Jamie Wednesday
| Jamie Wednesday | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie pop |
| founding | 1984 |
| resolution | 1987 |
| Founding members | |
James Morrison |
Guitar , vocals |
Fruitbat |
Bass , backing vocal |
Jamie Wednesday was a British indie pop band formed in Streatham , South London in 1984 . The group released eight songs on two records between 1985 and 1986. First the group was called The Ballpoints , then Peter Pan's Playground , until they later chose the name Jamie Wednesday . The group's musical style is also known as jangle pop.
The band had the following members:
- James Morrison - acoustic guitar , lead vocal
- Fruitbat (Leslie Carter) - electric bass , backing vocal
- Dean Leggett - drums and percussion
- Lindsey Lowe - trumpet
- Simon Henry - saxophone
Jamie Wednesday took two EPs and was with two pieces on a compilation of the label Pink Label represented, but sales were never good and the band was virtually unknown.
An article by David Quantick in the New Musical Express about Jamie Wednesday was the inspiration for the name of the band Pop Will Eat Itself , as it was noted in that article that pop music always recycles its ideas and that ultimately “pop eats itself” ( pop will eat itself ).
Jamie Wednesday broke up in 1987 right before a planned gig in which the band was supposed to play as an opener. Only James Morrison and Leslie Carter performed, supported by a drum machine. Carter USM emerged from this constellation . Morrison called himself Jim Bob and Carter Fruitbat . The drummer Leggett joined the band BOB .
Discography
- "Vote For Love" (12 "EP, 1985, Pink) ( UK Independent Charts No. 46)
- "We Three Kings Of Orient Aren't" (12 "EP, 1986, Pink)
The band also contributed the title We Three Kings of Orient Are not and Buttons and Bows the Pink Label - Compilation Beauty at.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Strong, Martin C .: The Great Alternative & Indie Discography , Canongate, 1999, ISBN 0-86241-913-1
- ↑ a b Beauty (Pink Compilation) , track listing on rateyourmusic.com (accessed October 11, 2015)
- ↑ Dave Wilson: Rock Formations: Categorical Answers to How Band Names were Formed , Kennebunkport 2005, Cidermill Books, ISBN 978-0-9748483-5-8 , p. 41
- ↑ Barry Lazell: Indie Hits 1980-1999 . Cherry Red Books, 1997, ISBN 0-9517206-9-4 .