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| Formed: North Wales, 1990, by members of THE
MARGARETS and HELENA'S BOX. Were the dominant
act alongside THE MOISTURE FARMERS in the early 90s.
Style:
Intelligent
cinematic indie sound, influenced by PEARL JAM, but tending towards concept-style
writing which many regarded as a little too pretentious. AUTOPARP
are wry electronica.
Songwriters:
group penned. Trivia: Still
Life Moving was loosely based on the film Don't Look Now. Paralysis
was loosely based on 1984 and Soylent Green amongst other stories.
Recommended: Still Life Moving (*6) / Paralysis (*6) NICKI FISHER - organ, guitar, vocals / KELLY KENT - guitar, vocals (both ex- THE MARGARETS) / ANDY McKAY - bass, vocals / MICHAEL FOX - drums (both ex-HELENA'S BOX / CATHY CARROW) |
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Aug '91 (7" - 7RF1) MOSAIC / OLD AND FURRY | |
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Feb '92 (7" - 7RF2) CAR CRASH VICTIM / DEATH IN VENICE | |
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May '92 (lp - ARF1) STILL
LIFE MOVING
- STILL LIFE MOVING: Driven / Missed Turning / Night Without End / A Bridge Too Far / Car Crash Victim / Still Life Moving / DEATH IN VENICE: Returning to the Scene of the Crime / The Architect / Mistaken Identity / Death In Venice / Mosaic (cd-iss. Feb '03 - ARF1CD) (cd+=)Old and Furry |
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Jul '93 (7" - 7RF3) PARALYSIS / NORTH IS SOUTH | |
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Feb '94 (7" - 7RF4) CRAMP / WE DO NOT SEE | |
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Apr '94 (lp - ARF2) (cd - ARF2CD) PARALYSIS
- North is South / And Mother Makes Two / Youth Culture / Shitwork / Who Are We At War With? / Five Minute Hate* / Autumn Trains / Paralysis / They Took Her Away (But She Still Makes Our Dinner) / Normal Service / We Do Not See / Revolver / Cramp (* = cd bonus) |
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| Group breaks up in 1996, when FOX
leaves
to join DIWYLLIEDIG.
Fisher loses an arm in a road accident in 1999. The remaining three (Fisher, Kent and McKay) buy some old synthesizers and drum machines, and in 2000 become: |
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Nov '01 (7" - 7A1) ANIMATED HISTORIES / CABLE FRIEND | |
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Jun '02 (cd - AA1CD)
ANIMATED
HISTORIES
- The Deal / South Sea Bubble / Animated Histories / Translate / Ethical Foreign Policy / Careless Talk / Cable Friend / Cable Fiend / Great Wars / Mass / Diplomacy / Mass Diplomacy / World Trade / 3WD / Rock the Voter / Women of Britain Say Go / Invade Kamchatka |
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Sep '03 (12" - EWX42030901101) "SEPTEMBER
DOSSIER"
- WMD // Kelly's Heroes / Bush Baby |
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Apr '04 (cds (credit card format) - EWX45040400105)
WAX
WALLET 5
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Jul '04 (cd - EWX30040701102) WHAT
THE BUTLER SAW
- 45 / Bush Baby / Rock Music Blairs / Campbell's Soup / The Adventures of Robin Cook and Short Claire (with John Scarlett) / You Need Hans / 1441 / Operation Desert Island Discs / Castrating Ali / Appletize / I Left My Bag In Baghdad / Guantanam(er)o (Gilligan's Island) / I Wanna Sex U Up / 0898 MOD (Call Kate or Pam for Hot Q&A!) / Chaff / The Secret Diaries of Alistair Campbell (Aged 46) / Do the Sumption / The Order to Do So (WMD) / The Ballad of Susan Watts
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