The Popguns

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The Popguns
Origin Brighton, England
Genres Indie pop
Years active 1986–1996 & 2012-Present
Labels Medium Cool
Midnight Music
3rd Stone
Past members Wendy Morgan
Simon Pickles
Greg Dixon
Pat Walkington
Shaun Charman
Bill Cox
Mike Morgan
Paul F Bonham
Tony Bryant

The Popguns were an indie rock band which played a part in the British jangle pop scene. Originally from Brighton, East Sussex, they formed in 1986 by vocalist Wendy Morgan, guitarists Simon Pickles and Greg Dixon plus bassist Pat Walkington and were joined by Shaun Charman, the former drummer for The Wedding Present in 1988.

History

Their first release, Where Do You Go?, came in the form of a split flexi disc (with How Many Beans Make Five?) given away free with an issue of a local zine in 1988.[1] The next year this was followed by the single "Landslide", (released by Medium Cool Records), which reached number 20 on the UK Indie Chart,[2] and made it to No. 46 on BBC radio DJ John Peel's annual Festive Fifty list for that year. The singles "Waiting for the Winter" (1989) and "Someone You Love" (1990) featured on their debut album, Eugenie (also 1990), released by the record label Midnight Music.[1] The single "Still a World Away", preceded second album Snog, which was followed by the EPs XXX and Crazy (all released in 1991).[1] Charman left, leaving the group on a brief hiatus which saw them lose a significant amount of their media coverage. The single "Star" saw them debut for their new label, 3rd Stone, who released their third album, Love Junky (1995), which also contained the 1995 single, "Get Out". Their final album, A Plus de Cent (1996) - which features the French language version of their last single, "Harley Davidson" - was released by Tall Poppy Records.

2012 saw the band resume live performances with 6 gigs in that year and a further 2 in 2013. At least 4 new songs were included in these performances.

Discography

Albums

  • Eugenie (1990), Midnight Music
  • Snog (1991), Midnight Music
  • Love Junky (1995), 3rd Stone
  • A Plus de Cent (1996), Tall Poppy
Compilations

Singles, EPs

  • "Where Do You Go?" (1988), La-Di-Da - flexi-disc split with How Many Beans Make 5?
  • "Landslide" (1989), Medium Cool - UK Indie No. 20[2]
  • "Waiting for the Winter" (1989), Midnight Music
  • "Someone You Love" (1990), Midnight Music
  • "Still a World Away" (1991), Midnight Music
  • XXX EP (1991), Midnight Music
  • Crazy EP (1991), Midnight Music
  • "Star" (1994), 3rd Stone
  • Get Out EP (1995), 3rd Stone
  • "Harley Davidson" (1996), 3rd Stone

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 923
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1999. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4. 

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