The Primitives
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| Country | Coventry, England |
| Years active | 1985–1992 |
| Genres | Indie Pop |
| Labels | Lazy Records, RCA |
| Members | Paul Court (guitar, vocals) Tracy Tracy (vocals, tambourine) Steve Dullaghan (bass) Pete Tweedie (drums) Tig Williams (drums) |
- This article is about the alternative rock band, the Primitives. For alterntive country band The Primatives, see Jeff Tweedy. For the artists of the early Gothic period of art, at the end of the medieval period and the beginning of the Renaissance, see Early Renaissance painting and Early Netherlandish painting.
The Primitives were a British alternative rock band from Coventry formed in 1985 by Keiron McDermott (vocals), PJ Court (born Paul Jonathan Court, on 27 July 1965) (vocals, guitar), Steve Dullaghan (bass) and Pete Tweedie (drums). Keiron was soon replaced by Tracy Tracy (born Tracy Cattell in Australia), whose blonde good looks and distinctive voice helped the band to achieve great success for a brief period. Their career was also boosted when The Smiths singer Morrissey named them as one of his favourite bands. After a successful first album, which presented them with their UK Top 5 hit single "Crash" (and made the U.S. Top 3), their career began to fade in the early 1990s. They split in 1992 following the commercial failure of their final album, 1991's Galore. Their major rivals within the 'bubble pop' scene were Transvision Vamp and The Darling Buds, both of whom bore a similar sound.
The Primitives emerged from the much-touted independent scene of the mid-Eighties that reared, amongst others, the Jesus And Mary Chain, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, the Soup Dragons and the Wedding Present. Many of these, including the Primitives, brought a welcome breath of fresh air and a sense of fun to a scene dominated by the more po-faced goth bands. And many wore their influences on their sleeves; a love of melody and the Sixties (the Monkees, the Velvet Underground and the Byrds), fast Ramones-influenced guitars, and the pop innocence of the Buzzcocks and Orange Juice. This was the backdrop for the Primitives' formation, and few bands during this period went on to encapsulate all these ingredients so well.
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[edit] Albums
Following their break-up more Primitives music collections were released :
- Bombshell -- The Hits & More (1994)
- Best of The Primitives (1996) - recognised as the best compilation.
- Bubbling Up -- BBC Sessions (1998)
- Thru the Flowers -- The Anthology (2004)
- Buzz Buzz Buzz (2005)
- The Best of The Primitives (2005)
- Buzz Buzz Buzz -- Complete Lazy Recordings (2006)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |
| US Modern Rock | UK | |||
| 1987 | "Stop Killing Me" | - | #78 | Lovely |
| 1987 | "Thru the Flowers" | - | #77 | Lovely |
| 1987 | "Crash" | #3 | #5 | Lovely |
| 1988 | "Out of Reach" | - | #25 | Lovely |
| 1988 | "Way Behind Me" | #8 | #36 | Lovely |
| 1989 | "Sick of It" | #9 | #24 | Pure |
| 1989 | "Secrets" | #12 | #49 | Pure |
| 1991 | "You Are the Way" | - | #58 | Galore |
| 1995 | "Crash - the '95 Mix" | #33 | - | - |
[edit] Audio sample
- The Primitives - Crash excerpt (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- An excerpt from Crash
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - 16th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-190-X
- Guinness Book of British Hit Albums - 7th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-619-7
