When I used to book bands, I came across a fellow by the name of Tim that would regularly play the venue I worked at. He was the nicest, most humble dude. We even got the chance to jam a little. Come to find out he used to play for you dudes. I was blown away. Unbelievable is a timeless classic that will be remembered forever. Can't wait to hear the new stuff.
I remember it well. To this day, I always think of those songs as two sides of the same coin. This video also made me think of the KLF's 3AM Eternal from around the same time.
I've always called bands like EMF, Jesus Jones, Toad the Wet Sprocket, They Might Be Giants and the Information Society "Limbo music" because they were bands that kind of got stuck in this weird limbo between the end of the eighties and just before the 90s grunge scene and everything that followed, took off.
Absolutely! I was age 14, loved this band and similar. Then I heard nevermind and pearl Jam 10, AIC, Soundgarden. Completely forgot about EMF after that
i never understood why the Stigma album didn't go very well.It was epic and very innovative for 1992. Cha Cha Cha was not bad. I think it was unfair to compare their new stuff with unbelievable. James voice and singing style is very unique and he likes my favorite band The Cure!
This was great, I always tell people that they were more than a one hit wonder . I had SD, stigma and Cha Cha Cha all on tape. Also this and Ned’s Atomic Dustbin was heavy on rotation on my 90s upbringing
Love these vids. Thank you. James Atkins is still very active and I think that EMF also played a few gigs this year or are going to play....Saw "James" selling loads of EMF merch on FB recently too.
Ah, great memories. Was very into this tune, as well as the whole Madchester thing at that time, I worked at a local 'new wave' radio station, love the music from that time!
It's quite funny to see the Forest of Dean this way with pics of 'Mallards pike' lake and Cinderford town portrayed in the way I've seen so many american towns be part of rock stories. Having lived in the FoD all my life I can confirm it is not some rock meca but it is a lovely place to live.
cinderford had a bad name for lots of junkies and fights i lived close by to the town its cleaned up a bit now was always known as a bit of a dump of a town in the forest of dean i lived in coleford way back which is not much better some nice places to drive around the forest of dean its just the towns are a dive to live stuck back in time and some strange people that dont take much to outsiders also true foresters talk strange lingo glad to move on out from the forest if if wasnt for shoes on the prob got webbed feet
James Atkin had a side project called Beauty School after EMF, released downloads enough for albums worth material. I like some of the music he releases now solo. "Radar" great single. Never saw them live but did see Jesus Jones which were band close to time and same scene.
I remember MTV was trying another British Invasion with EMF and Jesus Jones and another band whose name I can’t recall. Didn’t last as grunge blew up soon after
It reminds me something I read in Metallica's Garage, Inc. booklet. Lars said he liked the NWOBHM movement far more than what came out of a supposed cultural Mecca like Los Angeles. He said that there would be four or five bands out of the same small town in England and all of them had their own sound. The Los Angeles scene was oversaturated with bands that were all trying to be Van Halen. So, never underestimate what comes from rural England.
The entire Schubert Dip album was awesome, really liking the dance/come on Eileen/grunch cross-over vibe of the new album The Beauty and the Chaos as well, especially new version of I'm a believer (2023).
They are party heads. Like myself and a lot of folk in the UK at the time. But they made a banging tune , that defined the year. Everything Starts With an EMF.
You guys are unbelievable...for requesting this band. Here's where to do video requests docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCQjTcPGrzUbG7H7t4toQehliwBS_Fcp78JeY_js4zZbX2jA/viewform
I listened to EMF all throughout middle school. They had energy and were different from the other bands in the states. For me, at the time, it was my introduction to bands from Europe
Wow, Before watching this video I was going to comment for you to do KLF video and then you mentioned them in this video 😄 Please do a KLF video because they are Justified and Ancient 🙂
Saw these guys back in the day In salt lake city. They played Unbelievable twice in their set. Pop will Eat Itself opened. Got to hangout with both bands after the show, all very cool guys.
