Music: The rise of Welsh rock bands and the part they play in defining national identity

Music: The rise of Welsh rock bands and the part they play in defining national identity; WALES: Cardiff:EXT*** MUSIC OVERLAID SOT *** Owen Powell (Guitar, Catatonia) intvw- A lot of our cultural identity has been based on Welsh language/ cultural identity has always been stronger than Scottish or Irish identity/ identity now more important than the languageGruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) out of house and down stairs into basement studioINTTMS Mixing deskCMS Rhys drinking bottled waterGruff Rhys (Vocals, Super Furry Animals) intvw- there's only good and bad music/ its irrelevant where its fromNewport:EXT People about in pedestrianised areaCMS Sign 'Musicians Wanted + Available'CMS Ad 'Guitarist Available' and detailsCMS Ad for lead guitaristGV & MS Statues in town centreJohn Frost Square:Seq Clock with moving automatons chiming (29secs)CMS People seated eating burgersMan along roadMS Two men seated, one holding mop the other with can of drinkCMS Elderly woman alongINTSeq Group MPs playing live at Riverside Tavern (35secs)EXTSimon Phillips (Rockaway Records) intvw- Its working class escapism of football and music/ people able to vent their anger thru musicTRACK FORWARD thru narrow passage and thru door into studio where Novocaine rehearsingStephen Evans (Vocals, Novocaine) intvw- Newport bands aggressive, energetic and screamingDean Poole (Disgraceland Rehearsal Studio) intvw- Lot of bands on radio sound like Oasis/ bands from Newport want to create something of their own