- The Beekeepers
The Beekeepers were a guitar band from
Derby ,England , signed to theBeggars Banquet Records label. Their second single, "Do You Behave Like That at Home?", was the "Melody Maker " Single Of The Week in February 1997. Other releases included the mini-album "Third Party, Fear and Theft", which featured production fromGil Norton .The band members were Jamie East (Vocals), Gary Thatcher (Guitar), Mark Simpson (Bass), Steve Bailey (Drums) and Julian Berry (Guitar).
The band toured from 1996 until 1998 and were once supported by Travis. They also had TV appearances on
MTV , VHF,The Ozone ,The Chart Show and The Mag.Following the break-up of the band in 1998, some of the members went on to form Lucas J, who also subsequently split.
Discography
ingles
*"Catgut": Catgut was a promotional single, limited to about 500 copies and released through Jealous Records, catalogue number COUP 004. The single was a split-release with Gluebellies. "Catgut" is the same version as found on "Third Party, Fear and Theft".
Track Listing:
# The Beekeepers - "Catgut"
# Gluebellies - "Don't Let me Interrupt"*"Hold On": This was released by
Beggars Banquet Records in both 7" vinyl and CD formats on October 21st 1996, catalogue number BBQ304.Track Listing:
# "Hold On"
# "Blood Red"
# "Mastermind"*"Do You Behave Like That at Home?": This was released by Beggars Banquet Records in both 7" vinyl and CD formats on February 3rd 1997, catalogue number BBQ 305. The single was the "
Melody Maker " Single Of The Week on its release.Fact|date=August 2008 The song had a promotional video directed by John Hardwick.Track Listing
# "Do You Behave Like That at Home?"
# "Less We Care"
# "Window Shopper (Demo Version)"*"Lunar": Lunar was released by Beggars Banquet Records in both 7" vinyl and CD formats on May 12th 1997, catalogue number BBQ311.
Track Listing
# "Lunar"
# "Bitter Taste"
# "Cellophane"*"Killer Cure": This was released by Beggars Banquet Records in both 7" vinyl and CD formats on November 3rd 1997, catalogue number BBQ320. The accompanying video was directed by
Tim Claxton .Track Listing
# "Killer Cure"
# "Faking"
# "How to Stand Up"Albums
*"Third Party, Fear and Theft": This was released by Beggars Banquet Records on March 2nd 1998, catalogue number BBQMCD199.
Track Listing
# "Eyeballed"
# "Killer Cure"
# "Inheritance"
# "Second Skin"
# "Do You Behave Like That at Home?"
# "I Only Want to See You; Suffer"
# "Beau Peepshow"
# "Elsewhere"
# "Catgut"
# "The Mouse Song" (Bonus Track)External links
* [http://beekeepers.allhype.co.uk/beekeepers/ Beekeepers website]
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