Swivel Chair: Beautiful Losers?
At least that’s what Nude Magazine thought, who printed this brief version of my ‘I Was a Swivel Chair’ story: Name: Swivel Chair. Town: Edinburgh, Scotland. Years: 1999-2004 Influences: KLF, Pet Shop Boys, Joy Division. Career Highlight: Our third triumphantly drunken gig.. Lowpoint: Our fourth disastrously drunken gig. Line Up: Craig Low (bass, samples) Milo ...
I Was A Swivel Chair (part 4)
The Man Who Listened To Planes March 2000 Swivel Chair had started as a joke by Craig and a friend of his, Dave, 6 years before. On discovering the music software Acid, Craig had resurrected the project and recorded some bizarre tracks with another pal (also called Dave) including ‘My Dog Has a Cold’ ...
I Was a Swivel Chair (Part 3)- Witness No.1
One night after work and a couple of drinks in the pub Craig and I walked home along Fountainbridge. We passed a group of neds hanging around a car who shouted something at us but we ignored them and carried along the road. Craig lived on Viewforth whilst I lived further along on Bryson Road ...
I Was a Swivel Chair (Part Two)
As mentioned in part one, the sheer misery of my experience working for HMV was to lead to my joining Swivel Chair, and was a major influence on the Swivel Chair anti-work ethos. Now for (probably) the first time, I can reveal some of the horrors involved in music retail. Slave LabourWe were hired before ...
I Was a Swivel Chair – Part 1
Part one of a “memoir” detailing the trials and tribulations of being in an unpopular comedy band. Warning: adult/offensive content I was never supposed to be in a band. There are many reasons for this: I cannot claim that I have ever been “cool”. I have never learnt how to play an instrument ...