The Freshies
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The Freshies was a punk band from Manchester, England formed in the late 1970s.
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[edit] Career
The Freshies EP, was released in 1978 on the Razz record label. Their biggest selling single and best known song is 1980's "I'm In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk" renamed as "I'm In Love With The Girl On A Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk" on request from Virgin Records, which reached number 54 in the UK Singles Chart in 1981.
The Freshies were led by Chris Sievey, whose alter-ego Frank Sidebottom was also their biggest fan.[citation needed] Others who played with Sievey included Martin Jackson (later with Magazine) and Billy Duffy (later with The Cult). The usual line-up, however, was Barry Spencer (guitar), Rick Sarko (bass, ex-The Nosebleeds) and Mike Doherty (drums, ex-The Smirks).
Sievey pre-dated the self-financing ethic of punk when he created his own record label Razz in 1974. Razz went on to release over 60 titles, including much of The Freshies material. They also produced the first multi-media single by including The Biz, a Sinclair ZX81 game, on the tape version of one of their singles, something which Sievey later did himself as a solo artist with his single "Camouflage".
[edit] Discography
[edit] Releases
- 1978 EP The Freshies EP - Razz
- 1979 EP Straight in at N°2 EP - Razz
- 1979 EP The Men from Banana Island... - Razz
- 1980 EP My Tape's Gone - Razz
- 1980 EP We're Like You - Razz
- 1980 EP Yellow Spot - Razz
- 1980 EP Oh Girl - Razz
- 1981 EP I'm In Love With The Girl On A Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk - MCA
- 1981 EP I Can't Get "Bouncing Babies" by "The Teardrop Explodes" - MCA
- 1981 EP Wrap Up The Rockets - MCA
[edit] Compilations
- 1996 CD The Very Very Best Of ... Some Long and Short Titles - Cherry Red Records
