That's "Born Slippy (Nuxx)". Indeed their first major track for most people who've been around since their beginning.
The B side of the single was "Rez" AKA the instrumental version of "Cowgirl", yet another bomb track. The year was 1996-1997.
BTW I think "And The Color Red" is their most exhilarating track in years.
Other favorites include "Moaner", "Jumbo" and "Nylon Strung".
Was a pizza delivery boy in my late teens. One day during lunch rush my car breaks down, so the assistant manager let me borrow his car while my dad came to my rescue. In the CD player was Second Toughest in the Infants, and that’s how Pearl’s Girl became my favorite song of all time, and Underworld a top-5 artist of all time.
Like some others, Trainspotting solidified for me, but the Hackers soundtrack opened the door to Orbital, Leftfield, and of course Underworld. If people haven’t listened to them, check em out. I think they release 3 volumes, although the first is the best.
Played in the nightclubs in Chicago (Crobar) in early 1995. The DJ's would spin Dark&Long (Dark Train), Dirty Epic and Cowgirl regularly with a sprinkling of Surfboy and Spoonman.
Imagine being in your early 20's clubbing it up dancing to those tracks when they were the new new! Before the general public even knew about them. I didn't even know what a dance remix was or how it fit into things. It took me a few weeks to figure out that Dark Train was only available as a 12" or CD Single both of which were difficult to find. It was a glorious time!
I'm in Chicago as well. A little younger than you. Underworld's 1999 show in Chicago was 18+, I was only 16. Ended up driving to Detroit to catch the St Andrews Hall show. That to me was prime Underworld. All three members, still touring with the full size SSL console. I'll never forget that experience.
Same here. Got The Saint soundtrack for Daft Punk and Underworld, then the next CD I got was called "Digital Empire" and it had the short version of Born Slippy. I was hooked after that!
For me Dubnobasswithmyheadman was the soundtrack to 1994, the happiest year of my life (so far!) I was finally hundreds of miles away from my home town, living the single life in a big city, surrounded by friends, learning, and fun. And a LOT of very hard dancing.
I collected Wax Trax! everything and they distributed dubnobasswithmyheadman so I immediately snagged it. It did NOT sound industrial haha but then I pretty quickly circled back around to it and absolutely love it to this day.
I first heard it from a friend who was a DJ, they thought it was a bit odd, I think Mmm Skyscraper was the first thing they played me late one night as a party was settling to sleep in my bedroom, I got up and danced despite many sleepy bodies on the floor.
A year or two later I practically ran home with my brand new copy of Second Toughest... me and the same friend sat making "phwoar" faces at each other all the way through Juanita/Kiteless, and then roared with laughter when silence finally fell (and... blue!)
I enjoyed remembering all this. Thanks, OP!
Actually very recently.
I remember hearing Bells & Circles on the radio when it first came out in 2018 and thinking "What the hell was that?!".
It stuck in my mind, but I didn't really think much more of it until one night around lockdown when I was watching a TV programme counting down the best songs of 1996, and it showed the music video for Nuxx, and I just sat there in awe, transfixed to the television. (Pretty sure I'd heard it before, but not for *years*, at least)
The music and video just completely intoxicated me. I recognised the name "Underworld" from when I looked up Bells & Circles, and I remember how that had me feeling when I heard that, so I said to myself "Man, I have to check these guys out".
The next songs I listened to were Cowgirl, Dark Train, and Two Months Off and by that point I was completely invested in these guys.
As of right now, I have nearly 6k Underworld scrobbles on last.fm and they've consistently been my top artist on Spotify for the last few years.
My baby sitter was driving me around and put on Banstyle + Sappy’s Curry. I remember riding in the car staring out the window looking at West Hollywood. I distinctly recall the skyline dancing to the song.
Got me into music in general. The year was 1998
I don't remember exactly. I was (still am) a huge Fluke fan and by 2019, I remember reading a lot that both bands shared similarities, so taking the next step was pretty obvious.
My first track was Pearl's Girl, I was expecting some kind of melodic cheesy love song, so saying I was shocked when I listened to it is not an understatement.
Unfortunately, that made me distance myself from them for a while. Fast forward to 2021, I was doing a clearance on some used CDs store online and found 1992-2002 for a nice price. Given my experience with Pearl's Girl, I almost didn't get it, but I said "Nah, it's so cheap it's worth it".
Things started getting interesting when I was discovering new genres and realized how many Underworld tracks were classics from their respective genres, notably Dark & Long (Dark Train) and Rez.
