Boots for Dancing
Boots for Dancing | |
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 The band in 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Genres | Post-punk |
| Years active | 1979–1982, 2015- |
| Labels | Pop Aural, Re-Pop-X |
| Members | Dancin' Dave Carson, Michael Barclay, Russell Burn, Colin J. Whitson, Gavin Fraser |
| Past members | Dave Carson, Graeme High, Dougie Barrie, Stuart Wright, Angel Paterson, Jamo Stewart, Dickie Fusco, Mike Barclay, Jo Callis, Simon Templar (Bloomfield), Ronnie Torrance |
| Website | www |
Boots for Dancing are a post-punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland, active between 1979 and 1982. They reformed in 2015.
History
[edit]The band was formed in late 1979 by Dave Carson (vocals), Graeme High (guitar), Dougie Barrie (bass), and Stuart Wright (drums).[1] Showing influences from the likes of Gang of Four and The Pop Group, they signed to the Pop Aural label for their eponymous debut single, receiving airplay from John Peel.[1] In the next two years, the band had more line-up changes than releases, first with ex-Shake and Rezillos drummer Angel Paterson replacing Wright, to be replaced himself by Jamo Stewart and Dickie Fusco.[1] Former Thursdays guitarist Mike Barclay then replaced High, who joined Delta 5. The band also added ex-Shake/Rezillos guitarist Jo Callis for second single "Rain Song", issued in March 1981.[1] Callis then left to join The Human League, with no further line-up changes before third single "Ooh Bop Sh'Bam" was released in early 1982.[1] Barrie then departed, his replacement being ex-Flowers/Shake/Rezillos bassist Simon Templar (b. Bloomfield), and ex-Josef K drummer Ronnie Torrance replaced the departing Fusco and Stewart (the latter forming The Syndicate).[1] The band split up later in 1982.
Between line-up changes, the band recorded two sessions for John Peel's BBC radio show, in 1980 and 1981.[2] In 2015 they reformed[3] and released The Undisco Kidds, an album of recordings from the 1980s.[4]
Discography
[edit]- "Shadows in Stone" and "Ooh Bob Sahbam" on 12" Album "Scottish Kultchur" (1979) Pinnacle
- "Boots for Dancing/Parachute/Guitars & Girl Trouble" 12" EP (1980) Pop Aural (UK Indie No. 42)[5]
- "Rain Song" 7" (1981) Pop Aural
- "Ooh Bop Sh'Bam" 7" (1982) Re-Pop-X
- Undisco Kidds (2015) Athens Of The North (AOTN LP 05)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Strong, Martin C. (1999). The Great Alternative & Indie Discography. Canongate. ISBN 0-86241-913-1.
- ^ "Keeping It Peel: Boots for Dancing". BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
- ^ Bruce, Keith (4 December 2015). "Boots for Dancing are back with an album of floor-fillers". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "The Undisco Kidds - Athens Of The North". Bandcamp. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1999. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.