|
So far The Various Assortments have been
compared to the likes of The Beatles, The Rutles, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Small Faces,
doo wop, Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, David Bowie,
Brian Eno, Frank Zappa, Kevin Ayers, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band,
Wings, Frank Spencer, The War Of The Worlds, Billy Liar,
Grease, Tom Petty, Jilted John, John Shuttleworth on acid, Frank Sidebottom, Teenage Jesus & The Jerks,
The Ramones, The Queers, The Buzzcocks, Buddy Holly, Pere Ubu,
XTC, The Fall, Squeeze, Blancmange, Depeche Mode, OMD, Gary Numan, Madness,
Captain Sensible, Howard Jones (!), Adam Ant solo (!!), The Buggles, Kate Bush, Madness,
Julian Cope & The Teardrop Explodes,
Half Man Half Biscuit, the 60s, the early 80s, the late 80s, plink plonk music, The Dukes Of Stratosphere, Mr Bungle, They Might Be Giants, The Lightning Seeds, Blur, Pulp,
Super Furry Animals, The Frogs, The Weakerthans, The Streets, Gorillaz,
The Fratellis, a cockney Bob Dylan,
and a bedroom Kaiser Chiefs.
Conversely, Laura by The Scissors Sisters has been compared to The Various
Assortments, as has Creeping Up The Backstairs by The Fratellis, and the singer from The Magic Numbers reminded Tony Young of Paul
Program. One
day the truth will finally be told about The Assortments and Andy
Fletcher, Bjork, Charlie Harper, Roy Harper, John Otway, Jake
Riviera, Clive Langer, John Entwhistle, The Levellers, Richard
& Judy and the man from Pulp. |
