Whiteout were a British rock group from Greenock in

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, who were most famous for their hit "Jackie's Racing". Although they had existed in a different incarnation since the very early 1990s, the band's classic line-up consisted of Andrew Caldwell (vocals), Paul Carroll (bass), Eric Lindsay (guitar) and Stuart Smith (drums). The name came from a slang term for the disorientating effects of alcohol.

History

Recording

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. Whiteout's principal recordings were the albums '' Bite It'' (1995) and '' Big Wow'' (1998). Their music was influenced by the country rock and

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of the early 1970s, as well as the aforementioned Stone Roses. Whiteout achieved minor success during the

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era in the UK, co-headlining a tour with Oasis and supported The Charlatans and

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. They opened both the

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Sound City event and the Phoenix festival in 1994 before releasing their second single, "Starrclub" (which included the line, "Look at me, i'm on TV"). The singles "Detroit" and "Jackie's Racing" followed and the group began to achieve a growing reputation in Japan. On 11 October 1994 Whiteout performed at

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's ''

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''. They played four songs: "Everyday", "Time and Again", "Get Me Through", and "Higher".

Disbandment

Andrew Caldwell left the group in 1996, after ''Bite It'' (replaced briefly by Warren McIntyre) and by the time the (now three piece of Carroll, Lindsay & McDermott) band reemerged with their second album ''Big Wow'' in 1998 (The last track of which included the refrain "We'll all go down in history") it was to a largely dismissive reception from the music media. Original drummer Mark Fairhurst ('Fudge') had replaced McDermott on drums in 1997, appearing on two of ''Big Wows tracks, but Whiteout split soon after, around 1999, shortly after becoming a four-piece again with Eric Russell on keys.

Post-split

The only recorded material since has come from Eric Lindsay's outfit 'Eli', and the album ''Dreams Are The Foundations of Reality'' (2009), though there have been brief outings by combinations of Lindsay, Carroll and Russell since the split in various acoustic and electric incarnations. Lindsay can currently be found playing guitar with ex-Superstar frontman Joe McAlinden's band, Linden.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

External links

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