Another album turning 20 this year is Kula Shaker's second LP 'Pigs, Peasants and Astronauts'. The album was partly recorded at the Astoria recording studio, a houseboat-studio owned by Pink Floyd guitarist, David Gilmour. John Leckie was brought in to produce the record, but the band then decided to use George Drakoulias and Rick Rubin instead. Eventually, they changed their minds again and Bob Ezrin completed the album.
A few years earlier their debut album 'K' was a big seller during the Britpop era, but in the late 90s those times seemed surprisingly distant. Savaged by certain music critics determined to bring them down at any cost, their second LP continued the band's hybrid of 1960s psychedelic rock, indie grooves, and heavy Indian influences, this time with a heavier progressive rock flavor. A sound typified by this huge opening track. The album was released on 8 March 1999 and reached #9 in the UK Albums Chart.
The group split later that same year. After reforming in 2004, the band's most recent album 'K2.0' was released in 2016.
