Alternative Rock's Most Unexpected Pop Stars: Therapy? & "Screamager"

You know the story. Nirvana released “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in late 1991, and alternative rock broke into the mainstream. But how alternative can a band be and still succeed, however briefly, in the pop charts. Enter Therapy?
Ripping their way out of Northern Ireland in 1989, they absorbed metal, punk and industrial and mangled it into glorious globs of mutant-rock noise. With jagged early tracks “Meat Abstract,” “Potato Junkie” and “Teethgrinder” they slowly caught the attention of the UK’s punks, metalheads and indie kids, but it wasn’t until 1993 and the buzzsawing bubblegum of “Screamager” that the pop crowd bought in as well. This is the story of Therapy?: Alternative rock’s unlikeliest pop stars.
#therapymusic #alternativerock #musicdocumentary
Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner.
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Origin: "No One Knows The Trouble I've Seen"
08:02 Nurse: "Losing His Mind and He Feels It Going"
12:05 Screamager: "Screw That, Forget About That"
17:20 Troublegum: "I'm In Hell And I'm Alone"
24:05 Enduring Legacy: "This Infernal Love"
Bibliography
So Much For the Thirty Year Plan: Therapy? The Authorised Biography by Simon Young, 2020, Jawbone
"Britrock Special: how To Make Friends & Influence people" by Paul Brannigan, Classic Rock, Jun 2015
"Troublegum At 25: An Oral History Of The Therapy? Classic" by Kiran Acharya, Kerrang!, Feb 2019
"The Story Behind the Song: Screamager by Therapy?" by Henry Yates, Louder, Nov 2016
"Therapy?: How Troublegum catapulted three unlikely Irish lads to stardom" by Dave Everley, Metal Hammer, Nov 2019
"Therapy? 'We took a chance, Troublegum was so out of our comfort zone'" by Dom Lawson, Louder, Feb 2016
"Ireland In 50 Albums, No 7: Troublegum, by Therapy?" by Mike McGrath Bryan, Irish Examiner, Feb 2023
"Therapy?'s Infernal Love: An Oral History" by Kiran Acharya, Classic Rock, Mar 2016
"TROUBLEGUM / INFERNAL LOVE (REISSUES)" by JR Moores, The Quietus, Apr 2014
"The best 12 Therapy? songs, by Andy Cairns" by Andy Cairns, Louder, Oct 2015
"Andy Cairns: “We always tried to leaven the pain through our way of dealing with life itself..." by Nick Ruskell, Kerrang!, May 2023
"Blarney Trouble" by Keith Cameron, NME, Jul 1991
"Therapy?: Three-Prong Attack" by Cathi Unsworth, Melody Maker, Jan 1992
"Happiness is a Worn Gum" by Steve Lamacq, NME, Nov 1992
"Get Some Therapy?" by Chris Watts, Kerrang!, Nov 1992
"Big Money Booze Up" by Johnny Cigarettes, NME, March 1993
"Nevada: Mind the B..." by Simon Price, Melody Maker, May 1993
"24-Hour Parody People" by Simon Williams, NME, Jul 1993
"Therapy? Get Opal Fruity" by Mayhem, Kerrang!, Aug 1993
"Therapy?: Gums N' Rosaries" by Terry Staunton, NME, Jan 1994
"British Steel" by Liz Evans, Kerrang!, Jan 1994
"Mad Boys Inc" by Mat Smith, Melody Maker, Jun 1994
"Begorrah's Banquet" by Stuart Bailie, NME, Nov 1994
"No More Pop Songs! Therapy?" by Mayhem, Kerrang!, Nov 1994
"The Hic Parade" by Ted Kessler, NME, Dec 1994
"Therapy? It's a Wonderful Life" by Andy Stout, Metal Hammer, Dec 1994
"It's Heavy as F...!" by Paul Rees, Kerrang!, May 1995
"Therapy? - Songs of Love and..." by Paul Brannigan, Kerrang!, May 1995
"Mosh Bros" by Mark Sutherland, NME, May 1995
"Therapy? Smooth, Smart, Selfish" by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, Nov 1995
"Therapy?: Monsters of Rock?" by Susan Corrigan, i-D, Sep 1996
"Therapy?: Penetration Terrorists" by Caitlin Moran, Melody Maker, Jul 1995
"Andy Cairns on Samuel Beckett, The Exorcist and The Jesus Lizard" by Jenny Lee, Irish News, Aug 2016
"Therapy?" by Richard May, Pixelsurgeon, 2002
"Therapy? Profile, Interview with Andy Cairns" by Craig Young, earpollution, Apr 2000
"The Complete Guide to Therapy?" by Mike Mc-Grath-Bryan, The Thin Air, Mar 2014
"Therapy?'s Andy Cairns picks the 10 songs that define his career" by Rich Hobson, Metal Hammer, Sep 2023
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[@TrashTheory]

