On the subject of Cornershop...
They actually played my students' union (Central Lancashire, fact fans) while Brimful of Asha was ACTUALLY AT NUMBER ONE IN THE CHARTS which made them the first band to play our place while at number one (to be fair, we did used to get a lot of good gigs, many warming up for manchester or somewhere important, but to ACTUALLY be ACTUALLY number one at the ACTUAL time was a first).

Only the number one version was, of course, the Fatboy Slim remix. The original version of the song (that they played) was fucking terrible, went at about one mile an hour and sounded like something that George Harrison might come up with shortly before turning the gun on himself.

The gig started to a packed out enthusiastic crowd, they did Brimful of Asha first and most people left; by the time it finished (I was at the bar throughout, the beer was still cheap even if the music was shit) there were about 6 people still there. Most of them were in the band.
(Bappage, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 16:06, Reply)