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Paul Dorrington
Paul Dorrington is an English guitarist and bassist best known for his 1991-1995 tenure in The Wedding Present. Dorrington joined Sheffield group AC Temple in 1985,Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 193, 567 and recorded ''Rorschach Blot Test'', a live compilation album featuring The Dustdevils and Kilgore Trout. In 1988 he formed Tse Tse Fly with Mark Goodrham and future Wedding Present and Cinerama guitarist Simon Cleave. In 1991, Paul Dorrington joined The Wedding Present on guitar, recording '' The Hit Parade 1'', ''Hit Parade 2'' and '' Watusi'' albums before leaving in 1995. Dorrington was also the guitarist of Cha Cha Cohen, recording a single on Hemiola records and an album on Chemikal Underground Records Chemikal Underground is an independent record label set up in 1994 at Glasgow, Scotland by rock band The Delgados. It was set up to release their first single, "Monica Webster" / "Brand New Car" and went on to break many n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AC Temple
A.C. Temple were an alternative rock band from Sheffield, England, formed in 1985. They released four albums before splitting up in 1991. History The band were formed in 1985 by guitarist Noel Kilbride (guitar) and Neil Woodward (bass) with Jayne Waterfall (drums) and vocalist Dave Giles. Andy Hartley (bass) joined the following year with Jane Bromley taking over vocals. Mixing industrial noise with guitars and effects, they were compared in their early days to the likes of The Birthday Party and Sonic Youth.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p.193 The band's first two albums, ''Songs of Praise'' and ''Blowtorch'', were released on the Further label, subsequently signing to Blast First. They recorded a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in 1987. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Cleave
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The Wedding Present Members
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English Rock Guitarists
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Chemikal Underground Records
Chemikal Underground is an independent record label set up in 1994 at Glasgow, Scotland by rock band The Delgados. It was set up to release their first single, "Monica Webster" / "Brand New Car" and went on to break many new Scottish bands in the nineties. When the second Chemikal Underground release by Bis, ''The Secret Vampire Soundtrack EP'' was successful, earning them a slot on ''Top of the Pops'', the label was able to expand. To date, ''The Secret Vampire Soundtrack'' is the only Top 40 hit released on Chemikal Underground. Further success followed with the debut albums by Mogwai and Arab Strap. Other bands on the Chemikal Underground roster included Magoo, Aereogramme, Cha Cha Cohen, Sluts of Trust, Suckle, the Radar Brothers and more recently Mother and the Addicts and De Rosa, as well as Arab Strap member Malcolm Middleton's solo work. In 2000, they launched Fukd ID to release limited edition (1000 each of CD and 12") singles by bands not necessarily on their r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cha Cha Cohen
Cha Cha Cohen was a band formed in 1994 by three members of The Wedding Present — Keith Gregory, Paul Dorrington and Simon Smith. After recruiting singer Jacqui Cohen (AKA Jaqi Dulany) from The Dustdevils they released a single, "Sparky's Note", on Hemiola Records. In 1996 they released their first record on Chemikal Underground Records and in 1998 released a self-titled album when keyboard player Alan Thomas joining the group. In 1999 Paul Dorrington left and was replaced by Tanya Mellot. Their last album ''All Artists Are Criminals'' was released in 2001, after which Gregory and his now wife, Cohen emigrated to Australia and effectively broke up the group. The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ... compared the music on this album to The Fall and g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watusi (album)
''Watusi'' is a studio album by The Wedding Present. It was released in 1994 on Island Records. It peaked at No. 47 on the UK Albums chart. ''Watusi'' was re-issued by Edsel Records in 2014; the band played the album in its entirety during their autumn 2014 UK tour. Production The album was produced by Steve Fisk. Beat Happening's Heather Lewis guested on two tracks. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' wrote: "Frequently slow and spare, letting small-scale instrumental restraint release Gedge’s most luminous melodies and performances, the album is a surprising charmer — except in the lyrics of songs that shrug off guilt while acknowledging its validity." '' Clash'' deemed it "a curiously 1960s-flecked, garage-pop album." ''Spin'' called ''Watusi'' "a dream-pop album that obsesses instead of dreams." Track listing # "So Long, Baby" – 2:28 # "Click Click" – 4:28 # "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" – 3:15 # "Let Him Have It" – 3:01 # "Gazebo" – 3:08 # "Shake It" – 3:03 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hit Parade 2
''Hit Parade 2'' is a compilation album by The Wedding Present released in January 1993. Having decided to release a limited edition single every month for all of 1992 (each featuring an original track on the A side and a cover version on the B side) the group subsequently compiled the songs as two LPs called ''Hit Parade 1'' and ''Hit Parade 2''. In 2003, a double CD was issued called simply ''The Hit Parade''. A different recording of "Boing!" than the one found on the original 7" single was used on all subsequent album editions - the single edition was produced by Jimmy Miller (who also produced "Flying Saucer"), the re-recording by Brian Paulson (who also produced the remaining singles). The original video for this track was also omitted from the VHS compilation ''Dick York's Wardrobe''. Track listing #"Flying Saucer" #"Boing!" #"Love Slave" #"Sticky" #"The Queen of Outer Space" #"No Christmas" #"Rocket" (Mud) #"Theme from Shaft" (Isaac Hayes) #"Chant of the Ever Circling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hit Parade 1
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Cinerama (band)
Cinerama are an English indie pop band, headed up by David Gedge, the frontman for The Wedding Present. The band is known for combining rock guitar music with string and woodwind sounds."CD REVIEWS: Creed, The Smashing Pumpkins, Robbie Williams and many more" ''Chart Attack'', 20 November 2001 Career Originally formed in 1998, Cinerama began as a duo comprising David Gedge and Sally Murrell. Initial releases were stylistically different from The Wedding Present, featuring soundtrack-like arrangements with string and |
Tse Tse Fly (band)
Tse Tse Fly were an alternative rock group from Leeds, England, formed in 1988 by former A.C. Temple guitarist Paul Dorrington, along with Jayne Lockey and Simon Cleave. They released several EPs and an album before splitting up in 1994. All three original members went on to join The Wedding Present. History Dorrington (guitars), Lockey (vocals, bass) and Cleave (vocals, guitar) formed the band in 1988, although their first release was not until 1992, the ''Duckweed Smuggled Home'' EP, by which time Dorrington had left to replace Peter Solowka in The Wedding Present.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p.1040 The line-up later included Mark Goodrham (guitar, vocals) and Ian McCrimmon (drums). They followed their first release with the ''Fox Under Diesel'' EP in 1993, before signing to Cherry Red, who issued their only album while together, ''Mudflat Joey'', in 1994. After the album's release, Lockey and Cleave both joined The Wedding Present, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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