The Prisoners

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The Prisoners were a British rock band.

Band history

In the early 1980s, Graham Day (guitar), Johnny Symons (drums), Allan Crockford (bass) and James Taylor (organ) formed the Prisoners . Although the first major mod revival in England was just about to die down, The Prisoners were musically oriented towards the (psychedelic) sixties ( small faces , Hendrix , garage rock , Hammond sound ), but combined their harmonies with the gruffness of punk .

The catchy melodies of the extremely talented day found a growing audience outside of the indie and mod scene. In 1986 the band broke up shortly before a possible breakthrough due to differences over the musical direction.

Then the cult around The Prisoners grew immeasurably and suddenly successful bands like Happy Mondays , Inspiral Carpets , The Charlatans or Kula Shaker invoked the split model. Thereupon did The Prisoners several times together reunion concerts, including 1994, 1997 and of 2003.

The members of The Prisoners have remained musically active to this day. James Taylor achieved great commercial success with his quartet named after him with shallow acid jazz . Graham Day consistently pursued his chosen musical path in bands such as Thee Mighty Caesars , The Buff Medways (both with Billy Childish ), Planet, Prime Movers or The Solarflares, which were commercially unsuccessful but always respected by a loyal following . Bassist Allan Crockford now plays guitar in the punk band The Stabilisers . Drummer Johnny Symons no longer makes music.

Discography

Albums

  • A Taste of Pink (1982)
  • TheWiserMiserDemelza (1983)
  • Revenge of the Prisoners (1985)
  • The Last Fourfathers (1985)
  • The Last Night at the MIC (1985, live, back cover The Milkshakes )
  • In From the Cold (1986)
  • Rare and Unissued (1988)
  • Hurricane, The Best of the Prisoners (2004)

Singles

  • Hurricane (1983)
  • Whenever I'm Gone (1986)
  • Shine on Me (1997)