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Well Crucial
4+ albums
KetteringLo-Fithe a bandDIY ethic
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Well Crucial was a band whose full membership never met, nor was the complete list of members ever known to one person. They collaborated by post and the occasional clustering of members living in the same area. Well Crucial formed in December 1985 and fizzled out sometime in the late eighties. Main members: Richard Youngs (Omming for Woks , the Creation room, Gdansk) - Another founder member. Played weird gigs in the southeast. Also had proper recording equipment and could play. Best Moment - "171 Used train Tickets" was an early classic. What Happened Next - "Lake", fame and fortune with Simon Wickham-Smith. Where Are They Now? - became Richard Youngs. Stewart Keith (The Strolling Ones) - made it happen. BM - many, but did first track, "Well Crucial" and several other things. WHN - Moved to Nottingham and got into the legendary A Band. WATN - In London, doing strange things. Andrew Trussler (Omming for Woks) - Final founder member, one of "the Well Crucial Three" , responsible for humour and noises. BM - The Nostril Eye Bucket sessions. WHN - a post-industrial existence in post-industrial Sheffield. WATN - hard to find. Did a film soundtrack a few years ago. Neil Campbell (ESP Kinetic, Redemption Inc) - guitars and vocals. BM - evolving the idea, eventually, into the A Band (possibly). WHN - SWANC, Leeds and the world. WATN - he is a leading noisemaker and improv person, Still "a believer". Matt Kinnison (Cindytalk, The Monotony Commission) - Bass, cartoons. BM - lau
