The Room (band)
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| The Room | |
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| Origin | Liverpool, England |
| Genre(s) | Post punk |
| Years active | 1980-1985 |
| Label(s) | Box, Red Flame, Strange Fruit |
| Associated acts | Benny Profane, The Wild Swans, Dust, The Dead Cowboys |
| Former members | |
| Dave Jackson Robyn Odlum Becky Stringer Clive Thomas Alan Wills Paul Cavanagh Peter Baker Phil Lucking |
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The Room were a post punk band from Liverpool formed in 1980. They released three albums and several singles before breaking up in 1985. Two of the band members went on to form Benny Profane.
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[edit] History
The Room formed in 1980 with an initial line-up of Dave Jackson (vocals), Robyn Odlum (guitar), Becky Stringer (bass), and Clive Thomas (drums, percussion).[1] Early releases on the small independent Box label saw the band compared to fellow Liverpool band Echo & the Bunnymen,[1] and gained them strong support from the music press.[2]In 1982 they signed to Red Flame records, debuting with the single "Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl", followed by first album Indoor Fireworks. 1983 saw major changes to the line-up, with Odlum and Thomas departing to be replaced by ex-Wild Swans drummer Alan Wills, guitarist Paul Cavanagh, and keyboard player Peter Baker.[1] The new line-up released the mini-album Clear! in late 1983. Brass player Phil Lucking was added to the line-up in 1984, but departed before third album, In Evil Hour, which was part-produced by Tom Verlaine,[1] who the band had played several dates with earlier that year, the remainder produced by John Porter.[2] An EP of tracks recorded for Janice Long's BBC Radio One programme proved to be the band's final release while still together, in 1985. Clear! and In Evil Hour were later reissued as a double-LP set, titled Nemesis, and an EP of one of the band's four sessions for John Peel's programme was issued by Strange Fruit Records in 1988. Jackson and Stringer formed a new band, Benny Profane, in 1986, and later formed Dust and The Dead Cowboys.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- "Motion" (1980) Box
- "Bitter Reaction" (1980) Box
- "In Sickness and Health" (1981) Box
- "Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl" (1982) Red Flame
- "100 Years" (1982) Red Flame
- "New Dreams For Old" (1984) Red Flame
- Jackpot Jack EP (Janice Long Session) (1985) Red Flame (UK Indie Chart #22)[3]
- The Peel Session (1988) Strange Fruit Records
[edit] Albums
- Indoor Fireworks (1982) Red Flame
- Clear! (1983) Red Flame
- In Evil Hour (1984) Red Flame
- Nemesis (1986) Red Flame
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Strong, Martin C. (1999). The Great Alternative & Indie Discography. Canongate. ISBN 0-86241-913-1.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music. Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-579-4.
- ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1999. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
