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UK reggae band.
Singles
THIS IS LOVERS ROCK (Venture EAR 26) 41 4 5/4/80
EAST BAY RAY
The Dead Kennedys' guitarist on a solo outing.
Singles
TROUBLE IN TOWN (Alternative Tentacles VIRUS 34) 43 2 11/8/84
EASTERHOUSE
A Manchester band, though paradoxically named after a tough Glasgow housing estate. The core was critically-rated songwriter and lead vocalist Andy Perry and his guitarist brother Ivor, though the original line-up split during 1986, and Andy Perry put together a completely new band for the 1989 recordings.
Singles
COMING UP FOR AIR (Easter House EIREX 1) 13 4 12/7/85
WHISTLING IN THE DARK (Rough Trade FIT 164) 2 24 28/12/85
INSPIRATION (Rough Trade FIT 174) 5 13 17/5/86
COME OUT FIGHTING (Rough Trade FIT 204) 18 1 18/3/89
Albums
CONTENDERS (Rough Trade ROUGH 94) 3 9 5/7/86
WAITING FOR THE RED BIRD (Rough Trade ROUGH 124) 18 1 22/4/89
CLINT EASTWOOD & GENERAL SAINT
An often sharp and funny reggae duo from Jamaica, whose material covered the island's social fabric (including the underbelly of Jamaican gangsterism) through a knowing eye.
Singles
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST (Greensleeves OINK 1/GRED 56) 5 15 4/7/81
TRIBUTE TO GENERAL ECHO (Greensleeves GREED 49) 46 1 14/2/81
TALK ABOUT RUN (Greensleeves OINK 2) 26 6 16/1/82
SHAME AND SCANDAL IN THE FAMILY (Greensleeves OINK 3) 13 11 27/11/82
Albums
TWO BAD DJ (Greensleeves GREI 24) 3 37 16/1/82
STOP THAT TRAIN (Greensleeves GREL 52) 5 10 21/5/83
EAT
London-based Gang Of Four/B.A.D.-like band who came originally from Bath. Line-up: Ange Doolittle (vocals), Paul Noble (guitar), Max Noble (guitar), Tim Sewell (bass), and Pete Howard (drums).
Singles
MR. AND MRS. SMACK (EP) (Fiction CIF 1) 15 1 1/7/89
Albums
SELL ME A GOD (Fiction 838 9441) 10 2 21/10/89
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
A seminal band of the 1980s Liverpool scene, fronted by vocalist Ian McCulloch. "Echo" was their original drum machine, present on the Zoo single (their first recording), but dumped therafter as they set their sights on mainstream success.
Singles
THE PICTURES ON MY WALL (Zoo CAGE 004) 24 15 26/1/80
THE PEEL SESSION (Strange Fruit SFPS 060) 7 4 29/10/88
EDDIE & SUNSHINE (see EDDIE MAELOV & SUNSHINE PATTESON)
EEK-A-MOUSE
A larger-than-life Jamaican reggae-rapper and singer. His real name was Ripton Joseph Hilton, and he stood 6ft 7in in his best motormouth stance.
Albums
WAH DO DEM (Greensleeves GREL 31) 12 7 30/1 /82
SKIDIP! (Greensleeves GREL 41) 17 9 21/8/82
THE MOUSE AND THE MAN (Greensleeves GREL 56) 23 2 13/8/83
THE E.F BAND
Swedish heavy metal outfit comprising Bengt Fischer (vocals & guitar), Par Ericson (vocals & bass) and Dave Dufort (drums), formed in 1978. Dufort left to join Angelwitch early in 1981, and was replaced on drums by Dag Eliason.
Singles
SELF-MADE SUICIDE (Redball RR 026) 12 11 23/2/80
NIGHT ANGEL (Aerco EF 1) 42 3 24/5/80
808 STATE
Electro/dance group from Manchester, mixing the talents of Martin Price, Graham Massey, Darren Partington, Andy Barker and Gerald Simpson - the last-named departing in 1989 to form the similarly-styled A Guy Named Gerald.
Albums
NEW BUILD (Creed CREED 001)) 12 2 29/10/88
QUADRASTATE (Creed STATE 004) 2 25 19/8/89
EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN
Futurist/industrial band from West Berlin, formed in 1980 and centering around Blixa Bargeld, who also played bass in Nick Cave's Bad Seeds as a parallel career. The name means "collapsing new buildings" in German.
