Semi Lemon Kola aka: Propeller w/The Band & Nick Abbott
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This is a very raw - and real look at the career of Semi Lemon Kola. In this episode we don't just focus on an album, but on the entire recording career of the band.
Semi Lemon Kola was four very different people with 4 very different musical identities, a band that was not easily categorised with an industry approved label - and, were a band that should have been one of the greatest rock acts of the nineties.
Early gig-mates of Head Like a Hole and Supergroove, the band found themselves in a makeshift studio within their first year recording what would become their first 'album' - "The Extended Pleasure of Reality". "Happy Day" was their BFM chart-topping single the following year, but it was to be the soaring "Before Heaven" single that SLK grabbed national attention.
Semi Lemon Kola's sound took a giant leap forward with The Before Heaven EP, recorded under Malcolm Smith at Revolver. Bouyed by the reception to the single and their growing reputation as a stellar live act, the next couple of years saw Semi Lemon Kola playing in front of ever larger audiences, gaining slots at the Strawberry Fields festival in 1994, Big Day Out in 1995 and Mountain Rock festival in 1995. When they returned to York Street Recording Studios in May 1995, they were at their height as a band, both in terms of songwriting and the fullness of their sound. The Malcolm Welsford produced "Otherwise" single showcased a more aggressive side along with the equally high sounding "Henry XXL'.
In 1996 the band finally headed into the studio with Nick Abbot to record their only full length album. It was during these sessions that the band would undergo a controversial name change to Propeller, with the self-titled record becoming their Swan Song.
Live, the band supported several big name international acts, including Fugazi and Tool, But due to internal struggles, they disbanded in 1998 due to "culinary differences".
Read more about the band at Audio Culture
Our Guests
Tosh Graham
Deryck Hunt
Rob Young
Gareth Price
Nick Abbot
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