The Happy Family were an early-1980s
post punk
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band from
Scotland
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, featuring
Momus
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and members of
Josef K.
History
The band was initially formed in 1981 by
Nick Currie
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* Nick (given name)
* A cricket term for a slight deviation of the ball off the edge of the bat
* British slang for being arrested
* British slang for a police station
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* Short for nickname
Pla ...
(vocals, guitar), who had dropped out of college to form the band,
[Chun, Kimberley (2001)]
SF GATE INTERVIEW: The Cutting Remarks And Handheld Love Songs of Momus
, SF Gate Malcolm Ross (guitar), Dave Weddell (bass) of Josef K and Paul Mason. After a debut
EP on
4AD Records
4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name "Axis" (after the Hendrix album) by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980 as an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records. The name was changed to 4AD af ...
in March 1982, they expanded to a 5-piece with the recruitment of former Josef K and
Boots For Dancing
Boots for Dancing are a post-punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland, active between 1979 and 1982. They reformed in 2015.
History
The band was formed in late 1979 by Dave Carson (vocals), Graeme High (guitar), Dougie Barrie (bass), and Stuart Wrigh ...
drummer Ronnie Torrance, keyboard player Neill Martin.
[Strong, Martin C. (1999) "The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", Canongate, ] The band's debut album, ''The Man on Your Street'' was issued on 4AD in November 1982 (later reissued on CD in 1992 with the EP tracks added). The band split in 1983, Currie frustrated by the indifference of 4AD towards them (although he later cited poor sales as the reason),
[Louv, Jason (2002)]
Momus
(interview), Disinformation with Currie embarking on a solo career.
Some demos the band had recorded were released on a cassette album entitled ''This Business of Living'' in 1984 on the Les Temps Modernes label (later known as LTM).
Discography
Singles
*''Puritans'' EP (1982) 4AD
Albums
*''The Man on Your Street'' (1982) 4AD
*''This Business of Living'' (1984) Les Temps Modernes
References
External links
Scottish rock music groups
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