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| One of the generic punk bands signed to the Subhumans' Bluurg label. | |||
| Singles | |||
| ONE STEP TOWARDS REALITY (Bluurg FISH 4) | 30 | 5 | 19/11/83 |
| THE NAMES | |||
| Belgian band, based in Brussels and formerly known as the Passengers. In the mid-80s they toured as N.I.M. (or Names In Mutation). | |||
| Singles | |||
| NIGHT SHIFT (Factory FAC 29) | 35 | 2 | 21/2/81 |
| NAPALM DEATH | |||
| Uncomprising punk/thrash metal noisemakers from Birmingham, formed in 1982 and consisting of Lee Dorrian (vocals), Bill Steer (guitar), Shane Embury (bass) and Mick Harris (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| THE PEEL SESSION (Strange Fruit SFPS 049) (12" only) | 13 | 4 | 21/5/88 |
| DOUBLE PEEL SESSION (Strange Fruit SFPDS 049) (12" only) | 12 | 2 | 20/5/89 |
| MENTALLY MURDERED (EP) (Earache MOSH 14) | 6 | 5 | 16/9/89 |
| Albums | |||
| SCUM (Earache MOSH 3) | 7 | 18 | 15/8/87 |
| FROM ENSLAVEMENT TO OBLITERATION (Earache MOSH 8) | 1 | 7 | 12/11/88 |
| NAZARETH | |||
| Scottish rock band formed in 1969 and led by the wailing-voiced Dan McCafferty, who had plentiful chart success on both sides of the Atlantic throughout the 70s, though their 1981 NEMS releases were their final successes. | |||
| Singles | |||
| NAZARETH LIVE (EP) (NEMS BSD 1) | 29 | 4 | 17/1/81 |
| Albums | |||
| THE FOOL CIRCLE (NEMS NEL 6019) | 15 | 6 | 7/3/81 |
| NAZIS AGAINST FASCISM | |||
| A short-lived punk band which included Ben Brierly, formerly of the Vibrators. | |||
| Singles | |||
| SID DID IT (Truth TRUTH 1) | 19 | 2 | 19/1/80 |
| LES NEGRESSES VERTES | |||
| French eight-piece band who combined African percussion with French folk music. | |||
| Singles | |||
| THE FLY (ZOBI LA MOUCHE) (Rhythm King LEFT 33) | 7 | 5 | 24/6/89 |
| Albums | |||
| MLAH! (Rhythm King LEFTLP 11) | 4 | 7 | 22/7/89 |
| J. WALTER NEGRO & NICKY TESCO | |||
| Duettist Tesco was also the lead vocalist of the Members. | |||
| Singles | |||
| COST OF LIVING (Albion 12 ION 1044) | 36 | 3 | 28/5/83 |
| BILL NELSON | |||
| Experimentally-inclined but often melodic guitarist and vocalist from Wakefield, Yorkshire, formerly the leader of Be-Bop Deluxe and Red Noise. Cocteau was his own label. | |||
| Singles | |||
| DO YOU DREAM IN COLOUR? (Cocteau COQ 1) | 4 | 11 | 21/6/80 |
| ACCELERATION (REMIX) (Cocteau COQ 15) | 4 | 9 | 22/9/84 |
| Albums | |||
| DAS KABINETT (Cocteau JC 2) | 26 | 3 | 23/1/82 |
| SAVAGE GESTURES FOR CHARM'S SAKE (Cocteau JCM 3) | 8 | 8 | 7/1/84 |
| MAP OF DREAMS (Cocteau JC 19) | 28 | 2 | 7/2/87 |
| THE NEOS | |||
| Singles | |||
| HASSI BAN GETS THE MARTIANS(Rat Cage MOTR 25) | 21 | 4 | 22/10/83 |
| THE NEW AGE STEPPERS | |||
| An amorphous group of singers and musicians asembled by producer Adrian Sherwood, almost all with other dayjobs: Neneh Cherry, Ari Up from the Slits, Aswad's George Oban, the Raincoats' Vicki Aspinall, and members of the Pop Group and Creation Rebel. | |||
| Singles | |||
| FADE AWAY (ONU ON-U 1) | 46 | 2 | 14/2/81 |
| MY LOVE (Statik STAT 6) | 46 | 3 | 8/8/81 |