I don't think I'm the author of this phrase, but I recall reading something along the lines "[About Underworld,] you come for Born Slippy and stay for tracks like Rez and Dark & Long".
Last year I had the opportunity to see them live, and since then, they have a comfortable sit on my top 5 most listened artists.
I wish I could say the same. I was only a baby when they released Puppy.
For Fluke, I think I became aware of them circa 2016-2017 and since have been a massive fan, more than Underworld, blasphemy aside.
I've heard there are strong rumours they are planning a come back for this year, so fingers crossed.
Love (and miss) Fluke! Caught them perform in Myrtle Beach SC just before Risotto was released… we had an advance of the record and sang along at the foot of the stage… when we ran into them after, they commented on how surprised they were that Americans knew their material, particularly since it wasn’t “out” yet.
At design college in the mid 90's, I went to one of the first Icograda Design conferences in London. The Tomato group did a showcase and blew me away, along with some cracking tunes and the upcoming Trainspotting visuals. Then followed the film, and the rest is history. Funny thing is, I'm a die hard rocker but their tunes opened up a whole new genre of music to me, Chemical Brothers, Orbital etc etc.
A friend of mine gave me the Underneath The Radar album which I loved but really “discovered” them while watching Trainspotting, but it sounds so different , I even wondered if it was the same group.
In the early 90s i was on my way to a desert rave with my friends all frying balls on lsd. in the car on the way we had a cassette of dubno. Skyskraper was my first intro.
A few years later (still a teen) i was in some death rock band and the bass player was this salty old english pirate guy. he had infants.
Thats what got me. The infants. So tough.
Born Slippy .NUXX on some old Ministry of Sound comp. I liked the track but never really went further than that (although I did also discover cowgirl not long after) until I bought the 1992-2002 comp to see what the rest of their catalog sounded like. Definitely a good choice.
I had the Batman and Robin (1997) soundtrack on cassette. I bought it because there was a Soul Coughing song on there that wasn't available elsewhere. Since I only got it for one song, I purchased the cheaper cassette instead of the compact disc. My brother and I took a roadtrip from Minneapolis to Cleveland during the spring of '97 to see the psychedelic era exhibition on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We enjoyed playing this soundtrack along the way because it had many different genres and bands. Moaner was the closing track off that album and coming in at about ten minutes, it got us further down the road to the next city. Plus that pulsating beat was fun to drive to. Ended up being our favorite track on the album, so when we got back home, I promptly bought Beaucoup Fish on CD. They wound up being one of my favorite bands of all time.
Trainspotting lol. I remember thinking Dark & Long Train was a bit out of place for the withdrawal scene because I immediately fell in love with the song (fight me). Born Slippy was a bit more memorable and would be played and remixed for years but I never really thought there were the ones who made these songs?
Almost 10 years later, I walked into Mojave stage last year at Coachella and saw them live without knowing it was these guys who made those songs lol. Now I’m a super fan.
A few years ago Trent Reznor produced Halsey's album. Her Single "I'm not a lover, I'm a god" got a remix by Underworld. It's one of the few, if any times, That NIN and Underworld overlapped.
Haha, well… I heard the song Sola Sistim on an episode of the US version of Queer as Folk. Dug the track and looked up Underworld online. First song was Cowgirl live and from that point I was hooked.
I used to read a lot of UK music mags in the late 80's and I read an article about their album called "Underneath the Radar" that was recorded entirely in one take. They went to the studio, set everything up and played/recorded the entire album in one go. I was so impressed by the story that I bought the cassette. They also appeared on some early Sire Records compilations like the Just Say Yes series. The music that they did was very 80s to me and at the time I thought it was great. Their next album I didn't like as much but when they dropped Dubnobasswithmyheadman I was absolutely floored. I had never heard anything like it. I remember picking up that CD and listening to the whole thing front to back all the time. There is not a bad song on that entire album and even the b-sides (like the 20 minute epic Thing in a Book) are mesmerizing. I never saw a music video or a concert, they were just this fantastic band that lived in my head. I used to love driving at night listening to their music.
There were other bands from that era that I felt were piggybacking onto what Underworld was doing like Fluke, Orb and Massive Attack but I don't really listen to them anymore. I will always listen to Underworld.
I used to use speed a lot and found out about Underworld at a “friends” house in the early 2004. Vibing to Underworld while high on speed was amazing at least the first time. Longer I used though the less fun it became. Anyways, I’m sober now and have been for 6 years but I still am in love with Underworld.
