Compulsion were originally called Thee Amazing Colossal Men (formed in 1990 in Ireland). They moved to London in 1992, and signed with One Little Indian Records (home of such acts as the Sugarcubes, Black Box Recorder, and Sneaker Pimps) and became known as Compulsion.
They've released two albums (Comforter and The Future is Medium), and broke up the same year their second album was released (1996).
Being in the States, it's hard for me to track down their records, I think I'm missing their second LP and Question Time for the Proles and I Like Compulsion and Compulsion Likes Me (which all looks like they were released post-Mall Monarky). Which is about right, because by that time, I kind of lost interest in the direction the band was taking. However, if I ever see a Compulsion CD that I don't have, I will always pick it up.
So, we have here the first song that I've heard from Compulsion: "Why do we care?" It pretty much sums up their (punk) attitude and there is an UNBELIEVABLE catchy "a-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" bit! I love it.
If you like TAM or S*M*A*S*H, you'd probably really like Compulsion as they came from that same era and were clasified as "New Wave of New Wave". Check them out, I miss bands like this!
Random Trivia: US and UK editions of Comforter are different. Some limited editions of Comforter (UK) came with a second disc which collected their first two EPs. So if you're trying to pick up this album, make sure it has the second CD!
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Check out 3/9/07 Show - Britpop, it offers 20 tracks of Britpop stuff (nothing you don't already have, of course).
