Comet Gain

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Comet Gain is a British indie rock band, with heavy influences from Dexys Midnight Runners and northern soul. The band includes ex-Huggy Bear bass player Jon Slade and included future Velocette members Sarah Bleach and Jax Coombes.

1 Lineup
2 Releases

[edit] Lineup

Rachel Evans (1997-) (E- Vox)
David Charlie Feck (Vocals, Guitar, Keys) (1992-)
M.J. Taylor (2001-) (Percussion)
Jon the Slade (also known as Jon Slade) (Guitar, Keys) (1997-)
Kay Ishikawa (1997-) (Bass)
Blair Cowl (1997-1999) (Guitar, Bass)
Erik Brunulf (2001) (Guitar, Bass)
Chris Aplegren (2002) (Drums)
Jax Coombes (1993-1997) (bass, Keyboards)
Sarah Bleach (1993-1997) (Vocals)
Sam Pluck (1993-1997)(guitar)
Phil Sutton (1992-1997) (drums)
George Wright (1992) (bass)
Darren Smyth (1997-2001) (drums)

[edit] Releases

[edit] Singles

1994 "Holloway sweethearts" (The kids at the club/ Another weekend/ Goodbye part one / Ipcress time) (7") Soul Static Sound Soul5
1995 "Million and nine" (one sided 7") Wiiija LTD003
1995 "Gettin’ ready" (Baby’s alright/The shining path/ Charlie/ White noise) (7" & CD) Wiiija WIJ46
1996 "Say yes ! (to international socialism)" (Hideaway/ Say yes !/ California/ Sunsets at her window) (7" & CD) Wiiija WIJ50
1997 "Strength"/ "A film by Kenneth Anger"/ "Letting go" (7" & CD) Wiiija WIJ66
1998 "Jack Nance hair"/ "We are all rotten"/ "Record prayer" (7") Mei Mei Records MEI001
1998 "Mailorder Freaks Singles Club 9/98" (If I Had a Soul / He Walked by Night / The Brothers off the Block) (7") Kill Rock Stars KRS323
1999 "Red menace" (Orwell liberty dance/ Young lions devour/ Hands fit/ Germ of youth II) (7") PIAO! PIAO17
2001 "You can hide your love forever"/ "Beatnik" (7") Fortuna Pop Records FPOP26
2006 "Beautiful Despair" (Beautiful Despair/ Never die/ Mainlining mystery) 12" EP What's Your Rupture?

[edit] Albums

1995 "Casino Classics" Wiiija (CD & LP) WIJ42, WIJCD007
(Footstompers/ A million and nine/ Turnpike/ Last night/ Original arrogance/ Another girl/ Music upstairs/ Villain/ Stay with me til morning/ Charlie/ Just fourteen/ Ghost of the Roman empire/ Intergalactic starbed/ Chevron action flash)
1997 "Sneaky" Beggar's Banquet 85009
1997 "Magnetic Poetry" Wiiija WIJLP1054
(Strength/ Raspberries/ Language of the spy/ Steps to the sea/ These are the dreams of the working girl/ Pier Angeli/ Final horses/ Tighten up)
1999 "Tigertown Pictures" Fortuna Pop Records (UK) FPOP017 (CD & LP), Kill Rock Stars (US) KRS 436 (CD & LP+7")
(Record collections/ Skinny wolves/ Jack Nance rising/ Deficient love/ Germ of youth – Ghost of sulfate/ Radar/ Transmission lost/ Hate soul/ When you come back I’ll feel like Jesus coming off the cross/ Dreaming of Tigertown/ Saturday night facts of life/ Ballad of the arms of cable hogue/ Jasper Johns/ The final anesthetic)
2002 "Realistes" Milou Studios (UK) 2MILLP, Kill Rock Stars (US) KRS378 (CD & LP)
(The kids at the club/ Why I try to look so bad/ I close my eyes to think of god/ My defiance/ Carry on living/ Moments in the snow/ Ripped-up suit !/ She never understood/ Movies/ Labour/ Don’t fall in love if you want to die in peace/ Réalistes)
2005 "City Fallen Leaves" Track & Field Organisation (UK) HEAT 36, Kill Rock Stars (US) KRS 439
(The fists in the pocket/ Days I forgot to write down/ Daydream scars/ Bored roar/ Seven sisters to Silverlake/ This English melancholy/ The punk got fucked/ The story of the Vivian girls/ Just one summer before I go/ Draw a smile upon an egg/ Fingernailed for you/ Your Robert !/ Gone before we open our eyes/ Right now? No/ The ballad of a mix tape)

[edit] Compilation appearances

1993 Various Artists - "Some hearts paid to lie" 2x7", Featuring "Aliens at war" & "A kind of loving" WIIJA WIJ25
1995 Various Artists - "Heartache fanzine" tape, Featuring "You’ve been gone too long (live)" Heartache 009
1996 Various Artists - "Godz is not a put-on" LP 12"+7", Featuring "Like a sparrow" LISSY'S Liss5
1998 Various Artists - "All done with mirrors" CD, Featuring "Pinstriped rebel" Le Grand Magistery 60005
2000 Various Artists - "A Christmas Gift from Fortuna Pop!" CDEP, Featuring "Asleep on the Snow" Fortuna Pop Records FPOP25
2002 Various Artists - "Fields and streams" 2xCD, Featuring "Look at you now, you’re crying" Kill Rock Stars KRS341
2003 Various Artists - "Time is ending here (tribute to the Pavement)" 2xCD, Featuring "Ann don’t cry" Homesleep REC2014
2003 Various Artists - "POW! to the people" 2xCD, Featuring "Look at you now, you’re crying" Track and Field
2005 Various Artists - "More Soul Than Wigan Casino" 7" EP, Featuring "If you ever walk out of my life" Fortuna Pop Records FPOP49