From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia East Village (band)
East Village (band)
East Village shine in 1994, giving the band a radio hit with "Silver
Train".
Origin London, England Prices on early East Village releases started to rise steeply
Genres Indie rock and in 2006, Tokyo label Excellent released the first com-
prehensive CD of the bands recordings, and the track "Vi-
Years active 1986–1991
brato" appeared on the CD86 compilation.[3]
Labels Sub Aqua, Heavenly Records
Website Official website Current activity
Members Martin Kelly is joint MD of Heavenly Recordings along-
side Jeff Barrett.
Paul Kelly - Guitar/Vocals
Johnny Wood - Guitar/Vocals Paul Kelly and Spencer Smith played in the Saint Etienne
Martin Kelly - Bass/Vocals touring band during the 90’s before Paul Kelly split to
Spencer Smith - Drums form Birdie with ex-Dolly Mixture member Debsey
Wykes.
Formed in the mid ’80s by two brothers, Martin and Paul Paul Kelly is currently a respected graphic designer, pho-
Kelly, East Village were an indie pop band from Princes tographer and film maker (director of Finisterre and This
Risborough, England. The band’s music, which drew Is Tomorrow ).
heavily on the influence of 1960s guitar bands such as Spencer Smith works alongside Barrett and Kelly at
The Byrds, The Beatles,and Buffalo Springfield[1] was in Heavenly Recordings.
stark contrast to the acid house and rave influenced out- Johnny Wood released a solo album Quite Storm on Excel-
put of their contemporaries. lent in 2006.
Martin and Paul published a book in June 2010 with
History friend Terry Foster entitled ’Fender: The Golden Age
1946-1970’. A detailed study in pictures and text of the
After a year or so as a garage band named Episode Four, early history of Fender musical instruments. Published
the Kelly brothers were joined by Johnny Wood (guitar/ in London, New York and Paris (French edition): Cassell
vocals) in 1984 and Spencer Smith (drums) in 1985, dur- ISBN 1-844-03666-9
ing 1986 they recorded the Strike Up Matches EP released
as a 500 only pressing on the Lenin and McCarthy imprint
that year . By 1987, the band had renamed themselves Discography
East Village and relocated to London where they record-
ed two EPs for Jeff Barrett’s Sub Aqua label, before it fold- Singles
ed in 1989. They also toured extensively, playing a sup- • Cubans In The Bluefields - 7" and 12"EP (Sub Aqua
port tour with The House of Love in 1988 and two tours 1987)
with McCarthy. The collapse of Sub Aqua left the band • Back Between Places - 12"EP (Sub Aqua 1988)
without a deal, and they recorded their debut album us- • Freeze Out - 7" Flexidisc (Caff 1989)
ing money donated by Bob Stanley, a friend of the band • Circles - 12" (Heavenly 1991)
and an admirer of their work.[2] The record was label- • Vibrato - 7" (Summershine 1991)
less for some time until Jeff Barrett (who was setting up • Silvertrain - 7" and CD (Summershine 1993)
the fledgling Heavenly Recordings) picked up on it and • Black Autumn - 7" (Excellent 2003)
paid for its completion. A series of Heavenly label based
gigs with The Manic Street Preachers, Saint Etienne and Albums
Flowered Up ensued, followed by a new single, Circles, in • Drop Out - vinyl and CD (Heavenly, 1993)
1991. The band played a sold out show at the New Cross • Drop Out - vinyl only reissue (Excellent 2003)
Venue in South London but ended the set by splitting up
on stage. The album, Drop Out (1993), was mixed and re- Compilation albums
leased posthumously on Heavenly. A collection of all the
band’s early singles (along with unreleased demos), Hot • Hot Rod Hotel - CD only (Summershine, 1994)
Rod Hotel, was released on the Australian label Summer- • Drop Out - Deluxe Edition - 2 xCD (Excellent 2006)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia East Village (band)
References [2]
[3]
back between places: an east village biography
East Village on TweeNet
[1] East Village at Allmusic
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