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| An early incarnation of Theatre Of Hate, led by vocalist Kirk Brandon. Brothers Simon Werner (guitar) and Jonathan Werner (bass) moved on to Straps before rejoining Brandon in TOH, while drummer Rab Fab Beith later played with the Wall. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| LONG LIVE THE PAST (EP) (Cyclops CYCLOPS 1) | 12 | 5 | 24/4/82 | |||
| THE PALE FOUNTAINS | ||||||
| 60s-influenced melodic pop/rockers from Liverpool with an unusual instrumental line-up, comprising Michael Head (vocals & guitar), Andy Diagram (trumpet), Chris McCafferty (bass), Thomas Whelan (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| SOMETHING ON MY MIND (Operation Twilight OPT 009) | 28 | 9 | 21/8/82 | |||
| JUST A GIRL (Operation Twilight OPT 9) | 25 | 16 | 23/10/82 | |||
| THE PALE SAINTS | ||||||
| Idiosyncratic Leeds-based quartet whose music tended to explore sound textures rather than conventional rock structures. Line-up was Graeme Naysmith (guitar), Ashley Horner (guitar), Ian Masters (bass & vocals) and Chris Cooper (drums) | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| BARGING INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD (4AD BAD 901) | 3 | 8 | 30/9/89 | |||
| PATTI PALLADIN (see JOHNNY THUNDERS & PATTI PALLADIN) | ||||||
| PARALEX | ||||||
| New Wave of British Heavy Metal band from Nottingham, who comprised Phil Ayling (vocals), Mark Gibson (guitar), Kev Bower (guitar), Ian Dobbs (bass) and Neil Britan (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| TRAVELLING MAN (Reddingtons DAN 4) | 11 | 10 | 7/6/80 | |||
| GRAHAM PARKER | ||||||
| London-born singer, guitarist and songwriter who came out of the pub-rock scene to make a major critical impact at the end of the 70s, backed by the Rumour, as a sharp and passionate vocalist in an R&B-flecked new wave style. He has now lived for many years in the US. | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| THE MONA LISA'S SISTER (Demon FIEND 122) | 16 | 2 | 30/7/88 | |||
| THE PARTISANS | ||||||
| A teenage punk band from Bridgend, South Wales, heavily influenced by the Sex Pistols. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| POLICE STORY (No Future 012) | 5 | 22 | 10/10/81 | |||
| 17 YEARS OF HELL (EP) (No Future OI 12) | 2 | 18 | 3/7/82 | |||
| BLIND AMBITION (Cloak & Dagger PART 1) | 23 | 7 | 8/10/83 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| THE PARTISANS (No Future PUNK 4) | 5 | 8 | 26/2/83 | |||
| THE TIME WAS RIGHT (Cloak And Dagger PARTLP 1) | 20 | 3 | 14/7/84 | |||
| THE PASSAGE | ||||||
| Arty Lancashire-based trio consisting of Tony Friel (vocals, guitar & bass), Lorraine Hilton (keyboards) and Dick Witts (drums & percussion). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| TABOOS (Cherry Red 12 CHERRY 30) | 34 | 3 | 13/2/82 | |||
| XOYO (Cherry Red CHERRY 35) | 9 | 16 | 15/4/82 | |||
| WAVE (Cherry Red CHERRY 50) | 14 | 6 | 30/10/82 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| PINDROP (Object Music OBJ 011) | 10 | 8 | 8/11/80 | |||
| DEGENERATES (Cherry Red BRED 29) | 4 | 10 | 26/6/82 | |||
| ENFLAME (Cherry Red B RED 45) | 9 | 8 | 23/4/83 | |||
| THE PASSMORE SISTERS | ||||||
| Not sisters or even girls, but an all-male quintet comprising Martin Sadofski (vocals), Peter Richardson (guitar), Brian Roberts (guitar), Howi Taylor (bass) and Robert Grace (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| EVERY CHILD IN HEAVEN (Sharp CAL 6) | 16 | 3 | 6/6/87 | |||
| A SAFE PLACE TO HIDE (Sharp CAL 007) | 23 | 3 | 7/11/87 | |||
| THE PASTELS | ||||||
