Sometime in the late 1980s, while falling across a flight of stairs that suddenly appeared on his path, the probably (and not only) drunk guitarist of the Quireboys, David Leslie Walls, more commonly known as Ginger Wildheart, decides that the fate of the bottle of whisky in his hand is to determine his own future as well. Should it break, he would cut his veins with the glass there and then. Should it remain intact, he would found his own band and show the world his own idea of what rock is all about…

…The role of divine providence in the forming of the Wildhearts is one of the coolest legends in rock music that you have probably not heard. Just as the WILDHEARTS themselves are the best band you likely haven’t listened to. If you don’t believe the talk about how they have more awesome songs than you can count, or how their B-sides put most other bands’ singles to shame, at least take the time to listen to 1993’s ‘Earth vs. the Wildhearts’ and 1995’s ‘P.H.U.Q.’ – and thank me later. Or if you feel like just reading on, trust me when I describe them as the perfect middle between Metallica, Cheap Trick and Ramones, which sounds better than you hope it would.