Bubblegum Splash! is a post-C-86 indie pop band from Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK signed to notable Bristol based independant label The Subway Organisation. Formed during 1987 by Jim Harrison (guitar), Marty Cummins (tambourine), Nikki Barr (vocals), Dave Todd (bass), and Alan Harrison (drums), the band scored a national independant chart hit with their Splashdown EP during August 1987, reaching Number 28 in the NME listings, while achieving Number 15 in the Melody Maker chart with the same release[1]. During the same year Bubblegum Splash! appeared on a split flexi disc with Welsh indie band The Darling Buds given away with So Naive fanzine. The band also appeared on two compilation releases from The Subway Organisation as well as a Cherry Red compilation release from 2010. Bubblegum Splash! disbanded in 1988. Moody and Nash credit the band with kickstarting a local independant music scene which spawned international success for The Mayfields, The Badgeman, Mad Cow Disease, and The Nuthin's, as well as Jane from Occupied Europe (band) - a band formed from the ashes of Bubblegum Splash! in 1988 by Todd and the two (unrelated) Harrisons[2].
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