Riot on the radio

Just as the original Cavern became a subterranean car park, another reminder of Liverpool's musical heritage is being destroyed:

Yes! It's that building from the Dead 60s 2005 album, 'The Dead 60s'!

I'm not sad to see it go, because it's been ugly and useless for years. And it overshadows Lime Street Station. But how poignant: The Dead 60s announced their split earlier this year, and now the key visual image to their debut album is slowly being dismantled. I never really liked them, and I'm not just saying that to be cool. When they first emerged, I used to confuse them with The Ordinary Boys. But The Dead 60s failed to reach the dizzying heights of Celebrity Big Brother. Although Riot Radio was something of an indie disco standard for a while, the band have one of those sad stories... they churned away for years before getting a deal with Deltasonic, sold a few CDs then recorded a second album in New York. But that second album was never released, and they have to find proper jobs. Plus they were due to play The Other Stage at Glastonbury in 2005, but it was hit by lightning (source: Wikipedia). It's all a bit tragi-comic.