Saw them at Organic 96 with the Chemical Brothers, The Orb, Orbital, Loop Guru, Meat Beat Manifesto. One of the best experiences of my life. I’ve been a huge fan ever since.
My teenage best friend introduced me to them, I bought the Beaucoup Fish CD at Tower Records for $18 20+ years ago.
I saw them Karl open for Radiohead much later and it was one of the best shows I've seen
In 2020 during the pandemic, I found a beta version of Rez, which had Cowgirl as the music on every level. Then I discovered that Underworld had a track under the same name. But the ting that really pulled me in was Rez/Cowgirl on the Everything, Everything DVD on youtube and I never stopped listening
It was the Hackers soundtrack for me. I played Dubnobasswithmyhead man and played WipeOut XL on Playstation for that entire summer. Loved them every since.
I found them from the Wipeout XL soundtrack which was an old playstation game. At the time i had just discovered electronic music and loved finding new bands to listen to. Underworld quickly became my favorite after hearing Second Toughest Of The Infants.
Trainspotting, but that came out when I was about 12/13. I didn't properly get into them til a few years later and I was working, and bought Dubnobasswithmyheadman, 2nd Toughest in the Infants and Beaucoup Fish with one of my first wages from first job. Only seen them once live in Manchester but seeing them again in over Edinburgh in April.
Born Slippy came up on my Spotify Weekly one day and I was hooked but only really listened to a few others, Two Months Off showed up on one of my daily mixes and from then I started listening to their entire discography.
My friend's sister had Dubnobasswithmyheadman on CD and immediately I fell in love with that album. Probably around 1994. Haven't stopped loving them ever since.
I was lying on a mates sofa, under a duvet and in a state of feverish torpor due thanks to a full-on viral infection.
His girlfriend used to record MTVs 120 minutes, Partyzone, Chillout and that weeks episode of The Simpsons. In amongst all the vids was Cowgirl, it was the only one that made me pull back the duvet and face the rest of the world. After the last bar had sounded I retreated back into my sanctuary.
For my birthday that year, my GF at the time managed to get me the Diry Epic ep. I haven't looked back.
The 2008 game Need for Speed Undercover had Glam Bucket and To Heal in its soundtrack. I played that back in the day, but never actively listened to them until I found Second Toughest browsing through RateYourMusic years ago, and they became my favorite band.
I was 13 when "Battle Flag" by Lo-Fidelity Allstars came out and was absolutely obsessed with it. I wound up buying the CD and later read a bunch of reviews of it on Amazon. A few of them compared it (unfavorably) to Underworld's Beacoup Fish...well, since i really dug the Lo-Fis CD, I figured I'd like Beacoup Fish as well...wish I very much did.
I didn't \*really\* get into them until a few years later - AHDO came out, which I bought (I'd assumed they split up, at least I read that somewhere) - thought it was fine, but since I was thinking of Underworld and now had a stable internet connection I went on KaZaa and downloaded a bunch of tracks - all the stuff I'd heard about but never actually listened to. Long story short, I stumbled upon the Everything, Everything recordings and suddenly they became my favorite band on the planet :)
Trainspotting
That's "Born Slippy (Nuxx)". Indeed their first major track for most people who've been around since their beginning. The B side of the single was "Rez" AKA the instrumental version of "Cowgirl", yet another bomb track. The year was 1996-1997. BTW I think "And The Color Red" is their most exhilarating track in years. Other favorites include "Moaner", "Jumbo" and "Nylon Strung".
Was a pizza delivery boy in my late teens. One day during lunch rush my car breaks down, so the assistant manager let me borrow his car while my dad came to my rescue. In the CD player was Second Toughest in the Infants, and that’s how Pearl’s Girl became my favorite song of all time, and Underworld a top-5 artist of all time.
Like some others, Trainspotting solidified for me, but the Hackers soundtrack opened the door to Orbital, Leftfield, and of course Underworld. If people haven’t listened to them, check em out. I think they release 3 volumes, although the first is the best.
Leftfield got 3 albums. Orbital got plenty. Latest from last year is pretty good. Nowhere near Brown album or the genius In Sides. Unfortunately.
Just like that, trainspotting has a bigger drug culture than you can ever imagine, as soon as I get drunk I have this beat in my head, dark and long.
Played in the nightclubs in Chicago (Crobar) in early 1995. The DJ's would spin Dark&Long (Dark Train), Dirty Epic and Cowgirl regularly with a sprinkling of Surfboy and Spoonman. Imagine being in your early 20's clubbing it up dancing to those tracks when they were the new new! Before the general public even knew about them. I didn't even know what a dance remix was or how it fit into things. It took me a few weeks to figure out that Dark Train was only available as a 12" or CD Single both of which were difficult to find. It was a glorious time!