| Glasgow-formed melodically-inclined pop-rock band comprising Stephen Pastel (vocals & guitar), Brian Superstar (guitar), Martin Hayward (bass) and Bernice Swanson (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| SOMETHING'S GOING ON (Creation CRE 004) | 30 | 6 | 31/3/84 | |||
| A MILLION TEARS (Creation CRE 011T) (12" only) | 38 | 5 | 24/11/84 | |||
| I'M ALL RIGHT WITH YOU (Creation CRET 23) (12" only) | 39 | 3 | 14/12/85 | |||
| TRUCK TRAIN TRACTOR (Glass GLASS 048) | 5 | 14 | 28/6/86 | |||
| CRAWL BABIES (Glass GLASS 050) | 7 | 7 | 4/4/87 | |||
| COMING THROUGH (Glass GLASS 053) | 6 | 11 | 31/10/87 | |||
| BABY YOU'RE JUST YOU (Chapter 22 CHAP 37) | 16 | 2 | 1/4/89 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| UP FOR A BIT WITH THE PASTELS (Glass GLALP 21) | 3 | 13 | 14/2/87 | |||
| SUCK ON THE PASTELS (Creation CRELP 031) | 4 | 8 | 6/8/88 | |||
| SITTING PRETTY (Chapter 22 CHAPLP 43) | 4 | 5 | 17/6/89 | |||
| PAT & MICK | ||||||
| Two Capital Radio (London) DJ's, Pat Sharp and Mick Brown. They originally sang together for fun and the station's charity, but Stock Aitken Waterman gave them major pop success. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| LET'S ALL CHANT (PWL PWL 10) | 4 | 6 | 23/4/88 | |||
| I HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET (PWL PWL 33) | 3 | 5 | 8/4/89 | |||
| THE PEECH BOYS | ||||||
| US soul/dance vocal group. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| DON'T MAKE ME WAIT (TMT Productions TMT 7001) | 4 | 6 | 13/11/82 | |||
| THE PEELERS | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| BROKENDOWN SQUATTER (Barley BAC 001) | 31 | 6 | 2/2/80 | |||
| THE PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA | ||||||
| Eclectic instrumental ensemble (with violins, cellos, etc.) headed by Simon Jeffes. Their piece Music For A Found Harmonium still turns up regularly in TV and radio programmes as a musical backdrop. | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| BROADCASTING FROM HOME (Editions EG EGED 38) | 10 | 6 | 2/2/85 | |||
| PERE UBU | ||||||
| Cleveland, Ohio-based new wave art-rockers formed in 1975, whose odd name came from a surrealist play by Alfred Jarry. Their early-80s line-up was David Thomas (vocals), Mayo Thompson (guitar), Allen Ravenstine (synth & sax), Tony Maimone (bass), and Scott Krauss (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| FINAL SOLUTION (Rough Trade FIT 049) | 12 | 11 | 28/6/80 | |||
| NOT HAPPY (Rough Trade FIT 066) | 31 | 5 | 28/2/81 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| THE ART OF WALKING (Rough Trade ROUGH 14) | 3 | 7 | 13/9/80 | |||
| THE MODERN DANCE (Rough Trade ROUGH 22) | 20 | 2 | 28/2/81 | |||
| 390 DEGREES OF SIMULATED STEREO - PERE UBU LIVE (Rough Trade ROUGH 23) | 6 | 9 | 18/4/81 | |||
| TERMINAL TOWER (Rough Trade ROUGH 83) | 7 | 15 | 14/12/85 | |||
| THE PERFECT DISASTER | ||||||
| UK band formed in 1984, whose line-up constantly changed with the exception of singer & guitarist Phil Parfitt, who hung on until the final split in 1991, and was last seen leading a band named Oedipussy. | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| UP (Fire FIRE 18) | 15 | 2 | 24/6/89 | |||
| MARK PERRY | ||||||
| Editor of the influential Sniffin' Glue punk fanzine in the early days of the genre, and the mainman of Alternative TV. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| THE WHOLE WORLD'S DOWN ON ME (Deptford Fun City DFC 12) | 44 | 4 | 31/5/80 | |||
| PETER & THE TEST TUBE BABIES | ||||||
| Brighton-based Oi!-ish good-time punks with a wry line in offensive titles and lyrics. The line-up was Peter Bywaters (vocals), Derek Greening (guitar), Chris Marchant (bass) and Nick Loizides (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| BANNED FROM THE PUBS (No Future 014) | 10 | 12 | 23/1/82 | |||