Every now and then I get people asking for a playlist of every song mentioned in my videos: Well here's a Spotify link for this one: open.spotify.com/playlist/73MgEfLTraKIGxi4TgeZsm?si=5a2d3855c6c54fb6 KZbin Music link: kzbin.info/aero/PLooaZ33lSaldVS75cwHKEi0PEtTeYb9Gz&si=FGPqOehzImweqGgj

[@IvarTheBrainless]

This is a great idea! Thank you.

[@GMT439]

Define to me what 'NOISE ROCK' is so I have a clue what you mean by it? You understand this 'Noise' label never existed at the time right? So you are renaming genres of music from the past?... WHY?

[@MadGeorgeProductions]

Thank you for doing KZbin music as well!!! I complained about that last time so I really appreciate it. 😂

[@AnonymousAccount514]

ohhh...can you do NoMeansNo?

[@BuckDat]

@@GMT439 Noise was a label and description used all the time.

[@nurdertim2018]

Therapy? is such an underrated band. Saw them so many times live throughout the past 30 years and they never disappointed me.

[@johnbehan1526]

*Criminally* underrated and overlooked.

[@davidlomax4028]

Underrated is meaningless now.. Underrated is so overused, that it's become a nothing word!

[@lucus55]

⁠​⁠@@davidlomax4028agreed, everyone needs to give up saying band are underrated, would they rather their favourite band is overrated and like all the other commercial shit? If you ever read Kerrang magazine in the 90s Therapy were hyped up from an inch of their life. Excellent band though I would have loved to have seen them live back in the day

[@crimmas]

They were so hard to find in the states! Had to spend 20$ on Infernal Love because they were all imports past like Nurse. Some of it STILL isn’t available here officially. The way we missed Troublegum is an uncorrected tragedy

[@MrNothereever88]

Never saw them live, but I remember my older brother bringing "Troublegum" cassette in like 1997 when I was 8 years old, I still listen to them in my thirties. Love it.

[@OtisNotibrus]

YOU FINALLY GOT ROUND TO MAKING A VIDEO ON THERAPY? LET'S GOOOOOOOOO

[@gavanshanley9135]

My first gig in 1995, Point Theatre Dublin, supported by Ash 👍 Great band

[@sevenodonata]

​@@gavanshanley9135 I couldn't afford tickets but the gig was live brodcast on the radio so I able to listen in at home! There were bootlegs of that gig available - just FM quality! 😂

[@johngarland502]

​@gavanshanley9135 jase I was at that one too.

[@mikeymoose7253]

This band have been so consistently good since the 90s! Always touring and releasing new albums; keeping their cult fan base no matter what they do. Amazing live!

[@marvellousm]

Troublegum is for my money one of the best albums ever recorded, thank you SO MUCH for this video. Therapy? were so important to me surviving my late teens with my sanity intact.

[@supremelordoftheuniverse5449]

I love it too but it’s their less impressive output

[@BuckDat]

@@supremelordoftheuniverse5449 depends on the mood. Babyteeth is their classic but i still go to Troublegum quite a bit.

[@BillGardiner]

I wore out the Troublegum CD back in the 90s! So few people I knew had every heard of Therapy? in the skate punk and thrash metal scenes. Troublegum bridged industrial, grunge, punk, alternative, thrash, and post-hardcore like no one else I can think of. Plus the lyricism was next-level! Thank you for this!