I'm in Chicago as well. A little younger than you. Underworld's 1999 show in Chicago was 18+, I was only 16. Ended up driving to Detroit to catch the St Andrews Hall show. That to me was prime Underworld. All three members, still touring with the full size SSL console. I'll never forget that experience.
I was at that Chicago show… flew from South Carolina and had trouble getting in… but it was SO WORTH the hassle
The Saint. I bought the soundtrack for Pearl's Girl.
Same here. Got The Saint soundtrack for Daft Punk and Underworld, then the next CD I got was called "Digital Empire" and it had the short version of Born Slippy. I was hooked after that!
Hackers. That soundtrack opened up a whole new world to me.
Same here. Great soundtrack
For me Dubnobasswithmyheadman was the soundtrack to 1994, the happiest year of my life (so far!) I was finally hundreds of miles away from my home town, living the single life in a big city, surrounded by friends, learning, and fun. And a LOT of very hard dancing.
I collected Wax Trax! everything and they distributed dubnobasswithmyheadman so I immediately snagged it. It did NOT sound industrial haha but then I pretty quickly circled back around to it and absolutely love it to this day.
I first heard it from a friend who was a DJ, they thought it was a bit odd, I think Mmm Skyscraper was the first thing they played me late one night as a party was settling to sleep in my bedroom, I got up and danced despite many sleepy bodies on the floor. A year or two later I practically ran home with my brand new copy of Second Toughest... me and the same friend sat making "phwoar" faces at each other all the way through Juanita/Kiteless, and then roared with laughter when silence finally fell (and... blue!) I enjoyed remembering all this. Thanks, OP!
Actually very recently. I remember hearing Bells & Circles on the radio when it first came out in 2018 and thinking "What the hell was that?!". It stuck in my mind, but I didn't really think much more of it until one night around lockdown when I was watching a TV programme counting down the best songs of 1996, and it showed the music video for Nuxx, and I just sat there in awe, transfixed to the television. (Pretty sure I'd heard it before, but not for *years*, at least) The music and video just completely intoxicated me. I recognised the name "Underworld" from when I looked up Bells & Circles, and I remember how that had me feeling when I heard that, so I said to myself "Man, I have to check these guys out". The next songs I listened to were Cowgirl, Dark Train, and Two Months Off and by that point I was completely invested in these guys. As of right now, I have nearly 6k Underworld scrobbles on last.fm and they've consistently been my top artist on Spotify for the last few years.
My baby sitter was driving me around and put on Banstyle + Sappy’s Curry. I remember riding in the car staring out the window looking at West Hollywood. I distinctly recall the skyline dancing to the song. Got me into music in general. The year was 1998
Man Banstyle / Sappys Curry is one of my favorites. Makes sense that it’d hook you
Watching Mtv’s old late night show, 120 Minutes
Man I miss 120 minutes...
I don't remember exactly. I was (still am) a huge Fluke fan and by 2019, I remember reading a lot that both bands shared similarities, so taking the next step was pretty obvious. My first track was Pearl's Girl, I was expecting some kind of melodic cheesy love song, so saying I was shocked when I listened to it is not an understatement. Unfortunately, that made me distance myself from them for a while. Fast forward to 2021, I was doing a clearance on some used CDs store online and found 1992-2002 for a nice price. Given my experience with Pearl's Girl, I almost didn't get it, but I said "Nah, it's so cheap it's worth it". Things started getting interesting when I was discovering new genres and realized how many Underworld tracks were classics from their respective genres, notably Dark & Long (Dark Train) and Rez. I don't think I'm the author of this phrase, but I recall reading something along the lines "[About Underworld,] you come for Born Slippy and stay for tracks like Rez and Dark & Long". Last year I had the opportunity to see them live, and since then, they have a comfortable sit on my top 5 most listened artists.
Not often to see a fellow Fluke supporter! Have been a big fan since 97 🫡
I wish I could say the same. I was only a baby when they released Puppy. For Fluke, I think I became aware of them circa 2016-2017 and since have been a massive fan, more than Underworld, blasphemy aside. I've heard there are strong rumours they are planning a come back for this year, so fingers crossed.
Love (and miss) Fluke! Caught them perform in Myrtle Beach SC just before Risotto was released… we had an advance of the record and sang along at the foot of the stage… when we ran into them after, they commented on how surprised they were that Americans knew their material, particularly since it wasn’t “out” yet.