| RUN LIKE HELL/UP YER BUM (No Future OI 15) | 2 | 17 | 31/7/82 | |||
| ZOMBIE CREEPING FLESH (Trapper EARS 1) | 2 | 12 | 16/4/83 | |||
| BLOWN OUT AGAIN (Trapper EARFITS 1) | 40 | 4 | 5/5/84 | |||
| ROTTING IN THE FART SACK (EP) (Jungle JUNG 21 T) (12" only) | 3 | 12 | 24/8/85 | |||
| WHIMPEEZ (Trapper EARS 3) | 8 | 9 | 21/12/85 | |||
| KEYS TO THE CITY (Hairy Pie TTB 1) | 19 | 2 | 26/7/86 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| PISSED AND PROUD (No Future PUNK 3) | 2 | 14 | 25/12/82 | |||
| THE MATING SOUND OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN FROG(Trapper THIN 1) | 4 | 13 | 24/12/83 | |||
| THE LOUD BLARING PUNK ROCK LP (Hairy Pie HP 1) | 7 | 15 | 27/7/85 | |||
| 3 X 45 (Trapper NO FEARS 1) | 11 | 5 | 26/10/85 | |||
| SOBERPHOBIA (Dojo DOJOLP 49) | 11 | 4 | 14/2/87 | |||
| THE PETTICOATS | ||||||
| Not strictly a group, but one-woman show Stef Petticoat from Germany, who played guitar, bass and drums as well as singing. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| NORMAL (Bla Bla Bla SHS 1) | 38 | 3 | 26/7/80 | |||
| PHASE 11 | ||||||
| Dave Lee (aka Joey Negro) on one of his many pseudonymous house recordings. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| REACHIN' (Republic LICT 006) | 17 | 1 | 8/10/88 | |||
| DAVE PHILLIPS & THE HOT ROD GANG | ||||||
| UK rockabilly revival band with a strong Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps influence and image. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| TAINTED LOVE (Rockhouse SP 8303) | 24 | 6 | 26/3/83 | |||
| JEFFREY LEE PIERCE (see also GUN CLUB) | ||||||
| Vocalist Pierce led L.A.'s Gun Glub until they split in 1985, and followed a solo career, punctuated by a Gun Club reunion, thereafter. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| LOVE AND DESPERATION (Statik TAK 36) | 12 | 5 | 14/9/85 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| WILDWEED (Statik STALP 25) | 4 | 11 | 4/5/85 | |||
| PIGBAG | ||||||
| Mainly instrumental soul/funk sextet, formed in Gloucestershire from the remnants of political funkers the Pop Group. Line-up was James Johnstone (guitar & keyboards), Ollie Moore (sax), Chris Leigh (trumpet), Simon Underwood (bass), Roger Freeman (percussion) and Chip Carpenter (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG (Y Y 10) | 1 | 70 | 23/5/81 | |||
| SUNNY DAY (Y Y 12) | 2 | 29 | 31/10/81 | |||
| GETTING UP (Y Y 16) | 2 | 9 | 20/2/82 | |||
| THE BIG BEAN (Y Y 24) | 3 | 9 | 10/7/82 | |||
| HIT THE 'O' DECK (Y Y 101) | 7 | 8 | 19/2/83 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| DR. HECKLE & MR. JIVE (Y Y 17) | 1 | 29 | 13/3/82 | |||
| LEND AN EAR (Y YLP 501) | 7 | 5 | 5/3/83 | |||
| THE PINK FAIRIES | ||||||
| Stalwart UK rock oufit led by John "Twink" Adler, around on the scene since the end of the 60s in various line-ups. | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE (Big Beat WIK 14) | 13 | 6 | 28/8/82 | |||
| PINK INDUSTRY | ||||||
| Liverpool band formd in 1982 by vocalist Jayne Casey from the ashes of Pink Military (see below). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE (Zulu RA 8) | 9 | 10 | 13/7/85 | |||
| DON'T LET GO (Cathexis CRL 16) | 45 | 4 | 19/12/87 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| LOW TECHNOLOGY (Zulu ZULU 2) | 12 | 4 | 12/3/83 | |||
| WHO TOLD YOU YOU WERE NAKED? (Zulu ZULU 4) | 9 | 5 | 22/10/83 | |||
| PINK MILITARY | ||||||
| Liverpool band formed in 1978 and fronted by former Big In Japan vocalist Jayne Casey, who teamed up with John Highway (guitar), Nicky (keyboards), Wayne Wadden (bass) and Paul Homby (drums). They split in 1981, and Casey moved on to the similarly-named Pink Industry, with new accompanists. | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| DO ANIMALS BELIEVE IN GOD? (Eric's ERICS 004) | 3 | 7 | 7/6/80 | |||