[@NevilleBamshu23]

Fuggin loved em....so good..

[@BuckDat]

I'm ashamed to admit it took years for me to really appreciate that album. The first tape I got of theirs was Nurse. Then I got Babyteeth and an EP called Hats Off to the Insane. Troublegum was kind of a shock to me when first listening.

[@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888]

"Wore out a CD"? Sure you did.

[@BillGardiner]

​@@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888pulling a CD in and out of a cd binder scratches the crap out of it over time. Yes, I literally wore out the CD!

[@ImNotGregGraffin]

Glad to see Therapy? covered here Quite a surprise, too. I’ve loved this band since I was a teenager. I think their lyrics are genius and really self-exposing with no fear of going to dangerous places. And the music is so sinister More people should know about them

[@BuckDat]

I still listen to them regularly. It's hard not to which such a catalog. They have several different eras, drummers, etc.

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

i was like 'oh those guys, i remember them..' then i remembered how great they are when i watched this lol, i loved it at the time too, you associate it with its time but if we heard it for the first time today it would still be great.

[@system720]

Agghh. I’ve been listening to “Shameless” repeatedly, trying to find a shit song on there. And I’m still at it.

[@ReclaimMind]

Great to see Therapy? getting the respect they deserve 🤝

[@snavenai]

I always respected Therapy? Andy Cairnes always seemed much cleverer and more sensitive than you'd expect from singers at the time.

[@SachikaRomanova]

I'd picked up Pleasure Death on tape in a tiny record store in Leeds without hearing anything and 13 year old me was hooked. I'd go on to see them live a dozen times over the next five years, loving every minute, even cutting down a huge flyposter to take home.. "Nowhere" spoke to my teenage soul in ways only a couple of songs had done before or since, and the "I'm just with you, that will never mean that I'm just for you" refrain from Femtex got me through and out of my first bad relationship as a teen. I'm not sure I'd be here, we're it not for Therapy?

[@chiaroscuroh]

I grew up in South Africa and as a teen in the 00s, finding music that wasn't super mainstream was MUCH harder than it is now. I'd spend all my money on UK music magazines and then read about bands and try figure out whether I'd like them or not without actually hearing them, then paying an exorbitant amount of money to have an album imported. I'd have to wait about 6-8 weeks to know whether I'd struck gold or made a terrible mistake. Troublegum definitely fell into the gold category. It remains one if my favourite albums to this day. Thanks for covering Therapy? this was a great watch.

[@toltecpickups]

For the past 18 months it has been an honour to be part of the T? crew on tour as Andy's guitar tech. Seeing the history unfold like this makes it even more unbelievable. Great work.

[@InfinityX2]

I was a punk & metalhead that immediately embraced Therapy? Therapy? also gave the world the sickest lyric I have heard in Me vs You: "Fucking you got boring when it didn't feel so wrong" pure poetry. Great video!

[@jamessouth3808]

Me vs You👍🏻

[@IvarTheBrainless]

Lovin' this. I used to follow these lunatics around the country. Their tour with Silverfish and Gallon Drunk was the stuff of legend.

[@lorcannagle]

One of my favourite bands in the early-mid 90s, saw them at Sunstroke 94 in Dublin, they had second billing after the Chilli Peppers and the crowd went so nuts for them everyone was pretty wasted by the time the Chillis came out. I saw a guy stagger out of the mosh pit with a cut on his head and holding one shoe. I asked if he was OK and he said "sure it's all good fun". Gotta love it.

[@andrewwalsh5366]

That was some day out

[@VariousJams]

I was there!!

[@itsjonathangray]

YES! THERAPY? IS SUCH AN AWESOME BAND!!! I've always loved their work on Pleasure Death. 1990s alternative music never runs out of magic, I'll tell ya. Thanks for the documentary! 😁🤠🎸

[@RUDI-UK]

Proud to have them as compatriots. All Andy's local influences I grew up with too. Andy gave a lot of great Northern Ireland bands a step up as well with his record label. Joyrider being a notable example.

