80's bands

[Nob3y]

some good suggestions so far
thank you
keep em comming !!

[Pervert]

New Order were born from the remains of Joy Division after Ian Curtis's death.

[Pervert]

The Christians
Black
Danny Wilson
The Associates
The Beat

God, loads of bands.

[Mike_CFC]

Fine Young Cannibals.

The late 1980's also saw the Acid House craze,which then led to Ibiza being reborn.My first of many excursions to the beautiful Balearic Island was in 1988,as a fledging 17yo.

Happy days !happy!

[Lucifer Sam]

the Jesus & Mary Chain, The Death Cult, The Sisters Of Mercy, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Violent Femmes, Cocteau Twins, The Gun Club, Alien Sex Fiend, Bauhaus, The Cure, Fields Of The Nephilim....I used to go out with a Goth in the 80's as you can tell! Didn't much care for that scene as such but quite liked some of the records and saw some of the above bands live.

I used to like the Mary Chain though big time. Thought they were awesome at the time!! Even got into REM way back in the mid 80s, I think they only had 2 or 3 albums out by then. Thought they were really cool at the time too! Sonic Youth - "Sister" album from around 87ish was another. In fact come to think of it, the 80s were pretty damn good now I look back!

[steve56]

The Wedding Present,The Mission

[Lucifer Sam]

bloody hell, the Weddoes! I'd forgotten about them! Top band! George Best was a great album.

[steve56]

Still have the Punk Vid somewhere

[Lucifer Sam]

Husker Du, The Smiths (probably too obvious but I'll mention them), The Birthday Party and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Teardrop Explodes and Julian Cope solo, Echo & The Bunnymen, New Model Army, Pixies, Black Flag, Dinosaur Jr, My Bloody Valentine.....You've got me going now I can tell you! Great days!

[RED]

Try 'Take Fountain' or just go out and see them - they have an album out now and still are a great live band...

Wedding Present News:

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY : DECEMBER UK & IRISH TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
SPANISH FESTIVAL APPEARANCE CONFIRMED : MORE EUROPEAN & NORTH AMERICAN GIGS TO FOLLOW
WEDDING PRESENT WEB SITE RELAUNCHED WITH SPECIAL OFFER

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY : DECEMBER UK & IRISH TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

Whilst being interviewed for the BBC 6MUSIC Breakfast Show recently, David Gedge hinted that The Wedding Present would be playing some British concerts in December 2008. These concerts, along with two appearances in The Republic Of Ireland, are now confirmed and are listed below along with the band's forthcoming summer dates.

July

25 : Swindon, UK - 12 Bar
26 : Ripley, UK - Indietracks [www.indietracks.co.uk/#/tickets/4527452028]
27 : Blackpool, UK - Tower Lounge

December

2 : Colchester, UK - Arts Centre
3 : Portsmouth, UK - Wedgewood Rooms
4 : Oxford, UK - Academy
5 : Leicester, UK - Princess Charlotte
6 : Manchester, UK - Academy
8 : Cork, IRL - Pavillion
9 : Dublin, IRL - Andrews Lane Theatre
10 : Belfast, UK - Limelight
12 : Edinburgh, UK - Liquid Rooms
13 : Aberdeen, UK - Moshulu
14 : Glasgow, UK ? QMU
15 : Newcastle, UK - Academy
16 : Leeds, UK - University
17 : Bristol, UK - Academy
18 : London, UK - The Forum

With any tour dates there can always be last minute changes, so please check with the venue before making travelling arrangements.

SPANISH FESTIVAL APPEARANCE CONFIRMED : MORE EUROPEAN & NORTH AMERICAN GIGS TO FOLLOW

The "Lemon Pop" Festival in Spain has also just been added to the The Wedding Present's tour itinerary for September. This festival takes place in Murcia and David, Terry, Chris & Graeme will be playing on September 12. The band are also currently organising further tours of Iceland, USA and Canada for September into October and The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and The Czech Republic for November. We will, of course, email you more details of these concerts as soon as we receive confirmation.

WEDDING PRESENT WEB SITE RELAUNCHED WITH SPECIAL OFFER

The Wedding Present's web site has been redesigned by our friend Rachel Queen. The revamped design matches the sleeve of the band's new album 'EL REY' and now features new merchandise, including the El Rey Rabbit, Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend, George Best 20th Anniversary, and Go Out And Get 'Em, Boy! t-shirts. Some of the new t-shirts are also available in children's sizes. Other items include Wedding Present hats and My Favourite Dress dresses as well as the full complement of box sets, cds and dvds.

Scopitones have decided to celebrate the site's relaunch by offering the recent double Wedding Present CD 'LIVE 1987' for sale by mail-order at the remarkable price of just ?5 plus postage and packing until 1 August 2008. ?LIVE 1987? compiles the first two of the band's popular 'Live Tapes', a series of official bootleg cassettes that were sold by mail order in the 1980s. The re-mastered album features live versions of ten songs from ?George Best? and comes with sleeve notes written by The Wedding Present?s original drummer, Shaun Charman.

Visit the new Wedding Present web site at : www.theweddingpresent.co.uk

And before we leave the subject of web sites, we are very pleased to announce that The Wedding Present's Myspace site recently passed the 10,000 friends mark. Thanks to everyone who's asked to be our friend!

Visit The Wedding Present's Myspace site at www.myspace.com/theweddingpresent and listen to Santa Ana Winds, the opening track of The Wedding Present's fantastic new album 'EL REY' [out now on CD through Manifesto Records in the USA & Canada, CD & LP through Vibrant Records elsewhere in the world and via download everywhere].

For more information please email Jessica at ScopitonesUK@aol.com

Enjoy the ride!