Singles
YU-GUNG (Some Bizzare BART 12) (12" only) 5 12 30/3/85
Albums
KOLLAPS (Zick Zack 6015 - import) 21 2 10/9/83
STRATEGIEN GEGEN ARCHITEKTUR (Mute STUMM 14) 3 13 4/2/84
HALBER MENSCH (Some Bizzare BART 331) 2 10 19/10/85
FUNF AUF DER NACH OBEN OFENEN RICHTERSKALA (Some Bizzare BART 332) 3 9 25/7/87
HAUS DER LUGE (Some Bizzare BART 333) 16 2 28/10/89
THE EJECTED
A 1980-formed yobbish Oi!/punk trio from Dagenham, Essex whose style was usually ridiculed by the music press. Line-up was Jim Brookes (vocals & guitar), Gary Sandford (bass) and Paul Griffiths (drums).
Singles
HAVE YOU GOT 10p? (EP) (Riot City RIOT 14) 8 10 4/9/82
NOISE FOR THE BOYS (EP) (Riot City RIOT 19) 28 5 5/2/83
PRESS THE BUTTON (EP) (Riot City RIOT 28) 32 4 14/1/84
THE ELECTRIC GUITARS
Bristol quintet formed in 1980, who supported the Thompson Twins on tour in 1981. The Japanese liked them enough to use one of their songs in a TV ad for Suntory whiskey.
Singles
WORK (Recreational SPORT 4) 45 1 14/11/81
THE ELECTRO-HIPPIES
Not so much hippy as high-speed hardcore, this Lancashire band specialised in short, sharp, hammerblow tracks. So much noise from only three of them - Andy (vocals & guitar), Dom (vocals & bass) and Simon (vocals & drums).
Singles
THE PEEL SESSION (Strange Fruit SFPS 042) (12" only) 10 12 12/12/87
Albums
LIVE (Peaceville VILE 013) 7 5 24/6/89
PLAY FAST OR DIE (Necrosis NECRC 001) 19 1 8/7/89
ELECTRONIC
A collaboration between two ostensibly very differently musically-inclined Manchester stars of the 80s - former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and New Order's Bernard Sumner, with Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys as guest vocalist.
Singles
GETTING AWAY WITH IT (Factory FAC 2577) 1 8 16/12/89
THE ELEVATORS
Quintet comprising John Clark (guitar), Zonder Kennedy (guitar), Tom Myers (keyboards), Jerry Ellis (bass) and Willkiam Benjamin (drums).
Singles
YOUR `I'S ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER (Koala KOA 401) 44 1 11/10/80
ELLERY BOP
A tough-imaged Liverpool duo of Irish descent, who displayed a confrontational style with much guitar noise and a thundering beat.
Singles
RINGING (Base Ideas BASE 002) 46 1 27/3/82
JOHN ELLIS
The former guitarist with the Vibrators, who worked solo in a less punk-orientated and more experimentational mode. Today, he is a member of the Stranglers.
Singles
BABIES IN JARS (Rat Race 1 RAT) 34 7 2/2/80
EMERGENCY
Manchester punk group with strong Buzzcocks overtones, who apparently made only one record. The line-up was Dennis, Aky, Chris and Flannel.
Singles
POINTS OF VIEW (EP) (Riot City RIOT 21) 23 4 2/4/83
EMILY
Not a girl but a four-piece band from North Wales.      
Singles
IRONY (Creation CRET 50) (12" only) 22 2 13/2/88
THE ENEMY
Thrash-punks from Derby, comprising Steve O'Donnell, Mark Woodhouse, Mark Herrington and Steve Mellors, the last-named being later replaced by Kevin Lamb. The first band signed to Fall Out, after impressing with a privately produced and recorded EP
Singles
FALLEN HERO (EP) (Fall Out FALL 001) 44 3 15/5/82
LAST RITES (Fall Out FALL 014) 31 3 9/7/83
ENEMY WITHIN
A one-off released at the height of the 1984 miners' strike, with all profits going to the Miners' Solidarity Fund. Mixed by Adrian Sherwood, the single cut up bits of Arthur Scargill speeches into a "rap" over a Keith Le Blanc rhythm track.
