Cast
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If you were into Britpop as much as I was, the biggest hype back in ’95 was probably Cast. All the regular press (NME, Melody Maker, Q, etc) were mad for these lads, mostly because the primary driving force behind Cast was The La’s bassist, John Power.
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The La’s with their hit song, “There She Goes”, was a heavy influence on then-current Britpop bands… so when Cast appeared with their demo tape in ’94, there was a huge hype behind them.
They had a string of hit-singles (all charting in the top 20 UK charts): Finetime, Alright, Sandstorm, and Walkaway from their enormous hit album All Change. I have always thought that among these singles, that “Alright” is perhaps the most famous of all the Cast song. The song was recently compiled in Rhino Records’s The Brit Box.
Anyway, I remember picking up All Change at the Virgin Megastore in Los Angeles, on sale for $7.99, along with Gene’s Olympian and have been enjoying both albums to this day.
I never followed Cast after the Britpop fallout, but a friend from England sent me a copy of Mother Nature Calls, which I honestly didn’t like as much as All Change. I’m almost certain that most critics didn’t like their second album either.
That was my last encounter with Cast, until I found out that they broke up in 2002 after their fourth album, Beetroot failed chart. Reading the reviews, they all cited that their last album was a huge departure from Cast’s pop/rock sound.
It was only natural that John Power went solo after the breakup, although I was really surprise to hear that he’s gone really blues! Even his singing style is more growly, check out “Ain’t No Woman” from his third album, Stormbreaker a few months ago.
Also, apparently there are plans to re-release The La’s as a special double-disc deluxe edition on April 7th, 2008.
02/16/2008 00:37:26 vu my♥posts 
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