Sounds From The Junkshop #83 - Crackout
"Work it out and I'll be everyone around me/If you really want that then you better tell me" - Crackout - I Am The One It's a bit sad that even twenty years on, the main thing I remember Crackout for is going to see them at Leeds Festival in 2002 when they were opening the bill on the second stage when they fell victim to an almost Spinal Tap-esque self-inflicted stage error while opening their set. The group were about to kick in with their then-new single I Am The One and the singer and bassist were playing the gentle opening riff leaning against their amps at the side of the stage before charging across and leaping over as the main riff kicked in in the best Symposium stylee. The trouble is that in doing so, their lead singer managed to pull his guitar lead clean out of his amp which left him desperately trying to motion the roadie to plug him back in as he was singing the first verse! Crackout hailed from Oxford and I think I'd first encountered them on ...