[@pickletechfx6212]

Joyrider were ace - saw them start the night at Shepherd's Bush Empire on Therapy?'s tour in '94 (Rub Ultra in the middle were also great). Then a couple of years later Joyrider were main support to Understand at a gig in Ipswich, where through many twists of fate I've ended up living again for the last few years. I'm not sure how much clout "I loved Joyrider before Rush Hour" has nowadays, but I'll stand by it!

[@hookback]

Alright. Now we wait for Pitchshifter.

[@CasualAlbiniAppreciator]

Fuck yes! Massively underrated band, straddling the line between Brainiac and Prodigy! TT has to make a vid about them, they were so much fun

[@hermezkonrad]

Therapy? are awesome band and still release great material.

[@geetek78]

MTV Europe show 120 Minutes Championed Therapy? back in the day. Still have my Teethgrinder 7" Purple vinyl tucked away. Cracking band.

[@ISMSKL]

Yeah. Heard Teethgrinder for the first time on 120 Minutes and they were regularly featured on Headbanger's Ball as well. Nurse is my all time favourite Therapy? album

[@nj1255]

Great way to be introduced to a band I've never heard of. Really well made video that encapsulates their history and milestones.

[@CrashExhibition]

This was my favourite band as a teenager. They were long out of the spotlight at that stage but were still making great stuff. They are the soundtrack of that time, and they were Irish like me. Let you know that it was possible to do on our little island.

[@marksims3904]

Our wee country! Norn Iron!! Keep thrashing it, from a Therapy? fan across the pond in Felixstowe.

[@stuartmorley6894]

God I love Therapy. I don't listen as much as I should because they bring back less than great memories but they will always hold a place in my heart.

[@chuckabbate5924]

Therapy? Along with SLF, The Undertones, etc... Ireland has put some kick ass bands

[@RevShifty]

@@chuckabbate5924 Stiff Little Fingers is another always classic band, too. It's always a good time for either one.

[@chuckabbate5924]

@@RevShifty so good live...oh and of course,Ash!!

[@johnchedsey1306]

Another banger! I had forgotten about their cover of "Diane", which is one of those rare covers that damn near equals the original, despite the entirely different approach sonically speaking. This video encourages me to revisit their back catalog.

[@mariannetuite7411]

I actually prefer it to the original. And I can only say that about maybe 3 songs in 40+ years

[@MarcoVisconti]

"Troublegum" and "Infernal Love" changed my life as a teenager. Thank you for this great video!

[@ruination775]

Absolutely 💯

[@SteveNalepa]

This Channel is such a goldmine. Thank you so much for being so inspiring

[@DmitarVuckovic]

So glad to see Therapy? on here! Still one of my absolute FAVORITE bands still making music. My buddy had the "Hat's off to the Insane" import and from then on I was hooked! Still pick up every album and love how much they have evolved while still keeping their signature sound.

[@sjoerdvanloon]

"Satanic teddybear, spewing self doubt", where did you come up with this. T? is one of the best bands ever, I love every single album of theirs, their humor and, their shows.

[@richteffekt]

Even though it's a single second long footnote: my heart screamed when I saw Oceansize mentioned. Altogether excellent episode - as usual. Thank you!

[@jayplay8140]

absolute legends !

[@w00df0rd]

That first sixty seconds to 'Moment of Clarity'🌧️ Now ive total respect for Cairns to deliberately write and stylise 'Infernal Love' as something different to Troublegum, when the latter had been so, so good. This is a superbly well-made half hour about the band- I now realise how little I knew.

