Fatboard Slims:
Damian Harris wrote this feature
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/04/big_beat.html
‘…Big Beat was very direct, crammed full of euphoric moments and less focused on getting lost in the groove than house music. Some called it lager music as it wasn’t essential to be on drugs to enjoy it – however, most fans took Es or poppers just to be sure. This, along with liberal use of the guitar, made the scene more palatable to NME, who were swapping miserablism for hedonism. Fatboy got on the cover, and we had a big indie dance love in…’
See link for full article – an interesting little read for nostalgias sake maybe!
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