Glaxo Babies
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Glaxo Babies were a Bristol-based UK post-punk group formed in late 1977.[1]
The band was formed by singer Rob Chapman and guitarist Dan Catsis in Bristol in 1977, the band line-up initially completed by Tony Wrafter (saxophone), Tom Nichols (bass), Geoff Alsopp, and Charles Llewellyn (the latter two both on drums). The band signed to Cherry Red offshoot Heartbeat records, the first release being the This Is Your Life EP (recorded for their first John Peel session) in 1979. After 2 albums, the band were forced by pharmaceutical company Glaxo to change their name; the resultant name was Gl*xo Babies, with an asterisk replacing the A.
Dan Catsis also played in The Pop Group during 1979 and 1980.
After the recording of Put Me on the Guest List, singer Rob Chapman left Glaxo Babies to join Transmitters, with whom he recorded one record, And We Call That Leisure Time.
Catsis, Charles Llewelyn, and Tony Wrafter later founded Maximum Joy in 1979 with Janine Rainforth and John Waddington, formerly of The Pop Group.
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[edit] Glaxo Babies reform
The nucleus of the original band (Rob Chapman, Dan Catsis and Charlie Llewellin) reformed in 1985, and continued to record. The highlights from this second incarnation of the band were collected on The Porlock Factor, a compilation on Cherry Red records, who also issued a compilation of their earlier work, Dreams Interrupted in 2006.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Nine Months To The Disco (1980, Heartbeat)
- Put Me On The Guest List (1980, Heartbeat)
- Dreams Interrupted: the Bewilderbeat Years 1978-1980 (2006, Cherry Red)
- The Porlock Factor (2007, Cherry Red)
[edit] Singles
- "This Is Your Life" (1979, Heartbeat)
- "Christine Keeler" (1979, Heartbeat)
- "Shake The Foundations" (1980, Heartbeat)
- "Limited Entertainment" (1980, Y)
[edit] References
- ^ Strong, Martin C.:"The Great Alternative & Indie Discography, 1999, Canongate, ISBN 0-86241-913-1
