Rote Kapelle (band)

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Name = Rote Kapelle


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Origin = Edinburgh, Scotland
Genre = Post punk, indie pop
Years_active = early 1980s–1988
Label = In-Tape
Associated_acts = Jesse Garon And The Desperadoes, The Shop Assistants, The Fizzbombs, The Stayrcase
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Past_members = Andrew Tully
Margarita Vasquez-Ponte
Chris Henman
Ian Dinn
Malcolm Kergan
Jonathan Muir
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Rote Kapelle were a post punk/indie pop band from Edinburgh, Scotland, active during the 1980s. The band members included musicians who were also members of Jesse Garon And The Desperadoes, and The Shop Assistants.

History

The band was formed in the early 1980s by Andrew Tully (vocals) and Marguerite Vasquez-Ponte (vocals), both of whom would also form Jesse Garon and the Desperadoes, with Chris Henman (guitar), Ian Binns (keyboards, also a member of The Staircase), Malcolm Kergan (bass), and Jonathan Muir (drums).Strong, Martin C. (1999) "The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", Canongate, ISBN 0-86241-913-1] The band's debut release was "The Big Smell Dinosaur" EP in late 1985, after which they were signed by Marc Riley's In-Tape label. Vasquez-Ponte was also a member of a third band, The Fizzbombs, alongside the Desperadoes' Angus McPake and The Shop Assistants' former drummer Ann Donald. They released two further singles and two more EP's, one of which featured tracks from their Peel Session, before splitting when Vasquez-Ponte joined the re-formed Shop Assistants. An LP, "No North Briton", was released in 1990.

Discography

*"The Big Smell Dinosaur" 7" EP (1985) Big Smell Dinosaur
*"These Animals are Dangeroos" 7" (1986) In-Tape
*"It Moves But Does It Swing? 12" EP (John Peel Sessions)" EP (1987) In-Tape
*"Fire Escape" 7" (1988) In-Tape
*"San Francisco Again" 12" EP (1988) In-Tape
*"No North Briton" LP (1990) In-Tape

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1986/Nov09rotekapelle/ Rote Kapelle Peel Session details at the BBC's "Keeping It Peel" site]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Rote+Kapelle Rote Kapelle at Last.fm]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rote+Kapelle Rote Kapelle at discogs.com]