The Reasons Why (1983-1987)

About Me

The Reasons Why formed out of the ashes of The Clones in (1978-1980) in Sydney, Australia during the early 1980s.
The Reasons Why first performed live on New Years Day, 1983 and went on to record several singles only one of which, 'In the End', on Phantom Records was released in 1987 - it made number 3 in the independent charts at the time.
The Reasons Why went through several line-up changes (details elsewhere here) but finally split permanently in November of 1987

Lots more information, including stacks of photos, press reviews and mp3s can be found at http://www.theclones.net.au.50megs.com .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/23/2006
Band Website: www.theclones.net.au.50megs.com"theclones.net.au.50megs.com
Band Members: Line-up I:

Mark Alchin-bass/rhythm guitar/lead vocals

Ian V - lead guitar/vocals

Noel Sharpe - drums

Line-up II: James Rothery - bass/vocals

Line-up III: Ed Codsi - drums

Influences: The Beatles; The Zombies; Elvis Costello + the Attractions; Squeeze; The Who; The Byrds; Joe Jackson; The Records etc.
Sounds Like: Have a listen and spot the influences ; )
Record Label: Reasonable Songs
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Unreleased 2nd single, Nothing, now up

We've just uploaded The Reasons Why 2nd single called 'Nothing'.This single was recorded by the Mark, Ian, James and Ed line-up but was not released.The version here was taken from a cassette dub that...
Posted by The Reasons Why (1983-1987) on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:24:00 PST

More new mp3s!

Now that the good people at MySpace are allowing six songs, we've uploaded another two mp3s...a live version of Make Sure and a studio version [recorded at EMI] of The Reasons WhyWe'll be adding more ...
Posted by The Reasons Why (1983-1987) on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:01:00 PST

New mp3s finally up!

Yep, I've finally got around to digitising everything so here are all 3 tracks from the Reasons Why's one and only single, 'In The End' with the 2-track B-Side of 'Big Words' and 'Undecided' now here ...
Posted by The Reasons Why (1983-1987) on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:05:00 PST

New mp3s coming soon!

Hey all - just a bit of advance notice that new mp3s of different songs will be coming here soon.........'In the End' will stay but the other three will be replaced so download them while they're...
Posted by The Reasons Why (1983-1987) on Tue, 01 May 2007 07:21:00 PST

Call for photos and promo material

Hi all - this is a general call to anyone who followed The Reasons Why in Sydney during the time they were playing live........if anyone has photos, copies of promo material, newspaper or magazine art...
Posted by The Reasons Why (1983-1987) on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:44:00 PST

New song up...

Hi all,Have put a new song up here...it's a studio version of the song 'Pictures on My Mind' recorded by the 3 piece Reasons Why line-up during 1983.We'll be turning around more digitized songs on her...
Posted by The Reasons Why (1983-1987) on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:52:00 PST

The Clones MySpace page

If anyone is wondering what happened to The Clones MySpace page I don't have an answer to that at the moment!It disappeared overnight on Tuesday and I'm trying to figure out what happened..........hop...
Posted by The Reasons Why (1983-1987) on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:11:00 PST

Digitising analog stuff.....

.....is not a quick & easy task to do at home but we're working on all the Reasons Why's original songs, live and recorded versions, and will try to get a rotating roster of songs up here, maybe c...
Posted by The Reasons Why (1983-1987) on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:09:00 PST