Paul Groovy(vocals,guitar,harmonica)
Stephen Clarke(Guitars,backing vocals)
Steve Herlihy(Bass 84-87,96-97)
Joanne Irwin (Drums 84-88)
Jim Mortimer(bass 87-87)
Ali Coward (drums 88)
"Influences suck-just an easy way to hang a label on a band"ooh they sound just like....." ....4 different people....4 different tastes.....the only thing they have in common was that they were INSPIRED by PUNK ROCK to form a band and just DO IT! "(Great Bananna Hoax fanzine 1985)
Sounds Like
"Shambling through a cheap PA like a cross between Swell Maps and the Moving Sidewalks"(Adventures in Bereznik fanzine 86).................................................................................................................
"A genuine contender-late 60's influenced wail of feedback t(h)rash and cotton-wool drums"(The Legend- NME 3/86)..................................................
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"The best psychedelic thrash I've heard all week"(Kris Needs- Melody Maker 4/87).......................................................................................................
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"Supreme Team Pop Art,with guitars that gun you down like the Colt45 that dealt with Andy"(Sounds 4/87)...................................................................
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"The most dangerous thing to come out of Portsmouth since Micky Quinn.A great thrash of a record that would have graced 77 as much as 87"(Andy Strickland -Record Mirror 5/87)....................................................................
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"Warped and ravaged,pulled like playdough into a popadelic shambles"(Push -Melody Maker7/87)....................................................................................
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"Witty,wily and sometimes wicked popadelic purists"(Push -Melody Maker 9/87)......................................................................................................
"Fuzzy pyschedelic knife-slashings"(Shaun Phillips- Sounds 11/87)
THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE,AND ALL MUSIC ON IT ARE (C) THE MERRY PRANKSTERS
"EXPLODING from the stifiling apathy that is ENGLAND...
A band to make your head SPIN...and your feet MOVE...
The next projected SOUND of 1987....
PAUL GROOVY & THE POP ART EXPERIENCE!
In their short existance they've played with The Prisoners,The Cannibals,The TV Personalities,The Shop Assistants,The Pastels,Mighty Lemon Drops,The Primitives....
There are 4 people in the band....
Paul Groovy-Vocals,Harmonica
Steve Clarke-Guitar,backing Vocals
Joanne Irwin-Drums
Steve Herlihy-Bass
They've just released their FIRST single....
A double-A side called...
ANDY WATCH OUT!/TAKE AWAY THE PAIN.
It's OUT NOW on the fab BITE BACK label (BB! 012)
How can you resist it?...
BUY TWO and give ONE to your best friend!"
(Andy Watch Out! press release 1987)
This 14 track album by Dan Melchior is out now on the Topplers Record Label.
Dan Says... It's a good one I think, very loud and blasted out like the more 'punk' moments on 'Thankyou very much' , but with a good dose of mangled pop too.
Available from good independent dealers in the US and UK or direct from Topplers.
A brand new tune from Night of Treason not due for release until 15th August , however due to the sad passing of Harry Patch the last WW1 soldier we have decided to put it up with a special slide show to honour him and all those who fought so we could enjoy our freedom...
The Godfathers of Britpop THE MEMBERS (Sound of the Suburbs,Solitary Confinement,Rat up a Drainpipe,Off Shore Banking Buisiness,Working Girl etc)are at the Talking Heads Portswood Road , Southampton this Friday Supported by Night of Treason playing some classic Punk and some Classic original soon to be recorded killer tunes , tickets are £10 adv or £12 on the door or send us a message to reserve from us and go on the door list and pay only £10 instead of £12 easy innit!!! Doors at 7.30pm.
Hey! Hope you enjoy our song! We are working on it for people who like to dance, so if you like to dance don't forget to remember this hahaha That is it! have a nice week babe! ;D
Click the image to order a free copy of Topplers Records latest compilation CD featuring an amazing selection of bands from 1977 to the present day. Swell Maps, Nyah Fearties, Thrilled Skinny, Jowe Head & Phones Sportsman, Paul Groovy, Steve Treatment, The Cult Figures, Nikki Sudden... and more!..
All you pay is the postage... get it while stocks last!!!
Thanks for being our friend! we want to share our music with everyone, and in case you aren't already familiar. you will like it. we promise. they are jams for this generation. from outerspace. with an affinity for diana ross & ye-ye girls & britpop. oh... & bacarach. written and performed by us, a couple of space cadets originally from new jersey. we will run into you sooner or later we hope. and thanks again!
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"6" (Six Singles) 1. Do You Really 2. Sister 3. No one's Gotta Know 4. Shake 5. My House Your House Mine 6. Still Only You
23 19 (AAA side SINGLE) 1. 23 19 2. You Can Take Me 3. Sour Apples (Fat Lip Remix)
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