Strapping Youth: Arab Strap

IN THE MIDDLE of 1996, dynamic Falkirk duo Aidan Moffatt and Malcolm Middleton were inspired by the first big weekend of their summer to write a song called 'The First Big Weekend'. A hilarious chapter of localised debauchery – encompassing a canteen quiz in which no-one ever wins the big cash prize, bad dreams, Euro '96 football ignominy, super-strength cider and a particularly fine episode of The Simpsons – this anthem for part-time ecstasy casualties won a well-deserved Top 3 placing in John Peel's Festive 50.