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Also in the stuff i've been getting - the contact of mine, and friend of Karl's kept full transcripts of conversations and meetings they had with Karl and all of Freur / Underworld.

And on one trip to London, to meet Karl Hyde and Alfie Thomas, in a converstaion with Alfie at Victoria Station these bits of info were divulged:

Friend (not wanting to divulge thier name): It's funny I still call you 'Freur', i can't get used to you being 'Underworld'

Alfie: well thats what we are now. we couldn't decide what to call ourselves. we thought of lots of strange names like 'don't splash me i'm drowning' or (something welsh) but we decided 'underworld' was a good name to remember

Friend: it amazes me how you thought of freur, apparently Rick's to blame isn't he?

Alfie: yes we couldn't think of anything so in the end tossed a can and whoever caught it had to think of a name. it was Rick who had to think of a name, so we locked him in the bedroom, 'cos thats where we had all our equiptment.

Friend: ha

Alfie: we went downstairs for a cup of tea and left Rick creaming 'let me out!' when we listened to the tapes of his shouts and screams we deciphed what we heard and came up with 'Freur'.


so thats quite interesting in itself...

i'll report back with more when i can type it all out



as ever i won't divulge anything personal, and only report on any band issues that I feel are relevant...



Matt