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Boing! is an album I keep going back to, time and time again - lovely pop music, as pop music should be.
Nice site Robin, I'll check around to see if I can find any more info for you!
Friends,
I'm in Russia and can't find this album for like ten years already! I owned it once, but it's long gone! Could you PLEASE give me an MP3 link to I Might Fall, so I could have something at least.
Good old Airhead.
The soundtrack to 1992, and still graces the CD player on occasion. Sing-along songs..."Right now", "Funny How" - Boing is a classic.
Great site. Airhead are the band that got me into Indie music 15 years ago. I still really love Airhead and have spent ages buying up all the CD singles off eBay. They have permanent residence on my iPod.
I'd love to know what happened to Michael Wallis.
Excellent site with some lovely visuals and some great tabs - well done indeed.
Spent the best part of 10 years trawling 2nd hand record shops for Boing and, when I eventually stumbled across a pristine unplayed edition of it, had to take the afternoon off to listen to it.
Thanks again for the site!
Rob, I've got your name and, um, URL from your other band sites, so I have very high hopes for this Airhead site. Absolutely fantastic to see something on the net about them after all these years. I'll check back regularly.
Does anyone know anything about that second album? About two years ago, almost any search for 'Airhead' on e-bay would bring up a CD-R containing 'the demos for Boing 2'. I hate ripping bands off so didn't buy it in the end, and no one seems to be offering it any more. Any pointers?
I'm not a fan, my mate had Boing so I might have heard it all those years ago, but I'd like to congratulate you on your site. I found it after searching for them on Wikipedia and then wondering "who writes these entries?".
Now I know, well done for being part of pop as we love it.
I'm lucky enough to have seen Airhead live (supporting Inspiral Carpets in February 1992), and at that gig they played some new songs that never appeared on any of their releases. I'm a bit hazy on their content, sorry, but one in particular stands out as it had sort of swirly, disjointed, Eastern-tinged verses, joined together by a sudden silence punctuated by three 'beep' noises from the keyboards. I'm not really describing this very well, am I! They also did one (possibly two) session for The Evening Session, which again featured some otherwise unheard songs. Cheers for doing this site, it's about time that they were championed somewhere!
The song that had the 3 beeps in i think was released on the that's enough ep called They don't know but once recorded they did not include the beeps which in a way left the song lacking!
Well done on the site Rob. I was sat here at my computer this morning and I decided to write an entry for Wikipedia only to discover that you'd beaten me to it. I hope that you can expand the site - I don't know the legalities for providing mp3 snippits but that is surely the way to go!
I've done a fair amount of ebaying to buy some of the back catalogue - I won't tell you how much I paid for the Mother Tongue EP!
Just to let you know, I'm an English Teacher and I have a poster up on my wall of the song lyrics to 'Funny How' - not their best song lyrically or musically, but my Year 11's think it's great.
Keep up the good work, I will contact you if I find anything useful for you.
Hey Robin,
Just thought I'd let you know that I have put in a link on my blogs for you. I doubt anyone will read them but I thought I'd let you know!
i have a well listened to copy of boing!, it got me through school! and i still enjoy a listen (and singalong!) none of my friends have ever heard of airhead so it was nice to find this website and the cds selling at good prices on ebay! other people with delectable taste!
What a forgotten gem of a band and album - they deserved so much more....
Long live airhead
Wow what a blast from the past! I had Boing on tape but lost it a while back...still know all the words though! It's great hearing the tracks on your myspace. I've always wondered what happened to them. Listening back now I think they've been a huge influence
whoops pressed the wrong icon...a huge influence on my song-writing.
Cheers mate!
I can't believe it - there I was minding my own lunchtime business, jaws locked firmly on a pasty - and then it came on the radio: "Funny How" by Airhead!
I couldn't believe it - I bought the "Boing!" album way back when tape cassettes weren't rude and OLD, and it very quickly became (and remains) one of my 'favourite things'.
To stop the music from degrading along with said cassette, it's since been bounced to MP3 via a multitude of equal sins: DAT, midi, etc.! The vicious, nasty cassette has long since gone, but the music remains... I never thought I'd hear the day when it was played on Radio (guess I was waiting for the likes of 6 music - Wikipedia says it was "played heavily" by R1, but I never heard it...).
It's an album I keep going back to - it's just so good.
Anyone remember the Cleaners from Venus (Martin Newell)?
Scrap Happy is one of the greatest songs ever & an amazing tune to open an album with.
I managed to see them twice back in the day,both in Northampton,at the Irish Centre(which is now a strip club!!) & at the Roadmender.2 fantastic gigs,it's such a shame they never made it really big.
