The Manchester band that mixed sharp guitars with danceable grooves, starting in 1977.
For their blend, start with 'Do The Du' from that first album. 'Crippled Child' shows how they kept that tension between sharpness and groove alive years later.
They arrived with a sound that didn't fit neatly into either punk or disco. Tracks like 'Do The Du' and 'All Night Party' from their 1980 debut had that post-punk edge but moved with a funk rhythm section. That combination, angular guitars over danceable basslines, became their signature, and you can hear it in later songs like 'The Big Emotion' too.
They formed in Manchester in 1977 with Peter Terrell, Paul Davis, Jeremy Kerr, and Simon Topping. Producer Martin Hannett shaped their early sound on 'The Graveyard and the Ballroom' in 1980, and they've kept releasing records since, including 'Good Together' in 1989 and 'Mind Made Up' in 2019, with lineup shifts along the way.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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