Eyeless in Gaza (band)
Eyeless in Gaza | |
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![]() Eyeless in Gaza in Berlin (2010) |
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General information | |
origin | Nuneaton , Warwickshire , England |
Genre (s) | Punk rock , new wave |
founding | 1980, 1993 |
resolution | 1987 |
Founding members | |
Martyn Bates | |
Peter Becker |
Eyeless in Gaza is a British post-punk / new wave group consisting of Martyn Bates and Peter Becker from Nuneaton , Warwickshire . The band is named after a novel by Aldous Huxley (Eng. Blinded in Gaza ).
history
Founded in 1980, it came to an interruption in 1987 when Martyn Bates pursued a number of solo projects and collaborations, only to reappear in 1993 as Eyeless in Gaza with the old cast. Eyeless in Gaza once described their style of music as "crazy back and forth from film atmosphere to rock and pop, industrial funk to avant-folk styles."
Discography
Albums
- Photographs as Memories, 1981 (CD reissue contains 7 bonus tracks from previous singles)
- Caught in Flux, 1981 (The original LP contains bonus 5 track 12 "," The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers ", also included on the re-released CD)
- Pale Hands I Loved So Well, 1982
- Drumming the Beating Heart, 1982 (CD edition (1996) also contains Pale Hands I Loved So Well)
- Rust Red September, 1983 (CD issue (1994) contains 6 bonus tracks)
- Back From the Rains, 1986 (CD issue (1989) contains 4 bonus tracks)
- Kodak Ghosts Run Amok - Chronological Singles, etc., 1980–86, 1987 (compilation)
- Transience Blues, 1989 (compilation)
- Orange Ice & Wax Crayons, 1992 (unreleased material)
- Voice; The Best of Eyeless in Gaza, 1993 (compilation from Cherry Red years)
- Fabulous Library, 1993
- Saw You in Reminding Pictures, 1994
- Bitter Apples, 1995
- All Under the Leaves, the Leaves of Life, 1996
- Song of the Beautiful Wanton, 2000
- Sixth Sense - The Singles Collection, 2002 (compilation)
- Home Produce - Country Bizarre, 2003 (w / Lol Coxhill)
- No Noise - The Very Best of Eyeless In Gaza, 2005 (compilation)
- Summer Salt & Subway Sun, 2006
- Answer Song & Dance, 2010
- Everyone Feels Like A Stranger, 2011
- Butterfly Attitude, 2012
EPs
- Kodak Ghosts Run Amok, 1980
- Invisibility, 1981
- Others, 1981
- For Edward (etc.), 1982 (cassette w / Lol Coxhill)
- New Risen, 1983
- Sun Bursts In, 1984
- Welcome Now, 1985
- Kiss the Rains Goodbye, 1986
- Streets I Ran, 1995 (5 track companion release to "Saw You In Reminding Pictures")
Singles
- "Veil Like Calm," 1982
- "New Risen," 1983
- "Sun Bursts In," 1984
Videos
- Street Lamps n 'Snow, 1994 (1982 concert in Le Havre)
- Saw You in Reminding Pictures, DVD 2005 (re-release of the above video plus promo videos for "Veil Like Calm" and "New Risen" and 6 tracks recorded live on the Isle of Wight, 2004)
Web links
- eyelessingaza.com (English)
- Eyeless in Gaza at discogs