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. Four of the 1997 line-up (Pringle, Vickers, Simian and Small) had previously worked together on the short-lived Scottish

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Band members

*Donald Kyle: Bass & guitar (1997 to 2001) *Grant Pringle: Drums, guitar, keyboards & vocals (1997 to 2001) *Roger Simian: Guitar, keyboards & vocals (1996 to present) *Mike Small: Guitar, keyboards & vocals (1997 to present) *Paul Vickers: Lead Vocals, keyboards & gadgetry (1996 to present) *David Coyle: Bass, guitar & vocals (2002 to present) *David Little: Drums, vocals & engineer (2002 to present)

Biography

Initially a duo (Vickers and Simian), the

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released a

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EP, entitled ''So Far So Spitfire'' in December 1996.

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and Mark Radcliffe,

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gave the EP substantial

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. The band was expanded to a quintet and a second self-released

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followed in the summer of 1997. They signed for

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. Before the close of the year, a few more EPs followed, accolades from the ''

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'' newspaper declared them the 'best new band of 1997'.. Retrieved on 2008-07-23 The 1998 single "Candlefire", taken from the debut

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reached number 52 in the

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. The follow-up, "Hogwash Farm"(lead track of The Diesel Hands EP), peaked at number 65. That summer the band played both the

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s. Before his death, John Peel aired five sessions, four as Dawn of the Replicants plus a one-off session which Vickers and Simian recorded as side project, Pluto Monkey. The band's single "Science Fiction Freak", taken from the second Replicants' album, made John Peel's 'Festive 50' in 1999. The album sold less well than its predecessor and Warner Bros. dropped the band. In 2000, Vickers and Simian released an album and two singles through Shifty Disco of

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, under the name Pluto Monkey. After a break the band returned with a third album and a live tour in 2002. In 2005 the band played at the

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. In recent years they have also recorded sessions for Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1 and Marc Riley on

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. While on tour in the UK during early 2006, the band took part in the Abbey Road Sessions for American

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and enjoyed video plays on

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'', and ''Q'' all carried reviews of their fifth

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album, ''Fangs''. In 2006 ten years was celebrated with a 22-track singles collection, the first 1,000 copies of which included a free

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, featuring live footage, videos and interviews. New tracks were recorded in early 2007 for the sixth studio album. Members of Dawn of the Replicants can currently be found working on projects including Paul Vickers and The Leg, Mr. Twonkey, The Stark Palace, The Stone Ghost Collective, Mike and Michi, The Border Boogie Band, The Countess of Fife, The Shamanic Project, The Wedding Present, P.P. Arnold and The Duncan MacKinnon Music and Arts Trust venue Mac Arts.

Discography

Albums

*''One Head, Two Arms, Two Legs'' (

) 1998 *''Wrong Town, Wrong Planet, Three Hours Late'' (East West Records) 1999 *''Touching The Propeller'' (Flying Sparks) 2002 *''The Extra Room'' (Hungry Dog) 2004 *''Fangs'' (SL Records) 2006

Compilations

*''Bust The Trunk: The Singles'' (SL Records) 2006

EPs

* "So Far So Spitfire EP" (dumb/SULK trigg-er) 1996 * "Violent Sundays EP" (East West Records) 1997 * "All That Cheyenne Caboodle EP" (East West Records) 1997 * "Rhino Rays EP" (East West Records) 1997 * "The Diesel Hands EP" (East West Records) 1998 * "I Smell Voodoo EP" (East West Records) 1998 * "Bun Magic EP" (Simple Bounty) 2005

Singles

* "Candlefire" (East West Records) 1998 * "Born In Baskets" (

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) 1998 * "Rule The Roost" (East West Records) 1999 * "Science Fiction Freak" (East West Records) 1999 * "Rockefeller Center, 1932" (Flying Sparks) 2002 * "Leaving Town / Smoke Without Fire" (Flying Sparks) 2002 * "Ricecake Rabbit Soul" (Flying Sparks) 2005 * "Essence of Maureen / Little Driver" (SL Records) 2005 * "Oh Bumblebee (SL Records) 2006 * "Fix The Air" (SL Records) 2006

References

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