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Check out our recent interview with Nintendo Gamer where we talk about video games, music, and geeky chat-up lines.

UPDATE: The site has since been updated and the article no longer exists. Thought I'd still leave this article here as a placeholder. Like an old newspaper clipping that got blown away in the wind.

This song’s existed for a while and I even played it live once at a solo acoustic gig I did a few years ago. We started playing it during rehearsals and it sounded pretty cool with a full band and so it made the final cut.

Our producer Bugs opted for a “ballsy mix” and no overdubs, which is exactly what we did. There was some experimentation but in the end we kept it simple and stuck to just Bass, Guitar and Drums.

Lyrically it sounds like it’s about the end of a romantic relationship but the words could equally be attributed to the end of a business relationship.

Guest Musicians
None

Equipment
Fender Jagstang
Fender Telecaster
Fender Deville Amp
Fender Jazz Bass
Peavey 115 Combo Bass Amp
Tama Starclassic Drum Kit

Arguably the most important song on the album since everything that we’ve done over the past year has stemmed from this one.The album name, band name and general aesthetic all have their roots in this song. The phrase ‘the British IBM’ comes from a line of dialogue from the BBC drama Micro Men. It's a dramatisation of the rivalry between Acorn and Sinclair in the eighties and how the founders; Clive Sinclair and Chris Curry were friends in the early days and worked together but fell out. The whole thing's based on a true story and in one particular scene they end up in a fight in a Cambridge pub, which resulted in Chris Curry saying "We could have been the British IBM". That single line sums up a whole world of what could have been and the human side of the rise and fall the British computer industry.

Read more: Behind the Music #03 - the British IBM

Top 5 Alt Video Game Soundtracks

I recently had the honour of writing a guest blog for mighty 405 on video game music and decided to come up with the alternative top five video game soundtracks. Everyone knows about Mario and Tetris but not everyone knows about these five little gems. Check out what I chose here: The British IBM: The Top 5 Alternative Games Soundtracks

Steve Jobs & John SculleyThis song was knocking around in demo form for a while before it saw the light of day. It seems weird that I wrote this song about Steve Jobs whilst he was still alive and by the time it was actually recorded he wasn’t. The lyrics are based on the story of how Jobs persuade John Sculley to leave his position at Pepsi to become the CEO of Apple back in 1983. Legend has it that Jobs persuaded him with the line “Do you want to sell sugared water for the rest of your life? Or do you want to come with me and change the world?”

Read more: Behind the Music #02 - Sugar Water

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