The Soft Boys were an influential neo-psychedelia rock and roll band from Cambridge, England often associated with the early Punk rock movement. Neo-Psychedelia (aka modern psychedelic rock, psy, psych) is the product of the Psychedelic rock explosion of the 1960s Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England The band formed in 1976 as Dennis and the Experts and featured Robyn Hitchcock (main songwriter and singer), who later went on to a distinguished solo career, and Kimberley Rew (lead guitarist), later of Katrina and the Waves. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born March 3, 1953) is an English Singer-songwriter and guitarist Kimberley Rew is an English Rock and roll Singer-songwriter and guitarist Katrina and the Waves were a Pop rock band of the 1980s, best known for their 1985 hit " Walking on Sunshine " and their 1997 Eurovision
Original members were Robyn Hitchcock (guitar), Rob Lamb (guitar), Andy Metcalfe (bass), and Morris Windsor (drums). Alan Davies replaced Lamb in 1977, Rew replaced Davies in 1978, and Matthew Seligman replaced Metcalfe in 1979. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The band broke up in 1980 after Underwater Moonlight. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) They briefly re-formed for a UK tour in 1994 and then again in 2001 for the 20th anniversary of Underwater Moonlight and the release of a new album, Nextdoorland (in 2002). Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. They disbanded once again in 2003.
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Discography
Albums
- Give It To The Soft Boys (EP) (1977)
- A Can of Bees (LP) (1979) (reissued as CD 1992)
- Underwater Moonlight (LP) (1980) (reissued as CD 1992)
- Near the Soft Boys (EP) (1980)
- Two Halves for the Price of One (LP) (1981)
- Invisible Hits (LP) (1983) (reissued as CD 1992)
- Live at the Portland Arms (cassette) (1983) (reissued as LP 1988)
- Wading Through a Ventilator (EP) (1984)
- Raw Cuts (CD EP) (1989)
- 1976-81 (2 CD) (1993)
- Underwater Moonlight. Underwater Moonlight is a 1980 Album by English band The Soft Boys. . . And How It Got There (2 CD) (2001)
- Nextdoorland (CD) (2002)
- Side Three (CD EP) (2002)
Singles
- "(I Want to Be an) Anglepoise Lamp" b/w "Fatman's Son" (45) (1978)
- "I Wanna Destroy You" b/w "Old Pervert" (45) (1980)
- "Only the Stones Remain" b/w "The Asking Tree" (45) (1981)
- "Love Poisoning" (45) (1982)
- "He's a Reptile" b/w "Song No. 4" (45) (1983)
- "The Face of Death" b/w "The Yodelling Hoover" (45) (1989)
External links
- Fegmania!, Robyn Hitchcock archive, and home of the web's main Robyn Hitchcock discussion group, Fegmaniax!
- VegetableFriends, the original Syd Barrett - Robyn Hitchcock Discussion Group
- The Glass Hotel
- The Soft Boys collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
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