The Soft Boys

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The Soft Boys
General information
origin Cambridge , England
Genre (s) Post-punk , neo-psychedelia
founding 1976, 2001
resolution 1980, 2003
Founding members
Robyn Hitchcock
Rob Lamb (1976)
Andy Metcalfe (until 1979)
Morris Windsor
Last occupation
Robyn Hitchcock
Alan Davies (from 1976)
Matthew Seligman (from 1979) (†)
Morris Windsor

The Soft Boys were an English rock band from Cambridge, active between 1976 and 1980 . According to Allmusic , they were one of the most influential groups in contemporary alternative music .

history

The Soft Boys originated in Cambridge in 1976 as Dennis and the Experts . The original members were Robyn Hitchcock (guitar), Rob Lamb (guitar), Andy Metcalfe (bass) and Morris Windsor (drums). Alan Davies replaced Lamb in late 1976, and Kimberley Rew eventually came in for Davies. In 1979 Metcalfe was replaced by Matthew Seligman.

The soft boys broke up after the release of their second album Underwater Moonlight . The album, released in 1980, is now considered a milestone in alternative rock music. Rew then celebrated success with Katrina and the Waves , while Hitchcock continued to play first solo, then with his new band "The Egyptians".

In 1994 the Soft Boys got together again for a British tour. In 2001 they recorded a new album, Nextdoorland , for Underwater Moonlight 's 20th anniversary , which was released in 2002.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations and live recordings

  • 1981: Two Halves for the Price of One (studio rarities and live recordings)
  • 1983: Live at the Portland Arms (re-released as LP in 1988)
  • 1984: Wading Through a Ventilator (EP; contains the EP Give It To The Soft Boys plus bonus tracks)
  • 1989: Raw Cuts (EP; renamed reissue of Wading Through a Ventilator )
  • 1993: 1976–81 (best of; plus rarities, outtakes and live tracks)
  • 1994: Where Are The Prawns
  • 2001: Underwater Moonlight ... And How It Got There ( Underwater Moonlight plus Demos, Rehearsals and Outtakes)

Singles and EPs

  • 1977: Give It To The Soft Boys (7 ″ -EP: Wading Through a Ventilator / The Face of Death and Hear My Brane )
  • 1978: (I Want to Be an) Anglepoise Lamp / Fatman's Son
  • 1980: Near the Soft Boys (7 ″ -EP: Kingdom of Love / Vegetable Man and Strange )
  • 1980: I Wanna Destroy You / Old Pervert
  • 1981: Only the Stones Remain / The Asking Tree
  • 1982: Love Poisoning
  • 1983: He's a Reptile / Song No. 4th
  • 1989: The Face of Death / The Yodelling Hoover
  • 2002: Side Three

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Allmusic, see web links
  2. ↑ History lesson The Soft Boys ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at intro.de, accessed on November 29, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.intro.de
  3. ↑ The Soft Boys A Can of Bees / Underwater Moonlight (reissues) on drownedinsound.com, accessed November 30, 2017