[@starkillerclub3755]

Moment of Clarity is my go to Therapy song, the cover of Husker Du's Dianne from the same album, is another outstanding track

[@CasualAlbiniAppreciator]

Moment of Clarity is godly but then again, so is the whole damn album. I understand why the fanbase turned sour at the time but holy shit is it an impeccable release looking back at it. The only iffy thing is how Diane leads into Loose, that's a bit of a whiplash, apart from that it's all brilliant

[@Closedgroove]

Great band..and so glad they're still here!!🤘

[@luctator8956]

I’ve been waiting for a video on these guys. Troublegum is a great album

[@WizardOfOss]

Oh yes, one of my (many...) favorite bands during the '90s, even now I immediately recognized some of the tracks I hadn't heard in decades. I hadn't completely forgotten about them though, as a co-worker jokingly named them the perfect pandemic band: Isolation, Going Nowhere, Die Laughing. And while meant as a joke, it again made me listen to them again. Still as great as ever.

[@BadLuckLuke]

Troublegum, an album for the ages ✨

[@RevShifty]

It really is. It's their best album IMO, and they really don't have any bad albums to begin with.

[@mrstephenpariah]

​@@RevShiftyTroublegum is where it all went wrong.

[@chrisbtoo]

I'm bitter, I'm twisted...

[@Animal_Mother]

I was at a party at the end of the night in a country town in Australia in '94, just as I was about to crash on the lounge The Knives came on, from the opening lyrics I was hooked. Troublegum is still one of my favourite albums.

[@stephenw2992]

JJJ played some tracks off Troublegum so Aussies got to hear them. I got the CD and still think Screamager, Nowhere and Hellbelly are some of the best tracks from that era.

[@benrous8430]

The way the tracks go from one to the other, once you put Troublegum on play it's literally impossible to switch off

[@Animal_Mother]

@@stephenw2992 yep, but back then JJJ was only in Sydney, it didn't go Australia wide until '95.

[@stephenw2992]

@@Animal_Mother It was in Hobart around 1991 and slowly crept out from the Capital cites to the regions by 1996

[@Animal_Mother]

@@stephenw2992 that's amazing, the album wasn't released until early '94.

[@impossiblefunky]

TIL I learned about the band Therapy? I honestly had never heard them before. Thanks for shedding a light!

[@RevShifty]

Lucky you. One of my all time favorites, for sure. Dark and often self effacing lyrics, a driving sound that just blends everything they grew up listening to into something completely different, and it's just wonderful IMO. I hope you enjoy it.

[@toxicavenger9562]

I can't even decide which is my favorite album...song!? Impossible.

[@pda1799]

Therapy? was sooooo good!

[@dikbozo]

The algorithm had dropped me here. Thanks for this. I have a new-to-me band to follow now.

[@Bandanko]

I always tear up when i listen to Therapy? as it's the sound track to my fucked up teenage years. I wasn't normal, I was ugly and girls with perfect teeth certainly didnt smile at me. Thank you Andy (As i said to you once at a rock city gig in the 90's out the back whilst smoking), you made my life much more bearable

[@kaffeeringe]

It's 20 years since I bought my last Therapy-album, I just realized. I had really a secret obsession with them. Until 2003 I bought every album and single. I count 24 releases in my collection. But it's not that I listened to Therapy all the time. But time and again. And every time I started listening to them again, I couldn't figure out, why I stopped and forgot about them last time. Now you reminded my of Therapy and explained, WHY they are so great. I read on Wikipedia, that there are 7 albums I can catch up on now!

[@mistertommy]

They have consistently released solid albums, have fun!

[@davidhenderson9707]

I wouldn’t waste your time, the songwriting has been very weak post Infernal Love. There’s a reason they haven’t been big in a long time.

[@djchewie09]

Disquiet and Hard Cold Fire are solid. HCF is their best in a few years.

[@CaptainAndy]

I love Therapy? Difficult to pick a favourite song, but ‘Stop It You’re Killing Me’ is one that springs to mind.

[@stilldrunkenest]

Woooow, I haven't thought about these guys in years - Nurse, Troublegum and Infernal Love were the defacto soundtracks of my high school experience. Listening to Troublegum again right now, and it's insane to me that almost 30 years on and I still know all the words.