Ha. Not only am i old enough to know and love EMF but I sqatted a lanfill site just outside Cinderford. Never knew they were local to there. Great little town.
Saw them at The Cameo Theater in South Beach. They started the show with “unbelievable” and ended the sow with it… they were good, just ind of one dimensional.
When I was like 11 in the mid 90s, at a wedding reception of people I had no idea who they were, I got talked into by my dad to jump on the DJ station since no one else seemed to be doing it. Looking through this massive collection of cassette singles, mostly of things I was unfamiliar with, I spotted “unbelievable “. Had to throw that on lol. Once I had the actual DJ finally stepped in, cut the song off half through, and didn’t play it again. What a hater. Fun side note, I caught the garter at that wedding as well as every other wedding I attended from the age of about 8 until I finally married myself. Had a collection of about 8 in total.
I wasn't too into Cha Cha Cha, though I did buy it on CD. It possibly could have been because I'd got so much into hard house by then, rather than the quality of the tracks on Cha Cha Cha, but Perfect Day was superb. The thing I couldn't understand was why Stigma didn't do as well as Schubert Dip (which I got the first issue of :-) ) It is a fantastic album. I think at one time it was my second most played album after Unknown Territory by Bomb The Bass. Listen to 'Arizona' for example and focus on the sound that comes in during the chorus. It just shows how they manage to blend guitars and synths to maximum effect and sometimes it can be a few listens before you notice everything in the track.
o god do I have to search for this song? Not certain I'm aware of this..... Sweaty Nipples in Portland, Oregon used to shout, "Unbelievable!" in one of their songs but that's all I know of EMF.... lol Do Sweaty Nipples!
I still like unbelievable. I used to build custom car stereo systems in college and unbelievable was always a fun song to test a system out from tweets to subs. Though i also liked, nay preferred, 3am eternal by KLF. Since you brought them up. THEY would be a great vid topic. If for no other reason than the very expensive bonfire lol
So here's a weird bit of synchronicity. A few hours after you put out this video, actor Matthew McConaughey posted a video talking about his least favorite word, "unbelievable". Maybe he watches Rock N' Roll True Stories my friend!
HERE'S THE VIDEO I DID ON JESUS JONES th-cam.com/video/GFFiKpEpJcg/w-d-xo.html
Don't let them catch people with talent a scientist experiment gets jealous
We are still very much alive and kicking and promoting our new album for the rest of the year!
Keep going boys !!! Dont give up the dream...
When I used to book bands, I came across a fellow by the name of Tim that would regularly play the venue I worked at. He was the nicest, most humble dude. We even got the chance to jam a little. Come to find out he used to play for you dudes. I was blown away. Unbelievable is a timeless classic that will be remembered forever. Can't wait to hear the new stuff.
shopemf-theband.com/ for our new album!
Hell YES get it!!!
G string seems a bit flat.
Just kidding! 👍😘🇸🇪
And the singer for this band is now my music teacher at my school In Yorkshire England 🏴
That's really cool! I really loved this song!
LUCKY!!!!
Unbelievable
That's awesome. Friend saw them and said they were insane
For real?! That's amazing!
Far out!
EMF & Jesus Jones Both huge at same time. 2 of biggest songs that year.
Right here, right now... A long time ago
Has he done a video on Jesus Jones yet?
JJ I liked Real Real Real and International Bright Young Thing
Surprised Jesus Jones wasn't bigger.
I remember it well. To this day, I always think of those songs as two sides of the same coin. This video also made me think of the KLF's 3AM Eternal from around the same time.
Schubert dip is an excellent album, still listen to it regularly to this day..
Stigma is perhaps even better
‘Unbelievable’ felt like guitar driven punk with some dance-pop sprinkles. It was so good.
I've always called bands like EMF, Jesus Jones, Toad the Wet Sprocket, They Might Be Giants and the Information Society "Limbo music" because they were bands that kind of got stuck in this weird limbo between the end of the eighties and just before the 90s grunge scene and everything that followed, took off.