I bought a couple of cd's of unrealsed tracks & demos off E-Bay & they are really excellent.
Great site,keep up the good work.
Nice to see Boing lives in others' memories, too... Such a shame that worse bands have kept going and Airhead have just been forgotten.
Went down to see them at The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth and it was a great gig. I have the LP (jostick burn on the outside edge testament to many drunken nights in shared houses) but my taped copy gave up the ghost years ago. I would love to have a digital version for my iPod but can't bring myself to bid for some German bootleg. Thanks for setting up the site.
Hello all. I loved this album at the time and was a real indie fan, my friends didn't take to it though (probably not rough enough for them(?))!!! Still got my copy, it gets played on my MP3 occasionally. Most vivid memory of listening to this album was when i worked for Keycamp in the Loire valley, it got played in our tent quite a lot and on my walkman when we were setting up the camp sites. Great stuff. kingdaniel69@yahoo.com
I saw the band play live in 1992 at Trent University. It was the first concert I had ever been to and it is still the best. The music was amazing and they looked fantastic. I never go long without listening to Boing. A simply amazing album. I also own most of their singles. It is a tragedy that they only produced one album. Simply brilliant.
An Airhead website! Brilliant band. I was prompted to serach the web for them this week after listening to the new Kaiser Cheifs album; there are definitely a few similarities. They were sadly under-rated despite producing an excellent album, and I dare say they would've been bigger had they arrived during the Britpop era only a few years later. They supported Inspiral Carpets on their Dragging Me Down tour in February 1992 and went down very well. The Boing album was excellent; Couting Sheep, Funny How and Right Now are veritable classics. It's been so long since I heard those tunes though, I must see if I can find my cassette copy.
Airhead, if any of you happen to chance upon this site (as I just did) - you were a quality band. Brilliant, timeless album that was years ahead of it's time. Why not get together for a tour to show the young 'uns how it's done? Go on...
What a blast from the past! I'd forgotten about Airhead until I heard 'Funny How' whilst out and about in Derby. I searched high and low for my cassette copy of 'Boing!' with no luck. It prompted me to search the net for info, and here I am!
I was age 15/16 in 1992, and it was the likes of Airhead that got me through those GCSE years!!! 'Easy' is probably the stand out track for me, at that tender age the lyrics seemed amazing. Now I've managed to track down a copy on CD (bargain £14.99 on ebay, I've seen it got for £36!!!) I still think they're amazing!
'Boing!' should have been the start of something fabulous - sorry to say this wasn't the case and as US Grunge took over I got into raving. Sad...
After reading a previous comment, I agree with the idea of an Airhead reunion tour and album. They would still kick ass. Time to start the campaign for the comeback. Any one want to sign the petition?
Just had a 'whatever happened to...' moment and thanks to Wikipedia came across this site. I saw Airhead in Bangor University, presumably very shortly after Funny How was released, as I seem to recall it was right at the start of term. They played to a half-empty main bar, and anyone who's ever been to Bangor will know that's not many people. Can't remember the set particularly well but I do know I thought the tunes were great.
At the gig I got talking to a chap about the music and we went on to become best mates - and have since been best man for each other. I have happy memories of us sharing many 'fruitless' Friday nights in the student union followed up by drunken singing of the chorus to Funny How on the way home - all thanks to Airhead!
Last I heard Mike Wallis was back working as an accountant in Maidstone, he was never terribly rock and roll...
There was a music video for 'Funny How.' Has anyone uploaded it yet?
Wow!! I've only just found this site - after years of searching e-bay for Boing and never successfully winning it!
They were my fave band in the 90's but only had album on tape which is now mangled and won't play.
Nice site !
Good to see there are still Airhead fans out there. Airhead was one of the best gig's I've been to. A sort of homecoming (as close as homecomings get to darkest Kent) at Metrognome in Folkestone where the band announced they were calling it a day.
The gig seemed to last for hours with pretty much all their material played.
Shame a good band had to call it off after such a good first album. I seem to remember there was some animosity between Airhead and Carter USM. Anyone know any more ?
For some totally bizarre reason I started humming'Counting Sheep' a few weeks ago (not having heard it for what must be over 10 years) and only after a a quick search remembered it was Airhead...
It all comes flooding back now, and now I'm another one looking to pick up a copy of Boing!
Not an actual fan as had never heard of them but am lucky enough to now be working with the gorgeous Ben Kesterven who i am happy to say has not lost his looks and can still bang out a good tune as they many a good tune played on a old fiddle
Boing was my fist love and it will have a place in my heart forever saw them at folkstone BRILLIANT cant belive some lucky lady is working with Ben is he still in the music business ?
