{"product_id":"and-jesus-danced-twice-the-true-story-of-the-milltown-brothers","title":"And Jesus Danced (Twice): The true story of the milltown brothers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the milltown brothers meteoric rise and 'much ignored' demise. It's the story of a good band that got very lucky and then got very unlucky. More broadly it demonstrates the role luck plays in all our lives, every thought, breath and movement impacting on the way our futures unfold, however much we like to think we're in control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first\nperformance by any of the milltown brothers took place in the early summer of\n1975 in the garage of the Nelson family home in Colne, Lancashire to the\naudience of Mum and Dad, and a neighbour. The band, charmingly named Cold Meat\ncomprised elder brother and band Svengali Mark Nelson on lead guitar and\nvocals. Simon Nelson and neighbour Andy Marsden on drums. And Sarah and Matthew\nNelson on air guitar. It was a 12-bar blues jam according to Mark. It's not\nclear what it was to Sarah or Matthew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eThis isn't a story about sex, drugs and rock n\nroll. It's much more interesting than that.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe milltown brothers from Burnley in the north west of\nEngland were discovered by Steve Lamacq playing their fifth gig at the Bull\n\u0026amp; Gate in London in May 1988. Signed to A\u0026amp;M in 1990 for a GBP100,000\nadvance, they had a publishing deal with EMI and their debut album \u003ci\u003eSlinky\u003c\/i\u003e\nwas awarded 5 stars in \u003ci\u003eQ\u003c\/i\u003e magazine - one of just three \u003ci\u003eQ\u003c\/i\u003e magazine gave\nduring 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot only did Jesus (William Gellert, known as Jesus, who,\nfrom the 1960s to the early 2000s, went to gigs all over London, dancing in a\ncompletely unhinged way and often naked) dance at least twice with the milltown\nbrothers, Oasis supported them less than a year before the release of \u003ci\u003eDefinitely\nMaybe\u003c\/i\u003e. Two years earlier, when they shared the bill with Nirvana and others\nin Boston, the day before Nirvana released the paradigm changing \u003ci\u003eNevermind\u003c\/i\u003e\nin September 1991, the promoter described their performance as the event\nhighlight. Relentlessly touring the UK, Europe, America and Japan they were on\nthe cusp of global success... only to gloriously snatch utter anonymity from the\njaws of immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | Published January 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McNidder \u0026 Grace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63173089952093,"sku":"9780857162892","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780857162892.jpg?v=1769068945","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/and-jesus-danced-twice-the-true-story-of-the-milltown-brothers","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}