| Albums | |||
| NEW AGE STEPPERS (ON-U SOUND 2) | 8 | 8 | 28/2/81 |
| ACTION BATTLEFIELD (Statik STAT LP 2) | 14 | 7 | 8/8/81 |
| NEW MODEL ARMY | |||
| A unique folk/punk trio from Bradford with a sense of history, signified by their naming themselves after Cromwell's Parliamentary troops. Line-up was Slade The Leveller (aka Justin Sullivan - vocals & guitar), Stuart Morrow (bass) and Ron Heaton (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| BITTERSWEET (Quite QS 002) | 17 | 7 | 18/6/83 |
| GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Abstract ABS 020) | 27 | 6 | 26/11/83 |
| THE PRICE (Abstract ABS 028) | 1 | 34 | 17/11/84 |
| BITTERSWEET (reissue) (Quiet! QS 002) | 3 | 10 | 8/2/86 |
| Albums | |||
| VENGEANCE (Abstract ABT 008) | 1 | 70 | 19/5/84 |
| RADIO SESSIONS (Abstract ABT 017) | 2 | 7 | 11/6/88 |
| NEW ORDER | |||
| After the 1980 suicide of Joy Division's Ian Curtis, his bandmates - Bernard Sumner (vocals & guitar), Peter Hook (bass) and Stephen Morris (drums) - made a fresh start with a more electronic, rhythm-based sound, adding Gillian Gilbert (keyboards) to complete the new line-up, and found the consistent, long term success denied their earlier incarnation. | |||
| Singles | |||
| CEREMONY (Factory FAC 33) | 1 | 46 | 14/3/81 |
| PROCESSION/EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN (Factory FAC 53) | 1 | 29 | 10/10/81 |
| EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN (Factory Benelux FACBN 08) | 3 | 28 | 16/1/82 |
| TEMPTATION (Factory FAC 63) | 1 | 24 | 22/5/82 |
| BLUE MONDAY (Factory FAC 7312) (12" only) | 1 | 186 | 19/3/83 |
| CONFUSION (Factory FAC 93) | 1 | 16 | 3/9/83 |
| THIEVES LIKE US (Factory FAC 103T) (12" only) | 1 | 25 | 28/4/84 |
| MURDER/THIEVES LIKE US (instrumental) (Factory Benelux FBN 22) | 2 | 24 | 26/5/84 |
| THE PERFECT KISS (Factory FAC 123) | 1 | 25 | 25/5/85 |
| SUB-CULTURE (Factory FAC 133) | 1 | 26 | 9/11/85 |
| THE PERFECT KISS (remix) (Factory 1237) | 22 | 16 | 16/11/85 |
| SHELLSHOCK (Factory FAC 143) | 1 | 13 | 29/3/86 |
| STATE OF THE NATION (Factory FAC 153) | 1 | 10 | 27/9/86 |
| THE PEEL SESSION (Strange Fruit SFPS 1) (12" only) | 2 | 15 | 27/9/86 |
| BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE (Factory FAC 163) (12" only) | 1 | 15 | 15/11/86 |
| TRUE FAITH (Factory FAC 183) | 1 | 18 | 25/7/87 |
| THE PEEL SESSION, VOLUME II (Strange Fruit SFPS 039) (12" only) | 5 | 13 | 5/12/87 |
| TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD (Factory FAC 193) | 1 | 14 | 12/12/87 |
| BLUE MONDAY 1988 (remixed reissue) (Factory FAC 737) | 1 | 15 | 7/5/88 |
| FINE TIME (Factory FAC 2237) | 1 | 14 | 10/12/88 |
| ROUND AND ROUND (Factory FAC 2637) | 2 | 10 | 11/3/89 |
| RUN 2 (Factory FAC 273) (12" only) | 1 | 4 | 16/9/89 |
| Albums | |||
| MOVEMENT (Factory FACT 50) | 1 | 63 | 28/11/81 |
| 1981-1982 MINI-LP (Factory FACTUS 8) | 4 | 38 | 29/1/83 |
| POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES (Factory FACT 75) | 1 | 83 | 14/5/83 |
| LOW-LIFE (Factory FACT 100) | 1 | 61 | 1/6/85 |