Airhead reunion tour Fab Idea sign me up
This is a great site.
I am writing a book on the lesser known early to mid 90s english indie bands and was hoping on decvoting at least a chapter to the influential but oft overlooked Airhead.
I would love to hear any fan anecdotes particularly more info on:
Ben kesteven's allegeded late 90s sessions with Herbie Flowers, Level 42 and Marc Almond and his current status as a property tycoon with massive Greek holiday complex developments
The incident in which Airhead members allegedly tied "Fruitbat" from Carter USM to a chair and repeatedly played him Motorhead CDs
The rumors of a propossed reformation and tour featuring a spinal tap style "new skiffle direction" and a live greatest hits concert to be filmed in a disused cold war bunker complex
also photos of any fans with Airhead tattoos or "our song" style reminsences
I bet Ben can still bang out a good tune. I followed them on various tours for a while - if Ben's reading this then i still have the autograph and treasure the memory's of how i came to get it.
XX
oh yes sweet Ben strummed and banged a few tunes out of me!
I can certainly confirm that Ben is now heavily involved in the property business - he actually specialises in securing Greek Villas for use in the adult film industry. So the recent ancedote about his whereabouts was not all wrong!!
from what I remember his performances were always of a professional nature!
Baron of Squatmilk: post you email address I have got lots of material for your book it could end up being as controversial as "The Dirt" about Motley Crue
and I have lots of juicy bits on Sam Kesteven as well, also now involved in the "adult industry", but back in the day he took no prisoners. had all the members of bananarama AND the wonderstuff!
I heckled the band once at the Wedgewood Rooms and afterwards the Kesteven brothers got hold of me outside in Albert rd and gave me a really hard time
I then saw them again down the road in the Wine Vaults, they both gave me a right doing over, really kicked me about, I lost a few teeth.
Indie Grrrl. I think various members of what later became the band "candy flip" were involved in that particular incident with Bananarama and the wonderstuff.
Strawberry fields indeed.
God they were not the clean cut boys of pop they made out.
I am glad to hear the brothers K have made out all right and are still around they're CD is the best from the 90s! I have a video of them on the "Word" is anyone wants to trade.
The K's still owe me some money on some whizz and disco biscuits mind.
Motely Crue's "the dirt" is right they were both right hoovers, drug dustbins, space cadets...we called Ben "special K"!!!
I am liking this messages. The Airheads are very big in turkey. Tell me more about this book and can it be bought? I am worry that this may be drug music I did not think engish kesteven brother put drugs in only lagers
Funny you should say that about "special K."
I remember the night he slipped into a K hole while in the back of the transit on one of our earlier tours.
Scariest thing i have ever seen - he ended up convinced Keith Chegwin was out to kill him. Went berserk - his brother had to knock him out with the supply of "jellies" they were giving to "the kids" after the show.
Man i hope he got counselling for his anger!!!
Oh that Transit!
That was so uncomfortable till the Kestevan's installed their "groupie mattress"
Wonder if Ben's trophies are still stuffed underneath?
Crazy Days!
hy annonymus where in turkey are you? i am an indie english fan in turkey maybe we can meet about airheads talk
is it true that felicity kendal was the inspiration for many of their songs?:
I saw the 'Head at Trent in '92, too. I agree it was a cracking gig one of the best
Thanks for this site it is excellent I had no idea Airhead were so popular all these years later! They were a good band. Crap name.
I remember telling one of the K's that I thought the name was rubbish and he went for me! slapped me right across the face and said something in a fake jamaican accent "das claat jah" or some such tripe
crazy days, indeed
Speaking as a former member, I feel I must make a contribution to this 'discussion' and apologise for the fact that my current workmates have got wind of this site and are obviously making ludicrous and false (if occassionally funny) remarks.
For those of you who have made such kind and complimentary contributions I must say a humble thankyou - and apologise if my colleagues have reduced this all to a bit of a p*** take.
As far as I'm aware, we're all doing fine but Sam's eyes remain too close together.
Keep contributing and maybe we'll get Boing on itunes!
Regards,
Ben K
Ben K,
Have you heard the news that Dodgy have reformed and touring? This is a great opportunity to get Airhead back out on the road and just test the water as i am sure you will be surprised with the turn out?
Also why haven't you or any of the band members got a MYSPACE page as it would be great to find out more from the past and maybe to make a future AIRHEAD.
Here's hoping
Andy W
To be honest Andy W I have seen a few of the members recently and if they did reform they would have to be called "Barehead" not "airhead" and would do well touring with Right Said Fred.
Andy W,
I would love to get AIRHEAD back together but other members are not so keen. The way forward is to try and get on iTunes and get some ground roots level interest from former fans like yourselves.
