Member Since: 19/09/2007
Band Members: Er, no cymbals by order of white noise fearing guitarists, and no snare by back-beat fearing bassists meant Mick Turtle played loads of percussion for months, years even, but for some reason drum-machines and 'found' drum tracks played by others were considered alright. Flip would use Wasps and VCS3 analogue synths (imagine) and later Casios and whiteface, whilst Veleroy always had a lovely violin tone run into the shrillest amp possible (alright it was a nice old Vox AC30 much of the time). Geoffrey Armes had a bass guitar and whatever borrowed amp was to hand, while Finn Paton borrowed Geoffrey's guitar and ran it through whatever delay pedal was to hand that week... the scene was a shambles. Did record eight track on the same rig as Dave Stewart in Camden, and another rig not used by Dave Stewart in Putney, and loads of 4 track in Lewsham and Woodford and Camden, but the most famous session was Stockwell 1984, during a brief reformation. The band never got past the rough mixes on that because the gear got nicked the next day (and Flip lived right opposite the cop-shop then). Mick and Geoffrey left the country in disgust, to Basle and New York respectively, never to return in earnest. Tape of the week in Melody Maker, mate!
Influences: It was London 1980, 81, 82, come on....
Sounds Like: A glorious noise, an artsy squat, a wideboy pose, cheap pop.
Record Label: 101
Type of Label: Indie