Thursday, May 19, 2011

Nice Stupid Playground

Here is one of my favorite band. Nicestupidplayground was formed in Sarawak in 1992 and fronted by Charles Rossem. Musically, they are influenced by the now defunct early 80s British sounds. The current band members are Charles Rossem (vocals), John Boniface (bassist), Abdul Aziz Sahal (guitars), Bendy Ismardy (drums), Nellfee (guitars) and Abdul Hadi (keyboards).

Nellfee and Abdul Hadi was recruited early 2005 before the recording of the new album. In 1996, John Boniface (bassist) sent their most successful demo titled Thirtyzeroeight to Paul Moss, one of Positive Tones highly rated producer. The demo automatically caught Paul Moss interest and immediately offered nicestupidplayground a compilation album deal. The compilation which was released in 1997 entitled Boys & Girls 1 + 1 = 3 in which nicestupidplayground contributed 3 songs- Bedroom Window, She Wants and and I dont admire . A lot of memory at that time..

Bedroom Window was the main single for the compilation and was well received everywhere. It was a successful year for nicestupidplayground when the compilation was awarded a Double Platinum from album sales and caught music critics attention when the compilation album won The Best English Album at the Anugerah Industri Muzik in 1997.