Razorcuts were an
indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and su ...
band formed in 1984 in London.
The group centred on
Gregory Webster and Tim Vass (who were previously in The Cinematics), with various musicians including
Peter Momtchiloff
Peter Momtchiloff (born 10 March 1962) is a British guitarist and bassist.
He was educated at Winchester College and Worcester College, Oxford.
His musical career began in 1978 playing bass guitar in Winchester band The Big Figure. At Oxford ...
of
Heavenly and
Talulah Gosh
Talulah Gosh were an English guitar-pop group from Oxford, and one of the leading bands of the indiepop movement, taking their name from the headline of an NME interview with Clare Grogan. They supposedly formed in 1986 when Amelia Fletcher a ...
, Angus Stevenson (later of the Relationships), and New Zealand drummer David Swift.
Early releases on the
Subway Organisation
The Subway Organization was a British independent record label founded in 1985 in Bristol by Martin Whitehead.
Indie pop and ''C86''
The label was associated with the indie pop movement and the seminal '' NME'' cassette tape '' C86'', that in ...
label, including the debut "Big Pink Cake", led to a deal with
Creation Records
Creation Records Ltd. was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green, and Joe Foster. Its name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired. The label ceased operations in 1999, although ...
, for whom they released two albums.
Razorcuts split up on 21 April 1990. Vass went on to form Red Chair Fadeaway, Dandelion Wine and, in 2022, silver biplanes. Webster formed The Carousel, Saturn V and then in the late 1990s Sportique.
The duo reunited under the name Forever People in 1992 for a one-off single on
Sarah Records.
Discography
Chart placings are from the
UK Indie Chart
The UK Independent Singles Chart and UK Independent Albums Chart are charts of the best-selling independent singles and albums, respectively, in the United Kingdom. Originally published in January 1980, and widely known as the indie chart, the rel ...
.
Albums
* ''Storyteller'' (1988, Creation Records, CRELP026)
* ''The World Keeps Turning'' (1989, Creation Records, CRELP045/CRECD045; CD includes ''Storyteller'')
Compilations
* ''Patterns On The Water: A Retrospective'' (1991, Creation Records, CRECD119)
* ''R Is For Razorcuts'' (2002, Matinée Recordings, MATCD12)
Singles and EPs
* "Sad Kaleidoscope" (7" flexi, 1986, The Legend!, LEG 100) (split flexi with The Wolfhounds)
* "Big Pink Cake" (7", 1986, Subway Organisation, SUBWAY 5) No. 44
* "Sorry To Embarrass You" (7"/12", 1986, Subway Organisation, Subway 8(T)) No. 10
* "Sad Kaleidoscope" (7" flexi, 1987, Sha-la-la, BA 002) (split flexi with Talulah Gosh given away with fanzines ''
Are You Scared To Get Happy?'' No. 3 and ''Trout Fishing In Leytonstone'' No. 3)
* "I Heard You The First Time" (7"/12", 1987, Flying Nun UK, FNUK9(T)) No. 15
* "Sometimes I Worry About You" (7", 1990, Caff Corporation, CAFF10)
* "A Is For Alphabet EP" (CD EP, 2003, Matinée Recordings, MATCD47)
References
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British indie pop groups
Musical groups from London
Musical groups established in 1984
Musical groups disestablished in 1990
Creation Records artists