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Marine Girls Origin Hertfordshire, England Genres Post-punk, indie pop Years active 1980–1983 Labels Whaam!
Cherry Red
Cooking VinylAssociated acts Everything But The Girl
Grab Grab the HaddockWebsite Label Page Past members Tracey Thorn (1980-1983)
Jane Fox (1980-1983)
Alice Fox (1981-1983)
Gina Hartman (1980-81)Marine Girls were a post-punk group from Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The group was formed in 1980, by two sixth form school friends: Tracey Thorn and Gina Hartman. Originally, Thorn just played guitar and Hartman was the lead vocalist and percussionist. Thorn overcame her shyness and started singing too by the time they started making records. They were later joined by Jane Fox on bass and her younger sister, Alice, on joint vocals and percussion.
History
Contemporaries of acts such as Young Marble Giants and The Raincoats, the group applied the DIY ethic of the time to record a self-produced and self-released cassette called A Day By The Sea. They went on to record an album Beach Party which was recorded in a garden shed and released on In-Phaze then re-released by Dan Treacy of Television Personalities for his label Whaam! Records. In October 1981, Thorn moved to Hull to attend university, and Hartman left the band in 1981 to pursue other musical projects whilst the Fox sisters both went on to art school in Brighton. The group still performed together and released a second album, Lazy Ways, in April 1983.
From 1982, Thorn concentrated on her studies and her growing personal and professional relationship with fellow Hull student Ben Watt. As Everything But The Girl, their first single included a re-recording of the Marine Girls song, "On My Mind".
Marine Girls formally disbanded in 1983. Thorn achieved success with Everything But The Girl, while the Fox sisters recorded as Grab Grab the Haddock.
Beach Party was named as one of Kurt Cobain's 50 favourite albums in his diaries. The two albums were reissued as a "two-fer" on CD by Cooking Vinyl in 1997.
Marine Girls recorded two Peel Sessions. Their first one contains five songs; "Don't Come Back", "Love To Know", "He Got The Girl", "Fever" and "A Place in the Sun".
Their second Peel Sesssion contains four songs; "Lazy Ways", "That Day" (otherwise unavailable by Marine Girls although reworked by Grab Grab the Haddock), "Seascape" (otherwise unavailable by Marine Girls although reworked by Tracey Thorn for her debut solo album A Distant Shore) and a cover version of "Love You More" by Buzzcocks. Thorn doesn't sing on this Peel Session.
Discography
Year Title Type UK Indie Chart Position December 1981 "On My Mind" / "The Lure Of The Rockpools" Single March 1982 Beach Party Album #29 February 1983 "Don't Come Back" / "You Must Be Mad" Single #21 April 1983 Lazy Ways Album #4 External links
Studio albums Extended plays Opposites EP • You Are A Lover EPSingles "Plain Sailing" • "It's All True" • "Raise the Roof" • "Grand Canyon" • "King's Cross" • "Oh, the Divorces!" • "Why Does the Wind?"Collaborations "Venceremos (We Will Win)" with Working Week • "The Paris Match" with The Style Council • "Head Full of Steam " with The Go-Betweens • "Big Snake" with Lloyd Cole and the Commotions • "Over the Rainbow" with James McMillan • "Protection" with Massive Attack • "Better Things" with Massive Attack • "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" with Massive Attack • "The Tree Knows Everything" with Adam F • "Damage" with Tiefschwarz • "Overture" with The Unbending Trees • "Yeah! Oh Yeah!" with Jens Lekman • "Without Me" with Tevo HowardRelated articles Everything but the Girl • Marine GirlsEverything but the Girl Ben Watt · Tracey Thorn Discography Everything but the Girl discographyStudio albums Eden • Everything But the Girl • Love Not Money • Baby the Stars Shine Bright • Idlewild • The Language of Life • Worldwide • Acoustic • Home Movies • Amplified Heart • Walking Wounded • TemperamentalCompilation albums Essence & Rare 82-92 • The Best of Everything but the Girl • Back to Mine • Like the Deserts Miss the Rain • Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes • The Platinum Collection • The Works a 3 CD RetrospectiveSingles "Night and Day" • "Each and Every One" • "Mine" • "Native Land" • "When All's Well" • "Angel" • "Come On Home" • "Don't Leave Me Behind" • "These Early Days (remix)" • "I Always Was Your Girl" • "I Don't Want to Talk About It" • "Love Is Here Where I Live" • "Driving" • "Take Me" • "Old Friends" • "Twin Cities" • "Rollercoaster" • "Missing" • "Walking Wounded" • "Wrong" • "Single" • "Before Today" • "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)" • "Five Fathoms" • "Blame" • "Temperamental" • "Lullaby of Clubland" • "Tracey in My Room" • "Corcovado"Other notable songs "I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love"Video albums Related articles Patient • Marine GirlsCategories:- English rock music groups
- British post-punk music groups
- Girl groups
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