Formed out of the ashes of Alan McGee's previous band, the Laughing Apple, Biff Bang Pow! were the ultimate in-house indie band. Comprising of McGee, Dick Green and Ken Popple, the band meshed indie guitar rock with a hint of Jacques Brel, releasing early Creation singles "50 Years of Fun" and "There Must Be a Better Life" in 1984. In between running the label, McGee managed to continue his songwriting career through six albums up until 1991, where he decided to call it a day. Some of McGee's most beautifully delicate songs appear on the excellent "Songs For the Sad-Eyed Girl" LP (1989). Other contributors to BBP's recordings have included Christine Wanless (The Revolving Paint Dream), Ed Ball, Joe Foster, Joss Cope and Andrew Innes (Primal Scream).
Taken from http://www.creationrecords.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/creation_records.htm
biff bang pow were amazing! i was 18 when beat hotel came out and for me it was like what it must have felt like when the people gheard the velevets bananaa album! i loved it all, it was exactly what we were looking for, it was perfect, the name, the sleeve, the players!! my first proper roup in 87/88 was called steamtown and we basically ripped off bbp they meant that much. ah, the summer of '88 with the pow, along with mccarthy, apple mosaic, the sneetches, razorcuts, the surf drums, felt, weather prophets and momus on me tape player, what more could you want??them were the days indeed.
if i die was my personal fave, i loved the reverebed semi acoustics, really bootiful. cheers for the memories...