[@CasualAlbiniAppreciator]

Oh absolutely check out Suicide Pact, You First; Never Apologise, Never Explain;; Crooked Timber and A Brief Crack of Light if you haven't followed them too close, all absolutely brilliant albums! SPYF for the Nurse noise, NANE for Troublegum's heavier side and CT and ABCOL for the Infernal Love 'fuck it, let's be weird' shenanigans. Well worth it and they still kill it live! On tour at the moment actually and absolutely a must see even 30+ years in (think it's 34 this year?)!

[@davidknight6544]

Yes!! As to that Disquiet which is, for me, right up there with Troublegum.

[@marksims3904]

Therapy? have been one of my favourite bands since 1992 when I first heard Nausea on Nurse. That and Troublegum were on my stereo for years after, just utterly brilliant albums. Infernal Love is superb too, the songs from Moment of Clarity to Me vs You are seminal, and I have to listen to them once in a while to keep me sane. Long distance is a brilliant song too, the line "I like cold mornings, they keep me sharp" get me out of bed in winter. A superb band, anyone who is discoveing them now I say, Welcome to the Church of Noise. You won't regret it.

[@CasualAlbiniAppreciator]

Long Distance being played on the Love Your Early Stuff tour was a dream come true for me - especially as it was my first Therapy? gig ever! Front and center, just bawling my eyes out as we all sang it as it was one of the more anticipated songs by the fanbase. Bloody magical, don't think I heard a single bad thing about the tour!

[@BillyBobJoeSnr]

I discovered them through a bargain cassette of Nurse that a friend found being sold for a £1 as the record store had lost the case. We had it on crazy load in the car after a couple of minutes, we were hooked. Saw them play an acoustic set which was fantastic yet they were heckled with requests for Teeth grinder.

[@evilira718]

It’s a shame some of their best albums from the 2000s aren’t on streaming or even available to purchase digitally.

[@CasualAlbiniAppreciator]

Only NANE and (if I'm not mistaken) OCFA would be missing, no? If I remember correctly the only major releases missing from the digital catalogue would be Babyteeth/Pleasure Death, aforementioned albums and Shortsharpshock as well as Hats Off to the Insane EPs

[@neilbeigie4045]

The shortsharpshock, face the strange and Opal Mantra EPs (what make up Hats off to the insane”) are now available as part of the Troublegum deluxe edition. Same with all the B-sides for nurse and infernal love on their delux editions.

[@robertpatterson1037]

That were the beauty of physical media. Hate streaming but it’s a necessary evil that isn’t going away.

[@larrydavid6852]

Lesley Rankine was great, loved her.

[@robertpatterson1037]

Silverfish was such a great live band. Liked her stuff after that but Sliverfish was just pure noise pleasure.

[@larrydavid6852]

@robertpatterson1037 Vitriola. What a tune. Saw them with Therapy? At the Glasgow QMU. Ruby were good too, completely different trip.

[@bearhustler]

They weren't my usual thing but I really loved them, was lucky enough to see them at their height.

[@nelldogcf]

If you're curious google what Ballyclare and Larne, the "just outside Belfast" towns Therapy? where from, were like in the 80's and 90's you can see why Therapy's must was so dark.

[@Sabhaois]

East Antrim is still a shithole

[@riccarrasquilla379]

good stuff. thx

[@rgs8970]

I've never heard anyone say their name aloud before. I always pronounced it Therapy (Question Mark). "Screamager" was so important to my survival as a teen

[@666deadman1988]

Being a child in their heyday, my first introduction to Therapy? was them headlining a free live show in Belfast in 2004. The rest of the line-up was your typical mainstream stuff that was popular at the time, then these lads came on and the whole crowd went absolutely nuts. Have been a fan ever since.

[@fr2ncm9]

Disquiet was my favorite album because it really dug deep into feelings of awkwardness,despair and hopelessness. As a survivor of child abuse, still hurts really resonates with me.

[@freakbot26]

My favorite Therapy? tracks are "Unbeliever", "Theethgrinder", and "Opal Mantra"! This band is criminally underrated and that isn't hyperbole! I discovered them when I was living in Germany back in 1992 and was blown away (I still am 30+ years later, now in my early 50s). Unfortunately, here in America, Therapy? are relegated to cult status which is a shame because this band totally kicks ass!

