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The Pastels
Artist Biography For The Pastels
1 An Indie Band From Scotland. Although Virtually Unknown Outside Of Indie Rock Circles The Pastels Were One Of The Most Inspirational And Enduring Groups Of The Genre In Their Early Days Spearheading A Movement Toward A Renewed Sense Of Wistful Musical Primitivism And Willful Naivete Known Variously As "shambling" And "anorak Pop." In Addition Their Influence Helped Bring International Notice To A Resurgent Scottish Musical Community With Frontman Stephen Pastel's Legendary 53rd And 3rd Label Helping To Launch The Careers Of Bands Including The Jesus & Mary Chain Shop Assistants BMX Bandits The Vaselines And The Soup Dragons. Formed In Glasgow Scotland In 1982 The Band Initially Comprised Vocalist/guitarist Pastel Nee McRobbie Guitarist Brian Superstar Born Brian Taylor And Drummer Chris Gordon They Debuted That Autumn On The Whaam Label With The Single "Songs For Children " But Gordon Soon Exited The First Of Many Subsequent Lineup Shuffles.
Ambition Was Never The Pastels' Strong Suit And Luck Was Rarely On Their Side As The Group's Members -- Now Including Bassist Martin Hayward And Drummer Bernice Simpson -- Devoted Their Primary Focus To Their Studies New Music Appeared Only Sporadically And To Little Notice On A Seemingly Random Series Of Labels. After 1983's "I Wonder Why" Was Released On Rough Trade They Moved To Creation Where They Hit Their Stride With The 1984 Drone-Pop Gems "Something's Going On" And "A Million Tears." After One Further Single 1985's "I'm Alright With You " The Pastels Split With Creation Moving To The Tiny Glass Label. In 1986 Their Track "Breaking Lines" Appeared On The Influential C-86 Collection Assembled By The New Music Express Transforming The Anorak Movement Into An Overnight Media Sensation Quickly Accompanied By Intense Critical Backlash.
Regardless Of Prevailing Musical Trends However The Pastels Soldiered On After Recruiting One-Time Shop Assistants Keyboardist Aggi Wright They Recorded The 1986 Single "Truck Train Tractor " Followed By Crawl Babies And Comin' Through. Finally In 1987 The Group Found Time To Assemble An LP Up For A Bit With The Pastels Followed In 1988 By Suck On The Pastels A Collection Of Unreleased Creation-Era Material. In 1989 Former Vaselines Frontman Eugene Kelly And Ex-Shop Assistant David Keegan Joined The Fold For Sittin' Pretty The Final LP To Include Superstar Hayward And Simpson. The Remaining Duo Of Pastel And Wright Expanded To Include Katrina Mitchell For The 1991 Collaboration Jad Fair And The Pastels Followed By The 1994 EP Olympic World Of Pastelism. Their Third Album Mobile Safari Was Released In 1995 By Domino In The U.K. Which Began A Long-Running Alliance And Up Records In The U.S. It Featured A Lineup Including Longtime Band Associates Norman Blake And Gerald Love Both From Teenage Fanclub And Ex-Shop Assistant Guitarist David Keegan And A Guest Appearance From Luna's Dean Wareham.
