Sadly this Liverpool band from the late-80s might reside in the one-hit wonder files. "There She Goes" was a huge single and has been covered several times, playing the centerpiece of Mike Myer's underrated film "So I Married An Axe Murderer".
The band had trouble getting in the same frame of mind for a follow-up to their debut. Lead Vocalist and chief songwriter, Lee Mavers, has been reportedly working on a new La's record, but it has been nearly 15 years. The band lost several members during the extended hiatus, but has reunited in recent years to play small gigs and random opening shows for bands like Oasis, sticking mainly to Great Britain. 'Son of a Gun' is the first track on the CD and has a catchy guitar intro and a definite 'mersey beat', distinctive to the Liverpool sound made famous by those four lads in the 60s.
Guadacanal Diary was one of those great underground (and underappreciated) bands that followed out of the Athens/Atlanta scene in the wake of R.E.M.'s success to the mainstream. The Guad's had a great pop sound that mirrored the 'jangly guitar' southern alternative of the late 70s and early 80s. "Always Saturday" was their only top ten hit, reaching #7, but the album Flip Flop (and the earlier 2x4 record) were both popular on the college radio circuit in the mid-80s. The band's chief lyricist Murray Attaway had a penchant for songs that had a reflective-spiritual message, but also lively, fun pop songs as well. The band has an on-again, off-again relationship with recording- they initially folded in 1989, but then reformed after some spontaneous jam sessions, only to then disappear once more leaving their future unknown.
Editing this post now to include the new band picture. Here are the boys from Prize Fighter all gussied up and ready to play.
You can find them at their myspace site- http://myspace.com/prizefighterrock
The track you can hear is Fire & Snow, and don't worry you'll likely be getting a CD from me soon with that very track included.
