Finish The Story

Finish The Story

Finish The Story were formed in Evesham (UK) in 1981. The original members were Nicola Mumford, Garry Smout and Peter Bright (aka This Window). Finish The Story were very much a part of the 'Evesham Scene' which included bands The Photos and The Dancing Did

Formed as a cathartic reaction to the death of Nicola's boyfriend, Stuart Dyke, who was tragically killed in a car crash in 1981. Stuart was the bass player with The Dancing Did . Tim Harrison the singer with The Dancing Did invited Nicola to put her angst into words and music and support his band at their next gig. With only a handful of songs, a home-made video and under rehearsed, Finish The Story appeared for a one-off gig at The Phoenix Club, in Great Malvern (UK) as the support act for The Dancing Did

In the audience was freelance journalist Mick Mercer who was there to review the main act for Record Mirror (Finish The Story were given a rave review). A review of the same gig appeared in ZigZag (magazine) written by Sara Jones who said,

"Finish The Story's debut gig was better than the second coming of Jesus Christ."

With only a few gigs to their credit they supported The Cure at Hammersmith Odeon. Other bands they have appeared with include Blurt and And Also The Trees. Headlining in towns and cities like London, Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter. Finish The Story refused to compromise making signing to a record label virtually impossible. Their artistic intensity ultimately forced them apart, they were a live performance band and even with the support of music journalists there was only one inevitable conclusion and that was to split up and go their separate ways.

Their first release was on Gunfire and Pianos (SITU 17) released by ZigZag/Situation Two

Articles

*Review of gig in Bristol by Dave Massey in Sounds (magazine) July 2nd 1983 [http://finishthestory.co.uk/images/SoundsReview.pdf]
*Interview in 'Women In Rock' published by The Daily Mirror [http://finishthestory.co.uk/images/WomenInRock.pdf] 1983
*Review and interview with the BBC in 2005. [http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/09/26/finish_the_story_profile_group.shtml] There is a link on this page to an audio clip of the interview.
*Collection of a few reviews and quotes. [http://www.pagemonger.com/id2.html]

External links

*Band website which includes the early DIY videos shot on a domestic VHS video camera which were shown before their gigs in 1981 [http://www.finishthestory.co.uk website]
*List of releases in Europe on Discogs.com [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Finish+The+Story]


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