The Almighty

[Ean]

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Slighlty off top but the best buy/find i ever had was when I was living back in Grimsby and the local Our Price was shutting down and they where flogging everything stupidly stupidly cheap and was draw in by this weird swirly face front cover of an album by a band/duo called the Sand Rubies for 99p, i only had 50p on me at the time having just spent a shed load in Andys Records down the road, anyways my mate took a shining to it aswell and we put our last few pennies together risking losing money on a dodgy purchase but we got it back to his house and fucking hell it was one of the most amazing things Id ever heard, its the kinda thing fans of Counting Crows and Hootie and THe Blowfish would like, guitar based Americana if you will, I loved it my mate hated it, i got the album for 50p I still listen to it to this day, sadly cant find anything else out about them, they seemed to have disappeared off the face of the earth.

Y'mean this lot? I'm guessing you've got the first album?

According to VH1:-

The Sand Rubies evolved from an Arizona group called the Sidewinders, an outfit that had already put out three albums with Rich Hopkins on guitar and David Slutes as vocalist. The name change came about because of legal difficulties, but they went on to ink a deal with Mammoth Records in 1988. A showcase followed in New York, resulting in a deal with RCA. Due to little promotional backing from RCA, the Sand Rubies moved on to Ensign/Chrysalis during the early 1990s. Unfortunately, when EMI took over Chrysalis, the band was left out in the cold. Soon the Sand Rubies again had a new deal, this time with Atlas/PolyGram. At one time, Pearl Jam was the band's opening act. But the frustrations of continually having to find a new label tested band members resolve and resulted in tempers that were sometimes short. Infighting between Hopkins and Slutes led to even shakier times in 1993, and band members went their own ways. Three years later the two feuding musicians seemed to have buried the hatchet and they reunited with drummer Bruce Halper and bass player Mark Perrodin. Hopkins also has a solo career. ~ Linda Seida, All Music Guide

And there's a few clips here.

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[Rosstifer]

Soul Destruction & Crank would be the 2 best cds to start with

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Slighlty off top but the best buy/find i ever had was when I was living back in Grimsby and the local Our Price was shutting down and they where flogging everything stupidly stupidly cheap and was draw in by this weird swirly face front cover of an album by a band/duo called the Sand Rubies for 99p, i only had 50p on me at the time having just spent a shed load in Andys Records down the road, anyways my mate took a shining to it aswell and we put our last few pennies together risking losing money on a dodgy purchase but we got it back to his house and fucking hell it was one of the most amazing things Id ever heard, its the kinda thing fans of Counting Crows and Hootie and THe Blowfish would like, guitar based Americana if you will, I loved it my mate hated it, i got the album for 50p I still listen to it to this day, sadly cant find anything else out about them, they seemed to have disappeared off the face of the earth.

Y'mean this lot? I'm guessing you've got the first album?

According to VH1:-

The Sand Rubies evolved from an Arizona group called the Sidewinders, an outfit that had already put out three albums with Rich Hopkins on guitar and David Slutes as vocalist. The name change came about because of legal difficulties, but they went on to ink a deal with Mammoth Records in 1988. A showcase followed in New York, resulting in a deal with RCA. Due to little promotional backing from RCA, the Sand Rubies moved on to Ensign/Chrysalis during the early 1990s. Unfortunately, when EMI took over Chrysalis, the band was left out in the cold. Soon the Sand Rubies again had a new deal, this time with Atlas/PolyGram. At one time, Pearl Jam was the band's opening act. But the frustrations of continually having to find a new label tested band members resolve and resulted in tempers that were sometimes short. Infighting between Hopkins and Slutes led to even shakier times in 1993, and band members went their own ways. Three years later the two feuding musicians seemed to have buried the hatchet and they reunited with drummer Bruce Halper and bass player Mark Perrodin. Hopkins also has a solo career. ~ Linda Seida, All Music Guide

And there's a few clips here.

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Awwwww he's dead good is our Ean, i must have been having an off day as when i put them in a search engine the only thing that came up was about the first album, Cheers boyo.

[Ean]

No problem. I had a bit of a listen - they're pretty good. Might have to look around for their stuff.

[Sarc]

No problem. I had a bit of a listen - they're pretty good. Might have to look around for their stuff.

If you have i tunes pm me with your email address and ill lob the first album your way if y'want.

[29xTheJames]

so, its the right thing to do then, getting one of their albums? at the newcastle gig there was a few people wearing almighty shirts.

[Liiisa]

Definitely! They're still rocking, they were awesome in Newcastle at New Year

[Col]

Yup , they played upstairs at the Academy just before New Year.

[Col]

http://www.hardrockhouse.com/gigreviews/TheAlmighty.htm

[29xTheJames]

Just Add Life came today. Got a shock when opened the package to see a bright green CD case glaring back at me. Only listened to the album once, but god its great. Ive gotta see Almighty live.

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Just Add Life came today. Got a shock when opened the package to see a bright green CD case glaring back at me. Only listened to the album once, but god its great. Ive gotta see Almighty live.

Stick your hand on the case for a while, you might be surprised

[SteveP]

Stick your hand on the case for a while, you might be surprised

Aye, I was a bit shocked the first time I touched the cassette case

Anybody remember cassettes??????

[Sarc]

Stick your hand on the case for a while, you might be surprised

Aye, I was a bit shocked the first time I touched the cassette case

Anybody remember cassettes??????

Cassette? isnt that what what you put in the oven and has bits of meat and veg?

[SchitzoStu]

Yup , they played upstairs at the Academy just before New Year.

Ah, yes! I remember it well!



I went to Glasgow the next night to see them at the Garage and they were fucking marvellous both nights!



I've heard whispers of some more live shows this year, and the live DVD is coming soon.

I asked if any of the Christmas shows were recorded for a future album, to which Floyd said he couldn't confirm or deny it.

[SchitzoStu]

Just get the fuckin lot, they're ALL bloody great albums.

You'll probably have an impossible task to track down Blood, Fire and Love in any format, I keep tracking ebay, cos tht's the only one I don't have by them

Blood, Fire and Love crops up on eBay on vinyl a lot.

The CD often goes for upwards of £20. I picked up my CD from a record fair for a fiver, and it's signed. Bit of a bargain really.....

I tell you what though, All Hell is Breaking Loose at Little Kathy Wilsons Place by Wolfsbane is rarer than Rocking Horse shite on CD.