Sidi Bou Said (band)

Sidi Bou Said
Origin London, England
Genres Rock, Alternative rock
Years active 1993–1997; 2005
Labels Ultimate Recording Company (1993-1997)
Website Official site
Members
Claire Lemmon (1991-1997; 2005)
Gayl Harrison (1991-1997; 2005)
Melanie Woods (1991-1997; 2005)
Lee Howton (1991-1994)

Sidi Bou Said were a London based rock band, who existed during the 1990s. Their music combined an indie rock/folk sound with complex arrangements and literate lyrics. They were often compared to Throwing Muses and the Pixies, with whom they shared a taste for sometimes uncomfortable lyrical themes - murder, religion, the workings of the human body and surrealist stories and films. Their name comes from a town in Tunisia.

Sidi Bou Said had two albums produced by members of Cardiacs, and were regular contributors to their stage shows and recordings. In 2001, they briefly reformed, with an additional guitarist under the name Tetra, and played a one-off reunion gig as Sidi Bou Said on 15 December 2005 at The Water Rats, London.

Albums

Singles

c/w Romp on 7 inch; c/w Romp/Wild on 12 inch/CD ""Thing" (1994 Ultimate Records TOPP023)
c/w Lukewarm on 7 inch; c/w Lukewarm/These Things on CD

c/w Throwing Myself Off A Building (acoustic)/On My Tongue (acoustic)/My Secret Garden (acoustic) on 10 inch; c/w Slitty Gap/Throwing Myself Off A Building (acoustic) on CD

c/w Faster (acoustic) on 7 inch; c/w Blood/Faster (plus vite) on CD

c/w Red Bus Rover on 7 inch picture disc; c/w Fishy/Funnybody on CD

c/w Obsessive/New Skin/Long, Long, Long on CD1; c/w Obsessive/Head in Sand/Sylvie on CD2

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