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| Singles | |||
| ALL NIGHT LONG (Sanity STY7 006) | 39 | 1 | 30/7/83 |
| LACK OF KNOWLEDGE | |||
| Generic thrash-punk band in the Crass mould. | |||
| Singles | |||
| GREY (Crass 121984/6) | 13 | 10 | 21/4/84 |
| LAIBACH | |||
| Formed in Ljubljana in the former Yugoslavia in 1979, this band, comprising Eber, Dachauer, Keller and Saliger, often appeared on stage in Nazi-like uniforms, though their songs were actually anti-totalitarian. | |||
| Singles | |||
| GEBURT EINER NATION (Mute 12 MUTE 60) (12" only) | 8 | 9 | 14/3/87 |
| LIVE IS LIFE (Mute MUTE 62) | 5 | 12 | 25/7/87 |
| SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (Mute MUTE 80T) | 5 | 5 | 15/10/88 |
| ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (Mute MUTE 91) | 12 | 4 | 17/12/88 |
| Albums | |||
| NOVA AKROPOLA (Cherry Red B RED 67) | 15 | 7 | 15/2/86 |
| OPUS El (Mute STUMM 44) | 4 | 11 | 28/3/87 |
| LET IT BE (Mute STUMM 58) | 3 | 4 | 5/11/88 |
| LARD | |||
| A US punk semi-supergroup, consisting of Jello Biafra from the Dead Kennedys, AI Jourgensen and Paul Baker of Ministry, and drummer Jeff Ward. | |||
| Singles | |||
| THE POWER OF LARD (Alternative Tentacles VIRUS 72T) (12" only) | 4 | 7 | 18/3/89 |
| HUGO LARGO | |||
| Singles | |||
| TURTLE SONG (Land LANDS 001) (12" only) | 15 | 2 | 18/2/89 |
| Albums | |||
| METTLE (Land LAND 05) | 12 | 2 | 11/3/89 |
| THE LAST RESORT | |||
| A skinhead Oi! band from Herne Bay in Kent. | |||
| Albums | |||
| A WAY OF LIFE (Last Resort TLR 001) | 6 | 11 | 29/5/82 |
| LAUGH | |||
| Manchester guitar-driven pop-rockers comprising Martin Wright (vocals & guitar), Craig Gannon (guitar), Martin Mittler (bass) and Spencer Birtwhistle (drums), who later undertook a style retread as a dance-orientated band. | |||
| Singles | |||
| PAUL McCARTNEY (Remorse LOSS 5) | 44 | 1 | 5/9/87 |
| TIME TO LOSE IT (Remorse LOSS 7) | 19 | 1 | 7/5/88 |
| LEATHER NUN | |||
| Punky Swedish outrage-rockers led by singer/songwriter Jonas Almqvist, who got a lot of stick for their overtly sexual imagery. Other players were Bengt Aronsson (guitar), Freddie (bass - later replaced by Haken) and Gert Claesson (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| SLOW DEATH (EP) (Industrial IR 006) | 26 | 3 | 2/2/80 |
| PRIME MOVER (Subterranean SUB 40) | 22 | 9 | 28/1/84 |
| DESOLATION AVE. / ON THE ROAD (Wire WRS 7) | 20 | 7 | 1/3/86 |
| GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) (Wire WRS 1) | 16 | 15 | 31/5/86 |
| PINK HOUSE (Wire WRMS 001) | 12 | 4 | 8/11/86 |
| I CAN SMELL YOUR THOUGHTS (Wire WRS 014) | 25 | 3 | 30/5/87 |
| COOL SHOES (Wire WRS 016) | 17 | 6 | 29/8/87 |
| LOST AND FOUND (Wire WRS 020) | 35 | 3 | 7/11/87 |
| Albums | |||
| LUST GAMES (Wire) | 5 | 7 | 25/10/86 |
| STEEL CONSTRUCTION (Wire WR LP 005) | 5 | 5 | 5/9/87 |
| KEITH LeBLANC (see also TACKHEAD) | |||
| US hip-hop artist, originally the drummer/keyboardist with the Sugarhill Gang. Along with Doug Wimbush and Skip McDonald he went on to form Tackhead, and later still was in Interference with Tim Simenon of Bomb The Bass fame. | |||
| Albums | |||
| MAJOR MALFUNCTION (World WR 005) | 11 | 3 | 6/9/86 |
| TONEY LEE | |||
| American dance/soul vocalist. | |||
| Singles | |||
| REACH UP (TMT TMT 2) | 44 | 2 | 26/2/83 |
