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Back in 1997 while the underground in the states was revelling in Albini, Sonic Youth, Jesus Lizard exploring the grungy debris of only a few years before. The Oasis vs Blur battle had ravaged the UK’s music scene a few stragglers left. Supergrass road their bikes home, Robbie Williams rose to king of pop.

The decline of Britpop was in full swing and the UK’s music scene had a lot of derelict spaces. The charts had Chumbawamba and Babylon Zoo big crass gimmicky bands, this was as edgy as it got. Meanwhile in durgy scuzzy London matt black venues was a blossoming hive of music and exciting underground scene. Bands that had just spend the last ten years on diets of Guns n Roses, Nirvana, Zeppelin, Pearl Jam didn’t feel cheeky Cockney oiks or mouthy Mancs applied to them.

Back in 1997 Mariachi had just started putting together there debut album. Formed by Tobias Hussey and Sam Callow from the carcass of a previous band called Curmudgeon the two Jesus Lizard lovers pulled Nick ‘double bass drum’ Griffith’s and then found the only man outside of Les Claypool who can play Tommy the Cat Robert Chidell on bass.

Mariachi were one of the late 90’s London scene. A scene so underground, it stayed underground. It seems not a single band managed to survive. Bands got signed, championed, reviewed and gigged their ass off. XFM was independent and championed them it get bought and turned into a play list puppy.

Almost not one band still remains or has any public or critical acclaim. There isn’t a person saying ‘I was in that room when they played to one man and his dog’ like Joy Division or the infamous Sex Pistols gig.

10 years on Mariachi have decided to dust off their guitars, hang up the trowels, mice, phones of daily life and remember the songs that they left a decade before. Starting with a gig back at the Dublin Castle. Music Towers speaks to Toby Hussey about unfinished business.

So your going to finish that album you started a decade ago? ‘ It’s done and dusted, should get the final master back on Friday. We are putting it out on our own label Rudeyard Records another old project with Sam Callow man behind 4treck recordings and our guitarist