They were all ahead of their time. Pop music People at large weren't ready.
Absolutely! I was age 14, loved this band and similar. Then I heard nevermind and pearl Jam 10, AIC, Soundgarden. Completely forgot about EMF after that
The whole album is a BRILLIANT piece of work.
Unbelievable 🤣🤣
Pop Will Eat Itself are criminally underrated
Fuzz is a legend
A cut above EMF (although EMFs second album was very good)
i never understood why the Stigma album didn't go very well.It was epic and very innovative for 1992.
Cha Cha Cha was not bad.
I think it was unfair to compare their new stuff with unbelievable. James voice and singing style is very unique and he likes my favorite band The Cure!
This was great, I always tell people that they were more than a one hit wonder . I had SD, stigma and Cha Cha Cha all on tape. Also this and Ned’s Atomic Dustbin was heavy on rotation on my 90s upbringing
Happy is one of the most overlooked songs of the early 90’s. Neds was great.
I still love Ned's 💚
Happy was my crews anthem in 1991.
Ned's, Stuffies, Swervedriver, Mega City 4, Jesus Jones, Senseless Things.. spectacular bands 😎👍
Yes, they had a lot more great songs than just "Unbelievable"
Love these vids. Thank you. James Atkins is still very active and I think that EMF also played a few gigs this year or are going to play....Saw "James" selling loads of EMF merch on FB recently too.
Saw EMF at Numbers in Houston. It was the same week Unbelievable was at its peak. They played it twice in the same show. Great mosh pit.
Was only just thinking about EMF a couple of days ago.
Had 'Unbelievable ' going round my head, bit of earworm. 😅
The single ‘Perfect Day’ had an epic remix by Sank, who also did some heavy mixing for Killing Joke
Ah, great memories. Was very into this tune, as well as the whole Madchester thing at that time, I worked at a local 'new wave' radio station, love the music from that time!
They really rocked playing live..there was this funky punk attitude i loved it.
It's quite funny to see the Forest of Dean this way with pics of 'Mallards pike' lake and Cinderford town portrayed in the way I've seen so many american towns be part of rock stories. Having lived in the FoD all my life I can confirm it is not some rock meca but it is a lovely place to live.
cinderford had a bad name for lots of junkies and fights i lived close by to the town its cleaned up a bit now was always known as a bit of a dump of a town in the forest of dean i lived in coleford way back which is not much better some nice places to drive around the forest of dean its just the towns are a dive to live stuck back in time and some strange people that dont take much to outsiders also true foresters talk strange lingo glad to move on out from the forest if if wasnt for shoes on the prob got webbed feet
I loved their 2nd album Stigma. Didn’t have many hits on it but it’s a better album than the first one. I still play it now!
My favourite ever recorrd.
I still have the Explained EP on CD. I love their cover of Search and Destroy. My favourite EMF song which I still play regularly.
James Atkin had a side project called Beauty School after EMF, released downloads enough for albums worth material. I like some of the music he releases now solo. "Radar" great single. Never saw them live but did see Jesus Jones which were band close to time and same scene.
I remember MTV was trying another British Invasion with EMF and Jesus Jones and another band whose name I can’t recall. Didn’t last as grunge blew up soon after
Babylon Zoo?
Primal scream?
Wasnt neds atomic dustbin the other one? There was a gap between madchester and britpop where a lot of these bands came and went
@@Reprodestruxion maybe I’d have to hear the song to know for sure. That was along time ago, when I first started watching MTV religiously lol
@Bohdi Maybe you're thinking of Big Audio Dynamite II?
SCHUBERT DIP is the best album of the 90's
Sorry, but don't be fucking stupid 😆
Excellent video. I loved EMF. There's so much here I never knew before. I loved Schubert Dip and especially their songs Children and Unbelievable.
I had no idea that EMF came from a rural town. I always assumed they were from Manchester or London like the other so-called "baggy" bands.