Their Next Album 1997's Illumination Was Issued By The Same Configuration Of Record Labels And Featured A Similar Lineup Only With The Addition Of Guitarist Jonathan Kilgour And Guest Shots From Belle & Sebastian's Isobel Campbell And Pianist Bill Wells. A Remix Album Illuminati Was Released In 1998 And Featured Reworks Of Tracks By Kevin Shields Stereolab Cornelius And Other A-List Indie Rockers. This Burst Of Recognition And Activity Was Derailed When Wright Decided To Leave The Band In 1998 Throwing Mitchell And Pastel Into A Spin. Instead Of Jumping Back Into Making Music Right Away The Band Went On Hiatus While Figuring Things Out. The Duo Next Formed Geographic Records In 2000 As An Offshoot Of Domino And Began Releasing Records By Friends Future Pilot AKA International Airport And Obscure Acts Nagisa Ni Te Maher Shalal Hash Baz. The Band Reappeared At Last In 2003 With The Mostly Instrumental Soundtrack For The Film The Last Great Wilderness. The Album Was Produced By The Sea And Cake's John McEntire And Featured International Airport's Tom Crossley Along With A Vocal Feature For Jarvis Cocker. A Friendship With Japanese Band Tenniscoats Led To Their Next Release 2009's Collaborative Effort Two Sunsets. The Core Band Was Expanded To Include Crossley And Mitchell's Sister Alison With Love Still There Too. With The Record Label Slowing Its Pace And Releasing One Album A Year The Band Turned Toward Recording An Album Of Their Own And In 2013 Their Fifth Record Slow Summits Was Released. McEntire Was Again In The Producer's Chair And Guitarist John Hogarty Had Joined The Ranks. Also On Board As Guests Were To Rococo Rot's Stefan Schneider And Robert Lippok As Well As Norman Blake Again And Original Bandmember Annabel Wright. C Jason Ankeny 2 An American 50s Pop Group Formed By Dee Irwin While He Was Serving In The Military. Consisted Of DiFosco "Dee" T. Ervin Jr. Himself Richard Travis Tony Thomas And Jimmy Willingham. They Toured Widely Until Splitting Up In 1959.
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The Pastels - Boats The Pastels - Star 14 Iced Bears - Like A Dolphin 14 Iced Bears - Balloon Song Shop Assistants - All Day Long Slow Version Razorcuts - I'll Still Be There single Version Razorcuts - Snowbirds Don't Fly Tiger Trap - Puzzle Pieces Talulah Gosh - Beatnik Boy The Sea Urchins - Day Into Day Talulah Gosh - Steaming Train The Sea Urchins - Wild Grass Pictures Biff Bang Pow! - Fifty Years Of Fun Belle And Sebastian - Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying The June Brides - In The Rain Comet Gain - Transmission Lost Rocketship - I Love You Like The Way That I Used To Do Rocketship - We're Both Alone Beat Happening - Look Around The Hit Parade - Crying Comet Gain - My Defiance Primal Scream - Velocity Girl - Alt. Mix Blueboy - Try Happiness The Hit Parade - You Didn't Love Me Then The Springfields - Million Tears The Springfields - Tranquil Beat Happening - Dreamy The Sweetest Ache - Selfish McCarthy - Red Sleeping Beauty Plumtree - Good Time To Tell Me Plumtree - July 3rd Close Lobsters - Firestation Towers Gaze - Listen Gaze - Bob Again Heavenly - I'm Not Scared Of You East Village - Cubans In The Bluefields Look Blue Go Purple - As Does The Sun The Apples In Stereo - About Your Fame The Apples In Stereo - Look Away Heavenly - She Says The Loft - Winter The Umbrellas - Goodbye The Umbrellas - Echoes Orange Juice - I Can't Help Myself 7" Version The Clientele - Since K Got Over Me The Loft - Like RIBBON STAGE - Nothing Left Television Personalities - Geoffrey Ingram Biff Bang Pow! - Love's Going Out Of Fashion
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1 An Indie Band From Scotland. Although Virtually Unknown Outside Of Indie Rock Circles The Pastels Were One Of The Most Inspirational And Enduring Groups Of The Genre In Their Early Days Spearheading A Movement Toward A Renewed Sense Of Wistful Musical Primitivism And Willful Naivete Known Variously As "shambling" And "anorak Pop." In Addition Their Influence Helped Bring International Notice To A Resurgent Scottish Musical Community With Frontman Stephen Pastel's Legendary 53rd And 3rd Label Helping To Launch The Careers Of Bands Including The Jesus & Mary Chain Shop Assistants BMX Bandits The Vaselines And The Soup Dragons. Formed In Glasgow Scotland In 1982 The Band Initially Comprised Vocalist/guitarist Pastel Nee McRobbie Guitarist Brian Superstar Born Brian Taylor And Drummer Chris Gordon They Debuted That Autumn On The Whaam Label With The Single "Songs For Children " But Gordon Soon Exited The First Of Many Subsequent Lineup Shuffles.
