100 Men

[rotefront]

Been awhile since I been on here. Glad to see it's live and kicking.

Question for the day....prompted by the untimely but sadly predictable death of Amy Winehouse (and those who can link my question with this topic win mega esoteric info kudos and a free red star pin, lol).

And the question is...does anyone have info on the great ska/bluebeat band 100 Men. I could do an extensive search but this is the sort of thing where I like feedback first before spending hours fucking around on the computer. Need a discography, possible downloads etc.

Any info greatly appreciated. Good lookin' out...

[Bazza]

I supported 100 Men back in the mid 90's when I was with the Ska band The G Men at a Scottish Ska Festival. As for a discography they released very little, just the 1 single 'Reggae Juk', a flexi disc 'Time Is Tight' and 'Yeah Yeah Girl' appeared on a ska compilation. They did make a few demos though and I have a few. Mik did try to reform the band a few years back with Jon from The Ferrymen but nothing came of it.

There's a few tracks on YouTube of the band the best of which is this video -

[Bazza]

Before 100 Men singer/guitarist Mik and drummer Stig were in the band Skin Deep who made the 1 album 'More Than Skin Deep'. The singer from Skin Deep Wayne went on to form The Ferrymen who sounded a bit like the Housemartins.

[rotefront]

Thanks Bazza...

I was aware of the Skin Deep/100M connection but it's always good to see SD get more internet space.

Doesn't seem to be much 100M stuff out there. Sad, they were really excellent, at least from the stuff I've heard.

Mik had been linked with Amy W. via The Babyshambles. Great guitarist but he looks a state these days

[rotefront]

PS: I'd love to hear those demos so maybe we can working summat out, brother

[Bazza]

Most of the 100 Men demo tracks are up on YouTube, check out the one below and then click on his other videos. You can record the songs via freecorder.

I saw one of the band in the video photo last Saturday as he was at my mates wedding.


youtu.be/j9OJZGAWxZg

[Bazza]

This user has also uplaoaded 3 songs from a 100 Men gig, the picture quality ain't that great though.

youtu.be/7TP5L3u5X-w

[Bazza]

Aug 10, 2011 19:10:47 GMT -5 Bazza said:

This user has also uplaoaded 3 songs from a 100 Men gig, the picture quality ain't that great though.

youtu.be/7TP5L3u5X-w

Seems that the person who posted those live clips (Lydia) was also in 100 Men at one point.

[Bazza]

That reminds me that Mik was once accused of stealing some music from a song by The Ferrymen a few years back. It appeared in the national press at the time.

Have a listen and see what you think

The Ferrymen - Undercover Elephant' : youtu.be/YDushxG3tIw

Babyshambles 'Badies Boogie' : youtu.be/AIIlzNuUUDc

The Ferrymen recording is from 1997 and Babyshambles from 2007.

[Bazza]

Here is 100 Men comeback gig from the other week.
Expect more gigs and maybe some new material getting released.

[force]

Thanks for the info, directly to my blog, well, in spanish...

aduraspenasradio.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/100-men-o-como-no-saber-vivir-sin-reggae.html

[Bazza]

Found some more video footage of 100 Men on YouTube.
Not sure on the date of this but I'm guessing at mid 90s?

[Bazza]

The band also now have a page on Facebook for anyone wanting to keep up to date -

www.facebook.com/pages/100-MEN/225740200899109