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Les Boo Radleys sont apparemment partis il y a quelques années ( d'où le jeu de mots minable du sujet ), et ce bien avant que je les découvre en profondeur.
Pourquoi ont-ils fait çaaaa ??
Franchement ils assuraient ; et j'aimerais que vous me parliez d'eux et que vous me donnez des liens et autres infos sur la toile, car j'ai l'impression que leur disparition a plongé leur nom dans l'oubli le plus total (presque rien sur Google, c'est dire !).

Source Allmusic.com :

Formed in Liverpool in 1988, the English guitar pop group the Boo Radleys developed a dedicated cult following in the early '90s before crossing over into the mainstream in the middle of the decade. Originally, the Radleys were one of the lesser lights of the loud, noisy My Bloody Valentine-inspired psychedelic trance pop bands labeled "shoegazers" by the British weekly music press. By the mid-'90s the Boo Radleys had developed into a more straightforward pop band who didn't use noise and extended guitar workouts as a way of fleshing out their songs, instead using it as the basis of their music.
The Boo Radleys originally consisted of guitarist/songwriter Martin Carr, vocalist/guitarist Sice, bassist Timothy Brown, and drummer Steve Hewitt. The band released their first album, Ichabod and I, on a local independent record label in 1990; Hewitt was replaced by Rob Cieka after the release of the record. With the support of influential British disc jockey John Peel, the band signed with Rough Trade Records. The group released the EP Every Heaven in 1991; the record made it into the lower regions of the U.K. charts.

Rough Trade folded shortly after the release of Every Heaven, and the Boo Radleys moved to Creation Records, releasing Everything's Alright Forever in 1992. Everything's Alright Forever was released in the U.S. through Creation's association with Columbia Records, but it didn't gain much attention in America. In England, it received favorable reviews and the group began to build a fan base. Topping several Best-of-the-Year lists, including Melody Maker's, 1993's Giant Steps was a critical success in England and sold respectably. In America, the record launched the minor alternative rock hit "Lazarus" and led to second-stage spot on Lollapalooza '94.

Released in England in the spring of 1995, the more pop-oriented Wake Up! was the band's commercial breakthrough, debuting at number one. The bright, horn-driven single "Wake Up Boo" entered in the Top Ten and stayed on the charts until the early summer, preventing the follow-up single, "Find the Answer Within," from charting higher than the Top 30. Wake Up! was released in America in the fall of 1995 with no promotional push from Columbia, who dropped the band early the following year.

The Boo Radleys returned in the fall of 1996 with C'Mon Kids, a self-consciously loud and arty album designed to shake off the band's newfound pop fans. It worked — the album debuted in the Top Ten but it soon fell off the charts, despite overwhelmingly positive reviews. Early in 1997, the band finalized an American contract with Mercury, and C'Mon Kids was released in March, a half a year after its initial British release. Kingsize followed in late 1998, though the group officially broke up just months later.

Disbanded 1999 02 01

Major Contributors to the Group: Andy Wilkinson

Similar Artists: Moose Super Furry Animals The Verve Spiritualized Mercury Rev Oasis Blur Ride The Jesus & Mary Chain A.R. Kane Butterfly Child Pulp Lush Yo La Tengo Weezer Matthew Sweet Chapterhouse Suede Curve The La's The Flaming Lips

Roots and Influences: The Velvet Underground The Teardrop Explodes The Stone Roses Squeeze My Bloody Valentine Dinosaur Jr. The Beatles The Beach Boys

Followers: Flick Steamkings Electric Soft Parade My Computer

Discography :
1990 Ichabod & I Action
1992 Everything's Alright Forever Creation/Colum
1993 Giant Steps Creation
1995 Wake Up! Creation/Colum
1996 C'mon Kids Creation/Mercu
1998 Kingsize Creation

Enfin des gens qui connaissent ce groupe ! Ca fait dejà quelques années que j'ecoute les Boo et je suis entierement d'accord avec toi Aykodu : ils sont supers ! (si t'es intéressé j'ai "kouasiment" toute leur disco en mp3 )

C'mon kids !!

Aaaahhh, ça fait plaisir, comme dit l'autre, de voir qu'on n'est pas seul à apprécier ( et remémorer ! ) un groupe disparu.
Merci Fab, tu déchires vieux !
Charlie, bien sûr que ça m'intéresse de garnir mon panier avec cette collec' psychédélicoïfiante ! Je vais voir comment on peut arranger ça...

De toute façon, je n'ai écouté que Giant Steps qui bien que possédant certains défauts est plus que rafraîchissant, inventif et tout et tout.

Donc, si j'ai bien compris cette formation occupait une place un peu à part dans le petit monde de la brit-pop ?
( Et au fait Hewitt ce ne serait pas le mec de Placebo par hasard ? )