| THE PIRANHAS | ||||||
| Tongue-in-cheek band from Brighton whose sound was individualised by use of sax, and who later developed a penchant for commercial novelty records. Line-up was Bob Grover (guitar & vocals), Johnnie Helmer (vocals & guitar), Zoot Alors (sax), Reginald Hornsbury (bass) and Dick Slexia (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| YAP YAP YAP (Attrix RB 06) | 16 | 12 | 29/3/80 | |||
| PINPOINT | ||||||
| UK post-punk trio featuring ex-Lurkers bassist Arturo on guitar, plus Hugh Norton-Griffiths (bass) and Dave Allen (drums). | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| THIRD STATE (Albion ALB 1003) | 30 | 2 | 21/3/81 | |||
| PINSKI ZOO | ||||||
| Nottingham band who fused free-form jazz and funk. Sax-playing leader Jan Kopinski professed a love of Hendrix and Yma Sumac, but Albert Ayler and John Coltrane were the more obvious influences. | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| INTRODUCE ME TO THE DOCTOR (Despatch PATCH 0001) | 17 | 3 | 20/3/82 | |||
| THE pixIES | ||||||
| Boston, Massachusetts, band formed in the mid-80s as Pixies In Panoply, rated for their unique marriage of offbeat lyrics, melody and abrasive hard-rock drive. Line-up was Black Francis (vocals & guitar), Joey Santiago (guitar), Kim Deal (bass) and David Lovering (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| GIGANTIC (EP) (4AD BAD 805) | 4 | 6 | 3/9/88 | |||
| MONKEY GONE TO HEAVEN (4AD AD 904) | 1 | 12 | 1/4/89 | |||
| HERE COME YOUR MAN (4AD AD 909) | 1 | 8 | 1/7/89 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| COME ON PILGRIM (4AD MD 709) | 5 | 29 | 24/10/87 | |||
| SURFER ROSA (4AD CAD 803) | 2 | 60 | 2/4/88 | |||
| DOOLITTLE (4AD CAD 905) | 1 | 28 | 29/4/89 | |||
| THE PLAIN CHARACTERS | ||||||
| Quartet comprising Colin Tucker (vocals), Paul Johnstone (guitar), John Hyde (bass) and Tim Broughton (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| MAN IN THE RAILINGS (Final Solution FS 001) | 33 | 3 | 19/4/80 | |||
| THE PLASTIC IDOLS | ||||||
| Stoke-on-Trent band. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| ADVENTURE/REMIX (Clay CLAY 2) | 29 | 4 | 12/7/80 | |||
| PLAY DEAD | ||||||
| Bass-heavy gothic punk rockers from Banbury, Oxfordshire, comprising Rob Jackson (vocals), Steve Green (guitar), Pete Waddleton (bass) and Mark "Wiff" Smith (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| SHINE (Situation 2 SIT 28) | 14 | 10 | 1/10/83 | |||
| BREAK (Clay CLAY 31) | 9 | 10 | 28/4/84 | |||
| ISOBEL (Clay CLAY 35) | 9 | 11 | 14/7/84 | |||
| PROPAGANDA (1984 MIX) (Jungle JUNG 17) | 17 | 11 | 10/11/84 | |||
| CONSPIRACY (Clay CLAY 40) | 18 | 9 | 17/11/84 | |||
| SACROSANCT (Clay CLAY 42) | 4 | 8 | 9/3/85 | |||
| THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN (Tanz TANZ 1) | 5 | 10 | 12/10/85 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| THE FIRST FLOWER (Jungle FREUD 3) | 10 | 11 | 21/5/83 | |||
| FROM THE PROMISED LAND (Clay CLAY LP 11) | 5 | 18 | 26/5/84 | |||
| INTO THE FIRE (Clay CLAY LP 15M) | 19 | 2 | 15/6/85 | |||
| COMPANY OF JUSTICE (Tanz TANZ LP 1) | 3 | 11 | 23/11/85 | |||
| THE SINGLES 82-86 (Clay CLATLP 20M) | 16 | 4 | 12/7/86 | |||
| THE PLAYN JAYN | ||||||
| Pop/rock band which drew on the UK's 60s pop heritage. | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| FIVE GOOD EVILS (ABC ABCLP 5) | 20 | 3 | 17/8/85 | |||
| POGUE MAHONE | ||||||
| Folky pub roots-rockers fronted by former Nips vocalist Shane McGowan, soon to sign to Stiff and become much better known as the Pogues. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| DARK STREETS OF LONDON (Pogue Mahone PM 1) | 8 | 7 | 2/6/84 | |||
