DGAFF Records
Black Grape - Orange Head (Orange + Black Vinyl)
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Black
Grape
could
only
have
been
made
in
Manchester.
The
swagger,
fun
and
cryptic
humour
seem
hewn
from
a
city
historian
AJP
Taylor
once
described
as
offering
an
archetypally
different
way
of
English
urban
life
to
London.
Both
Shaun
Ryder
and
Paul
Leveridge,
known
as
Kermit,
came
from
edgy-but-cool
parts
of
the
city.
In
Shaun’s
case
Salford,
with
Kermit
originating
from
Moss
Side.
For
those
unfamiliar,
‘the
Moss’
lay
in
the
shadow
of
Manchester
City’s
old
stadium
at
Maine
Road,
and
was
one
of
the
first
multi-ethnic
areas
in
Manchester.
Black
Grape
are
widely
regarded
as
one
of
the
most
innovative
and
iconic
bands
of
the
last
twenty
five
years.
Black
Grape
have
had
4
Top
10
singles
and
their
debut
album
It’s
Great
When
You’re
Straight…
Yeah
shot
straight
to
No.1
in
the
UK
charts
upon
its
release
in
1995
and
went
Platinum.
Follow
up
album
Stupid
Stupid
Stupid
went
Gold
in
1997.
Ryder
has
grown
from
a
wild
young
tearaway
into
a
British
National
Treasure.
Black
Grape
always
were
a
grimily
cosmic
musical
jigsaw,
melding
rock,
hip-hop,
acid
house,
psychedelic
pop
and
reggae
with
Ryder’s
gutter
poetry,
delivered
in
his
inimitable
shyster’s
bark.
Black
GRAPE
return
with
the
brand
new
album
Orange
Head,
which
will
be
released
on
DGAFF
Recordings
on
3rd
November
2023.
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