Razorcuts

Razorcuts

Razorcuts were an indie pop band formed in 1985 in London.cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Alternative & Indie Discography |year= 1999 |publisher=Canongate |isbn=0-86241-913-1 ] The group centred around Gregory Webster and Tim Vass, with various musicians including Peter Momtchiloff of Heavenly. Early releases on the Subway Organisation label, including the debut "Big Pink Cake" led to a deal with Creation Records for whom they released two albums. Razorcuts split in 1989, with Vass going on to form Red Chair Fadeaway, and Webster joining The Carousel.cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music |year= 1992 |publisher=Guinness Publishing |isbn=0-85112-579-4 ] The duo were reunited under the name "Forever People" in 1992 for a one-off single on Sarah Records.

Discography

Chart placings are from the UK independent chart.cite book |last=Lazell |first=Barry |title=Indie Hits 1980-1999 |year= 1997 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |isbn=0-9517206-9-4 ]

Albums

* "Storyteller" (1988, Creation Records, CRELP026)
* "The World Keeps Turning" (1989, Creation Records, CRELP045/CRECD045 - CD includes "Storyteller")

ingles/EPs

* "Sad Kaleidoscope" (7" flexi, 1986, Sha-la-la, Flexi2) (given away with fanzines "Are You Scared To Get Happy? #3 and "Trout Fishing In Leytonstone" #3)
* "Big Pink Cake" (7", 1986, Subway Organisation, SUBWAY 5) #44
* "Sorry To Embarrass You" (7"/12", 1986, Subway Organisation, Subway 8(T)) #10
* "I Heard You The First Time" (7"/12", 1987, Flying Nun UK, FNUK9(T)) #15
* "Sometimes I Worry About You" (7", 1990, Caff Records, CAFF10)

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Razorcuts — Pays d’origine  Royaume Uni Genre musical Rock indépendant Années d activité 1985 1990 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Creation Records discography — This is the discography for Creation Records. Apart from a few anomalies, the Creation catalogue runs in two concurrent series; one for albums and one for singles including EPs. Creation records discography Albums may be in LP (CRELP) or compact… …   Wikipedia

  • Cuts Across the Land — Studio album by The Duke Spirit Released May …   Wikipedia

  • Talulah Gosh — Infobox musical artist Name = Talulah Gosh Img capt = Talulah Gosh (clockwise from top left: Mathew Fletcher, Elizabeth Price, Amelia Fletcher, Chris Scott and Peter Momtchiloff). Background = group or band Origin = Oxford, England Genre = Twee… …   Wikipedia

  • Indie pop — This article is about the alternative rock genre. For the Indian music genre, see Indian pop. Indie pop Stylistic origins Post punk 1960s girl groups Indie rock Power pop Cultural origins Early 1980s, United Kingdom Typical instruments Vocals …   Wikipedia

  • Slaughter Joe — aka Joe Foster (born Joseph James Foster) is a musical artist, record producer, historian, and former child actor. Along with Alan McGee and Dick Green, he had formed Creation Records in 1983. He set up the Kaleidoscope Sound label in the mid… …   Wikipedia

  • List of indie pop artists — This is a list of indie pop artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label, but not limited to such). This… …   Wikipedia

  • Sportique — is a British electro pop band formed in 1997 by Gregory Webster, formerly of the Razorcuts, with Mark Flunder of the Television Personalities and Rob Pursey of Heavenly. Heavenly frontwoman Amelia Fletcher joined the group as keyboardist at the… …   Wikipedia

  • Gregory Webster — is a British musician. In 1985 he founded the Razorcuts with Tim Vass. He then played in The Carousel with Elizabeth Price (ex Talulah Gosh) from 1989 to 1994. Soon after he was the main protagonist in Saturn V. In 1997 he founded Sportique, his… …   Wikipedia

  • Are You Scared To Get Happy? — was an influential music fanzine published from Bristol, United Kingdom between 1985 and 1987 by Matt Haynes, later the co founder of Sarah Records. It concentrated on what would now be termed twee pop bands, and was notable for its hardline… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”