Failing that a big money offer from a label should give me a bit of leverage with the guys. I know that a few years ago Marillion, a band I am a huge admirer of, asked fans to each send £10 to them to fund an album. Marillion then made an album and mailed it to their fans.
I am thinking along these lines for new recordings or even a live reformation project.
Regards
Ben K
Andy
There is no way I would reform the band with both of the Kesteven brothers involved. I would only be in if Roger Wells was on bass. He was a better musician than Ben K and a nicer bloke all around.
The K twins or special K guys were absolute animals together and made the Gallaghar brothers look like Mormons.
What is your email address Baron of Squatmilk I have got anecdotes and photos that will make your book a best seller!
If Ben K wants to get the band back together without me he will have to call it "special K Airhead" or " from the Airheads"
Regards
Mike Wallis
Enough!!!!!
Ben K (original)
I like the idea of a joint tour. Apart from the odd Daz advert Right Said Fred aren't exactly packing them in these days.
I can see that ticket would sell: two 90s pop legends, two bisexual bald brothers!
We must do it!
Regards
Richard Fairbrass
Now is worrying time to be Airhead fan. First we are told that they put drugs and not just lagers in. Now we are told they are gays AND straights at the same time and put themselves in men and women. and feclicity kendal? who is this felicity?
Yes I must say I am more than a little disillusioned myself!
People posting on her are not real fans or band members, the band themselves reforming under dubious circumstances...
next we will be told that Airhead was not a real band and they didn't play their instruments.
Hi Damon Albarn here!
Airhead, The Monkees and the Archies is where I got the idea for Gorilaz.
AIRHEAD was actually a project by Robert Smith from THE CURE and Wayne Hussey from the MiSSION/SISTERS OF MERCY
"AIRHEAD" was just a play on Robert's nickname, "Bed Head"
The guys that pretended to be in the band for touring purposes were just actors.Robert and I still chuckle about how they used BLUR as the inspiration for some of their artwork.
and Ben K sat in on a few BLUR seesions when Alex James was too out of it.
See ya
Damon x
Great to see my brothers work mates have so much free time on their hands, and I thought I had a dossy job!
Ben, exercise some control over those reprobates.
Anyway, please don't feel put off from leaving comments on this site.
We've all been shocked to see how many people still remember the band and its great to hear how much the album was enjoyed.
I've been in touch with Mike and Steve recently to invite them both to my wedding (Mike and Ben will definitely have to turn up as their both ushers). I'm hoping to pursuade them to bring their instruments along so we can bash out a few songs.
Ben has been forcing his kids to listen to Boing for years and they know all the words to Funny How, so I guess that's as good a reason as any to play at the wedding.
Thanks again for visiting the site and leaving comments.
Sam
Hi , Mike, Sam, Ben
If you guys were to put on a comeback gig to test the water with the fanbase what sort of money would it cost to get a gig at the Bull & Gate pub in Kentish Town or something along those lines?
There is a venue in Hertfordshire that i could find out if they would be interested in getting you back on the map and i would be willing to help with the groundwork?
Come on guys give it a thought as you can see there are a lot of fans still out there.
Lastly if one of you set up a MYSPACE page then the fans will surprise you with the lasting interest in AIRHEAD!!!!!
Let Me Know Guys?????
Andy W
Hi Andy W,
Just in case you (and possibly others) have been confused by the recent nonsense written here, the person claiming to be Mike Wallis is NOT Mike Wallis - it's a bored lay about who just happens to work with me.
I'm hoping he's gone onto something else now.....
Ben K (genuine)
Hi Ben,
I know your work colleagues have been putting up false comments but as you are being honest please would you answer my last few questions as it seems like at least you would like to get back out gigging?
Thanks
Andy W
Hi Andy,
It's not a matter of motivation to do some gigs, it's more a problem of logistics. We all live in different areas now, have jobs etc and I've got 2 young kids so getting together for rehearsals let alone gigs would take a lot of organising.
It's certainly not something I'd rule out and it'd probably be good fun etc but I really can't speak for the other guys. Sam's wedding is definately an opportunity to see how it works on a small scale so who knows?
Regards,
Ben K
Sam,
Used to be at college with you in Chelsea. We generally used to f*ck about and do nowt. You can contact me at thru my company www.karmabluedesign.co.uk.
Hope you are well dude.
James McAllister
Hi Ben K,
Thanks for answering my questions and heres hoping that Sam's Great day gets you boys back on the road?
Keep the fans updated with any news from now on!!
Cheers
Andy W
Ben,
What are your thoughts on the petition for the re release of Boing?