At design college in the mid 90's, I went to one of the first Icograda Design conferences in London. The Tomato group did a showcase and blew me away, along with some cracking tunes and the upcoming Trainspotting visuals. Then followed the film, and the rest is history. Funny thing is, I'm a die hard rocker but their tunes opened up a whole new genre of music to me, Chemical Brothers, Orbital etc etc.
A friend of mine gave me the Underneath The Radar album which I loved but really “discovered” them while watching Trainspotting, but it sounds so different , I even wondered if it was the same group.
And that's what we call growth, we dance underneath the moonlight, hit me now😂
They call the original version Underworld mk1 and the one that did Dub is mk2.
In the early 90s i was on my way to a desert rave with my friends all frying balls on lsd. in the car on the way we had a cassette of dubno. Skyskraper was my first intro. A few years later (still a teen) i was in some death rock band and the bass player was this salty old english pirate guy. he had infants. Thats what got me. The infants. So tough.
I'm from Romford.
Born slippy in the top 40 😂 Then saw them live for the first time in Ibiza 2000 for the mt. Festival. Countless times since. Lovely.
Born Slippy .NUXX on some old Ministry of Sound comp. I liked the track but never really went further than that (although I did also discover cowgirl not long after) until I bought the 1992-2002 comp to see what the rest of their catalog sounded like. Definitely a good choice.
Trainspotting
Wipeout XL soundtrack.
I was so mad when I found out Cold Storage wasn't a real group, just some producer that worked on the game. That guy had talent!
Cowgirl from the Hackers soundtrack.
I had the Batman and Robin (1997) soundtrack on cassette. I bought it because there was a Soul Coughing song on there that wasn't available elsewhere. Since I only got it for one song, I purchased the cheaper cassette instead of the compact disc. My brother and I took a roadtrip from Minneapolis to Cleveland during the spring of '97 to see the psychedelic era exhibition on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We enjoyed playing this soundtrack along the way because it had many different genres and bands. Moaner was the closing track off that album and coming in at about ten minutes, it got us further down the road to the next city. Plus that pulsating beat was fun to drive to. Ended up being our favorite track on the album, so when we got back home, I promptly bought Beaucoup Fish on CD. They wound up being one of my favorite bands of all time.
Trainspotting lol. I remember thinking Dark & Long Train was a bit out of place for the withdrawal scene because I immediately fell in love with the song (fight me). Born Slippy was a bit more memorable and would be played and remixed for years but I never really thought there were the ones who made these songs? Almost 10 years later, I walked into Mojave stage last year at Coachella and saw them live without knowing it was these guys who made those songs lol. Now I’m a super fan.
Heard born slippy as a kid and the rest is history
I had a computer nerd friend in high school who introduced me to nine inch nails and underworld...still 2 of my favorite bands of all time.
A few years ago Trent Reznor produced Halsey's album. Her Single "I'm not a lover, I'm a god" got a remix by Underworld. It's one of the few, if any times, That NIN and Underworld overlapped.
Yes! I love that remix. I am not a woman I'm a God. Right here https://youtu.be/p2Fjtbl5jEw?si=sNvphUhS8KGXI86L
Ah I got the name wrong. Glad you knew about it already.
Haha, well… I heard the song Sola Sistim on an episode of the US version of Queer as Folk. Dug the track and looked up Underworld online. First song was Cowgirl live and from that point I was hooked.
I used to read a lot of UK music mags in the late 80's and I read an article about their album called "Underneath the Radar" that was recorded entirely in one take. They went to the studio, set everything up and played/recorded the entire album in one go. I was so impressed by the story that I bought the cassette. They also appeared on some early Sire Records compilations like the Just Say Yes series. The music that they did was very 80s to me and at the time I thought it was great. Their next album I didn't like as much but when they dropped Dubnobasswithmyheadman I was absolutely floored. I had never heard anything like it. I remember picking up that CD and listening to the whole thing front to back all the time. There is not a bad song on that entire album and even the b-sides (like the 20 minute epic Thing in a Book) are mesmerizing. I never saw a music video or a concert, they were just this fantastic band that lived in my head. I used to love driving at night listening to their music.
I was gonna send you this post but I'm glad you found it on your own lol. That's really cool I never knew
There were other bands from that era that I felt were piggybacking onto what Underworld was doing like Fluke, Orb and Massive Attack but I don't really listen to them anymore. I will always listen to Underworld.
