Darren Emerson leaving UW was the worst thing that happened to the band!

[TheBang]

When did Darren leave? I read some places that said around Christmas 1999, but it wasn't officially, widely announced until April or May-ish.

When did Darren join? I found several places that said he was with R+K for 10 years (1989-1999). Other places say it was 1991-1992-ish.

[ndrwrld]

regardless of when Darren Emerson left UW, they've been doing just fine without him.
if he was so important to the band, UW would have been putting out shite since his departure.
that clearly isn't the case.
another new Darren has taken the place, and i'm loving it.

[big screen satellite]

Emerson Leaves Underworld (Article part 1)
Emerson Leaves Underworld (Article part 2)

just to add to this post

[undarrenworld]

Originally Posted by TheBang

When did Darren join? I found several places that said he was with R+K for 10 years (1989-1999). Other places say it was 1991-1992-ish.

I always thought than in the first gig with that legendary long appearance on stage as MK II in 1992 Darren was there, and I heard somewhere that he joined in late 1991, or early 1992.

[TheBang]

The article Matt posted above is one of the ones I read that said 1989/1990 for when Darren joined. I found another one too that also said 1989, so I guess it's a little earlier than I had thought it was.

[big screen satellite]

i'll check some of the notes i have it might be listed somewhere - i still have loads more stuff to put up so it'll probably be somewhere... (bear with me)

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Originally Posted by undarrenworld

I always thought than in the first gig with that legendary long appearance on stage as MK II in 1992 Darren was there, and I heard somewhere that he joined in late 1991, or early 1992.

experimental sound field at glastonbury - i missed it.

by a year

[big screen satellite]

Tony Barrett's newsletter dated January 1993, which covers the previous 12 months basically states that Underworld 'has a new member, Darren Emerson' and they he and Rick were (mainly) responsible for the Lemon Interupt releases & Steppin Razor remixes in 1992.

The previous underworld contacts dated June 1991 doesn't mention Emerson (and in fact mentions UW working on a new album with Rupert Hine, in Spain) - so its basically betwen June 1991 & January 1993 when Emerson joined, although based upon the rough release schedules of the Lemon Interupt singles / Remixes by Steppin Razor, its likely to have been later 1991 / early 1992 when Darren 'officially' joined. An ID Magazine article dated October 1992 mentions Darren. I am ploughing through all the music press articles i have to see the first mention of Mr. DE, although i'm not sure all are accurate!

will report any further info when i find it....

here's the 1993 January Underworld contacts for ref


big screen matt

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

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[crazysugarboy]

At the risk of sounding terribly flippant, does anyone have Darren Em's mobly phone number, and so we can simply ask him?