Do you think it is possible and is there any money in it for the band and what rights do you have on it after all these years?
Just a thought?
Andy W
Hi Ben K,
I thought you would be interested to know that a guy called Joel Mciver who works for Record Collector magazine would like to get in touch with any of your band members to write a piece about Airhead and the possible re release of Boing?
Joel is running a petition on the Airhead website at the moment to send to Warner Bros about the re release of Boing.
This is what he asked me to forward to you in an e-mail:
Thanks Andy. I'm a big fan of that album and am in touch with various record companies, which is why I thought I'd lobby Warners for a reissue. I'll definitely write a piece on them for RC if the guys are prepared to answer some questions, even if it's by email -- do you reckon you could pass them this email?
If you are interested in getting in touch with him let me know and i will forward his e-mail address.
Go on bring the good times back?
Andy W
wow. i've been doing periodic scans on the internet for over 10 years now looking for any airhead stuff, and now i find this!
i can honestly say that airhead are one of my all-time favourite bands, and i was only listening to boing! last week on the way down to glastonbury!
saw the band 5 times in total (including the trent uni gig in 92 and the derby wherehouse gig on the "thats enough" tour) and these gigs helped shape my music taste into what it is today.
if anyone wants to get in touch find me at poptunes.org
keep the apple,
wanye.
Just wanted to say airhead changed my life i bought the album back in 1992 on tape and played it so much i wore the out !!.
What a fantastic band you were at the time and deserved much more recognition that you got.
I live in the north-west and was very much part of the madchester indie scene and always thought you were a local band (not Kent !!).
So glad i found the website and cant help smiling and singing along to Funnyhow.
Absolutley superb thanks for all the memories.
Karl
So glad to hear you guys are all OK. I bought the CD off e-bay in the end - hope you are still getting the royalties! Would love to see a reunion gig some time - www.the-brook.com? Have fun at the wedding.
Love,
Hi Ben or Sam,
Please give us an update about yourselves and how the get together went with the old members?
Andy W
P.S Surprise me and tell me you will be gigging again?
Great site - was looking for stuff on Airhead after finding my student record collection at my parents house.
Was the Funny How video not the one that was on a beach with a Star Trek theme - oh I don't know my memory from the eary 90's is a bit of a haze.
Funny how was the soundtrack to my school days !!
Great band
Kev
You will all be pleased to find that BOING! is my classic album this week on my radio show (check www.atlantic.fm if you don't live in Cornwall - I'm on from 9.00pm Monday til Friday - but this isn't a plug for the show - just a statemet of support!!)
I was sitting there thumbing through 20 different mildly pretentious albums this evening when BOING! just called to me on the rack. It was hardly ever off the cd player back when it was released - it always puts me in a good mood and there isn't a bad track on it - what better excuse do you need to have a classic.
Anyway - just thought I would share that with you all on here.
Ledge
P.S. I still think that Funny How has one of the bext opening lines ever!!
Hi, so glad to find this web site at last after 15 years of searching. Would love to see the boys tour, reccord etc, I still listen to their music and hear something new in it 15 years on. I love it!! I also the SPike tracks too - keep em coming guys and please reunite - happy to help and get things back on track where they should be, Julie Allen
Great website, particularly loved the interview with their former manager, tinged with more than a degree of regret and possible missed opportuniies. She obviously had a great affinity for the band and their music,that sounds like it has no less diminished over the years. Have to agree with her about the demos they had for a 2nd album. I didn`t get to hear them myself until just over a couple of years ago(along with a whole host of other great stuff they recorded)Anyway they certainly had more than enough material to make an album even better than Boing!Such a shame unfortunatly that it wasn`t to be.
Michael Wallis I don`t know what yer up to now fella, but you were one hell of a songwriter...Thanks for the tunes!
The video for Funny How has turned up on YouTube. It's great, of course. Here it is.
Still have the vinyl knocking about somewhere, have to admit Boing! mostly gets aired during my random iTunes moments now, still go back to it for good old fashioned guitar pop! Sign the petition and let's have a re-release...
Airhead produced the best album I've ever heard, it starts with the fantastic Scrap Happy and is consistantly amazing until the last note. Creative, melodic, original, great musicianship, great songwriting, great lyrics, great image... they had it all going. I reckon if they had come out 10 year later when guitar music was getting big again... Airhead would have been worldwide household megastars... as much as I love Oasis, they would have been blown out of the water by airhead.
