The Bodines were a British rock group from the mid to late 1980s.
Personnel
Core line-up
*Michael Ryan – vocals, guitar
*Paul Brotherton – guitar
*Tim Burwood – bass guitar
*John Rowland – drums
Other members
*Paul Lilley – drums
*Ian Watson – bass guitar
*
Spencer Birtwistle – drums
*Andrew "Booty" Boot – guitar
History
The Bodines, consisting of Mike Ryan, Paul Brotherton, Tim Burtonwood and Paul Lilley, emerged from
Glossop,
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
, England, in 1985.
Fronted by the floppy-fringed Ryan, they became one of the better-known outfits from a crop of jangly
indie
Indie is a short form of "independence" or "independent"; it may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Gaming
*Independent video game development, video games created without financial backing from large companies
*Indie game, any game (board ...
bands that sprang up around that time. They made their debut with "God Bless", an early release by
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 ...
.
Shortly afterwards, Lilley was replaced on drums by John Rowland.
Two further singles followed; their second, "Therese", was included on the
C86
''C86'' is a cassette compilation released by the British music magazine '' NME'' in 1986, featuring new bands licensed from British independent record labels of the time. As a term, C86 quickly evolved into shorthand for a guitar-based music g ...
compilation album. Like their contemporaries
Primal Scream,
The Mighty Lemon Drops
The Mighty Lemon Drops were an English rock group active from 1985 to 1992.
Biography
Originally called the Sherbet Monsters, the quartet first formed in the spring of 1985 in Wolverhampton, in the Black Country. Paul Marsh, Dave Newton and ...
and
The Weather Prophets
The Weather Prophets were a British indie band formed in London in 1986 after the break-up of The Loft. After two studio albums, the band split up, with singer Peter Astor going on to a solo career.
History
Following the breakup of The Loft ...
, The Bodines went on to sign up with a major label with great hopes of transferring their success to the mainstream charts. The group joined
Magnet Records
Magnet Records was a British record label, started in 1973 by Michael Levy and Peter Shelley. It was acquired by Warner Bros. Records in 1988 for an estimated £10m.
Artists on the label included Alvin Stardust, Stevenson's Rocket, Matchbox, ...
, where a remix of "Therese" became their major label debut.
In July 1986, The Bodines participated in the
Festival of the Tenth Summer
The Festival of the Tenth Summer was a music and art festival that took place in Manchester in July 1986. The festival was organised by Factory Records to 'celebrate Manchester' specifically with reference to the first performance by the Sex Pisto ...
. The Bodines's debut album, ''
Played'' (produced by
Ian Broudie
Ian Zachary Broudie (born 4 August 1958) is an English musician and singer-songwriter from Liverpool. After emerging from the post-punk scene in Liverpool in the late 1970s as a member of Big in Japan, Broudie went on to produce albums (somet ...
, later to enjoy success as a recording artist as the
Lightning Seeds
The Lightning Seeds (also known as Lightning Seeds) are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1989 by Ian Broudie (vocals, guitar, producer), formerly of the bands Big in Japan, Care, and Original Mirrors. Originally a studio-based s ...
)
scraped into No. 94 in the
UK Albums Chart
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, in the summer of 1987.
None of the Bodines' singles got into the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
.
Under pressure for failing to deliver the hit record that their major label backers required, the Bodines split up, albeit temporarily. Rowland went on to play with
The Rainkings.
In 1989, a reformed line-up of Ryan, Brotherton, new bassist Ian Watson, and new drummer Spencer Birtwistle released the single "Decide" on Manchester's Play Hard label and contributed a further new track to the same label's ''Hand to Mouth'' compilation. A couple of years later, Ryan reappeared with a new band called Medalark Eleven (misnamed after
Harlem Globetrotters'
), assisted by Gareth Thomas on bass and Adrian Donohue on drums. Reunited with Creation Records, they released a couple of singles ahead of the album ''Shaped Up, Shipped Out''.
On 23 August 2010, The Bodines debut album ''Played'' was reissued with seven bonus tracks on the
Cherry Red label.
Discography
Chart placings shown from 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 ...
.
Singles
*"God Bless" 7" b/w "Paradise" Creation Records CRE 016 1986 No. 8
*"Therese" 7" & 12" b/w "I Feel", "Scar Tissue" Creation Records CRE 028, CRE 028T 1986 No. 4
*"Heard It All" 7" & 12" b/w "Heard It All", "Clear", "William Shatner" Creation Records CRE 030, CRE 030T 1986 No. 4
*"Therese" 7" & 12" b/w "Heard It All" Magnet Records BOD1, BODT1 1987
*"Skankin Queens" 7" & 12" b/w "My Remarkable Mind" Magnet Records BOD2, BODT2 1987
*"Slip Slide" 7" & 12" b/w "Naming Names", "Long Time Dead" Magnet Records BOD3, BODT3 1987
*"Decide" 12"b/w "Hard On", "The Groove" Play Hard Records 18 December 1989 No. 15
*"Shrinkwrap" CD-Single b/w "With You", "Wake Me Up And Smell The Coffee" Firestation Records FST 073 2007
Albums
*''
Played'' (1987 – Magnet Records BODL 2001)
Side A
#"Skankin Queens"
#"What You Want"
#"Scar Tissue"
#"Tall Stories"
#"Clear"
Side B
#"Untitled"
#"Therese"
#"Slip Slide"
#"The Back Door"
#"William Shatner"
The Japanese release (Cat. No. VDP-1319) contained two extra tracks: "Therese" (New Extended Mix) and "Heard It All".
Compilation appearances
*''NME C86 Compilation'' NME 22 Contributed "Therese". Free with the NME Weekly Music paper. Was also released as a 500 numbered promo was released for radio with the number NME Pro 1. It was later released with a different sleeve on Rough Trade with the number ROUGH 100. 1986
*''It's Different For Domeheads'' Creation CRELP 5 Contributed "Paradise"
*Record Mirror 12". Free release with the Record Mirror Magazine on Ensign RM6. Contributed "Back Door (live)" 1986
*''Flowers In The Sky 1984–1987'' Creation CRELP 028 CD Contributed "God Bless"
*''Creation Soup Volume 2'' Creation CRECD 102 (on vinyl as CRELP 102) Contributed "God Bless", "Paradise"
*''Creation Soup Volume 3'' Creation CRECD 103 (on vinyl as CRELP 103) Contributed "William Shatner"
*''Hand To Mouth'' Playhard Contributed "Hard On" and "Call Your Name"
Other releases
*"William Shatner" Canadian Live Bootleg (7") Label Unknown BODX1 This was free with BODT1
References
External links
Slip Slide – The Bodinesby Tom Bartlett
by Bird Poo
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English rock music groups
Creation Records artists
People from Glossop