Polaris

About Polaris

Polaris were:
Andrew Pollard Guitar, vocals
Joe O'Sullivan Guitar
John Ford Bass guitar
Neil Turpin Drums
Polaris began in the autumn of 1993 in the Hyde Park area of Leeds. Founding members were Neil, Ilan, Andy and Johnny. Ilan left in 1998 and Joe took his place.
Polaris played their first proper gig at the Caribbean Club in Preston on March 17th 1994.
A split single with fellow Hyde Park band Baby Harp Seal was released in December 1994 on Kwyjibo records. The first album 'Belated' was released on Common Cause records in 1998. Other songs have appeared on various compilations, a full discography is below.
Polaris's second album on Gringo records has just been released and can be ordered directly from gringorecords using the magic buttons at the bottom of the page, or may be obtained from band members directly, possibly at a lower cost depending on the mood of the vendor. If you're feeling a tad unconventional you could even buy a copy from a record shop.
Photos of a recent gig can be seen here (thank you Daniel!). Some archive gig photos may be added at some point if I can get my scanner to start working again.Forthcoming Gigs
Thanks to all of you who have recently sorted us out with gigs - we've enjoyed all of them.
Discography Using advance magical trickery, clicking on some of the pictures below will play music for you. None of the older songs are available commercially anymore (unless you look patiently on ebay or distro sites), so feel free to download them to your music devices and listen to them at leisure, we've no objection to you doing this.
1994 split 7" single with Baby Harp Seal
Kwyjibo Records, Leyland
Featured track "Monkey Puzzle"
1997 "A UK Punk Cooperation" compilation 7" single with Headache, Marker, Stalingrad and Underclass
Common Cause Records, Bettringen, Germany
Featured track "Untitled"
1998 "Belated" 12" LP
Common Cause Records, Bettringen, Germany
Tracklist: No Misadventure, Hoenikker, Sahiba Boutique, Stan Chi, Taken under our wing, Babyfoot, Belated, I could sleep for days.
1999 "Decade of Dissidence" compilation CD
1in12 club, Bradford
Featured track "Things you don't know"
September 2002 "No ReWind" compilation CD
No ReWind, Glasgow
Featured track "Dr Colossus"
June 2005 "Chinchilla Tone - Real Civilised" compilation CD
Chinchilla Records, Leeds
Featured track "The moment I said Yes"
December 2005 - Untitled second album
Gringo Records, Nottingham
Tracklist: The moment I said 'Yes', Sky blue pink, Out of harm's way, Kissing, Conquering small spaces, Things you don't know, Without an out.
Gigography
I've put the gigography on a separate page now, since it was getting too big (11+ years worth of gigs on it). I'm not going to tell you where it is though until I've tidied it up a bit. Sorry. :-p
Polaris have previously played in Preston, Leeds, Wigan, a cellar in Manchester, a cave in the middle of France, a castle in Slovenia, a squat in Switzerland, the Golden Poodle in Munich, 120 Rats (RIP), a disused factory in the east of Germany, a migrant worker's hostel in the Czech Republic, Peterborough, Bristol, Brighton, women's clothing, a tent in Hyde Park, a bicycle-powered squat in Newcastle, on community radio in Paris, a practice room in Belfast, a cinema in LS6, London, Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgae, the ironically titled 'Sunshine Bar' in Dundalk, Mr Solanki's cellar and many more places.
Product
Here's the deal - you simply click on the buttons below, send money to those nice folks at Gringo Records, and in return you get a shiny new Polaris album through the post. Easy Peasy.
028POLARIS
Polaris
7 track CD album

028POLARIS
Polaris
7 track LP album