10 years later?.... I meant if they had come out a few years later they would've been household names! I'm forgetting what bloody year it is myself!!! I reckon Mike to get one of those Iv??? Novell?? awards... (or whatever they're called) for writing Boing
"Funny how" just about summed up how life was for me was in my late teens and early twenties, it was just great to have a song that did that without being morose. I had "Boing!" on cassette originally which eventually wore out and it was only about eighteen months ago (middle of 2005) that I eventually found a CD copy for sale online (no "Counting Sheep" sadly) which cost me about £25 but I just had to have it. The CD is now kept safe as I've got it on my MP3 player.
thanks for setting up this site, I've been searching for updated info on them for ages. The sound of my youth!!
I started listening to Airhead because this girl at school who I fancied wore an 'Airhead' badge so I got the album. She hated me (after that incident at my mate Dave's party) but it is probably in my top 10 most listened to albums ever, and I am delighted to have finally won the CD off eBay recently. Great stuff and good memories. I have been introducing it to my mates in the US with great success.
Boing is one of my fave albums of all time, unusual in that every song was great. I could never understand why they got dropped, and like a lot of other people on this blog about once a year I've searched for them on the internet without luck! Until today that is.
I cant seem to get boing album anywhere, anyone who does have it is out of stock, does anyone have the album which they could upload in an email or something for me so i can listen it Please Please Please
hi everyone , i had an email back from sam who said mike wallis has got a really successful career now ? but never said what in . does anyone know if its music or what it is thankyou as apart from here theres nothing on the web. he also confirmed the guys will play 2 songs at his wedding ..... i hope they video it
I met Ben and Sam a few times and saw them play in Maidstone. I met their Dad, a lovely bloke - an artist if I remember rightly. A really nice family! Of course I had a crush on Ben. We used to hang out in the pubs with another local band 'Headspin' with the Cruickshanks.
Still playing Boing! I had an idea of a petition to get the band back together 8 years ago and it's finally been done by someone else - hoorah!
Jo - Maidstone/Caribbean
Hi Ben
If you are still around I have a few questions...just a tiny bit of help.
I was at art college in Maidstone and saw Airhead and fell in love with them. I am writing a book about them now...the time is right. I'm delving further than most would though...cos I'm intrigued. My question is....some Maidstonian contributors have told me that you and Sam played in ANOTHER band at the same time Airhead were playing. That band has been called Death In Venice. I'd love to know if you and Sam were principal writers and if you made any studio recordings or if you released any material? Googling Death In Venice is a nightmare cos it's all about the book/film/opera....though it did link me to ANOTHER Maidstone band, Unlucky Fried Kitten. Any link there? Were any other Airhead guys in Death In Venice?
Um..that's it really..of course...if you want to furnish me with an interview for the book...that would be astonishing.
Cheers...RockWriter
Hi 'RockWriter',
Yes I'm still here - look in occasionally to see what's happening.
You're right about Death in Venice. It was basically the brain child of a guy called Andy Fraser - very funny bloke and an excellent lyricist Sam and I did some demo stuff with him and an American guitarist called Chris which was pretty good if I remember rightly. Sadly I lost my copy years ago (so did Sam). It was all happening around the time that Airhead started (or the Apples as we were called then) - bit of a shame that Death in Venice stopped as a result as it could've had some legs.
If you can be bothered to try and track Andy Fraser down it would be great to here from him (and get a copy of the demo).
Don't know anything about Unlucky Fried Kitten I'm afraid - there was a band called the Shoes around at that time who were pretty good I think. I believe the singer went on to record some stuff with Echo and the Bunnymen (could be wrong on that).
Hope that helps,
Ben
Does anyone remember the Killer Rabbits and Primitive Instinct? I heard from Mal from Don't Ask and Lever the other day. There were some great bands in Maidstone, I loved Nicky Clarke (not the hairdresser).
Yep...I remember Killer Rabbits...great band...and Primitive Instinct. Saw both of them at The Royal Albion.
Hi Ben...thanks for confirming that you were in Death In Venice...and for throwing up the name, Andy Fraser. The plot thickens...cos I googled said name and found that Unlucky Fried Kitten is his current band....AND on their MySpace page they have some Death In Venice songs...which I assume you and Sam are on. Your names were mentioned on the page...as was the American guitarist, Citizen Chris. If it is ones that you played on it means you can snag the songs from there, after losing the demo. They have a great full sound too. Ben and Sam...best rhythm section in the biz...seriously...so I hope you'll be doing more music. :)
Thanks Rockwriter - found the Unlucky Fried Kitten site and have snagged what I could. Sam and I were only on a few - Baby Blue, Ballerina and This is England. Great to hear them again - Sam's the one doing the fake scream in '..England' by the way.
Ben and Sam 'rent a rhythm section' in those days - I think sam was in 6 bands at once back then. He always was a tart....
