25 Years ago today
It’s a quarter of a century since a band from Aylesbury released their first single, “Market Square Heroes”. Having heard their Radio 1 sessions, and seen the band play the Reading Festival two months earlier, it was an eagerly-awaited release. With strong 70s prog inflences very much worn on their sleeves at the time, they were a world apart from the NWOBHM scene I was largely into at the time.
I bought the 12″ version which included the 17 minute epic “Grendel” on the B side. I remember listening to the solo at the end of that song, and thinking “That Steve Rothery bloke isn’t a bad guitarist”. It never occurred to me I’d still be a fan 25 years later.
Here’s to the next 25 years!