[@paulmcgrath6118]

Check out “this one’s for you “

[@johnconnor3865]

Opal Mantra = Killing Joke 'The Wait' Probably a play on words of Opel Manta, a car from the 1970's/80's.

[@santiagoiniguez9712]

Fuckin love TEETHGRINDER

[@petrikoskiniemi8245]

Thank you so much! Kiitos from🇫🇮

[@CasualAlbiniAppreciator]

Therapy? Fans Worldwide unite ;) Cheers from Poland Petri (I'm the younger dude that was in Guildford), you guys coming to Warsaw for the gig in November?

[@kriskenmonroe1]

Now there is a band I never expected covered! Love me some Therapy?

[@Grandmaster-G]

Great stuff again ! That was one hell of a trip down memory lane. Thanks also for continuously introducing me to great songs in these videos !!! Never heard 'blamethrower' before for instance and it's *great* ...

[@musicshead]

Thank you for always put the subtitles.

[@ramarover]

I've watched half a dozen of your documentaries over the last fortnight and they're all fantastically well created, really enjoyed this one. I loved Babyteeth when it was released especially as Therapy were from Northern Ireland like myself.

[@maximm.4498]

Thank you for spreading the word and giving an interesting insight about this great band. Trully underappreciated band that somehow (sixteen albums in) have not yet became recognizable name.

[@timhulsizer]

Awesome video, thanks for featuring them. Used to play them constantly on my college radio show, sad that they didn't have as much success here in the States

[@lucasp.calheiros2755]

Let's go!! I was waiting for you to do Therapy? for a long time!! Troublegum is a masterpiece and their other efforts are so cool, a very consistent band!

[@k.7214]

Thank you for this video. I've been a fan ever since seeing the "Die Laughing" video on 120 Minutes and the lack of recognition despite their amazing heavy sound that rivaled so metal acts and other sonic accomplishments that set themselves ahead and part made me wonder if they were even real thing. This channel is so great that giving us all this rock history that people ever knew was so significant.

[@MilitantOldLady]

Another outstandingly done piece of documentary. This channel is a real treasure to contemporary history.

[@audunrundberg9180]

I had no idea they were that popular. I’ve met like one person who have heard about the band. Listened to Troublegum a million times. One of the first CDs I ripped to MP3 in the mid nineties. Took like an hour per song.

[@lucasp.calheiros2755]

Let's go!! I was waiting for ypu to do Therapy? for a long time!!

[@ariescustom]

Nice to see Silverfish getting a mention. 🖤

[@turdferguson353]

I never get your notifications, but I love eventually stumbling onto a new thrash theory video

[@simondodge1384]

As a teenager in the early-mid 90’s people seemed to either listen to Nevermind or Jagged Little Pill for their teen angst. But for me there was something in Troublegum that just hit, and it long stayed my go to album in my teen years. I still listen to it now and think back to the early 90’s.

[@tutting]

Saw them in the early 90's at the UEA in Norwich, amazing energy live. A really good band.

[@inkarn8915]

Seeing a new Trash Theory video is like an early Christmas present.

[@ruination775]

This is my Third time watching this. All your Videos are amazing, but Therapy? are absolutely fantastic. Such a HUGE influence on us. It's criminal how underrated they are.... thank you for this Fantastic Video.

[@LouisLinggandtheBombs]

one of my favourite bands of all time!

[@benrous8430]

Thank you so much for the great and well put together vid on Therapy? They are extremely underrated and over looked as are many of the britrock bands that you mentioned. I've followed therapy? ever since they broke through with Troublegum. They are still putting out amazing albums and are a killer live act.

[@panz3r696]

What an amazing video, thank you for making this for us almost 3 decade long Therapy? fans

[@system720]

God that was great. I have been waiting for a Therapy? Doc; to show the people what they’ve been missing. And they can still enjoy.

[@plushy9849]

Yes! Excellent video! I've loved Therapy? for years - never quite fit in to any one category but had this depth and darkness that I loved. They're also fantastic live. I always go and see them play when I can, they just have this way of commanding the whole room - especially when they play the earlier stuff (Teethgrinder always destroys me in the best way).

