China Drum

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China Drum were an English punk rock band. From Ovingham in Northumberland, they formed in 1989 and, after several early EPs and active support by BBC Radio One, released their debut album Goosefair in 1996. They were known by their fans as 'The Drum' and recorded and released their final album under this name in 2001. They split up shortly afterwards citing "musical indifference" in their press release as a reason. This was a pun on the commonly used phrase "musical differences" frequently used to describe arguments within bands and referred to that fact that the band members felt they were working hard only to be met with indifference by the public.

1 Members
2 Covers
3 Discography
- 3.1 EPs/Singles
- 3.2 Albums
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Members

The founding members were guitarist Bill and bassist Dave McQueen, and vocalist and drummer Adam Lee. For their second album they were joined by Jan Alkema, ex- of Compulsion for live performances.

[edit] Covers

Their breakthrough hit was a high-tempo cover of Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights", and they also recorded a take on Crowded House's Fall At Your Feet in a similar vein. Of their material, Leatherface included a cover of China Drum's "Meaning" on their Little White God single; Bodyjar covered "Fall Into Place", among a number of other covers, on You Got Me A Girl's Bike You Idiot.