| POISON | ||||||
| US heavy rock band from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, comprising Bret Michaels (vocals), CC DeVille (guitar), Bobby Dail (bass) and Rikki Rockett (drums). They had a US No.1 single in 1988 with Every Rose Has Its Thorn. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| TALK DIRTY TO ME (Music For Nations KUT 125) | 7 | 8 | 23/5/87 | |||
| CRY TOUGH (Music For Nations KUT 127) | 22 | 6 | 29/8/87 | |||
| THE POISON GIRLS | ||||||
| (see also CRASS/POISON GIRLS) The nearest thing this political punk quartet had to a girl was lead singer Vi Subversa, a middle-aged feminist who provided much of their lyrical input. The other "girls" were three males: Richard Famous (guitar), Bernhardt Rebours (bass) and Lance D'Boyle (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| ALL SYSTEMS GO (Crass 421984/8) | 8 | 11 | 25/4/81 | |||
| HEX (Crass 421984/9) | 40 | 4 | 30/5/81 | |||
| ONE GOOD REASON (Illuminated ILL 23) | 12 | 6 | 23/7/83 | |||
| (I'M NOT A) REAL WOMAN (Xcentric Noise XN 2009) | 38 | 5 | 22/12/84 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| CHAPPAQUIDICK BRIDGE (Crass 421984/2) | 4 | 39 | 8/11/80 | |||
| TOTAL EXPOSURE (XN Trix XN 2003) | 3 | 7 | 24/10/81 | |||
| WHERE'S THE PLEASURE (Xntric XN 2006) | 15 | 6 | 18/12/82 | |||
| SEVEN YEAR SCRATCH (Xntrix RM 101) | 17 | 3 | 3/3/83 | |||
| THE POLICE | ||||||
| The first recording Sting, Stewart Copeland and Henri Padovani made as the Police, for Stewart's brother Miles Copeland's label, prior to Padovani's replacement by Andy Summers, and the trio's A&M signing and subsequent superstardom. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| FALL OUT (Illegal ILL 001) | 48 | 2 | 25/10/80 | |||
| THE POOH STICKS | ||||||
| Welsh ensemble based around vocalist Hue Williams and guitarist Paul plus assorted female fellow-travellers, whose forte was wicked parodies of UK indie scene archetypes, wrapped in equally absurdly catchy pop numbers. | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| ON TAPE (Fierce FRIGHT 011) | 8 | 4 | 1/10/88 | |||
| THE POP GROUP | ||||||
| (see also The SLITS/The POP GROUP) Politically-motivated and, it must be said, suicidally miserable punk/funk outfit from Bristol, fronted by vocalist Mark Stewart, later of the Mafia. Other players were Garreth Sager (guitar & keyboards), John Waddington (guitar), Simon Underwood (bass) and Bruce Smith (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| WE ARE ALL PROSTITUTES (Rough Trade FIT 023) | 8 | 8 | 19/1/80 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| FOR HOW MUCH LONGER MUST WE TOLERATE MASS MURDER (Rough Trade ROUGH 9) | 1 | 20 | 12/4/80 | |||
| WE ARE TIME (RETROSPECTIVE) (Rough Trade/Y ROUGH 12/Y 5) | 4 | 14 | 28/6/80 | |||
| THE POP GUNS | ||||||
| Brighton-based power-pop quintet fronted by vocalist Wendy Morgan, and also featuring Simon Pickles (guitar), Greg Dixon (guitar), Pat Walkington (bass) and former Wedding Present member Shaun Charman (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| LANDSLIDE (Medium Cool MCO 19T) (12" only) | 20 | 1 | 6/5/89 | |||
| POP WILL EAT ITSELF | ||||||
| Irreverent quartet from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, with a style best described as hardcore pop with psychedelic and metal overtones. Line-up comprised Clint Mansell (vocals & guitar), Adam Mole (guitar & keyboards), Richard March (bass) and Graham Crabb (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| THE POPPIES SAY GRRR! (EP) (Desperate DAN 1) | 14 | 9 | 2/8/86 | |||
| POPPIECOCK (Chapter 22 CHAP 9) | 4 | 22 | 15/11/86 | |||
