Narcissus Pool

Formed in 1997 by Phill and Shane... it's a long story. They get signed by Darkbeat Records after sending out only one demo tape. There is an EP, followed by the debut album "Life's Bitch Tapestry" which is recorded and mixed in 4 days... it shows but the songs are still cool! Shane gets disillusioned with the label and band, and jumps ship. Phill carries on with new guitarist Polly. There are different line ups, Ben replaces Ollie who replaced Ross on keyboards. There's an EP, "Any Idiot Can Join the Dots". By the time the album "Rehearsing for Dementia" comes out, Marcus has replaced Ben, and Shane is back in the fold. The band play their best gigs ever, including another legendary WGW appearence. 2003 and the band nearly split after Polly and Shane fall out. Eventually, along with Marcus, they re-emerge as a 3 piece, at a secret gig under the name Narcotics Anonymous. A whole album worth of material is prepared for the "Follow the Rats" release but then both Phill and Shane take the title too seriously. Disillusioned by the live scene, they both say there will be no more gigs. They retreat into obscurity armed only with the internet. Eventually someone gets off their lazy arse and things start to stir again. Just... New things are going to be appearing on this page. Further to their occupancy of MySpace, annonymous narcotic .. 3 is responsible for Victims Of Convenience... slip on your baggy shorts, your Joy Division T-shirt and Neds Atomic Dustbin bobble-hat and check them out. annonymous narcotic .. 2 is remixing and recording as Vermin Romance - hope-you-die-lo-fi! annonymous narcotic .. 1, well, things start to stir again. Just...