| BROTHERHOOD (Factory FACT 150) | 1 | 23 | 11/10/86 |
| SUBSTANCE (Factory FACT 200) | 1 | 48 | 22/8/87 |
| TECHNIQUE (Factory FACT 275) | 1 | 20 | 11/2/89 |
| THE NEW YORK DOLLS | |||
| US proto-glam/punk hard rockers of the mid-70s, whose members included Johnny Thunders and David Johansen, and with whom Malcolm McLaren was involved for a while prior to launching the Sex Pistols. Never successful but seminally influential. | |||
| Singles | |||
| PERSONALITY CRISIS (EP) (Kamera ERA 13/12) | 33 | 3 | 30/10/82 |
| PILLS (Fan Club MYD 1) | 26 | 8 | 27/10/84 |
| Albums | |||
| RED PATENT LEATHER (Fan Club FC 007) | 8 | 10 | 15/9/84 |
| COLIN NEWMAN | |||
| Formerly the synth player with Wire, Newman made a new career as a composer and experimental instrumentalist, later becoming in demand for TV and film scores. | |||
| Albums | |||
| PROVISIONALLY ENTITLED THE SINGING FISH (4AD CAD 108) | 15 | 7 | 20/6/81 |
| NOT TO (4AD CAD 201) | 4 | 6 | 21 /2/82 |
| COMMERCIAL SUICIDE (Crammed Discs CRAM 045) | 22 | 3 | 8/11/86 |
| THE NEWS | |||
| UK new wave quartet formed in 1978 and comprising Alan Quinn (vocals & bass), Trevor Midgley (guitar & vocals), Ivor Drawmer (keyboards) and Roger Harrison (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| AUDIO VIDEO (KA GEORGE 1) | 41 | 3 | 29/8/81 |
| THE NEWTOWN NEUROTICS | |||
| From Harlow new town (hence their name), a politically-orientated punk/rock trio with a good line in protest lyrics, formed in 1978. Line-up was Steve Drewett (vocals & guitar), Colin Masters (bass) and Tiggy Barber (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| KICK OUT THE TORIES (CNT ONT 004) | 47 | 1 | 10/7/82 |
| LICENCING HOURS (CNT ONT 010) | 45 | 4 | 22/1/83 |
| BLITZKRIEG BOP/HYPOCRITES (Razor RZS 107) | 10 | 10 | 30/7/83 |
| SUZI (No Wonder NOW 6) | 9 | 10 | 1/12/84 |
| Albums | |||
| BEGGARS CAN BE CHOOSERS (Razor RAZ 6) | 6 | 6 | 1 /10/83 |
| NICO | |||
| German-born chanteuse and one-time model who made her musical mark in the mid-60s with spectral vocal contributions to the first Velvet Underground album, and worked intermittently on the fringes of rock thereafter. She died in July 1988. | |||
| Singles | |||
| SAETA (Flicknife FLS 206) | 13 | 4 | 17/10/81 |
| PROCESSION (1/2 REC 1) | 33 | 5 | 2/10/82 |
| Albums | |||
| DRAMA OF EXILE (Aura AUL 715) | 14 | 8 | 15/8/81 |
| BLUE ANGEL (Aura AUL 731) | 27 | 1 | 14/9/85 |
| j NICODEMUS | |||
| (see TOYAN & NICODEMUS) | |||
| STEVE NIEVE | |||
| The keyboards player from Elvis Costello's Attractions. Among other later own-name projects, he would front the band on Jonathan Ross' early 90s late-night TV chat show. | |||
| Albums | |||
| KEYBOARD JUNGLE (Demon FIEND 11) | 25 | 1 | 3/12/83 |
| THE NIGHTINGALES | |||
| Formed in November 1979 from the remains of the Prefects, The Nightingales were sparky post-punk pop-rockers with a penchant for wry titles and lyrics. Line-up was Robert Lloyd (vocals), Joe Motivator (guitar), Eamonn Duffy (bass), and Paul "Bad Man" Apperley (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| PARAFFIN BRAIN (Cherry Red CHERRY 38) | 39 | 4 | 15/4/82 |