Ben
hi could someone tell me i know mike has a successful career now but no one seems to know what it is???? is it music or something else , as ive googled him and nothing, hes not on anything like facebook or myspace i wish he would, x
Hi Ben.
I found Mr Fraser. (though he's called Andy Export these days. He said you're on three songs...the last one being Strange Summer. he's sent me a copy of the album (in the post at the moment). If you ever go on MySpace send him a message and he'll send a copy of the album to both you and Sam if you want one. When I said you got a mention it was actually on the ReverbNation site. You can find it on
reverbnation.com/unluckyfriedkitten
Ha Ha...I'm gonna listen to Sam's Kate Bush duties on This Is England again. I can totally recognise your bass style...espesh on Baby Blue.
No....you are on 4 songs...sorry (I have the cd album now)
Baby Blue
This Is England
Ballerina
Strange Summer
Hi,
I am wondering if anyone could please pass a message on to Mike? I worked with him many years ago (around 1999). A reunion is being organised in Dublin and I have been tasked with tracking Mike down. Please let him know that Niall O'C was looking for him - mobile number is the same as it was in 1999...
Thanks
Niall
I remember a very fun tour in the early 90s with Airhead. I used to work with Voice of the Beehive.
A great bunch of guys!!
Many people may not know this, but Airhead did get back together in 96. My band supported them at 'The Villa' in Uxbridge. Michael had written a superb song called 'play-away' which had a Weller-esque chorus about running machine guns for the Mob. They had also drafted my friend Richard Merrett in to play guitar. Sam is a superb drummer, and Michael a truly great voice. An overlooked talent and songwriter.
I spent ages trying to burn my vinyl copy of Boing! to mp3, without success, eventually I was forced to bite the bullet and buy the CD off ebay - it cost me over 30 quid and it was worth it - I love it as much as I did in 1992...
Just FYI kids, some awesome soul has posted a youtube video of the funny how live performance at Sam's wedding. Jump on youtube and do a simple search for Airhead Funny How and it'll turn up at the top of the list
//p
hi noone seems to know what michael wallace is upto these days ????
Thank you so much to whoever put Funny How live from Sam's wedding on You Tube! Its so good to see a performance from 2008! Great to see all band members looking well. Still listening to all your music guys and the tracks from Spike, your music lives on Mr Wallis! Please let me know if you have plans to record and play live so I don't miss out on anything! Congratulations on your wedding Sam! Julie Allen
Thank you for your lyrics pages. I was going mental last week trying to remember where the line "I'm leaving today, can't take this hypocrisy one minute more" was from.
I found myself singing it in the shower, but with my CD's in storage ready for moving, I wasn't able to work through. Had a revelation this morning that it might have been Airhead, and thanks to your site the weight has fully been lifted. Although I feel I need to ask for forgiveness for thinking it might have been the Milltown Brothers !!! Sorry
'I only love you 'coz you don't love me'
One of the best opening lines to any song.
Boing became pretty much the soundtrack of my teenage years.
Nowadays i write for a teenage soap and tried to use Funny How in the opening sequences but was told we couldnt secure the rights. Gutted.
The kids of today need to hear that tune.
Loved the video too. Played it to death after taping it on the chart show. Someone needs to download it.
hey,,,so many memories,,,,i av still got original tapes,,,,yes cassettes of 'the ratchet sound'. i can't believe let a mate borra boing and never got it back,,,where can i get a copy???? Still got some of the original when a couple of you were in 'planet of the apes' mode. Re-hursing in somewhere above the market buildings,,,maidstone!!!!! an gigging in gravesend!!!! luv ya all. xxx Wotever happened to the Royal Albion in Maidstone???is it still there???
How is the petition going to get Boing! re released? I need that album again man....managed to get it off Robin the Chef in Maidstone a couple (hmmm - actually probably 7 years) ago, but one of my kids managed to tread on it and break it. Aaaaarrrgghhhh
many thanks for the site.. after 18 years of listening to the album and singles, and being driven mad by a line of the lyrics in 'Counting Sheep' that I could never make sense of, now I know (was it just me, or did other fans have probs with 'don't build your hopes up, because if I'm acting strange it's just..').
In return perhaps I can help with lyrics on another song, your printed lyrics to 'Keep the Apple' miss a little of its excellent sarcasm.. I think the incomplete line is ' Change your hair, your face, your clothes, your taste and almost everything'.. more bitingly, my ears tell me that the prospective, well-connected AandR man says ' I've got the contacts, I know everyone from Bobby Davro down..'