| THOMAS LEER (see also & Robert RENTAL) | |||
| London-based DIY post-punk electronic minimalist experimenter. | |||
| Singles | |||
| 4 MOVEMENTS (EP) (Cherry Red 12 CHERRY 28) | 39 | 4 | 8/8/81 |
| ALL ABOUT YOU (Cherry Red CHERRY 52) | 11 | 11 | 4/12/82 |
| Albums | |||
| CONTRADICTIONS (Cherry Red BRED 26) | 8 | 6 | 27/2/82 |
| THOMAS LEER & ROBERT RENTAL | |||
| Leer and the similarly-minded Rental were frequent production collaborators even when only one of them was listed as a performer. The most "industrial"-sounding collaboration was appropriately released by Throbbing Gristle's label. | |||
| Albums | |||
| THE BRIDGE (Industrial IR 007) | 9 | 7 | 26/1/80 |
| LEITMOTIV | |||
| North of England goth band, with a four-man line-up consisting of Simon Asquith (vocals & guitar), Steve Shepley (keyboards), Dean Woodhead (bass) and Paul Asquith (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| SILENT RUN (Pax PAX 17) | 40 | 2 | 14/4/84 |
| TOO THE SUFFERING (Reconciliation RECONCILE 2) | 28 | 4 | 16/2/85 |
| THE LEMONHEADS | |||
| Forceful yet melodic guitar-led rock trio with hardcore roots, from Boston, USA, with a line-up comprising Even Dando (vocals & guitar), Jesse Peretz (bass) and David Ryan (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| LUKA (Taang TAANG 031) | 15 | 2 | 29/7/89 |
| Albums | |||
| CREATOR (World Service) | 18 | 1 | 24/9/88 |
| LICK (World Service SERVE 007) | 5 | 8 | 15/7/89 |
| GRAHAM LEWIS & BRUCE GILBERT (see also DOME and CUPOL) | |||
| The bassist and guitarist from Wire, who collaborated frequently as a duo on a variety of projects after the band first split in 1980. They dubbed themselves Dome for a while, after the title of their first album. | |||
| Singles | |||
| ENDS WITH THE SEA (4AD AD 106) (as G. LEWIS & B.G. GILBERT) | 31 | 4 | 29/8/81 |
| Albums | |||
| DOME (Dome DOME 1) | 9 | 12 | 14/6/80 |
| 3R4 (4AD CAD 16) (as G. LEWIS & B.G. GILBERT) | 14 | 6 | 13/12/80 |
| LIBERTY | |||
| Another generic protest-punk band on Conflict's label. | |||
| Singles | |||
| OUR VOICE IS TOMORROW'S HOPE (Mortarhate MORT 19) | 12 | 6 | 8/2/86 |
| THE LIGHTNING SEEDS | |||
| Originally a songwriting vehicle for Liverpool singer-guitarist Ian Broudie, a former member of Big In Japan and the Original Mirrors and producer for Wah!, the Icicle Works and others, this developed into the archetypal pure pop band, and would become a veritable hit machine in the 90s. | |||
| Singles | |||
| PURE (Ghetto GTG 4) | 1 | 12 | 8/7/89 |
| JOY (Ghetto GTG 6) | 12 | 1 | 18/11/89 |
| THE LILAC TIME | |||
| Harmonic folky pop band formed in 1987 by one-time Duran Duran member and former solo hitmaker as "Tin Tin", Stephen Duffy. He sang lead vocals, accompanied by his brother Nick Duffy (guitar), Michael Giri (bass) and Mickey Harris (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| RETURN TO YESTERDAY (Swordfish LILAC 1) | 20 | 3 | 5/3/88 |
| LILIPUT | |||
| Swiss new wave band, previously known as Kleenex. Line-up was Chrigel Freund (vocals), Marlene Marder (guitar), Angie Barrack (sax), Klau Schiff (bass) and Lislot Ha (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| DIE MATROSEN/SPLIT (Rough Trade RT 047) | 17 | 15 | 19/7/80 |
| EISINGER WIND/WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY THE MICE WILL PLAY (Rough Trade RT 062) | 31 | 5 | 28/2/81 |
