The Bambi Slam - Long Time Comin'

What this video is

The Bambi Slam occupied a distinctive niche in the late-1980s UK indie ecosystem, signed to Blanco y Negro — the WEA subsidiary that also housed The Jesus and Mary Chain — and releasing their sole LP in 1988 before rapid dissolution. The band's Canadian-British makeup and unconventional instrumentation (guitar, cello, bass, drums) set them apart from contemporaries. They did BBC sessions for John Peel and Janice…

Why it matters

The Bambi Slam's fusion of distorted guitar noise with cello and layered harmonies prefigured both shoegaze and grunge aesthetics. Their Blanco y Negro signing placed them within one of the era's most significant indie-to-major pipeline labels, and 'Long Time Comin'' as a visual record…