Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time

About Me

Whilst being photographed on the Malvern Hills in 1991 the Lilac Time were believed lost as dense fog separated them from each other and the world. Founder members Stephen and Nick Duffy found their way back down into Herefordshire to make the album Looking For A Day In The Night in 1999, but it was only recently that rhythm section Michael Giri & Micky Harris returned to safety. Unaware that the war was over and had started again they were shocked to find The Lilac Time were about to release their 8th album Runout Groove and furthermore were due on stage at the Green Man festival. A return to the stage complicated by a fall Michael took whilst missing which resulted in him being convinced he was the drummer in Slade. New recruits Melvin Duffy and Claire Worrall (Lilacs for a mere 14 years in total) helped him re-learn the Lilac canon by weaving a helpful tapestry out of cashmere and twigs. I remember the rainy Sunday morning in November the day before The Lilac Time's eponymous debut album scorched into our collective consciousness. As the copies arrived at Swordfish records fresh from the pressing plant we opened the windows and the music fluttered across the backs of the other shops on Hurst Street â€“ there were no complaints as no one was there. A story repeated over the course of the next releases; Paradise Circus (voted 187th in the top 150 records no one has ever heard by the Guardian) & Love For All (produced by the legendary psych pop maestro Arnold Cumquat) Astronauts (released on the iconic Primal Snot label) before the fog descended. On their return they have released the above mentioned Looking For A Day In The Night, lilac6 (both on Greasy Spoon) and Keep Going. Creating such waves and interweb hoo-hah that they are the priority signing to nouveau industry tastemakers Bogus Frontage. Ladies and gentleman I give you Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time â€“ celebrating the decline of traditional values for over twenty years. (From the desk of Dean Spence - friend of the Lilac Time)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/23/2007
Band Website: thelilactime.com
Band Members: stephen nick & michael weston - then michael giri & frazer kent - then frazer went & micky harris arrived - michael weston went to india - and cara & caroline came along - & then nick left & sagat arrived so we split up. Then nick came back and along came claire worrall & melvin duffy & lastly although not a member danny thompson played victoria on runout groove.
Influences: michael giri
Sounds Like: the lilac time
Record Label: Bogus Frontage
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

can you tell i didn’t write this?

Just a reminder that the programme about the Devils 'Lost Albums: The Devils, Dark Circles'goes out tomorrow (Tuesday 3rd June) on BBC Radio 4 at 1330 - 1400 repeated Saturday 7th June 1530 - 1600It'...
Posted by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:32:00 PST

lost albums - which one wasn’t?

the return of the giant devils. we're thinking about releasing the dvd. Happy Birthday Peace single out in July A Dream of A Girl (slightly faster version) Aldermaston (slightly shorter version) The B...
Posted by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time on Tue, 27 May 2008 09:33:00 PST

news

i bought lots of papers this weekend and read three articles. one about cndone which is all in the mindand another about richard yates x...
Posted by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:29:00 PST

once you had passions and called them evil. but now you have only your virtues:

they grew out of your passions. . .it's sunday surrounded by a recycling bin of sunday papers music magazines ulysses the collected allen ginsberg a terrible book about the rolling stones my dog and s...
Posted by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:38:00 PST

valentines day message via neil young

no one song can change the world. but that doesn't mean it's time to stop singing x
Posted by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:25:00 PST

speed limit

40 years ago on the 28th of january 1968 neal cassady made his last road trip to san miguel de allende mexico. on february the 3rd he walked to the railway depot to pick up his belongings. on the way...
Posted by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:59:00 PST

The most incredible thing about my career

is that I had one. . . x
Posted by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:25:00 PST

now we all know faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen

hello. this year is the film and hopefully a new compilation - 30 years in the wilderness. we will still play germany and perhaps paris but we may only be me - hard times my friends. the lilac time al...
Posted by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:26:00 PST

the egg is in the nog

merry christmas and happy holidays friends - i'll write more soon and tell you what's happening with the film and everything - have a good time one and all x
Posted by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:15:00 PST

times podcast

times podcast x
Posted by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:57:00 PST