| SWEET SWEET PIE (Chapter 22 CHAP 11) | 2 | 21 | 31/1/87 | |||
| LOVE MISSILE F1 -11 (Chapter 22 CHAP 13) | 2 | 17 | 16/5/87 | |||
| BEAVER PATROL (Chapter 22 CHAP 16) | 2 | 16 | 26/9/87 | |||
| THERE IS NO LOVE BETWEEN US ANYMORE (Chapter 22 CHAP 20) | 3 | 8 | 30/1/88 | |||
| DEF CON ONE (Chapter 22 PWEI 001) | 2 | 8 | 23/7/88 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| BOX FRENZY (Chapter 22 CHAPLP 18) | 2 | 13 | 31 /10/87 | |||
| NOW FOR A FEAST (Chapter 22 CHAPLP 33) | 8 | 4 | 7/1/89 | |||
| THE POPPYHEADS | ||||||
| Cambridge quintet (David Barbenel, Rob Young, Nigel Blackwood, Andrew Zurek and Del Davies) whose first (and only other) recording was the Postcard For Flossy flexi-EP given free with Are You Sacred To Get Happy? fanzine in 1986. Young now writes for Wire magazine. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| CREMATION TOWN (Sarah SARAH 6) | 14 | 3 | 14/5/88 | |||
| POPULAR VOICE | ||||||
| East Anglian band based around guitarist/saxophonist Michael Byles and pianist Daley, with other members coming and going. Vocalist Joe replaced Barry Derbyshire around the time of their indie hit single. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| TEMPTATION (Backs 12HCH 005) | 26 | 4 | 17/9/83 | |||
| PORTION CONTROL | ||||||
| Quartet fronted by vocalist Dean Piavini, along with Ian Sharp, John Whybrew and Pat Bermingham (replaced in mid-1985 by Peter Ware). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| THE GREAT DIVIDE (Rhythmic 7 RMIC 7) | 26 | 3 | 22/6/85 | |||
| POSITIVE NOISE | ||||||
| Glasgow band formed in 1979, and comprising Russell Blackstock (vocals & guitar), Graham Middleton (keyboards), Fraser Middleton (bass) and Les Gaff (drums). Original lead singer Ross Middleton left in early 1981, and wrote for Sounds as Maxwell Park. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| GIVE ME PASSION (Statik STAT 3) | 8 | 7 | 14/3/81 | |||
| CHARM/AND YET AGAIN (Statik STAT 4) | 8 | 10 | 30/5/81 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| HEART OF DARKNESS (Statik STAT LP 1) | 4 | 15 | 30/5/81 | |||
| CHANGE OF HEART (Statik STAT LP 8) | 21 | 5 | 10/7/82 | |||
| THE PRATS | ||||||
| Scottish pop/punks who formed at the end of 1977, but didn't play a gig until January 1979. Line-up was Paul McLaughlin (vocals & guitar), Elspeth McLeod (guitar), Jeff Maguire (bass) and Dave Maguire (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| 1990'S POP (Rough Trade RT 042) | 31 | 4 | 9/8/80 | |||
| PREFAB SPROUT | ||||||
| Perky and lyrically rich Durham-based pop-rock quartet formed in 1982 and led by guitarist/vocalist and songwriter Paddy McAloon, with Wendy Smith (vocals & guitar), Martin McAloon (bass) and Neil Conti (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| LIONS IN MY OWN GARDEN (Kitchenware SK 4/Rough Trade RT 141) | 16 | 8 | 4/6/83 | |||
| THE DEVIL HAS ALL THE BEST TUNES (Kitchenware SK 7) | 14 | 23 | 22/10/83 | |||
| THE PREFECTS | ||||||
| Duo consisting of Robert Lloyd and Joe Motivator, who had already moved on (both to co-found the Nightingales) when Rough Trade released their single. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS (Rough Trade RT 040) | 12 | 9 | 19/7/80 | |||
| PRESSURE COMPANY (see also CABARET VOLTAIRE) | ||||||
| An alter-ego of Cabaret Voltaire on a live recording made with Eric Random at a Solidarity benefit concert in Sheffield. | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| LIVE IN SHEFFIELD (Solidarity SOLIDARITY 1) | 8 | 6 | 20/3/82 | |||
| PRIDE | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| WHAT'S LOVE (Pride Productions PRD 001) | 41 | 2 | 6/4/85 | |||
