The Wildhearts

fan for many many years seen them so many times,,,,but i have to say that i think the best line up is,,Ginger,CJ,Danny and Stidi,,,,,,my reason is any time i watch (on youtube)footage from the "summer sonic" festival japan 2002(i think) it has to be the tightest i have ever seen them play,,,and i am not going on about this line up getting back,,,its just i think they are very tight!!!,,anybody agree///disagree???

By far my favourite line up!

any lineup without the involvement of rich is NOT the best lineup! i'd actually say the current one is the best. but then again, i've only been a fan a coupla years, so i wasn't around early enough for nostalgia to take effect...

Ritch is an absolute must.Same with CJ. Scott and Danny are a tie for me.

Agreed Nuno, but EN is awesome.. did CJ play on that album?

colzo666 wrote:Agreed Nuno, but EN is awesome.. did CJ play on that album?

No. Jef did. And I like Jef... but he just didn't contribute as much overall and even of what he did contribute, it's kind of tough to tell what's him and what's Ginger.

I do like Jef's singing voice more though.

i know what you guys mean,,Scott Sorry fits like a glove and Ritch is THE WiLDHEARTS,,but if any of ya can check out the "summer sonic" footage on youtube i honestly think its the tightest i have seen them play,,,,songs like caffine bomb,,vanilla radio and caprice ,,,,,you would think Stidi had eight arms and as for Dannys trademark bassline,,if there is anybody out there can point me towards better live footage please point me!!!

i loved the endless nameless line up, jeff is a great singer.

but for me think it has to be, ritch, ginger, danny, cj

A few years back i'd have had to agree with Wildsam above, but the fact that Scott seems to have bought a much needed stability to the group and is an awesome bassist I think I have to go with Ginger, CJ, Ritch and Scott.

Christ whatever happened to daddy or chips? that was way easier to choose.

godzillas beard wrote:A few years back i'd have had to agree with Wildsam above, but the fact that Scott seems to have bought a much needed stability to the group and is an awesome bassist I think I have to go with Ginger, CJ, Ritch and Scott.

I agree with that.I think the current line up is the best and are now starting to get the band some recognition again.

As long as the lineup has Ginge and Ritch in it, then it's my favourite one lol

in my humble opinion i would have to say Ginger, CJ, Ritch & Scott.

Pre 2000 i would have definately have put Danny in there, but post 2000 it seems he was more of a hinderence than a help. with the wildhearts already trying to build on a rocky past when they 'reformed', Danny not physically being able to play live @ JB's, not playing on the album and having to be replaced due to drug/alcohol problems is not something that is a good thing.

It seems its taken the band almost 18 months of hard slog to get to the point that press and radio are now taking them seriously, and their performance at download testified to how much of a revigorated machine the wildhearts are. The smiles on their faces points to a happy band, and post 2000 i havent really seen that until recently. With ginger, CJ, Scott & Ritch i no longer wonder if this will be the 'last tour' or 'last album', i think they've turned into a Motorhead-esq beast that will be around forever releasing music and playing shows!

Danny will never be forgotton, but Scott helped make the stable, working, touring machine that is the wildhearts.

Kudos to that man.

PS regarding the best show = Xmas at the astoria in 2007 was phenomenal! Tight & entertaining. gets my vote.

Ritch told me he thought the current line up is the best yet. What would Stidi say?

Michael Wade wrote:Ritch told me he thought the current line up is the best yet. What would Stidi say?

One time Ritch laughed and told me he doesn't listen to the fookin' Wildhearts.