TOTEM PHASE 2

This photo, taken in The Dolphin last year, shows the members of legendary Whitby band Sludge Ghaut reunited after many years of seperation. In 1993 they released an LP called Spunkmonkey on their own Rangam Records label. However a better example of their energetic output was the earlier EP Totem Phase, released on Rangam in 1992. All the tracks were recorded in July of that year at Studio 64 in Middlesbrough. It stands as a far more coherent whole than the later LP which was made up of various recordings from different studios collected together.

Chris, Heath, Cooky, Kev and Alan - Sludge Ghaut

So that difficult second LP still needs to be made, therefore a reunion, or at least a single solitary gig is required to start the (glitter)ball rolling. I mean, if it's OK for My Bloody Valentine, surely Sludge Ghaut can pull it off now they're all finally living in the same vicinity again?

For your listening pleasure, here's a track from Totem Phase, and very good it is too.

Can't Breathe from Totem Phase