Isn't Youtube a wonderful thing?

last weekend my friend Ami mentioned he's seen The Kaisers on Youtube. No, not the band from Leeds, but the beat combo from Edinburgh.

Many moons ago - more than ten as it turns out - I spent a lot of time watching The Kaisers in grubby clubs round Edinburgh's Old Town. I used to be great friends with one of the Kaisers, Matt, and his girlfriend, George.

And having had a sneaky look pre-working day it seems they were as good as I remember.

Ah, happy days.

CLICK HERE

to see Matt (wee, cut bloke, far left)

and

CLICK HERE

to see what appears to be an appearance on US cable television, sans Matt, who did have a job with an advertising agency at the time doing something very important, so I expect he wasn't allowed to go.