Scuba at FF Vinyl launch party, 8th March 1999

...second band, Scuba, managed to completely shatter the uneasy calm created by Christopher Rees' set. Highly rated by FF Vinyl who describe their music as "the best straight-up pop we've heard in years", Scuba have already built an impressively rock 'n' roll reputation for themselves. Despite only being on the verge of releasing their debut single "In my car", they have been sued by Kula Shaker over their previous name, had a punch-up with Baby Bird, and got hammered on the Stereophonics' bar bill. "We're on some kind of collision course with the music industry" says singer/guitarist Dave Missen somewhat proudly. They tend towards the radical, raucous side of pop: they ploughed their way through their set on a Beach Boys style wave of sound with a sharp punky guitar edge...