The Morgans

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Name = The Morgans
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Img_capt = The Morgans: Chloe LeFay; Lucy Cotter; Russell Pay; Pete Dixon; Eddy Brimson; David Axford.
Origin = London, England
Genre = Rock, Britrock, Alternative rock
Years_active = 1994 - 1996
Label = Diversity Recordings
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/halfgirlhalfmorgan MySpace:HalfGirlHalfMorgan] Band website, additional information researched on [http://www.chronologicalsnobbery.com/2007/08/morgans_27.html Chronilogical Snobbery] .
Current_members =
Past_members = Chloe LeFay Lucy Cotter Russell Pay Pete Dixon Eddy Brimson David Axford Kevin Browne Steve Holland

The Morgans were an English rock band whose members included Chloe LeFay, Lucy Cotter, Russell Pay, Pete Dixon, Eddy Brimson, David Axford, Kevin Browne and Steve Holland. The group formed in 1994 and disbanded in 1996.

LeFay [http://www.chronologicalsnobbery.com/2007/08/morgans_27.html compares] The Morgans' sound to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Line-up

*Vocals: Chloe LeFay (born 1978, in London); Lucy Cotter (born 1978, in London)
*Guitar: Russel Pay (born 1977, in London); Pete Dixon (born 1976, in London
*Bass: Kevin Browne (born 1975, in London)
*Drums: Steve Holland (born 1979, in London)

Former Members

*Bass: Eddy Brimson
*Drums: David Axford

History

Based in London, the band released singles and recorded a full length LP in the mid-1990s. The band's initial tracks were produced by Andy Gill of Gang of Four and at his home. However, LeFay recounts that the London-based band was not satisfied with the sound so they bought Gill out of producing the subsequent album with their advance. The band toured with Theatre of Hate, and "Tell Me What You Taste" appeared in a trailer for the early 1995 cult flick Tank Girl (although it did not appear on the official soundtrack for that film). A planned album was recorded over seven months in Ealing during night sessions over seven months, but it was never released. Instead, the singles were released piecemeal. They, along with some tracks that were recorded for the album, would ultimately end up on the aforementioned comps. But fame was not to be, for as LeFay noted, "as many bands do, [The Morgans] imploded due to sordid affairs, jealousy, too much booze and a rip-off manager." In essence, it was your basic Behind the Music narrative with all the novelties and clichés of a band's self-destruction. The band played its last gig with Theatre of Hate in November 1996 at Camden Palace. And they were then no more. Notes Cotter in a recent email: "In the brief history of The Morgans there were many stories to be told, not all I’d wish to be printed but we had a lot of fun and some very happy memories stem from that period."

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LeFay and Dixon continued to collaborate musically under the name Morgans Baby (with other members Nick Lloyd Webber (son of Andrew Lloyd Webber), Senser's Paul Soden on drums, and Josh Town on bass). After several brief tours and the recording of a never to be released album, Morgans Baby, in LeFay's words, "withered and died," as so many things do. She now lives in Austria and writes and records for the band, [http://www.myspace.com/audiomedicaldevice Audio Medical Device] .

Cotter now works in the television industry in the United Kingdom. She is currently rehearsing as a country duo with Paul Offord of The Starts. Dixon is a member of Who's Who, a tribute band of The Who.

Discography

ingles

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/halfgirlhalfmorgan Official Band site hosted at Myspace]
* [http://www.chronologicalsnobbery.com/2007/08/morgans_27.html Chronological Snobbery Blog]