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The Pristines

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About Me

The Pristines - out of Coventry, England.
Indie lo-fi guitar pop - you know the type - jangly chiming guitars with a touch of psychedelia thrown in for good measure.
Released 4-track tape cassette albums via fanzines in the early 90s before being asked to produce singles for the likes of Pillarbox Red records (UK) and most notably Sunday Records (USA).
Debuted with the Souls to the Devil 7" e.p for Sunday, which was quickly followed by the Kimberley Somebody single. The Pristines also appear on Sunday Records compilations and also featured on the Happy Sunday rare flexi with a cover version of labelmates They Go Boom! "She's Not My Friend".
The Pristines finest moment on Sunday was the album Teen-Fraud, Pop-Whore (part one), which still sounds as refreshing and pure today as it did when released in 1995.
Other mentions must go out to all the other labels that also put-out material be as singles, cassette-singles or on compilations. Most notably Elefant (Spain), Meller Welle Produkte (Ger), A Turntable Friend (Ger) and Sofa (Japan).
The Pristines still release CD albums today, however, no longer for Sunday but purely self-produced. "Teen-Fraud" was followed up by the equally poppy Get Caught in Showtime (2000), and the much darker & challenging 3rd album Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? (2003). Before a whopping 17-track third album Coping: Not Coping (2005).
Recently MySpace has led to the band forming new alliances and further releases have occurred. November 2007 saw the release of a 3-track mini CDR single on the Miami based Cloudberry records, a popular & productive new label running very much in the old fanzine ethos really independent style (cloudberry 59).
Cloudberry also put a Pristines track on their 5 band e.p Nothing Matters When We're Dancing that was not available by general release but given as a handout at selective indie nights at clubs in London & Sweden.
More recent developements have seen The Pristines agree a deal with Series Two Records to release the album States of Mine in 2008.
This new album was completed in 2007 but has so far only been circulated in demo or promo format on the whole.
This album has now got a release date for 24/06/08. Orders by Paypal from Series Two - see their MySpace page.
Like most bands on MySpace, the Pristines are looking for labels willing to put out singles, albums, tracks on compilations. We have only ever been in it for the love of making music and not for the money, and collaborations with labels with the same attitude would be most welcome!
UNRELEASED ALBUMS NOW FOR SALE ON CDR FROM THE BAND THROUGH PAYPAL
GET CAUGHT IN SHOWTIME (2000) - 10 tracks
WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WYCH ELM? (2003) - 10 tracks
COPING: NOT COPING (2005) - 17 tracks
All albums £4 + postage & packaging costs (see below).
All three albums for £10.
Postage costs (for 1 cd) = £1.50 (UK only), £2.50 (Europe), £3.50 (US/Rest of the World).
Add £1 per additional item ordered.

To order email me for billing & paypal acct details. (I'm not posting the paypal acct address here to avoid spambots getting it).
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Member Since: 3/19/2006
Band Website: myweb.tiscali.co.uk/thepristines
Band Members: The people who have played on Pristines recordings or live are:
Jon.E.Hardy
Richard King
Sarah King
Eddie Meechan
Neil Ingram
Tim Hyde
Simon Herbert
Craig Clarke
Robert Dillam
Darren Wood
Dean Lovell
Andy Faulkner
Karen Steele

UNRELEASED ALBUMS NOW FOR SALE ON CDR FROM THE BAND THROUGH PAYPAL
GET CAUGHT IN SHOWTIME (2000) - 10 tracks
WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WYCH ELM? (2003) - 10 tracks

COPING: NOT COPING (2005) - 17 tracks
All albums £4 + postage & packaging costs (see below).
All three albums for £10.

Postage costs (for 1 cd) = £1.50 (UK only), £2.50 (Europe), £3.50 (US/Rest of the World).
Add £1 per additional item ordered.

To order email me for billing & paypal acct details. (I'm not posting the paypal acct address here to avoid spambots getting it).

Influences: I was also involved with 2 other bands The Balloon Farm who released one demo - the Apathy e.p that got released as a single on Melle Weller Produkte records in Germany, and as a cassette single on Elefant Records in Spain. As well as tracks elsewhere - again including Sunday.
Also recorded with a band called Dolores Haze that had singles out on Elefant & Sunday too - as well as appearing on compilations.
As far as I know there are no MySpace pages for these bands. Well, I haven’t done any at least!

Various influences on all these bands...
Most notably The Smiths, The Velvet Underground & My Bloody Valentine.
A list of bands I like, and have been influenced by would be endless - from Nick Cave to Hefner, from Adam & The Ants to The Field Mice. The Fall to Big Star. Even electronica - Momus, Ladytron, Japan..

Music is so diverse. With the onset of cheap digital recording, any band can now make quality records from their own homes.
Theres always something wonderful just around the corner..

Here is the video of Betswy Song (Coming Home) that was made by friend & film-maker Gregory Pizzi in 2005.
Sounds Like: Indie lo-fi
Sarah records
C86
Shoegaze
Psychedelic
Compared to the likes of The Field Mice, The Smiths, Belle & Sebastian, McCarthy and many a band I don't see the connection with....
Record Label: Sunday Records,Series Two Records,Cloudberry Recs
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Pristines on Last.Fm

The Last Fm web radio site is now updated for The Pristines.Recently added: States Of Mine album - Series Two Records (June 2008) and the Edition 59 single (edition 59 records Sept 2008) www.last.fm/m...
Posted by The Pristines on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:39:00 PST

Check out this event: New single - digital download only!! on iTunes etc

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Posted by The Pristines on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:42:00 PST

Suitable Lies

..appeared to not be working - so I readded it.. Jon
Posted by The Pristines on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:23:00 PST

new version of Sea Horse

A remastered version of Sea Horse is now uploaded. This much improved version is crisper , clearer & cleaner.It was mastered by Hideka - check out her page & wonderful songs when you get the c...
Posted by The Pristines on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:47:00 PST

Edition 59 single out 15th Sept

New 3 track single out on edition 59 records on 15th septwww.myspace.com/edition59 All tracks are exclusive recordings (limited edition of 59 copies):1) It's My Problem 2) Bruising 3) I Only Ever Did ...
Posted by The Pristines on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:03:00 PST

Wrap Yr Troubles in Dreams fanzine/Series Two Compilations

There is a lovely fanzine called Wrap Yr Troubles in Dreams that has Issue 2 out tomorrow (july 1st) - www.myspace.com/wrapyrtroublesindreams. This issue features an interview with The Pristines. Firs...
Posted by The Pristines on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:59:00 PST

States of Mine release date

The Pristines new album States Of Mine is released on Tuesday 24th June 2008 on indie label Series Two Records. (www.myspace.com/seriestworecords) Please support this label by buying a copy if you can...
Posted by The Pristines on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:55:00 PST

More unreleased material on eBay

I have listed the 3 unreleased albums for sale again on eBay. These 3 range from 2000-2005 when The Pristines were not affiliated with any label & self-released their albums on CDR format.Hence, t...
Posted by The Pristines on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:41:00 PST

Remembering Sara

On this day (23rd march) a few years ago, a friend of mine Sara died before her time and by her own hand. I’ve posted the song I wrote for her "Sleep Well (Song for Sara)" which I will keep on a...
Posted by The Pristines on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:31:00 PST

everybloodyting is up on last.fm (ish)

The 2005 album "Coping: Not Coping" has now been uploaded to Last.Fm website, full streams & free downloads available. Thats now all the albums uploaded with streams & downloads. All apart fro...
Posted by The Pristines on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:29:00 PST