The Deep Freeze Mice were an

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new wave band active between 1979 and 1989. They were based in

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, England, and consisted of the core members Alan Jenkins (

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s and singing), Sherree Lawrence ( combo organ and other

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) and

Mick Bunnage Mick Bunnage (born 21 December 1958) is a cartoonist, journalist, and comedy writer and was formerly the bass guitarist of The Deep Freeze Mice. He is the co-creator of the ''Modern Toss'' comic, which was also turned into a TV series by Channel ...

(

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). The band had two different drummers over the years, Graham Summers and Pete Gregory. The band released ten albums on its own labels, from 1979 to 1983 on Mole Embalming Records and from 1983 to 1989 on Cordelia Records. Their music was odd, often consisting of absurd and

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lyrics delivered in Jenkins'

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voice, accompanied by bouncy

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music. Favoured lyrical concerns included

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and

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. The Deep Freeze Mice are included in the Nurse with Wound list.

Jenkins outside The Deep Freeze Mice

Jenkins was also a member of

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in the late 1980s, and joined up with members of

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and The Ammonites in

Ruth's Refrigerator Ruth's Refrigerator were a psychedelic rock/indie pop band from Leicester, England, formed in 1990 as a collaboration between guitarist/songwriter Alan Jenkins (of The Deep Freeze Mice and The Chrysanthemums), singer/guitarist Ruth Miller and ba ...

, and subsequently Jody & The Creams (later "Alan Jenkins & The Creams"). He has played guitar with psychedelic, experimental surf instrumental band The Thurston Lava Tube since 2001, alongside Blodwyn P. Teabag - combo organ, Johnny Pacino - bass and Mat Bartram - drums. Marshall Cavendish replaced Johnny Pacino on bass in 2003.

Discography

*''My Geraniums are Bulletproof'' (1979) *''Teenage Head in My Refrigerator'' (1981) *''The Gates of Lunch'' (1982) *''Saw a Ranch House Burning Last Night'' (1983) *''I Love You Little Bo Bo with Your Delicate Golden Lions'' (double L.P.) (1984) *"These Floors Are Smooth" (7" single) (1985) *''Hang on Constance, Let Me Hear the News'' (1985) *''Neuron Music'' (12" EP) (1986) *''War, Famine, Death, Pestilence and Miss Timberlake'' (1987) *''Rain Is When the Earth is Television'' (1987) *''The Tender Yellow Ponies of Insomnia'' (1988) *''The Best of The Deep Freeze Mice'' (2014)

References

External links

* Musical groups from Leicester {{UK-rock-band-stub