Ambition Was Never The Pastels' Strong Suit And Luck Was Rarely On Their Side As The Group's Members -- Now Including Bassist Martin Hayward And Drummer Bernice Simpson -- Devoted Their Primary Focus To Their Studies New Music Appeared Only Sporadically And To Little Notice On A Seemingly Random Series Of Labels. After 1983's "I Wonder Why" Was Released On Rough Trade They Moved To Creation Where They Hit Their Stride With The 1984 Drone-Pop Gems "Something's Going On" And "A Million Tears." After One Further Single 1985's "I'm Alright With You " The Pastels Split With Creation Moving To The Tiny Glass Label. In 1986 Their Track "Breaking Lines" Appeared On The Influential C-86 Collection Assembled By The New Music Express Transforming The Anorak Movement Into An Overnight Media Sensation Quickly Accompanied By Intense Critical Backlash.
Regardless Of Prevailing Musical Trends However The Pastels Soldiered On After Recruiting One-Time Shop Assistants Keyboardist Aggi Wright They Recorded The 1986 Single "Truck Train Tractor " Followed By Crawl Babies And Comin' Through. Finally In 1987 The Group Found Time To Assemble An LP Up For A Bit With The Pastels Followed In 1988 By Suck On The Pastels A Collection Of Unreleased Creation-Era Material. In 1989 Former Vaselines Frontman Eugene Kelly And Ex-Shop Assistant David Keegan Joined The Fold For Sittin' Pretty The Final LP To Include Superstar Hayward And Simpson. The Remaining Duo Of Pastel And Wright Expanded To Include Katrina Mitchell For The 1991 Collaboration Jad Fair And The Pastels Followed By The 1994 EP Olympic World Of Pastelism. Their Third Album Mobile Safari Was Released In 1995 By Domino In The U.K. Which Began A Long-Running Alliance And Up Records In The U.S. It Featured A Lineup Including Longtime Band Associates Norman Blake And Gerald Love Both From Teenage Fanclub And Ex-Shop Assistant Guitarist David Keegan And A Guest Appearance From Luna's Dean Wareham.
Their Next Album 1997's Illumination Was Issued By The Same Configuration Of Record Labels And Featured A Similar Lineup Only With The Addition Of Guitarist Jonathan Kilgour And Guest Shots From Belle & Sebastian's Isobel Campbell And Pianist Bill Wells. A Remix Album Illuminati Was Released In 1998 And Featured Reworks Of Tracks By Kevin Shields Stereolab Cornelius And Other A-List Indie Rockers. This Burst Of Recognition And Activity Was Derailed When Wright Decided To Leave The Band In 1998 Throwing Mitchell And Pastel Into A Spin. Instead Of Jumping Back Into Making Music Right Away The Band Went On Hiatus While Figuring Things Out. The Duo Next Formed Geographic Records In 2000 As An Offshoot Of Domino And Began Releasing Records By Friends Future Pilot AKA International Airport And Obscure Acts Nagisa Ni Te Maher Shalal Hash Baz. The Band Reappeared At Last In 2003 With The Mostly Instrumental Soundtrack For The Film The Last Great Wilderness. The Album Was Produced By The Sea And Cake's John McEntire And Featured International Airport's Tom Crossley Along With A Vocal Feature For Jarvis Cocker. A Friendship With Japanese Band Tenniscoats Led To Their Next Release 2009's Collaborative Effort Two Sunsets. The Core Band Was Expanded To Include Crossley And Mitchell's Sister Alison With Love Still There Too. With The Record Label Slowing Its Pace And Releasing One Album A Year The Band Turned Toward Recording An Album Of Their Own And In 2013 Their Fifth Record Slow Summits Was Released. McEntire Was Again In The Producer's Chair And Guitarist John Hogarty Had Joined The Ranks. Also On Board As Guests Were To Rococo Rot's Stefan Schneider And Robert Lippok As Well As Norman Blake Again And Original Bandmember Annabel Wright. C Jason Ankeny 2 An American 50s Pop Group Formed By Dee Irwin While He Was Serving In The Military. Consisted Of DiFosco "Dee" T. Ervin Jr. Himself Richard Travis Tony Thomas And Jimmy Willingham. They Toured Widely Until Splitting Up In 1959. read less
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Ambition Was Never The Pastels' Strong Suit And Luck Was Rarely On Their Side As The Group's Members -- Now Including Bassist Martin Hayward And Drummer Bernice Simpson -- Devoted Their Primary Focus To Their Studies New Music Appeared Only Sporadically And To Little Notice On A Seemingly Random Series Of Labels. After 1983's "I Wonder Why" Was Released On Rough Trade They Moved To Creation Where They Hit Their Stride With The 1984 Drone-Pop Gems "Something's Going On" And "A Million Tears." After One Further Single 1985's "I'm Alright With You " The Pastels Split With Creation Moving To The Tiny Glass Label. In 1986 Their Track "Breaking Lines" Appeared On The Influential C-86 Collection Assembled By The New Music Express Transforming The Anorak Movement Into An Overnight Media Sensation Quickly Accompanied By Intense Critical Backlash.
