Boots for Dancing are a

post-punk Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad music genre, genre of Punk Music, punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde s ...

band from

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, Scotland, active between 1979 and 1982. They reformed in 2015.

History

The band was formed in late 1979 by Dave Carson (vocals), Graeme High (guitar), Dougie Barrie (bass), and Stuart Wright (drums). Showing influences from the likes of Gang of Four and

The Pop Group The Pop Group are an English rock band formed in Bristol in 1977 by vocalist Mark Stewart, guitarist John Waddington, bassist Simon Underwood, guitarist/saxophonist Gareth Sager, and drummer Bruce Smith. Their work in the late 1970s crosse ...

, they signed to the ''Pop Aural'' label for their eponymous debut single, receiving airplay from John Peel. In the next two years, the band had more line-up changes than releases, first with ex- Shake and Rezillos drummer Angel Paterson replacing Wright, to be replaced himself by Jamo Stewart and Dickie Fusco. Former Thursdays guitarist Mike Barclay then replaced High, who joined

Delta 5 Delta 5 was an English post-punk band from Leeds. Career Delta 5 was formed from the same art school scene at Leeds University as Gang of Four and The Mekons. The original members of Delta 5, Julz Sale (vocals/guitar), Ros Allen (bass) and Be ...

. The band also added ex-Shake/Rezillos guitarist

Jo Callis John William "Jo" Callis (born 2 May 1951) is an English musician and songwriter who played guitar with the Edinburgh based punk rock band The Rezillos (under the name Luke Warm), and post-punk band Boots for Dancing before joining The Human ...

for second single "Rain Song", issued in March 1981. Callis then left to join

The Human League The Human League are an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977. Initially an experimental electronic outfit, the group signed to Virgin Records in 1979 and later attained widespread commercial success with their third album ''Dare' ...

, with no further line-up changes before third single "Ooh Bop Sh'Bam" was released in early 1982. Barrie then departed, his replacement being ex-Flowers/Shake/Rezillos bassist Simon Templar (b. Bloomfield), and ex- Josef K drummer Ronnie Torrance replaced the departing Fusco and Stewart (the latter forming The Syndicate). The band split up later in 1982. Between line-up changes, the band recorded two sessions for John Peel's BBC radio show, in 1980 and 1981. In 2015 they reformed and released ''The Undisco Kidds'', an album of recordings from the 1980s.

Discography

*"Shadows in Stone" and "Ooh Bob Sahbam" on 12" Album "Scottish Kultchur" (1979) Pinnacle *"Boots for Dancing/Parachute/Guitars & Girl Trouble" 12" EP (1980) Pop Aural ( UK Indie No. 42) *"Rain Song" 7" (1981) Pop Aural *"Ooh Bop Sh'Bam" 7" (1982) Re-Pop-X *''Undisco Kidds'' (2015) Athens Of The North (AOTN LP 05)

References

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