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Number One Cup – In session for John Peel – March 11, 1997 – BBC Radio 1 –
Indie from Chicago to start the week. Number One Cup with their second of two sessions, recorded for John Peel on March 11, 1997 and broadcast over BBC Radio 1.
Via their bio from Sweet Pea Records:
Number One Cup was a Chicago indie rock band from 1993 to 1999. Sweet Pea Records released three NOC 7-inch vinyl records: “Connecticut,” “Divebomb/Indie Soft-Core Denial” and “The Monkey Song.” The band later was signed by Flydaddy Records and then by Blue Rose/V2 in the UK. The band also put out a 7″ on the UK label Wurlitzer Jukebox under the name The Eleventh Hour. They did this because their British record label didn’t want them putting out another NOC release at the same time as their label’s release. The Eleventh Hour adopted an ’80s synth-pop style as befitted the name.
Number One Cup was founded by Seth Cohen (now named Seth Kim-Cohen), who began assembling the band after being interviewed by rock critic Ben Kim for NewCity, a Chicago alt-weekly. Cohen’s band Eliot had come to an end, and when Kim asked him what kind of band he was looking to form next, Seth said something along the lines of three bands he’d just seen, Unrest, Gastr Del Sol and Stereolab. The writer took the unusual step of printing Seth’s phone number in the article. Soon after, guitarist Pat O’Connell called that number, and the two got together and decided there was something there. Seth and Pat went looking for a drummer and auditioned three. They settled on Michael Lenzi, the least experienced of the drummers they’d auditioned but the most enthusiastic and energetic. They decided to go for enthusiastic, figuring that would be more useful than just having a great drummer. Those three formed the core of the band, while several bassists came and went. As far as the band can recollect, Pat played bass for awhile until John Przyborowski (from Eliot) joined them. John was replaced by Jenni Snyder. After she left, Pat Reis played bass, followed by Przborowski again. Kurt Volk was the band’s last bass player. The band broke up in Pensacola, Fla., in 1999, while on tour. Later, Seth and Michael formed The Fire Show.
Crank it up and enjoy. The week is just starting.
