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Liverpool, England’s premier psychedelic ‘grunge’ specialists arose early in 1986 out of the ashes of the Mel-O-Tones. In between, John Neesam (drums), Frank Martin (vocals) and Bob Parker (bass, guitar) formed the Corinthians for three months, recording a seven-track demo that formed the basis of the Walking Seeds’ set. The band’s first EP, Know Too Much (1986), set the pace, fronted by the strong ‘Tantric Wipeout’. By the time of the follow-up, ‘Mark Chapman’ (1987), Neesam had been replaced by two former members of Marshmallow Overcoat, Tony Mogan (drums) and Baz Sutton (guitar). This was followed by the extreme but patchy Skullfuck (the title influenced by a Grateful Dead album cover) later that year. After lying low, the band signed to Glass Records, issuing Upwind Of Disaster, Downwind Of Atonement in 1989. Recorded in New York, the presence of Bongwater’s Mark Kramer as producer helped to bring a more defined, but nevertheless uncompromising, aura to the proceedings. Sutton left...