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Former Factory acts Crispy Ambulance and Minny Pops are reformed and re-energised, while Bethany Cassidy gives the family group a brilliant makeover
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by Dave Simpson via Electronic music | The Guardian
Former Factory acts Crispy Ambulance and Minny Pops are reformed and re-energised, while Bethany Cassidy gives the family group a brilliant makeover
When Tony Wilson was boss of Manchester's legendary Factory Records he compared signing Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays to "winning the pools three times". However, Wilson wasn't driven by commerce: he recruited artists he felt needed to be heard.
This policy explains why oddball Dutch band Minny Pops were also on the label and, 30 years later, on this bill of former Factory acts. The Pops' edgy electronica and their tall, black-shirted, frontman, Wally van Middendorp a daft, dancing cross between Ian Curtis and Mr Bean prove a weirdly compulsive combination. Van Middendorp celebrates the occasion by pouring a litre of water over his head.
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by Dave Simpson via Electronic music | The Guardian
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