It reminds me something I read in Metallica's Garage, Inc. booklet. Lars said he liked the NWOBHM movement far more than what came out of a supposed cultural Mecca like Los Angeles. He said that there would be four or five bands out of the same small town in England and all of them had their own sound. The Los Angeles scene was oversaturated with bands that were all trying to be Van Halen. So, never underestimate what comes from rural England.
I don't understand why I was so hesitant to subscribe, appreciate your content.
Great band glad to hear they are still together ❤
The B side of the 12 inch of Unbelievable had a song on it that explained the meaning of EMF.
E, for ecstacy...M....lol
You need to do one on Ned's Atomic Dustbin !!!!
The entire Schubert Dip album was awesome, really liking the dance/come on Eileen/grunch cross-over vibe of the new album The Beauty and the Chaos as well, especially new version of I'm a believer (2023).
Adding Andrew Dice Clay audio in Unbelievable was genius.
We used to sing "You're Microwaveable ohh!"
Every so often I hear this on the radio, great song. Reminds me of INXS a little bit..
Can you please cover the band The Lemonheads??? I thought they were very underrated and they were excellent song writer's.
I have their 1st LP,awesome punk rock.
@@Jezballz punk? 🤔 you sure about that?!?! 🤦🏽♂️
@@circleofstone3114 Go listen to their 1st album from 1987.
They are party heads. Like myself and a lot of folk in the UK at the time. But they made a banging tune , that defined the year. Everything Starts With an EMF.
I love the solo in that song.
You guys are unbelievable...for requesting this band. Here's where to do video requests docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCQjTcPGrzUbG7H7t4toQehliwBS_Fcp78JeY_js4zZbX2jA/viewform
Now do Pop Will Eat Itself, The Wonder Stuff, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and the Stourbridge scene \m/
Unbelievable!
I listened to EMF all throughout middle school. They had energy and were different from the other bands in the states. For me, at the time, it was my introduction to bands from Europe
Did you edit out saying "Stigma" when referencing their second album?
Wow, Before watching this video I was going to comment for you to do KLF video and then you mentioned them in this video 😄 Please do a KLF video because they are Justified and Ancient 🙂
Fun fact: Tom Jones covered Unbelievable.
And I was at the filming , dancing on stage with my now husband!!
And Killdozer!
Thanks for another interesting video
Yeah, Unbelievable and Dip are the commercial successes, but Stigma was their finest hour musically.
I did not know that the "OH" in that song was a sample of Andrew Dice Clay!
One of my old school teachers in Gloucestershire is the drummers brother!
It’s unbelievable! I am unable to believe it! 😱
I was in my youth when they were popular and danced my arse off many nights a week at clubs all over Chicago. Best times of my life!
Still going- latest LP just released and gigging regularly.
Loved this tune
The voiceover today does a great impression of you 👍🏼
😂😂😂
Awesome bro! thank you!
¡Jesus Jones, I totally forgot about that group! ¿What ever happened to that group?
This was useful. Thanks.
Saw these guys back in the day In salt lake city. They played Unbelievable twice in their set. Pop will Eat Itself opened. Got to hangout with both bands after the show, all very cool guys.
Is it 10 mins yet?
Great video.
Still gigging. Still great.
These lads are truly complicated❤️🙏 The music is great
Ha. Not only am i old enough to know and love EMF but I sqatted a lanfill site just outside Cinderford.
Never knew they were local to there.
Great little town.
Saw them at The Cameo Theater in South Beach. They started the show with “unbelievable” and ended the sow with it… they were good, just ind of one dimensional.
Still making genuinely fantastic music
I saw a reunion at a rave in new Orleans, good times
I love any band that samples Andrew Dice Clay. The recurring “OOOHHHH!!!” In the song should be followed by, “Balls across the nose!!!”
I remember buying the tape and only like unbelievable 😆
When I was like 11 in the mid 90s, at a wedding reception of people I had no idea who they were, I got talked into by my dad to jump on the DJ station since no one else seemed to be doing it. Looking through this massive collection of cassette singles, mostly of things I was unfamiliar with, I spotted “unbelievable “. Had to throw that on lol. Once I had the actual DJ finally stepped in, cut the song off half through, and didn’t play it again. What a hater. Fun side note, I caught the garter at that wedding as well as every other wedding I attended from the age of about 8 until I finally married myself. Had a collection of about 8 in total.