[@davidberesford7009]

I must have been sleeping and missed this band. I shall take a look at their work! Thanks for this.

[@mothpig]

Great piece, and anything documenting the mighty Therapy? is more than welcome, but I can’t help but feel like this massively reduces Fyfe’s input. He wrote and sang lead on half of everything up until Troublegum. His unique dance-beat drumming drove all of that early stuff and it was the shift to more traditional “alternative rock” that drove a wedge between him and Andy, leading to his leaving and everything that came afterwards.

[@justinlambert4937]

I had the pleasure of meeting Fyfe a good few times when the later band he was in (Core) shared the same rehearsal space as the band I was in at the time. I cannot forget just how loud he was, an absolute beast of a drummer - and a top bloke too

[@JonathanMcCormack]

Fyfe was an amazing drummer. I met Therapy? back in the early 90s and Fyfe told me he was actually into hardcore techno more than rock music and that’s what he based his drumming on. The Ash guys are lovely as well.

[@rifaif7119]

Great video - I lived through this era. I read and watched whatever I could about the band and you knocked it out of the park!

[@toughlifevirgina]

Brilliant! You took me right back to being a 'sreamager' myself in the 90s. I loved this. Well done!

[@stuart_wiewiora]

Excellent I really enjoyed that. Great stuff 👍🏼 met Andy Cairns outside the Southampton Guildhall in ‘94 before the gig

[@mike_mcgb]

Thanks a million for the citation - delighted to see the lads get their due recognition!

[@B_Van_Glorious]

I've never seen any media on Therapy?, ever, and I've been listening to them since like 92. I remember Screamager being released. Love this band. Playing their version of Diane is still one of my fav go-to's on the gitbox

[@althejazzman]

I always learn so much on this channel. I'm not even that interested in Therapy's music, but to learn that their brave use of strings influenced other bands, and that Chris Sheldon went on to produce early Biffy Clyro and Reuben, plus so many of my other favourite albums, is just the sort of fascinating trivia I love to learn.

[@drctrs]

Unsung heroes, really, they were slightly ahead of the curve. My favourite song of theirs - and one of the favs overall - A Moment of Clarity. It's one of their slower, richer-sounding and deeper songs, which is probably why it wasn't a hit at the time.

[@stonehorsegaming]

Finally, been waiting for you to cover Therapy? Always loved them when I first jeard them in the early 90's. As I have grown older, I think they are my go to band. Best song, Toss up betwen Knives and Teethgrinder. I was briefly in a Therapy? cover band on bass.

[@ufuk_c]

That was a great watch, thank you! Having said that, it makes me a bit sad that every T? story ends with Semi-Detached (which, imo, was one of their lowest points). I'd love to see some of their later work recognized, such as Never Apologize Never Explain or Disquiet. Although not as sharp in lyrics as they were before, they still have the same attitude and energy, which absolutely deserves some love.

[@desmanche842]

Infernal Love is one of my favorite albuns ever. "Bowels of love" is my favorite song of theirs: a materpiece - song and lyrics (deep and dark poetry). "Nausea" is another great one: very angular and almost post-core.

[@lougaru2445]

Every documentary this channel drops is a gift

[@thisissuparare]

As soon as I heard Chris Shelton’s name, I was waiting for a Reuben reference ❤

[@pdzombie1906]

The two albums that got me through my exchange student year in the states as a teenager. The Downward Spiral and Troublegum!!! Awesome video, as usual!!! Thanx!!

[@LisaHenderson-gy8lq]

Thanks for reminding me of Therapy? Had me screaming along to the songs.

[@lehaine]

Yuuuuuussssss

[@MrBillcurtner]

Thank you for this! I discovered Therapy? while I was living briefly in the UK. Always had a place in my heart. Fav song: Knives.

[@ubuntufrank]

What a truly excellent video! I was glued to my computer screen.

[@dambrooks7578]

Brilliant band and a brilliant live act too ❤❤❤ edit: Teath Grinder