The Room (band)

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Name = The Room


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Origin = Liverpool, England
Genre = Post punk
Years_active = 1980-1985
Label = Box, Red Flame, Strange Fruit
Associated_acts = Benny Profane, The Wild Swans, Dust, The Dead Cowboys
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Past_members = Dave Jackson
Robyn Odlum
Becky Stringer
Clive Thomas
Alan Wills
Paul Cavanagh
Peter Baker
Phil Lucking
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The Room were a post punk band from Liverpool formed in 1980. They released three albums and several singles before breaking up in 1985. Two of the band members went on to form Benny Profane.

History

The Room formed in 1980 with an initial line-up of Dave Jackson (vocals), Robyn Odlum (guitar), Becky Stringer (bass), and Clive Thomas (drums, percussion).cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Alternative & Indie Discography |year= 1999 |publisher=Canongate |isbn=0-86241-913-1 ] Early releases on the small independent Box label saw the band compared to fellow Liverpool band Echo & the Bunnymen, and gained them strong support from the music press.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 ] In 1982 they signed to Red Flame records, debuting with the single "Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl", followed by first album "Indoor Fireworks". 1983 saw major changes to the line-up, with Odlum and Thomas departing to be replaced by ex-Wild Swans drummer Alan Wills, guitarist Paul Cavanagh, and keyboard player Peter Baker. The new line-up released the mini-album "Clear!" in late 1983. Brass player Phil Lucking was added to the line-up in 1984, but departed before third album, "In Evil Hour", which was part-produced by Tom Verlaine, who the band had played several dates with earlier that year, the remainder produced by John Porter. An EP of tracks recorded for Janice Long's BBC Radio One programme proved to be the band's final release while still together, in 1985. "Clear!" and "In Evil Hour" were later reissued as a double-LP set, titled "Nemesis", and an EP of one of the band's four sessions for John Peel's programme was issued by Strange Fruit Records in 1988. Jackson and Stringer formed a new band, Benny Profane, in 1986, and later formed Dust and The Dead Cowboys.

Discography

ingles

*"Motion" (1980) Box
*"Bitter Reaction" (1980) Box
*"In Sickness and Health" (1981) Box
*"Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl" (1982) Red Flame
*"100 Years" (1982) Red Flame
*"New Dreams For Old" (1984) Red Flame
*"Jackpot Jack EP (Janice Long Session)" (1985) Red Flame (UK Indie Chart #22) [cite book |last=Lazell |first=Barry |title=Indie Hits 1980-1999 |year= 1997 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |isbn=0-9517206-9-4 ]
*"The Peel Session" (1988) Strange Fruit Records

Albums

*"Indoor Fireworks" (1982) Red Flame
*"Clear!" (1983) Red Flame
*"In Evil Hour" (1984) Red Flame
*"Nemesis" (1986) Red Flame

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/t/theroom/ The Room at the BBC's Keeping It Peel site]