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I, Ludicrous is an English pop music trio, formed in February 1985,
by John Procter (born 1957) and David Rippingale ("Will Hung") (b. 1956).
[Strong, Martin C. (2003) "I, Ludicrous" in ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 375.] Their debut flexi release ("Preposterous Tales") reached Number 11 in
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey (DJ) and radio presenter. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly fr ...
's
Festive Fifty
The Festive Fifty was originally an annual list of the year's 50 (though the exact figure varied above and below this number) best songs compiled at the end of the year and voted for by listeners to John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. It was usually do ...
in 1987.
[I. Ludicrous]
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, retrieved 2010-10-06.
I, Ludicrous are still producing music , and play occasional live dates, primarily in London.
In January 2008, Martin Brett from
Voice of the Beehive
Voice of the Beehive are an English American, Anglo-American Alternative rock, alternative pop rock band formed in London in 1986.
The group featured Californian lead vocalist sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland (daughters of The ...
joined the band on bass guitar.
Discography
Albums
*''It's Like Everything Else'' (Kaleidoscope Sound) (1987)
*''Too Ludicrous'' (unreleased) (1988)
*''A Warning to the Curious'' (Rodney Rodney!) (1989)
*''Light And Bitter'' (Rodney Rodney!) (1990)
*''Idiots Savants'' (Old King Lud) (1992)
*''The Museum of Installation'' (Old King Lud) (2003)
*''20 Years In Show Business'' (Sanctuary / Rough Trade) (April 2007)
*''Dull Is The New Interesting'' (Cherry Red/Old King Lud) (August 2015)
*''Songs From The Sides Of Lorries'' (Cherry Red/Old King Lud) (September 2017)
Official bootlegs (CDRs)
*''Deadpan Alley'' ("It's Like Everything Else" + "A Warning to the Curious")
*''Following On'' (A
compilation album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...
of mostly previously unreleased material)
Singles
*"Preposterous Tales" (7" flexi given away free with ''Blah, Blah, Blah'' magazine) (1987)
*"Quite Extraordinary" (Kaleidoscope Sound) (1988)
*"Preposterous Tales" (Rodney Rodney!) (1990)
*"We Stand Around" (Roman Carbage) (1992)
*"Hats Off to Eldorado" (Old King Lud) (1993)
*"Man's Man" (Old King Lud) (1997)
*"Approaching 40" (Old King Lud) (2000)
*"Dirty Washing" (5 track
EP, Old King Lud LUD006) (February 2008)
*"George Jenkins" (Cherry Red) (20 November 2015)
References
English pop music groups
Musical groups from London
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