| THE PEEL SESSIONS (EP) (Cherry Red 12 CHERRY 44) | 34 | 4 | 18/9/82 |
| URBAN OSPREY (Cherry Red CHERRY 56) | 26 | 4 | 26/3/83 |
| CRAFTY FAG (Ink/Red Flame INK 71) | 27 | 6 | 10/12/83 |
| THE CRUNCH (EP) (Vindaloo YUS 1) (12" only) | 27 | 5 | 23/6/84 |
| IT'S A CRACKER (Vindaloo UGH 9) | 16 | 6 | 23/2/85 |
| WHAT A CARRY ON (Vindaloo YUS 4) | 26 | 4 | 12/10/85 |
| Albums | |||
| PIGS ON PURPOSE (Cherry Red BRED 25) | 15 | 4 | 27/11/82 |
| HYSTERICS (Ink/Red Flame INK 1) | 20 | 4 | 24/12/83 |
| IN THE GOOD OLD COUNTRY WAY (Vindaloo YUS 7) | 8 | 8 | 3/5/86 |
| 999 | |||
| One of London's early punk bands, formed in May 1977, they also turned out to be one of the longest-lived. Nick Cash (ex-Kilburn & the High Roads) fronted on vocals & guitar; the other members were Guy Days (guitar), Jon Watson (bass) and Pablo LaBrittain (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| OBSESSED (Albion ION 1011) | 4 | 10 | 25/4/81 |
| LI'L RED RIDING HOOD (Albion ION 1017) | 7 | 7 | 18/7/81 |
| INDIAN RESERVATION (Albion ION 1023) | 6 | 9 | 14/11/81 |
| WILD SUN (Albion ION 1033) | 8 | 7 | 17/7/82 |
| Albums | |||
| CONCRETE (Albion ITS 999) | 4 | 13 | 16/5/81 |
| 1919 | |||
| Gothic rock band comprising Ian Tilleard (vocals), Mark Tighe (guitar), Sputnik (synth), Nick Hiles (bass) and Mick Reed (drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| CAGED (Red Rhino RED 14) | 30 | 3 | 31/7/82 |
| CRY WOLF (Abstract ABS 017) | 14 | 7 | 8/10/83 |
| THE EARTHSONG (EP) (Abstract 12ABS 026) (12" only) | 17 | 5 | 11/8/84 |
| Albums | |||
| MACHINE (Red Rhino REDLP 25) | 7 | 18 | 16/4/83 |
| NIPS | |||
| Formerly the Nipple Erectors (until they sussed the name was denying them gigs), this London-based punk/mod outfit were fronted by Shane McGowan, later of Pogue Mahone/The Pogues. | |||
| Singles | |||
| GABRIELLE (Soho SH 9) | 30 | 2 | 19/1/80 |
| NIRVANA | |||
| Formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in the US North-West in 1988, Nirvana were to become the leaders of the Seattle-based "grunge" movement which swept over rock music in the early 90s. At the time of Bleach, line-up was Kurt Cobain (vocals & guitar), Jason Everman (guitar), Chris Novoselic (bass) and Chad Channing (drums), but they later contracted to a trio of Cobain, Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl. At the height of their success, a troubled Cobain committed suicide in April 1994, and the band split. | |||
| Singles | |||
| BLEW (Tupelo TUPEP 8) | 15 | 2 | 11/11/89 |
| Albums | |||
| BLEACH (Tupelo TUP 006) | 8 | 9 | 2/9/89 |
| NITZER EBB | |||
| Hardline electronic noisemakers from Essex, first formed in 1983 when core members Douglas McCarthy and Bon Harris were still at school in Chelmsford. Their confrontational synth-based sounds became more dance-rhythmic as the decade moved on. | |||
| Singles | |||
| MURDEROUS (Power Of Voice NEB 4) (12" only) | 47 | 2 | 6/11/86 |
| LET YOUR BODY LEARN (Mute MUTE 59) | 28 | 7 | 25/4/87 |
| JOIN IN THE CHANT (Mute MUTE 64) | 26 | 4 | 29/8/87 |