| THE LIME SPIDERS | |||
| Four-piece grage-rock band from Sydney, Australia, made up of Mick Blood (vocals), Gereard Corben (guitars), Tony Brambach (keyboards) and Richard Lawson (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| WIERDO LIBIDO (Zinger ZINGIT 1) (12" only) | 29 | 3 | 23/5/87 |
| Albums | |||
| SLAVE GIRLS (Hybrid RIB 1) | 18 | 4 | 20/4/85 |
| THE LINKMEN | |||
| Band formed by ex-Anti Pasti members Will and Oily Hoon, with the addition of vocalist Nick Bates and drummer Giz. | |||
| Singles | |||
| EVERY INCH A KING (EP) (Kitchenware SK 12) (12" only) | 44 | 3 | 23/6/84 |
| LIVING IN TEXAS | |||
| Singles | |||
| MY END OF HEAVEN (Rebirth RB 20) | 20 | 5 | 24/12/83 |
| KINGDOM (Chainsaw TEX 1) | 16 | 7 | 24/3/84 |
| GLAD, BAD, MAD AND SAD (Chainsaw TEXT 9) (12" only) | 37 | 4 | 23/11/85 |
| ROBERT LLOYD & THE NEW FOUR SEASONS | |||
| Lloyd, from Staffordshire, was former lead singer with the Prefects and the Nightingales, and formed this part-time ensemble as an outlet for his songwriting, while also running his own indie label, Vindaloo Records. | |||
| Singles | |||
| SOMETHING NICE (In Tape IT 056) | 5 | 7 | 30/7/88 |
| NOTHING MATTERS (In Tape IT 059) | 13 | 2 | 29/10/88 |
| LNR | |||
| Singles | |||
| WORK IT TO THE BONE (Kool Kat KOOL 501) | 2 | 4 | 10/6/89 |
| THE LOFT | |||
| Forthright guitar band formed in 1982 from the remnants of earlier outfit the Living Room. Line-up was Peter Astor (vocals & guitar), Andy Strickland (guitar), Bill Prince (bass) and David Morgan (drums). Astor and Morgan later formed the Weather Prophets, and Astor is now a solo artist. | |||
| Singles | |||
| UP THE HILL AND DOWN THE SLOPE (Creation CRE 015) | 3 | 19 | 11/5/85 |
| WHY DOES THE RAIN FALL (Creation CP 9) | 30 | 3 | 26/10/85 |
| Albums | |||
| ONCE AROUND THE FAIR 1982-85 (Creation CRELP 047) | 12 | 1 | 14/10/89 |
| LORA LOGIC (see also ESSENTIAL LOGIC) | |||
| Real name Susan Whitby, Lora adopted the "Logic" while playing sax in 1977 with X-Ray Spex, and used it thereafter for both solo and band projects. | |||
| Singles | |||
| WONDERFUL OFFER (LONGER VERSION) (Rough Trade RT 087) | 33 | 3 | 7/11/81 |
| Albums | |||
| PEDIGREE CHARM (Rough Trade ROUGH 28) | 25 | 4 | 27/3/82 |
| JULIE LONDON | |||
| A torchy ballad singer and actress of the 1950s/60s, London sang Cry Me A River - a million-selling single at the time - in the classic 1956 rock'n'roll movie The Girl Can't Help It. It could still sell on reissue nearly 30 years later. | |||
| Singles | |||
| CRY ME A RIVER (Edsel E 5004) | 9 | 9 | 2/4/83 |
| THE LONDON POSSE featuring sipho | |||
| London-based rappers comprising Bionic MC (rap), Rodie Rok (rap) and DJ Business (turnatable mixer), plus Sipho who was described as a "human beatbox". | |||
| Singles | |||
| LONDON SE (Big Life BLR 2T) 12" only) | 11 | 11 | 8/8/87 |
| THE LONDON RHYME SYNDICATE | |||
| Singles | |||
| UK hardcore hip-hop aggregation. | |||
| HARD TO THE CORE (Rhyme'n'Reason LRS 001) | 18 | 1 | 6/8/88 |
| THE LONE RANGER | |||
| Dub reggae artist who took his name from Hollywood's famous masked lawman. | |||
| Albums | |||
| ROSE MARIE (Black Joy DH LP 2002) | 29 | 1 | 13/2/82 |
| HI YO SILVER AWAY! (Greensleeves GREL 40) | 19 | 6 | 18/9/82 |
