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History

Formed in 1983, the original line-up was Michael Rooney (vocals), Tom Rafferty (guitar), Malcolm McDonald (bass), Kevin Key (guitar), and Rhod Burnett (drums).Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 462-3 Their first release was the self-financed "Where Are You?" single in 1984, produced by McDonald, after which they were signed by

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show in 1985(Don Gordon played guitar on this along with Malcolm McDonald), which was released as an EP in 1987. Rafferty left before the band recorded Sound Hole (New Rose 1986) with McDonald handling all guitar duties as the band built up a following in continental Europe, with a further album following for New Rose in 1987 (Live a Little). Gordon Goudie was recruited as rhythm guitarist in 1986. In late 1987 there was a further line-up change with Burnett and McDonald leaving, the remaining members recruiting

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(guitar) and Paul Bridges (drums). A live album was released in 1989 on the DDT label, but the band split up. The Primevals reformed for a time in 1990 and in 1997 with the Rooney, McDonald, Honeyman, and Bridges line-up which lasted 13 years. An anthology of their work, ''On The Red Eye'', for the New Rose

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, was released in November 2005 on LastCall Records. 2007 saw the first all new recordings since 1990, with the release of the album, ''There Is No Other Life and This Is It'', on the band's own label 'Triple Wide'. Another album of new material (''Disinhibitor'') was released in October 2010, prior to McDonald leaving the group for a third time, citing "musical differences" as a reason for his departure. ''Heavy War'' followed in 2012, garnering a four star review from ''

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Current members

*Michael Rooney – vocals, harmonica, alto sax, guitar *John Honeyman – keyboard, guitar, vocals *Paul Bridges – drums *Martin Rodger – guitars *Tom Rafferty – guitars *Ady Gillespie – bass guitar

Discography

Albums

*''Eternal Hotfire'' (1985), New Rose *''Sound Hole'' (1986), New Rose *''Live a Little'' (1987), New Rose – early copies came with a free single "Diamonds, Furcoat, Champagne" *''Neon Oven – Live at the Rex, Paris'' (1989), DDT *''Dig'' (1990), Nibelung *''There Is No Other Life and This Is It'' (2007), Triple Wide *''Disinhibitor'' (2010), Triple Wide – initial copies with bonus live CD *''Heavy War'' (2012) *''Tales of Endless Bliss'' (2014) *''Dislocation'' (2017) *''Second Nature'' (2020) *''New Trip'' (2021) ;Compilations: * *''On the Red Eye'' (2005), LastCall

Singles, EPs

*"Where Are You?" (1984), Raucous *"Living In Hell" (1985), New Rose *''Elixir of Life'' EP (1986), New Rose *''The Peel Sessions (18.9.85)'' EP (1987),

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*"Heya" (1987), New Rose – UK Indie #34Lazell, Barry (1998) ''Indie Hits 1980–1989'', Cherry Red Books, , p. 178 *"Fertile Mind" (1988), New Rose ;Splits: *''Club Beatroot Part Two'' (1997), Flotsam & Jetsam: "I Want" (split with Swelling Meg)

References

External links

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