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If timing is actually everything, then your Wendys had the misfortune of liberating their debut album shortly prior to the collapse of the record label, U.K. indie powerhouse Manufacturing plant. Made up of John Renton (vocals), Ian White colored (acoustic guitar), Johnny MacArthur (drums), and Arthur Renton (bass), the Wendys rode on the wave of crucial acclaim — and the most common buzz from Factory’s Tony Wilson — if they surfaced from Edinburgh, Scotland, in the first ’90s. Because the hysteria developed by the Rock Roses and Happy Mondays started to dwindle, the Wendys had been voted into “following big point” position. Superstar maker Ian Broudie created the group’s 1991 debut, Gobbledygook, even though it had been lauded by critics, the LP was overlooked by the general public. When Factory strike the skids, it dragged the music group together; as grunge required command from the airwaves, there is no space for the Wendys’ Madchester-inspired acoustic guitar pop. In 1999, Starshaped released the band’s long-awaited second recording, Sixfootwingspan.

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