Although they were moving away from the C86 sound here, more obvious on their excellent early singles which form a brilliant album in their own right, Foxheads is a classic.

Home | Institute of Contemporary Arts". Ica.org.uk. 2015-04-22. Archived from the original on 2006-12-03 . Retrieved 2015-06-11. I always loved this song. The vibe is much rawer, but the singers vocal sounds unrehearsed and slightly bored. I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have was reborn as Loaded, and Britain had its first great indie-dance record, a sonic totem for a generation seeking to reconcile its burgeoning fascination with house music, club culture, repetitive beats and ecstasy with its love of good old-fashioned greasy guitar music. The song’s uncomplicated raison d’être, and that of the acid house scene as a whole, is written into its sampled opening lines: “We’re gonna have a good time … we’re gonna have a party.” I played next with the Membranes and I won’t be reviewing myself of course but returned to the frey covered in sweat to watch The Wedding Present who rushed thrillingly through their singles box set underlining their prowess at the sharp guitar rush added to classic song melodic flourishes that saw them perched as the bridge between the two ends of the indie scene at the time. They had the noise thing down enough to feel at home with the awkward squad and the song writing nods to the classic to straddle the other side. They even had hit records. The best band to arise from England's lo-fi, D.I.Y., mid-'80s "C86" scene, the Weddoes crafted consistently great shimmering guitar-pop, notably earmarked by David Gedge's oddball, Muppet Show-styled vocals and confessional sad-guy lyrics. Few bands embraced the singles format so enthusiastically, so it takes a bit of trainspotting to flush out all the gems in the catalogue." - RustyJamesIt was very much a non-London thing. There were scenes outside London, with people who had been exchanging letters and fanzines. People didn’t feel the need to go to London to make things happen.”

In terms of other activity in the Manic Street Preachers’ camp, Wire also revealed more about his new “modern, electronic, soothsaying” solo album. Reynolds, Simon Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984 (Faber and Faber, 2005) ISBN 0-571-21569-6Indie music and festivals - C86 review of c86 week". Indie-mp3.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-09-08 . Retrieved 2015-06-11. Many of the acts included have gone on to become stalwarts of UK indie. The two bands that bookend C86 are also maybe its biggest success stories. Primal Scream and The Wedding Present both found widespread success throughout the next decade and beyond. The Pastels and The Soup Dragons came of age in the same Glasgow scene that begat Teenage Fanclub, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Vaselines and the BMX Bandits. The latter were so irked by NME’s refusal to include them on the compilation that they went and called their next album C86. The Song gained the number 4 position in the yearly John Peel festive fifty vote in 1986. It was the shortest song on the list that year. [6] The ICA hosted " C86 - Still Doing It For Fun", [27] an exhibition and two nights of gigs celebrating the rise of British independent music.