Adventure Babies
The Adventure Babies were a Manchester-based Brit Pop Band founded by Matt Tedstone, Dave Atherton and others in 1990. The band had three releases on Factory:
The Camper Van EP (1991)
Adventure Babies album (1992)
Barking Mad single (1992)
Possibly our greatest claim to fame was being the last band signed by Manchester legend Factory Records before it went bankrupt. Following Factory's bankruptcy in 1992 they continued playing and seeking a new record contract for a year. In June 2005, we reformed for a one final gig.
To tie in with the final gig a second release album was issued, on CD only.
Once Upon A Time The End album (2005)
Review of the Laugh album from Q magazine
From Manchester, To Hell With Burgundy's debut slavishly mimic's Love's Forever Changes from 1967 with considerable panache, leaving you wondering why they'd want to subjugate their own muse so completely to another's. THWB go the whole hog - sparkling acoustic guitars and baroque arrangements, reedy strings, bossa nova and flamenco rhythms and handclaps and Bacharach / David-style lush detailed songwriting wrung through with a wash psychedelic pop, all with that precious air of winsome naivety. Only the Tijuana brass is missing. Still, if someone told you Earthbound was Forever Changes's long lost outtakes, you'd be enthralled, so accomplished is the job. [3 stars] Martin Aston
The Adventure Babies are the greatest band in the world!!!!I play Camper van on my radio show www.wcr1350.co.uk
Let me know when the next gig is....I was at the one at Stafford Rangers!!
Matt