Regardless Of Prevailing Musical Trends However The Pastels Soldiered On After Recruiting One-Time Shop Assistants Keyboardist Aggi Wright They Recorded The 1986 Single "Truck Train Tractor " Followed By Crawl Babies And Comin' Through. Finally In 1987 The Group Found Time To Assemble An LP Up For A Bit With The Pastels Followed In 1988 By Suck On The Pastels A Collection Of Unreleased Creation-Era Material. In 1989 Former Vaselines Frontman Eugene Kelly And Ex-Shop Assistant David Keegan Joined The Fold For Sittin' Pretty The Final LP To Include Superstar Hayward And Simpson. The Remaining Duo Of Pastel And Wright Expanded To Include Katrina Mitchell For The 1991 Collaboration Jad Fair And The Pastels Followed By The 1994 EP Olympic World Of Pastelism. Their Third Album Mobile Safari Was Released In 1995 By Domino In The U.K. Which Began A Long-Running Alliance And Up Records In The U.S. It Featured A Lineup Including Longtime Band Associates Norman Blake And Gerald Love Both From Teenage Fanclub And Ex-Shop Assistant Guitarist David Keegan And A Guest Appearance From Luna's Dean Wareham.
Their Next Album 1997's Illumination Was Issued By The Same Configuration Of Record Labels And Featured A Similar Lineup Only With The Addition Of Guitarist Jonathan Kilgour And Guest Shots From Belle & Sebastian's Isobel Campbell And Pianist Bill Wells. A Remix Album Illuminati Was Released In 1998 And Featured Reworks Of Tracks By Kevin Shields Stereolab Cornelius And Other A-List Indie Rockers. This Burst Of Recognition And Activity Was Derailed When Wright Decided To Leave The Band In 1998 Throwing Mitchell And Pastel Into A Spin. Instead Of Jumping Back Into Making Music Right Away The Band Went On Hiatus While Figuring Things Out. The Duo Next Formed Geographic Records In 2000 As An Offshoot Of Domino And Began Releasing Records By Friends Future Pilot AKA International Airport And Obscure Acts Nagisa Ni Te Maher Shalal Hash Baz. The Band Reappeared At Last In 2003 With The Mostly Instrumental Soundtrack For The Film The Last Great Wilderness. The Album Was Produced By The Sea And Cake's John McEntire And Featured International Airport's Tom Crossley Along With A Vocal Feature For Jarvis Cocker. A Friendship With Japanese Band Tenniscoats Led To Their Next Release 2009's Collaborative Effort Two Sunsets. The Core Band Was Expanded To Include Crossley And Mitchell's Sister Alison With Love Still There Too. With The Record Label Slowing Its Pace And Releasing One Album A Year The Band Turned Toward Recording An Album Of Their Own And In 2013 Their Fifth Record Slow Summits Was Released. McEntire Was Again In The Producer's Chair And Guitarist John Hogarty Had Joined The Ranks. Also On Board As Guests Were To Rococo Rot's Stefan Schneider And Robert Lippok As Well As Norman Blake Again And Original Bandmember Annabel Wright. C Jason Ankeny 2 An American 50s Pop Group Formed By Dee Irwin While He Was Serving In The Military. Consisted Of DiFosco "Dee" T. Ervin Jr. Himself Richard Travis Tony Thomas And Jimmy Willingham. They Toured Widely Until Splitting Up In 1959. read less
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The Field Mice The Sea Urchins Shop Assistants Beat Happening Talulah Gosh Rocketship McCarthy Another Sunny Day Tiger Trap Marine Girls BMX Bandits Razorcuts 14 Iced Bears The Vaselines Gaze Black Tambourine.