Singles
STRIKE (Rough Trade FIT 151) 2 16 15/12/84
THE ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD      
This time they didn't get it right - not in terms of the 1982 World Cup, anyway.      
Singles
THIS TIME (WE'LL GET IT RIGHT)/FLY THE FLAG (England ER 1) 2 10 17/4/82
THE ENGLISH DOGS
A punk band from Grantham, Lincs., who were signed by Clay after playing tour support to G.B.H.
Singles
MAD PUNX AND ENGLISH DOGS (EP) (Clay PLATE 6) 19 6 29/10/83
TO THE END OF THE EARTH (EP) (Rot ASS 17) (12" only) 4 15 8/12/84
Albums
INVASION OF THE PORKY MEN (Clay CLAY LP 10) 3 13 23/6/84
FORWARD INTO BATTLE (Rot ASS 20) 4 9 24/8/85
THE ENID
Classically-inclined art-rockers who came too late to be superstars at the height of the prog rock era, but could still claim an ultra-loyal fan base throughout the 80s.
Albums
THE SPELL (Hyperion ENID 8) 24 3 22/12/84
BRIAN ENO & HAROLD BUDD
Two like-thinking instrumental experimentalists who collaborated twice on album in the 80s.
Albums
THE PEARL (Editions EG EEG 37) 12 6 29/9/84
THE EPILEPTICS
Punk band originally formed in Bishops Stortford, Herts., in 1977, but with a muchchanged line-up by the time they moved to London in the early 80s. After they split, vocalist Colin and bassist Derek went on to form Flux Of Pink Indians and to launch the One Little Indian label.
Singles
LAST BUS TO DEBDEN (Spiderleg SDL 2) 17 3 21/11/81
1970'S (EP) (Spiderleg SDL 1) 21 6 6/2/82
E.P M.D.
Erick Semon and Parrish Smith, a US rap duo from New Jersey, whose initialled name stood for "Erick & Parrish Making Dollars"!
Singles
SO WHAT'CHA SAYING (Sleeping Bag SBUK 11) 14 3 19/8/89
Albums
STRICTLY BUSINESS (Sleeping Bag SLUK LP 1) 10 4 26/11/88
UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Sleeping Bag SBUKLP 8) 5 7 2/9/89
ERASURE
A synth-based pure pop duo comprising former Depeche Mode, Yazoo, etc. keyboards player Vince Clarke, and vocalist Andy Bell. After a slow start, they eventually became one of the most consistent hit acts of the late 80s and early 90s.
Singles
WHO NEED LOVE LIKE THAT (Mute 7MUTE 40) 16 8 28/9/85
HEAVENLY ACTION (Mute 7MUTE 42) 32 6 7/12/85
OH L'AMOUR (Mute 7MUTE 45) 46 2 10/5/86
SOMETIMES (Mute 7MUTE 51) 1 27 25/10/86
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE (Mute MUTE 56) 1 15 21/2/87
VICTIM OF LOVE (Mute MUTE 61) 1 13 23/5/87
THE CIRCUS (Mute MUTE 66) 2 16 26/9/87
SHIP OF FOOLS (Mute MUTE 74) 1 9 5/3/88
CHAINS OF LOVE (Mute MUTE 83) 2 7 18/6/88
A LITTLE RESPECT (Mute MUTE 85) 1 11 1/10/88
CRACKERS INTERNATIONAL (EP) (Mute MUTE 93) 1 14 10/12/88
DRAMA (Mute MUTE 89) 1 7 30/9/89
YOU SURROUND ME (Mute MUTE 99) 3 9 9/12/89
Albums
WONDERLAND (Mute STUMM 25) 4 26 21/6/86
THE CIRCUS (Mute STUMM 35) (for a period from 12/12/87, this was listed as THE CIRCUS / TWO-RING CIRCUS, after reissue in a special edition double-packaged with a second disc of remixes) 1 65 4/4/87
THE INNOCENTS (Mute STUMM 55) 1 29 30/4/88
WILD! (Mute STUMM 75) 1 27 28/10/89
ERAZERHEAD
East London good-time punkers who deliberately spelt their name differently from the David Lynch film to avoid any problem with the distributors. Mainmen were vocalist Lee Dury and songwriter/guitarist Jim Berlin.