You married yourself?
Thought EMF like REM stands for nothing.
Plus the following was also stated. "REM stands for nothing, but will lie down for anything." - Michael Stipe
I wasn't too into Cha Cha Cha, though I did buy it on CD. It possibly could have been because I'd got so much into hard house by then, rather than the quality of the tracks on Cha Cha Cha, but Perfect Day was superb. The thing I couldn't understand was why Stigma didn't do as well as Schubert Dip (which I got the first issue of :-) ) It is a fantastic album. I think at one time it was my second most played album after Unknown Territory by Bomb The Bass.
Listen to 'Arizona' for example and focus on the sound that comes in during the chorus. It just shows how they manage to blend guitars and synths to maximum effect and sometimes it can be a few listens before you notice everything in the track.
A.C. did the greatest cover of Unbelievable on Morbid Florist
I have not heard of this group. I’ll make sure to look them up. I expect a fine upstanding group of young musicians with great musicianship.
@@worldsheaviestjamband93 you are in for a treat 😆 🤣
you gotto do " ned's atomic dustbin, pop will eat itself and the Wonder stuff" all the same time period.
Do something on Urban Dance Squad.
I have Deeper Shade of Soul on cassette single.
I saw a dateline with the drummer of Trixter I think. That would be kinda interesting to do
o god do I have to search for this song? Not certain I'm aware of this..... Sweaty Nipples in Portland, Oregon used to shout, "Unbelievable!" in one of their songs but that's all I know of EMF.... lol Do Sweaty Nipples!
Now I'm having flashbacks of Inspiral Carpets and Carter The Unstopped Sex Machine.
Du du duh I give you Sheriff Fatman!!!
I always thought EMF was a reference to Electro-Magnetic Force. Guess it wasn't that nerdy.
EMF Lo mejor a inicios del techno que buenos tiempos.
Blasted this for the neighbors over the weekend.
Was there for the rave days, great fun and some strange headaches
dammit Ian, that Chicago house/Detroit techno would have been tight
Eat My Fanny was always my favorite theory behind their name
And just like that... EMF released 2 new albums in recent years. The latest diggin' it a lot.
Love EMF!
I still like unbelievable. I used to build custom car stereo systems in college and unbelievable was always a fun song to test a system out from tweets to subs.
Though i also liked, nay preferred, 3am eternal by KLF. Since you brought them up. THEY would be a great vid topic. If for no other reason than the very expensive bonfire lol
They are actually in with a shout of another chart topper
These guys never pissed me off and I never knew that was goofy Andrew Dice Clay. Always 💯 RRTS
SCHUBERT DIP is the BEST ALBUM of the 90's
So here's a weird bit of synchronicity. A few hours after you put out this video, actor Matthew McConaughey posted a video talking about his least favorite word, "unbelievable". Maybe he watches Rock N' Roll True Stories my friend!
That was unbelievable
They returned with a new banger of an album a month a go
i love emf
Schubert Dip is the best album of the 90's
well done
Stigma is a very good album, there's a Faith No More vibe in it
It’s hard to make it when you only have one song people want to hear.
Hmmmmm not if your a fan of the band, play the full schubert dip album, your ears won't regret it! 👍
Unbelievable was like the demo for Crumbelievable
Pop Will Eat Itself video!!!
If Rick Rubin charged them for the Dice Clay sample he'd be the biggest hypocrite since the Beastie Boys used more samples then anyone.
If you saved the barcode/upc from 3 boxes of Rice Krispies you got a cassette of the unbelievable song and a B side. Ah the 90s.
They're still touring and making music.
I just saw @emftheband in Detroit last week! They were fantastic!
EMF was a poor man's POP WILL EAT ITSELF