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The Smirks were an English new wave band from Manchester who played from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Although they failed to meet with commercial success, they built a small but loyal base of fans. They are remembered mostly for a quirky vocal style and for a curious campaign Smirks against Travolta, simultaneously a homage and a parody of Rock Against Racism. The Smirks session for the John Peel show was recorded on 19 April 1978 and broadcast a week later. Despite being more of the new wave/power pop genre, they did support Killing Joke and Joy Division at the ULU gig in London, 1980. Their acrimonious dispute with Beserkley Records, for whom they recorded an album that was never released, is also noteworthy and was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 documentary. The album was finally due to be released in October 2007, but was delayed by the sale of Sanctuary Records to Universal Music and is still awaiting release. (en) The Smirks foi uma banda de punk/new wave e power pop inglesa, nativa de Manchester, que lançou alguns singles entre 1978 e 1979. Malcolm Dome (no texto Cult Heroes No. 40: The Smirks) diz que "The Smirks eram realmente uma banda de Manchester no final dos anos 1970, que teve um senso melódico nervoso para a sua música, aliado a um senso de humor verdadeiro”. Sua página oficial comenta que a formação é: Simon Milner (vocal principal e guitarra) / Neil Fitzpatrick (guitarra principal e vocais) / Ian Morris (baixo e vocais) / Mike Doherty (bateria). Eles, ocasionalmente, tocam também com John Scott, na guitarra e saxofone. (pt) |
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The Smirks foi uma banda de punk/new wave e power pop inglesa, nativa de Manchester, que lançou alguns singles entre 1978 e 1979. Malcolm Dome (no texto Cult Heroes No. 40: The Smirks) diz que "The Smirks eram realmente uma banda de Manchester no final dos anos 1970, que teve um senso melódico nervoso para a sua música, aliado a um senso de humor verdadeiro”. Sua página oficial comenta que a formação é: Simon Milner (vocal principal e guitarra) / Neil Fitzpatrick (guitarra principal e vocais) / Ian Morris (baixo e vocais) / Mike Doherty (bateria). Eles, ocasionalmente, tocam também com John Scott, na guitarra e saxofone. (pt) The Smirks were an English new wave band from Manchester who played from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Although they failed to meet with commercial success, they built a small but loyal base of fans. They are remembered mostly for a quirky vocal style and for a curious campaign Smirks against Travolta, simultaneously a homage and a parody of Rock Against Racism. The Smirks session for the John Peel show was recorded on 19 April 1978 and broadcast a week later. Despite being more of the new wave/power pop genre, they did support Killing Joke and Joy Division at the ULU gig in London, 1980. (en) |
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