Singles
APE MAN (Test Pressing TP 4) 47 4 12/9/81
SHELL SHOCK (Flicknife FLS 208) 25 4 5/6/82
TEENAGER IN LOVE (Flicknife FLS 210) 32 5 4/9/82
LIVE AT KLUB FOOT (EP) (Flicknife FLS 211) 37 5 5/2/83
WEREWOLF (Flicknife FLS 218) 12 6 14/5/83
Albums
THE RUMBLE OF THE EAST (Flicknife SHARP 105) 21 4 6/11/82
THE ESCALATORS
A psychedelic garage-band offshoot of the METEORS, formed by original members of that band Nigel Lewis (vocals & guitar) and Mark Robertson (drums) after they left in 1982. The Meteors themselves had previously recorded in similar mode as the one-off Clapham South Escalators.
Singles
MUNSTERS THEME (Big Beat NS 87) 14 8 10/9/83
Albums
MOVING STAIRCASES (Big Beat WIKM 15) 25 1 10/9/83
E.S.G.
A female trio from the USA whose name was an acronym of their own stage names - Emerald, Sapphire and Gold!
Singles
YOU'RE NO GOOD (Factory FAC 34) 23 6 16/5/81
ESSENTIAL LOGIC
A band formed by singer/saxophonist Lora Logic in 1978, who were one of the acts on the first Rough Trade tour. Other members were Philip Legg (guitar & vocals), Dave Wright (sax), John Oliver (bass) and Rich Tea (drums).
Singles
POPCORN BABY (Rough Trade FIT 029) 24 2 19/1/80
EUGENE (Rough Trade FIT 050) 36 3 29/11/80
MUSIC IS A BETTER NOISE (Rough Trade FIT 053) 48 2 28/3/81
FANFARE IN THE GARDEN (Rough Trade FIT 074) 46 1 27/6/81
Albums
BEAT RHYTHM NEWS (Rough Trade ROUGH 5) 11 1 19/1/80
TERRY EVANS (see BOBBY KING & TERRY EVANS)
THE EVASIONS
One-off studio production featuring a tight dance groove (which became popular in clubs on both sides of the Altantic) with an Alan Whicker impersonator rapping tongue-in-cheek over the top.
Singles
WIKKA RAP (Groove Productions GP 107) 5 13 23/5/81
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
Former Hull University students Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, who teamed up again on a soft-rock revival of a Cole Porter standard following Tracy's "rock band" spell in the Marine Girls. Assumed to be a one-off collaboration, it was the seed of a later international chart-conquering career for the duo.
Singles
NIGHT AND DAY (Cherry Red CHERRY 37) 6 30 19/6/82
THE EX
Abrasive, in-your-face anarcho-activists with surprisingly strong musical abilities, who operated from a squat in Amsterdam, Holland, and cut their hit single in a derelict Dutch factory.
Singles
1936 (SPANISH CIVIL WAR) (Ron Johnson ZRON 11) 6 4 16/8/86
THE EX PISTOLS
This was a recording of some (possibly all) of the original Sex Pistols line-up, salvaged and overdubbed by their original producer Dave Goodman.
Singles
LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY (Virgina/Cherry Red PISTOL 76) 2 13 9/2/85
EX-POST FACTO
Liverpool synth-rock band comprising Chrissie Clarke (vocals), Paul Reason (guitar), Frank Sparks (keyboards), Bernie Carroll (bass) and Mark Coleridge (drums).
Singles
OCEANIC EXPLORERS (EP) (Probe Plus PP 3) 19 8 2/4/83
DANCING CHILD (Probe Plus PP 7) 9 17 10/12/83
Albums
SHE'LL RAPE THE WORLD (Probe/Skysaw PS 2) 20 3 12/1/85
EXILE IN THE KINGDOM      
Singles
FREEDOM / TOTAL DISORDER (Prophet PREFIX 8) 38 5 2/2/85
EXODUS
Speed/thrash metal noisemakers from San Francisco, comprising Paul Baloff (vocals), Rick Hunold (guitar), Gary Holt (guitar), Rob McKillop (bass) and Tom Hunting (drums).
Albums
FABULOUS DISASTER (Music For Nations MFN 90) 15 2 4/3/89
THE EXPELAIRES
Quintet comprising Grape (vocals), David Wilfenden (guitar), Craig Adams (keyboards), Mark Copson (bass) and Carl "Tick" Harper (drums).
