- The Popguns
The Popguns were an
indie rock band which played a part in the Britishjangle pop scene. Originally fromBrighton ,East Sussex , they formed in 1986 byvocalist Wendy Morgan, guitarists Simon Pickles and Greg Dixon plus bassist Pat Walkington and were joined by Shaun Charman, the former drummer forThe Wedding Present in 1988.Their first release, "Where Do You Go?", came in the form of a
flexi disc given away free with an issue of How Many Beans Make Five?, a localzine in 1988. The next year this was followed by the single ' [http://www.mediumcool.info/MC19.htm 'Landslide'] ', (released byMedium Cool Records ), which reached #20 on theUK Indie Chart ,cite book |last=Lazell |first=Barry |title=Indie Hits 1980-1999 |year= 1997 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |isbn=0-9517206-9-4 ] and made it to #46 on BBC radio DJJohn Peel 's annual Festive Fifty list for that year. The singles "Waiting for the Winter" (1989) and "Someone You Love" (1990) featured on their debut album, "Eugenie" (also 1990), released by the record label Midnight Music. The singles "Still a World Away", "XXX" and "Crazy" (all 1991), were collected on their follow-up album from the same year, "Snog". After which Charman soon left, leaving the group on a brief hiatus which saw them lose a significant amount of their media coverage. The single "Star" saw them debut for their new label, 3rd Stone, who released their third album, "Love Junky" (1995), which also contained the 1995 single, "Get Out". Their final album, "A Plus de Cent" (1996) - which features the French language version of their last single, "Harley Davidson" (1996) - was released by Tall Pop Records.References
External links
* [http://www.popguns.net/ Official site]
* [http://www.mediumcool.info/ Medium Cool website]
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