| PRIDE OF THE CROSS | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| TOMMY'S BLUE VALENTINE (Big Beat NST 106) (12" only) | 30 | 2 | 4/5/85 | |||
| PRIMAL SCREAM | ||||||
| Originally a guitar pop band formed by early Jesus & Mary Chain member Bobby Gillespie, Primal Scream got harder, wilder and heavier as the decade wore on, and would hit a solid dance groove in the 1980s. Normally a sextet, the band's remaining personnel was subject to constant flux. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| ALL FALL DOWN (Creation CRE 017) | 14 | 35 | 15/6/85 | |||
| CRYSTAL CRESCENT (Creation CRE 026) | 3 | 14 | 17/5/86 | |||
| IVY IVY IVY (Creation CRE 076) | 3 | 7 | 12/8/89 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| PRIMAL SCREAM (Creation CRELP 054) | 1 | 4 | 30/9/89 | |||
| THE PRIMEVALS | ||||||
| Glasgow garage rockers who got themselves a French label deal. Line-up was Michael Rooney (vocals), Malcolm McDonald (guitar), Gordon Gouldie (guitar), John Honeyman (bass) and Paul Bridges (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| HEYA (New Rose NEW 93) | 34 | 5 | 18/7/87 | |||
| THE PRIMITIVES | ||||||
| Melodic guitar rockers from Coventry, fronted by blonde Australian-born vocalist Tracy Cattell, with Paul Court (vocals & guitar), Steve Dullaghan (bass) and Pete Tweedy (drums). Lazy was the band's own label, later taken over by RCA (so excluding them from the indie chart). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| THRU' THE FLOWERS (Lazy LAZY 01) | 20 | 5 | 31/5/86 | |||
| REALLY STUPID (EP) (Lazy LAZY 02) | 3 | 28 | 25/10/86 | |||
| STOP KILLING ME (Lazy LAZY 03) | 2 | 13 | 28/2/87 | |||
| THRU' THE FLOWERS (reissue) (Lazy LAZY 06 T) (12" only) | 3 | 19 | 15/8/87 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| LAZY 86-89 (Lazy LAZY 15) | 1 | 8 | 2/9/89 | |||
| PRINCE BUSTER | ||||||
| Legendary Jamaican producer/vocalist (real name Buster Campbell), pre-eminent during the ska years of the mid-60s, with success at the time in both the UK and US. AI Capone originally reached No. 17 in the UK chart in April 1967, and Blue Beat had never deleted it. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| AL CAPONE (Blue Beat BB 324) | 12 | 16 | 26/1/80 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| PRINCE BUSTER'S GREATEST HITS (Melodisc MS 1) | 2 | 20 | 26/1/80 | |||
| PRINCE CHARLES AND THE CITY BEAT BAND | ||||||
| US "go-go"-style dance/soul band from Washington DC, who later had a UK top 30 single with We Can Make It Happen. | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| GANG WAR (Greyhound GRLP 101) | 7 | 9 | 26/3/83 | |||
| PRINCE FAR-I | ||||||
| Reggae vocalist from Jamaica who was orihinally a bouncer on the doors of the island's premier recording venue, Studio One. | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| CRY TOUGH DUB ENCOUNTER, CHAPTER 3 (4D DKLP 15) | 11 | 4 | 16/8/80 | |||
| PRINCESS TINY MEAT | ||||||
| A band which featured Dublin's he/she character Haa Lacka Binttii (real name Danny Figgis) as a singer/musician. Formerly on drums and electronics with the Virgin Prunes, Binttii is reckoned to be the most far-out musician ever to emerge from Irish rock. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| A BUN IN THE OVEN (Rough Trade FIT 163) | 42 | 3 | 1/2/86 | |||
| THE PRISONERS | ||||||
| Mod-influenced band from Chatham, Kent. Their organist James Taylor later embarked on a successful career with his own Quartet in an Acid Jazz groove. Other members: Graham Day (vocals & guitar), Allan Cockford (bass) and Johnny Symons (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| ELECTRIC FIT (EP) (Big Beat SW 98) | 15 | 10 | 29/9/84 | |||
| PRONG | ||||||