| THE LONG RYDERS | |||
| Los Angeles "paisley underground" guitar band, contemporaries of the Dream Syndicate and Green On Red. Line-up was Sid Griffin (guitar & vocals), Stephen McCarthy (guitar), Tom Stevens (bass) and Greg Sowders (drums). Griffin later became an observant rock writer and critic. | |||
| Singles | |||
| I HAD A DREAM (Zippo ZIPPO 452) | 4 | 15 | 20/4/85 |
| Albums | |||
| NATIVE SONS (Zippo ZONG 003) | 1 | 39 | 3/11/84 |
| LONGSY D (& CUTMASTER MC*) | |||
| British-based ska-rap toaster. | |||
| Singles | |||
| TO THE RHYTHM* (Big One VBIG 10) | 19 | 1 | 3/9/88 |
| THIS IS SKA (Big One VBIG 13) | 5 | 8 | 25/2/89 |
| MENTAL SKA (Big One VBIG 16) | 7 | 1 | 9/9/89 |
| LOOK BACK IN ANGER | |||
| Goth quintet from Waterlooville, Hants., whose album was produced by Billy Duffy of the Cult. Line-up was: Mich Ebeling (vocals), Jim Newby (guitar), Steve Butler (keyboards), Simon Tuffnell (bass) and Chris Pickford (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| FLOWERS (Criminal Damage CRI 12107) (12" only) | 39 | 4 | 10/3/84 |
| Albums | |||
| CAPRICE (Criminal Damage CRIMLP 118) | 21 | 2 | 8/9/84 |
| LOOP | |||
| Guitar band from Croydon who mixed the metallic grunge of the Stooges and MC5 with the doomy brew of German bands like Can and Faust. A variable line-up centred around singer/guitarist Robert (Josh) Hampton. | |||
| Singles | |||
| 16 DREAMS (Head HEAD 5) (12" only) | 35 | 3 | 14/2/87 |
| SPINNING (Head HEAD 7) | 7 | 7 | 11/7/87 |
| COLLISION (Chapter 22 CHAP 27) | 4 | 7 | 7/5/88 |
| BLACK SUN (Chapter 22 12 CHAP 32) (12" only) | 5 | 10 | 24/12/88 |
| ARC-LITE (Situation 2 SIT 64) | 6 | 6 | 16/12/89 |
| Albums | |||
| HEAVEN'S END (Head HEADLP 1) | 4 | 6 | 28/11/87 |
| THE WORLD IN YOUR EYES (Head HEADLP 2) | 4 | 7 | 3/9/88 |
| FADE OUT (Chapter 22 CHAPLP 34) | 1 | 8 | 4/2/89 |
| LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH | |||
| Formed in London in 1981, this post-punk rock outfit, originally to be called the Lords Of Discipline, was home to several alumni of earlier name bands - former Damned guitarist Brian James, ex-Dead Boys vocalist Stiv Bators, former and ex-Barracudas drummer Nicky Turner.Sham 69 bassist Dave Treganna | |||
| Singles | |||
| NEW CHURCH (Illegal ILS 0028) | 34 | 5 | 1/5/82 |
| OPEN YOUR EYES (Illegal ILS 0030) | 7 | 11 | 31/7/82 |
| RUSSIAN ROULETTE (Illegal ILSP 0033) | 12 | 11 | 4/12/82 |
| LIKE A VIRGIN (Illegal LORDSP 1) | 2 | 8 | 18/5/85 |
| Albums | |||
| THE LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH (Illegal ILP 009) | 3 | 12 | 24/7/82 |
| KILLER LORDS (Illegal ILP 016) | 22 | 5 | 28/12/85 |
| THE LORRIES (see also RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY) | |||
| Red Lorry Yellow Lorry shortened and sweetened their name for just this one single. | |||
| Singles | |||
| CRAWLING MANTRAS (Red Rhino RED 76) | 3 | 9 | 9/5/87 |
| LOS LOBOS | |||
| Hispanic-American guitar rock band from East Los Angeles, led by vocalist David Hidalgo They found fame recreating Ritchie Valens' music in the film La Bamba. | |||
| Albums | |||
| AND A TIME TO DANCE (Rough Trade ROUGH 71) | 24 | 3 | 28/7/84 |
| THE LOST CHERREES | |||
