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Cha Cha Cohen was a band formed in 1994 by three members of
The Wedding Present The Wedding Present are an English indie rock group originally formed in 1985 in Leeds, England, from the ashes of The Lost Pandas. The band's music has evolved from fast-paced indie rock in the vein of their most obvious influences The Fall, ...
Keith Gregory Keith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Keith (surname) * Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949) * Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons ...
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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, ...
and Simon Smith. After recruiting singer Jacqui Cohen (AKA Jaqi Dulany) from
The Dustdevils The Dustdevils (sometimes styled as DustDevils, Dust Devils, or DUSTdevils) were a noise rock band which was based in New York City for most of its history. It was active from the 1980s to the mid 1990s, and was among the first artists to be signed ...
they released a single, "Sparky's Note", on Hemiola Records. In 1996 they released their first record 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 new Scottish bands in ...
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 gave it four stars out of five.


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