The Return of Ned’s Atomic Dustbin

If you’re under the age of, oh, let’s say 25, there’s a good chance you don’t remember Ned’s Atomic Dustbin. The British band was active in the early 90’s, and had a minor MTV hit with “Grey Cell Green”. However, despite a bunch of buzz, and the rise of the “alternative” movement in the U.S., the band never really caught on in the States, and split up in 1995 after three albums. Their main claim to fame was the fact that they had 2 bassists. They were also part of the so-called grebo movement, though I didn't know that until yesterday.

"Kill Your Television" [from God Fodder]
"Premonition" [from Brainbloodvolume]

(The band's best album, IMO, was Are You Normal?, but that's the one album I don't have on CD...)

As bands are wont to do these days, the band regrouped (with a few new members here and there) a few years ago, and started playing annual Christmas shows. There was talk of a new album at one point, but nothing ever came of it, and I basically forgot about the band again.

Then, the other day, WOXY.com played a new song from the band called "Hibernation", and it was pretty darn good. Head over to the band’s MySpace page to hear a clip of the new song for yourself. The digital single (no album yet) can be purchased here.

I'm not one to look a gift-horse in the mouth, but are all of these 80's and 90's rock bands reforming solely to take advantage of our current "Second Alternative Wave"? And will this second wave result in as many crappy, sound-a-like bands as the last one? (I'm looking at you, Sponge, Third Eye Blind, Candlebox, Seven Mary Three, etc. etc.)

And the most important question - will Bush get back together too? That may be the only thing in the world worse than Iran getting a nuclear bomb.