| Male/female punk band inspired by the Crass school of anarchism. Line-up was Sian (vocals), Andy (guitar), Gail (keyboards), Steev (bass) and Nuts (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| NO FIGHTING, NO WAR, NO TROUBLE (Riot/Clone RCR 3) | 27 | 3 | 9/7/83 |
| A MAN'S DUTY A WOMAN'S PLACE (Mortarhate MORT 3) | 8 | 12 | 3/3/84 |
| UNWANTED CHILDREN (EP) (Mortarhate MORT 12) | 27 | 4 | 14/9/85 |
| Albums | |||
| ALL PART OF GROWING UP (Fight Back FIGHT 6) | 9 | 7 | 3/11/84 |
| THE LUDDITES | |||
| Hull-based quartet comprising Steve McDermott (vocals), Mike Stead (guitar), Lawrence Gill (bass) and Dave Stead (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| THE STRENGTH OF YOUR CRY (EP) (Xcentric Noise SECOND 1) | 20 | 11 | 6/8/83 |
| LUDUS | |||
| Offbeat, jazzy and improvisational Manchester band formed during the first punk era, featuring a suitably enigmatic female lead vocalist named Linder (Linda Mulvey), who also wrote most of their material. | |||
| Singles | |||
| 4 COMITIONS (EP) (New Hormones ORG 4) | 32 | 5 | 29/3/80 |
| THE LUNACHICKS | |||
| New York "bad girl" band who liked outrage almost as much as they cherished angry, ear-splitting volume. The line-up was Gina (guitar), Sindi (guitar) Aquid Sid (bass) and Becky (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| SUGAR LOVE (EP) (Blast First BFFP 044) | 7 | 7 | 20/5/89 |
| LUNATIC FRINGE | |||
| Bristol-based four-piece punk band produced by Vice Squad's Shane and Dave. The lineup was Bear (vocals), John Finch (guitar), Nick (bass) and Adrian Blackmore (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| WHO'S IN CONTROL (EP) (Resurrection ERECT 1) | 50 | 1 | 14/8/82 |
| CRINGE WITH THE FRINGE (EP) (Children Of The Revolution COR 1) | 27 | 2 | 23/3/85 |
| LYDIA LUNCH (& CLINT RUIN*) | |||
| (see also BIRTHDAY PARTY/LYDIA LUNCH and ROWLAND A. HOWARD & LYDIA LUNCH)) New Yorkbased vocalist, compulsive collaborator and all-round high priestess of the provocative and outrageous. Never easy to listen to, nor intended to be. | |||
| Singles | |||
| DEATH VALLEY '69 (Irridescent I 12) | 32 | 5 | 12/1/85 |
| THE CRUMB (Widowspeak) | 12 | 4 | 9/4/88 |
| STINKFIST* (Widowspeak WSP 014) (12" only) | 18 | 2 | 5/11/88 |
| Albums | |||
| 13.13 (Situation 2 SITU 6) | 19 | 2 | 14/8/82 |
| IN LIMBO (Doublevision DVR 5) | 19 | 3 | 20/10/84 |
| HYSTERIE, 1976-86 (Widowspeak WSP 8) | 12 | 8 | 21/3/87 |
| THE LURKERS | |||
| Workmanlike, hard-rocking punk quartet from Uxbridge, formed in 1977 and several times chartmakers during the late 70s. Line-up was Howard Wall (vocals), Pete Stride (guitar), Nigel Moore (bass) and Esso (drums), though Marc Fincham took over vocals on the Clay releases - a label run by the band's former photographer, Mike Stone. | |||
| Singles | |||
| THIS DIRTY TOWN (Clay CLAY 12) | 32 | 5 | 10/7/82 |
| DRAG YOU OUT (Clay CLAY 17) | 21 | 8 | 4/12/82 |
| FRANKENSTEIN AGAIN (Clay CLAY 21) | 34 | 4 | 5/3/83 |
| THE FINAL VINYL (EP) (Clay PLATE 1) | 32 | 3 | 14/4/84 |
| LUSH | |||
| A melodic London-based guitar pop band, with a boy/girl line-up which comprised Miki Berenyi (vocals & guitar), Emma Anderson (guitar), Steve Rippon (bass) and Christopher Acland (drums). | |||
| Albums | |||
| SCAR (4AD JAD 911) | 3 | 10 | 21 /10/89 |
Please note these tracks were compiled
for the Indie Hits book and are not
necessarily available to buy from Cherry Red Records.