| CONTROL I'M HERE (Mute MUTE 71) | 15 | 4 | 5/11/88 |
| HEARTS AND MIND (Mute MUTE 78) | 12 | 3 | 18/2/89 |
| Albums | |||
| THAT TOTAL AGE (Mute STUMM 45) | 18 | 4 | 23/5/87 |
| BELIEF (Mute STUMM 61) | 7 | 3 | 21/1/89 |
| THE NIVENS | |||
| UK indie pop-rock band. | |||
| Singles | |||
| YESTERDAY (Woosh WOOSH 5) | 13 | 1 | 25/2/89 |
| NAZ NOMAD & THE NIGHTMARES | |||
| Essentially the Damned in disguise on a psychedelic revival kick. | |||
| Singles | |||
| I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM (LAST NIGHT) (Big Beat NS 93) | 12 | 10 | 14/4/84 |
| Albums | |||
| GIVE DADDY THE KNIFE, CINDY (Big Beat WIK 21) | 4 | 12 | 24/3/84 |
| THE NOMADS | |||
| Swedish rock band. | |||
| Singles | |||
| SHE PAYS THE RENT (Wire TNMS 66) | 12 | 10 | 9/11/85 |
| NON | |||
| San Diego, California band, whose experimental noise-making was about as listener-unfriendly as it was possible to be. The key culprits were Boyd Rice (vocals and "noise manipulation unit") and Iona (guitar, tapes and altered drum machine). | |||
| Albums | |||
| BLOOD AND FLAME (Mute STUMM 32) | 21 | 2 | 24/1/87 |
| THE NORMAL & ROBERT RENTAL (see also ROBERT RENTAL) | |||
| The Normal was an alias for Daniel Miller, the owner of Mute Records, who had previously recorded under that name on Mute's first single in 1978. | |||
| Albums | |||
| LIVE AT WEST RUNTON PAVILLION (Rough Trade ROUGH 17) | 14 | 6 | 27/12/80 |
| THE NORMIL HAWAIIANS | |||
| Kent-based offbeat punk/poppers, formed in 1979. The original line-up (until 1982) was Guy Smith (vocals & guitar), Janet Armstrong (vocals), Jim Lusted (guitar), Nick (bass) and Brian Keelie (drums). Smith formed a new band under the name in 1983 | |||
| Singles | |||
| THE BEAT GOES ON (Dining Out TUX 13) | 44 | 2 | 22/11/80 |
| THE NOT SENSIBLES | |||
| From Burnley, Lancs., a punk band with a strong sense of humour and love of the absurd. Line-up was Haggis (Michael Hargreaves - vocals), Sage (Steven Hartley - guitar), Roger Rawlinson (keyboards), Gary Brown (bass) and Ploppy (Kevin Hemmingway - drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| (I'M IN LOVE WITH) MARGARET THATCHER (Redball RR 021) | 8 | 23 | 19/1/80 |
| (label of the above changed to Snotty Snail NELCOL 1 during its chart run) | |||
| I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD (Snotty Snail NELCOL 3) | 29 | 8 | 30/8/80 |
| I AM THE BISHOP (Snotty Snail NELCOL 6) | 45 | 3 | 25/7/81 |
| Albums | |||
| INSTANT CLASSICS (Bent/Snotty Snail SSLP 1) | 16 | 2 | 24/5/80 |
| NUCLEAR ASSAULT | |||
| Heavy metal band formed in 1984 by Dan Lilker, former bassist with Anthrax. Other members were John Connelly (vocals), Glenn Evans (guitar) and Anthony Bramante(drums). | |||
| Singles | |||
| FIGHT TO BE FREE (Under One Flag 12FLAG 105) (12" only) | 15 | 4 | 1/10/88 |
| Albums | |||
| SURVIVE (Under One Flag FLAG 21) | 2 | 11 | 2/7/88 |
| HANDLE WITH CARE (Under One Flag FLAG 35) | 4 | 1 | 14/10/89 |
Please note these tracks were compiled
for the Indie Hits book and are not
necessarily available to buy from Cherry Red Records.