Atom Seed was an

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band, popular in the early 1990s. They released their debut album, ''Get in Line'' in 1990.

History

Atom Seed were formed in early 1989 in

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, England, by former Zoodoll guitarist Simon James' and bassist Chris Huxter's meeting with singer Paul Cunningham and the Iranian-born drummer, Amir. After recording a demo and playing a handful of gigs, Chris Huxter left in late 1989 to be replaced by Chris Dale on bass. The band toured the UK constantly as headliners and also supporting Wolfsbane and

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. Their debut EP was released in early 1990, followed in 1991 by the album ''Get in Line'' on FM Revolver Records. Amir was replaced by Jerry Hawkins (formerly of Metal Monkey Machine) on drums before the band's debut European tour. They were signed to

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for the ''Dead Happy'' EP in 1992, but were dropped from the label and split up soon after, with an unreleased album, ''Hard Sell Paranoia'', shelved. After parting ways, their member's enjoyed success over the years, most notably Chris Dale performing, recording and writing for

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. Dale now plays for the British heavy metal band

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as well as his own pop rock band, Sack Trick. Simon James formed the band Moko Jumbi, recording an album for

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in 1996 which remained unreleased after the label folded. In 2006, he released an acoustic album ''The Old Straight Track'' for Stovepony Records under the name 'Onions', launched at the

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Discography

LPs

* ''Get in Line'' (1990) FM Revolver Records / (1991) London Records Worldwide Tracks: "What You Say", "Get in Line", "Rebel", "Shake That Thing", "Shot Down", "Forget it Joe", "Better Day", "What?!", "Castles In The Sky", "Bitchin'", "What You Say" (Live), "Burn" (Live) * ''Hard Sell Paranoia'' (1992) Unreleased Tracks: "Enemy Song", "Love Money Hate", "Best of Life", "Mother Junk", "Tastes Like Money", "Idiots", "Delusions", "Changing Years", "Shadows", "Rooms", "Hard Sell Paranoia"

EPs

* ''I Don't Want To Talk About It'' (1990) ORG/FM Revolver Records Tracks: "Doghouse", "Sexbeat", "Shake That Thing", "What?!" * ''Rebel'' (1991) London Records Tracks: "Rebel", "Everybody", "Forget It Joe", "Fools To Fall" * ''Get In Line'' (1991) London Records Tracks: "Get In Line", "Castles In The Sky", "What You Say" (Live), "Burn" (Live) * ''Split with

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'' – Rock Power Magazine (1991) : Tracks: Sepultura - "Dead Embryonic Cells"; Atom Seed - "Get in Line" * ''Dead Happy'' (1992) London Records Tracks: "Happy", "What Gives?", "Fear", "The Assassin"

References

External links

''Atom Seed''
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