Super Furry Animals
Formed when techno DJs Rhys Ifans, Daffyd Ieuan and Guto Pryce teamed up with
local songwriter Gruff Rhys in 1993, Super Furry Animals came to recognition
during the Brit-pop era and survived as cult heroes of Welsh indie. Ifans left
the band to find fame as an actor (starring in Twin Town, Notting Hill and Mr.
Nice) before the band were spotted and signed by Creation Records boss Alan
McGhee in 1995. Influenced by pop melodies, psychedelia and heart-on-sleeve
indie rock, their debut Fuzzy Logic (1996) became one of the albums of the era.
However, the perceived commercial failure...