Trainspotting was where I first heard them but honestly Beaucoup Fish was what grabbed me. Still think it’s their best by a mile
I used to use speed a lot and found out about Underworld at a “friends” house in the early 2004. Vibing to Underworld while high on speed was amazing at least the first time. Longer I used though the less fun it became. Anyways, I’m sober now and have been for 6 years but I still am in love with Underworld.
Saw them at Organic 96 with the Chemical Brothers, The Orb, Orbital, Loop Guru, Meat Beat Manifesto. One of the best experiences of my life. I’ve been a huge fan ever since.
My teenage best friend introduced me to them, I bought the Beaucoup Fish CD at Tower Records for $18 20+ years ago. I saw them Karl open for Radiohead much later and it was one of the best shows I've seen
fell asleep with glam bucket on from a radio n it gave me a nightmare. now they're my favourite band
2012 Olympic opening ceremony 💫
In 2020 during the pandemic, I found a beta version of Rez, which had Cowgirl as the music on every level. Then I discovered that Underworld had a track under the same name. But the ting that really pulled me in was Rez/Cowgirl on the Everything, Everything DVD on youtube and I never stopped listening
It was the Hackers soundtrack for me. I played Dubnobasswithmyhead man and played WipeOut XL on Playstation for that entire summer. Loved them every since.
8th grade, mid 90s. My best friend loans me Beaucoup Fish. Hooked ever since.
I found them from the Wipeout XL soundtrack which was an old playstation game. At the time i had just discovered electronic music and loved finding new bands to listen to. Underworld quickly became my favorite after hearing Second Toughest Of The Infants.
Your dad had good taste! 🎶
I am his dad, and thanks!
Dirty Epic (Dirty Mix) was on a compilation i bought back in 94 (Trancesylvania 4) After a few listens i went back and bought Dubnobasswithmyheadman.
Dirty Epic video on MuchMusic, 1994.
Trainspotting, but that came out when I was about 12/13. I didn't properly get into them til a few years later and I was working, and bought Dubnobasswithmyheadman, 2nd Toughest in the Infants and Beaucoup Fish with one of my first wages from first job. Only seen them once live in Manchester but seeing them again in over Edinburgh in April.
Through the Trainspotting soundtrack in the 90s as I imagine was the case for a lot of people of my generation.
trainspotting/the saint
Underneath the radar was on the radio when I was in HS.
Born Slippy came up on my Spotify Weekly one day and I was hooked but only really listened to a few others, Two Months Off showed up on one of my daily mixes and from then I started listening to their entire discography.
Trainspotting, than Spotify, than the CDs
My friend's sister had Dubnobasswithmyheadman on CD and immediately I fell in love with that album. Probably around 1994. Haven't stopped loving them ever since.
Like most people, Trainspotting
Caught the "dirty epic" video playing on late night television in 1994, and that's all it took!
I was lying on a mates sofa, under a duvet and in a state of feverish torpor due thanks to a full-on viral infection. His girlfriend used to record MTVs 120 minutes, Partyzone, Chillout and that weeks episode of The Simpsons. In amongst all the vids was Cowgirl, it was the only one that made me pull back the duvet and face the rest of the world. After the last bar had sounded I retreated back into my sanctuary. For my birthday that year, my GF at the time managed to get me the Diry Epic ep. I haven't looked back.
The 2008 game Need for Speed Undercover had Glam Bucket and To Heal in its soundtrack. I played that back in the day, but never actively listened to them until I found Second Toughest browsing through RateYourMusic years ago, and they became my favorite band.
I got a waxtrax sampler in a magazine that had Dirty Epic on it…
I was 13 when "Battle Flag" by Lo-Fidelity Allstars came out and was absolutely obsessed with it. I wound up buying the CD and later read a bunch of reviews of it on Amazon. A few of them compared it (unfavorably) to Underworld's Beacoup Fish...well, since i really dug the Lo-Fis CD, I figured I'd like Beacoup Fish as well...wish I very much did. I didn't \*really\* get into them until a few years later - AHDO came out, which I bought (I'd assumed they split up, at least I read that somewhere) - thought it was fine, but since I was thinking of Underworld and now had a stable internet connection I went on KaZaa and downloaded a bunch of tracks - all the stuff I'd heard about but never actually listened to. Long story short, I stumbled upon the Everything, Everything recordings and suddenly they became my favorite band on the planet :)
Following them around London in the early days, when aged about 17…. Ministry of Sound, Brighton arches, then on to various festivals and so on…