Singles
SYMPATHY (DON'T BE TAKEN IN) (Rockburgh ROCS 222) 43 2 3/5/80
THE EXPELLED
Leeds punks inspired by Vice Squad, who also sported a Beki Bondage-type lead singer in Joanne Ball. Other members were Tim Ramsden (guitar), Craig McEvoy (bass) and Rick Fox (drums).
Singles
NO LIFE, NO FUTURE (EP) (Riot City RIOT 8) 16 10 10/4/82
GOVERNMENT POLICY (EP) (Riot City RIOT 17) 15 10 18/12/82
THE EXPLOITED (see also EXPLOITED & ANTI-PASTI)
Edinburgh-based leading protagonists of the Oi!/punk movement, specialising in short, blitzkrieg rants on social and political topics. Fronted by the diminutive but intimidatinglymohicaned vocalist Wattie, they also featured Big John (guitar), Gary (bass) and Dru Stix (drums).
Singles
ARMY LIFE (Exploited EXP 1001) (label of the above changed to Secret SHH 112 during its chart run 6 80 2/8/80
EXPLOITED BARMY ARMY (Exploited EXP 1002) (label of the above changed to Secret SHH 113 during its chart run) 4 53 8/11/80
DOGS OF WAR (Secret SHH 110) 2 35 11/4/81
DEAD CITIES (EP) (Secret SHH 120) 4 16 17/10/81
ATTACK/ALTERNATIVES (Secret SHH 130) 5 10 8/5/82
RIVAL LEADERS (Pax PAX 15) 11 15 29/10/83
JESUS IS DEAD (EP) (Rough Justice KOBE 12102) 12 3 20/9/86
Albums
PUNK'S NOT DEAD (Secret SEC 1) 1 44 16/5/81
EXPLOITED LIVE (Superville EXPLP 2001) 2 17 28/11/81
TROOPS OF TOMORROW (Secret SEC 8) (excluded from the indie chart after 3 weeks when it gained major label distribution through CBS) 1 3 26/6/82
LET'S START A WAR (Pax PAX 18) 8 10 17/12/83
TOTALLY EXPLOITED (Dojo DOJO LP 1) 16 3 22/12/84
HORROR EPICS (Konexion KOMA 788012) 17 3 6/4/85
LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE (Suck SDLP 2) 24 3 1/2/86
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOUR (Rough Justice JUST 6) 16 7 25/7/87
EXPLOITED & ANTI-PASTI
Edinburgh's and Derbyshire's leading punk aggressors on a one-off noise collaboration.
Singles
DON'T LET 'EM GRIND YOU DOWN (Superville EXP 1003) 1 16 5/12/81
EXTREME NOISE TERROR
From Ipswich, Suffolk, a hardcore band whose name perfectly summed up their style, delivered in ultra-short, powerhouse rants. Line-up comprised Dean Jones (vocals), Phil Vane (vocals), Pete Hurley (guitar), Jerry Clay (bass) and Mick Harris (drums).
Singles
THE PEEL SESSION (Strange Fruit SFPS 048) (12" only) 14 5 4/6/88
Albums
HOLOCAUST IN YOUR HEAD (Eruption HURT 1) 7 5 1/4/89
EYELESS IN GAZA
Martyn Bates and Peter Becker, an improvisional synth/vocal duo who took their name from the title of an Aldous Huxley book. Formed in 1980, they split in the middle of the decade when Becker married and moved to Spain. Bates continues to record solo.
Singles
VEIL LIKE CALM (Cherry Red CHERRY 47) 42 4 27/11/82
NEW RISEN (Cherry Red CHERRY 63) 15 6 9/7/83
SUNBURSTS IN (Cherry Red CHERRY 74) 13 7 18/2/84
Albums
PHOTOGRAPHS AS MEMORIES (Cherry Red B RED 13) 19 8 14/3/81
CAUGHT IN A FLUX (Cherry Red B RED 18) 27 1 17/10/81
DRUMMING THE HEARTBEAT (CHERRY RED BRED 36) 26 2 11/9/82
RUST RED SEPTEMBER (Cherry Red B RED 50) 5 6 30/7/83

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