(part of keep the apple was just up on youtube with a ?1960's film clip)
I never saw Airhead live, but I'd love the opportunity to see them.. my son is 6 and currently loves the songs- he was first interested listening to the difference between the demos and the polished songs on the single cds..
If over 500 people want to see the re-release of 'boing' on cd, would those 500 people also pay in advance for a gig? I think yes.. would they pay in advance to the rightful copyright holder for the demos for the second album? (seen on ebay a few years back)? I think yes.. Would/could that then lead to a 'long-overdue' for-the-fans-only second album??
I understand that the bandmembers have different lives now and the above might not happen, and if it did, it might all just turn out to be pants!!
But as long as everyone laughs /loves the experience, why not do it? Look at it as a bit of fun!!
No pressure, but I've listened to a lot of music in my 40 years and still find myself returning to 'Boing' regularly (I've just reread that and don't intend any 'carry-on innuendo'!). Michael,thanks for the pleasure that your writing has and continues to give me and, obviously, many other people.
I challenge the four of you to cheer us all up and announce something!!!
The four of you (and producers and mixers and everyone else) should be proud of what you created in the 90's.
Thanks, Mike
thanks to 'Mike' above... he got the words right! Correct lyrics for 'through my window' are:
There's a man on the corner, he sells me water, he knows my name, he thinks I'm strange
Well I think he's strange.
There's a mother and daughter, her daddy caught her and made her cry for playing games
Well I think he's strange
I can't believe my luck, the sun shines through my window
I think that I'm in love, the sun shines wherever we go
There's a ‘skin’ killing flowers, he's been there hours, each one that dies – I take the blame… Well I think he's strange
Just to his left there's a lady, she's selling daisies, “you buy some luck?”, she needs the change.
And we think that's strange!
Can't believe my luck, the sun shines through my window
I think that I'm in love, the sun shines wherever we go
No-one here to remind us - they'll never find us, they'll never change
Well I think they're strange
Can't believe my luck, sun shines through my window
I think that I'm in love, the sun shines wherever we go
Think that I'm in love, the sun shines wherever we go
Wherever we go
I know the kesteven's brothers younger brother, he says there twats, one had an affair.
You mean 'they're twats' not 'there twats' - write it out a hundred times and see me next week....
I was thrilled to finally find some info, at long last, about Airhead on the Internet. I absolutely treasure my copy of CD Boing which I bought at the time of release. September 1992 was amazing for me as I got married, went on honeymoon(first ever trip abroad) to Austria then a few days later went to see Airhead live at 'The Borderline'. On the flight home from Austria, with all the excitement of the Wedding & honeymoon over, I kept thinking 'At least we've still got Airhead to look forward to!' The live gig was great.
I'm happy to say I am still happily married, now have 2 children & 'Boing' remains on the highest shelf of our CD collection (Alongside only CDs that we continually play-all the others are recent ones like Elbow, Muse) Boing always gets pride of place & now my 10 year old son enjoys it. It still sounds so fresh. I never tire of it. 'Easy' is one of the best songs ever. If I had to rescue one CD in a fire, Boing would be it!
'Funny how the girls you fall in love with never fancy you, funny how the one's you dont do'. Probably the best line of any pop song ever written. And I'll stand by that comment till the day I die.
'Funny how the girls you fall in love with never fancy you, funny how the one's you dont do'. Probably the best line of any pop song ever written. And I'll stand by that comment till the day I die.
'Funny how the girls you fall in love with never fancy you, funny how the one's you dont do'. Probably the best line of any pop song ever written. And I'll stand by that comment till the day I die.
'Funny how the girls you fall in love with never fancy you, funny how the one's you dont do'. Probably the best line of any pop song ever written. And I'll stand by that comment till the day I die.
I can't belive I've just stumbled across this site! I've been listening to Boing! forever and can't even remember where or when I got it - must have been at school...How fab that we can form a little appreciation society for them as I really love their album!
Hey I've got a spare copy of Boing! I'm selling on eBay. If you havent got this great CD nows your chance!
Link below..
Cheers
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=230343727292
I have loved Boing! ever since it came out in 1992, great memories of the gig at Northampton Irish Centre in 1992 - the soundtrack to one of the best summers of my life :)
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If anyone fancies seeing the Funny How, Scrap Happy and Sheep vids, go to vimeo.com
HELP!!! My fiance is Airhead's BIGGEST fan. Does anybody know how I can get in contact with them to ask if they would play at our wedding??
p.s great website. x x
Airhead - You're really, really great. Please go on tour again so we can see you play live!
this album still keeps me going ,ive got a recorded tape and have kept a tape deck just to hear it. still quality after all these years. reform go on , what else is there to do. may as well have a laugh and give us a gig.
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