| Formidable hard rock trio comprising Tommy Victor (vocals & guitar), Mike Kirkland (vocals & bass) and Ted Parsons (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| THIRD FROM THE SUN (SPT) | 3 | 6 | 28/1/89 | |||
| PSYCHIC TV (8 THE ANGELS OF LIGHT*) | ||||||
| Personnel-shifting avant-garde UK band focused around Genesis P Orridge (also of Throbbing Gristle). The pop-orientated Godstar was a tribute to late Rolling Stone Brian Jones, while the plethora of live Albums was an attempt to issue one from each country of their world tour on the 23rd day of 23 consecutive months. | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| ROMAN P (Sordide Sentimental SS 33009) | 13 | 9 | 23/6/84 | |||
| UNCLEAN (EP) (Temple TOPY 001) | 12 | 8 | 15/9/84 | |||
| GODSTAR* (Temple TOPY 009) | 1 | 18 | 29/3/86 | |||
| MAGICK DEFENDS ITSELF (Temple TOP 022) (12" only) | 9 | 5 | 7/3/87 | |||
| TUNE IN (TURN ON) TO THE ACID HOUSE (Temple TOPY 037) | 8 | 5 | 27/8/88 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| LIVE (Atonal SP 3001) | 18 | 3 | 21/7/84 | |||
| NEW YORK SCUM HATERS (Temple TOPY 002) | 4 | 5 | 19/1/85 | |||
| A PAGAN DAY (Temple TOPY 003) | 6 | 5 | 19/1/85 | |||
| MOUTH OF THE NIGHT (Temple TOPY 010) | 16 | 17 | 28/12/85 | |||
| LIVE IN TOKYO 1986 (Temple TOPY 015) | 7 | 8 | 3/1/87 | |||
| LIVE IN PARIS (Temple TOPY 014) | 10 | 6 | 21/2/87 | |||
| LIVE IN HEAVEN (Temple TOPY 018) | 22 | 3 | 4/4/87 | |||
| LIVE IN REYKJAVIK (Temple TOPY 026) | 21 | 2 | 13/6/87 | |||
| LIVE EN SUISSE (Temple TOPY 027) | 15 | 3 | 18/7/87 | |||
| LIVE IN GOTTINGEN (Temple TOPY 029) | 24 | 2 | 12/9/87 | |||
| LIVE IN TORONTO (Temple TOPY 028) | 25 | 1 | 10/10/87 | |||
| PUNCHING HOLES | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| LA MER (Firebird FLAME 13) | 27 | 6 | 13/11/82 | |||
| PUNILUX/PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY* | ||||||
| This eccentric experimentalist pop quintet with the alternating name were signed to EMI prior to their Red Rhino days. Led by guitarist Neville Luxury, they also comprised Brian Bond (vocals), Red Helmet (guitar), Jimmy Giro (bass) and Liquid Les (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| HOLD ME (NEVER MOULD ME) (Red Rhino RED 33) | 36 | 2 | 14/583 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| 7* (Red Rhino REDLP 34) | 12 | 7 | 23/7/83 | |||
| THE PURPLE HEARTS | ||||||
| Mod revival band from Romford, Essex, named after a pill of choice among original 60 mods. The line-up was: Bob Manton (vocals), Simon Stebbing (guitar), Jeff Shadbolt (bass), and Gary Sparks (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| MY LIFE'S A JIGSAW (Safari SAFE 30) | 23 | 5 | 25/10/80 | |||
| THE PURPLE THINGS | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| THE PURPLE THINGS (Absolutely Free FREE LP 1) | 28 | 3 | 19/9/87 | |||
| PUSSY GALORE | ||||||
| Fearsome and experimental US rock quartet comprising John Spencer, Bob Best, Neil Hagerty and Kurt Wolf. | ||||||
| Albums | ||||||
| RIGHT NOW (Product Inc. PROD 19) | 17 | 6 | 19/9/87 | |||
| SUGARSHIT SHARP (Product Inc. MPROD 15) | 10 | 6 | 3/12/88 | |||
| DIAL M FOR MOTHERFUCKER (Product Inc. INC 001) | 4 | 3 | 3/6/89 | |||
| PYLON | ||||||
| US new wave rockers from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1979. Line up consisted of Vanessa Ellison (vocals), Randall Bewley (guitar), Michael Lachowski (bass) and Curtis Crowe (drums). | ||||||
| Singles | ||||||
| 10 INCH 45 RPM (EP) (Armageddon AEP 12004) | 44 | 2 | 21/3/81 | |||
| Albums | ||||||
| GYRATE (Armageddon ARM 5) | 26 | 2 | 21/3/81 | |||
Please note these tracks were compiled
for the Indie Hits book and are not
necessarily available to buy from Cherry Red Records.