hideaway Let me stay for my time, baby Never thought I'd see…
I Close My Eyes and Think of God He said he felt like falling (I feel like falling) Said I…
If You Ever Walk Out Of My Life You know I'm sinking slowly You know I'm sleeping and lonely…
Jack Nance Rising Try and drink it from your mind But all the time…
Kids At The Club Get dressed at seven Be up by nine I'm up all…
Labour I, I was so hateful And you were so grateful To be…
Love Without Lies He's worn the same suit for weeks and moused up…
Mid 8Ts We're exclamation marks, the approximate yeah! Shy and tende…
Moments In The Snow I was trying to explain it to someone. Like, run through…
Movies Will you take me, will you take me To the movies,…
My Defiance I hope this, I want this, I need this I won't…
Pier Angeli Packed his bags and drove across the bridge To where she…
Raspberries There was a time that i thought that i'd died The…
Realistes Who needs the sea of the rich dream Don't believe the…
Record Prayer In our pockets, receipts and machines In our estate the lif…
Right Now? No I wanna get away from Bedrooms and bathrooms And recor…
Saturday Night Facts Of Life When I was young I came upon A girl I met Now…
Say Yes Say yes and let's enjoy the winter Say yes and celebrate…
Seven Sisters to Silverlake He was gone, gone, gone into the blue Didn't take that…
She Never Understood I don't know what to do In this world of pride I'm…
Society Of Inner Nothing Sunsets all around Future summer clouds A million kids wanti…
Steps to the sea People look at us and See the punk and the…
Strength Baby, baby I really need you Give me the strength to…
The Ballad of a Mix Tape And as we read, the world written in red Luminous languag…
The Ballad Of The Arms Of Cable Hogue Electric train and pony The lights around your city The hu…
The Fists in the Pocket if you're looking for me, looking for me i'll be down…
The Kids at the Club Get dressed at seven Be up by nine I'm up all…
The Punk Got Fucked Thirty pounds but it don't work So now I'm stuck with…
The Shining Path Your life is in danger And you're no stranger To pills…
The Story of the Vivian Girls The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What Is Known…
These are the dreams of the working girl She leaves the office at 6 o'clock Gets off at her…
This English Melancholy In this English melancholy I am lonely I am friendly I am…
Villain So she married a bastard from Fulham And she loved him…
We're All Fucking Morons I don't mean to interrupt you I see you've had a…
Why I Try To Look So Bad I was trying to look so hard I was trying to…
You Can Hide Your Love Forever he has a picture of her underneath her poster so he…
Your Robert! yr steel grey hair, yr straw blond hair they cut me…
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