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I ran this survey for a couple of years, until the 3rd party script broke, which seemed like a good time to draw a line under it. Here's those results in full:

Fave Track:
3 - This is the Sound Of Youth
3 - Sharp Kid
2 - Wait For It
2 - Empire Building
2 - Jobs For Boys
2 - You're Always Right
1 - Speed King
1 - April 7th.
1 - Soul around the World
1 - (Come on Join) The High Society
1 - You're not my Babylon
1 - Too Sussed
1 - Soul Around the World

Fave Album/EP:
9 - (Come on Join) The High Society
3 - Accident And Emergency
2 - Taxi for TAM EP
2 - Too Sussed EP

4 - All :-)

Other Bands Like Tam: (# of votes)
None (9), King Adora (3), S*M*A*S*H (2), Libertines, Tiny Monroe, Soda++, The Ruts, DNA Doll, Miss Black America++, MC5, Bowie, Buzzcocks, THE OBSESSION, Staple++, Supergrass, Elastica.

(++ recommended by a member of that band)

Fave Gig Memory:
- Reading Festival when they played 'Sister Anne' live - they finally rocked like they looked - and interviewing PAddy and Julian in Southampton, then turning to leave and them protesting and insisting I stay with them until they go onstage!
- Fibbers in York 1996. Monitors for seats.
- The Rig, Nottingham 97. Julian (rightly really) giving the wanker sign to my mate when, faced with a new version of Sound of Youth, he demanded they "play it properly". At least I think it was Sound of Youth - I was a bit out of it...
- talking to all 4 members at the same time at a gig no one else showed up for......and helping them find Stevie (who they couldn't seem to find)
- Never saw them live, so hearing '...Babylon' for the first time in my mate's front room and falling to my knees.
- I went to the ‘comeback’ gig at the Monarch when they still had Steve drumming, I think they opened the set with Riverboat Captain (which again was a great moment) but the best songs of that gig were easily the slowed down version of Speed King or the unbelievably fast version of Too Sussed.
- Fave gig - Brighton Uni, supporting Carter USM.
- Meeting them at Bristol. I was lost for words and probably looked like an idiot groupie!!
- duchess of york. leeds. Cool as fuck four bro's in leathers and keef hair - havent stopped sporting that look myself since!!
- Derby 1995 derby wherehouse, My ex reckons she was chatted up by Boag. Had a giggle with stevie. and leicester 1996 The Charlotte, met Julian
- Reading Festival when they played 'Sister Anne' live - they finally rocked like they looked - and interviewing Paddy and Julian in Southampton, then turning to leave and them protesting and insisting I stay with them until they go onstage!
- support of carter usm @ frankfurt, germany, maybe 97???
- Bumping into Stevie at a Camden gig my band SODA where playing back in 1995.

Mo Solid Gold Out Of 10: 9, 10, 7, 5, 1, 6.5, 10, 6, 7, 8, 7, 7, 5 Average: 6.8

MSG Comments:
- Bit worried when I heard a description of them but then all was ok when I heard them :)
- I wanna like them, but the records aren't as exciting as they are live are they?
- Truly amazing live, but the music's grown up just a little too much for me. Damn!
- MSG are HORRIBLE! everything ive heard by them is just horrible......i was so excited about them coming back to music too.....but its just too mediocre.
- Who is that singer... he's gorgeous!!! But I still want to marry Boag!!! You can still hear TAM in the music.
- they're ok. but i'm fickle and must have more glamour and sass.
- Great live if not a little too thought out - but on record they just didnt cut it for me wheres the energy and raw rock n roll?
- COOL K!
- Not seen them live, but disappointed the image was toned down. Still sound like they're only influenced by the best classic rock,pop & soul so better than most.
- Completely cut from T.A.M in almost all aspects,except maybe the hammond organ. Awesome live band though, comercially think they were always gonna struggle!
- not bad, but they weren't really James Brown now were they?

Where do TAM fans go of a Saturday night:
- Dunno - I live in Milton keynes which is basically a council estate that keeps growing bigger. Not much to do except stay in and dream . . .
- Anywhere thats sleezy and rock and roll brother!!
- on stage! www.sasu.tv
- Easy - wherever their gigs are - they have all been inspired to start bands and tour the world.
- Blue Note, or union two preferbly. (Derby)
- BLOW UP - SATURDAYS - TORONTO - LEE'S PALACE
- The Monarch in Camden
- Work early sundays so i guess you'll find me out on alternative nights. Bedrock on a fri night at Metros perhaps.
- anywhere I can get in :-)