- Silverfish (band)
Silverfish were a UK-based
indie rock band, which formed in the late 1980s, and first performed in Camden in 1988. The band split up in 1993.Their female lead singer was Scottish-born
Lesley Rankine . The band had a high octane, indie punk metal sound that was set alight by Rankine's distinctive vocals and strongly feminist views. Famous lyrics "Hips, Tits, Lips, Power" adorned a popular T-shirt of the time.The other members of the band were;
guitar ist Andrew "Fuzz" Duprey;bassist Chris P Mowforth ; anddrum merStuart Watson . Founding member Fuzz was a regular "face" at London indie gigs of the time, and is now a regular DJ at the Dublin Castle pub in Camden Town, London. The band stood out from many of their scene-contemporaries with a lineup that was mixed in terms of both gender and ethnicity and a setlist that was more liberally strewn with expletives than that of anyone else.The band's 1980s EPs were collected in a 1990 compilation
album called "Cockeye". The following year, they released their debut album, "Fat Axl", and toured with the bandPigface . In 1992, the group gained wider acclaim with their second album, "Organ Fan" and supported the band7 Year Bitch . During the broadcast of a Peel session, BBC Radio1 DJ John Peel summed up their level of success: "If they were from New York, we'd be mad for them of course."When the band split up in 1993, Rankine moved to
Seattle and formed the band Ruby withMark Walk .Noteable Live Shows
* 1990 at St. Andrews Hall (Detroit, MI) with
Pigface (NOTE: Leslie wore a "The KLF " t-shirt)Releases
Albums
* Cockeye (mini album) (1990)
* Fat Axl (1991)
* Organ Fan (1992)EPs
* Dolly Parton (1989)
* T.F.A. (1990)
* Fuckin' Driving Or What? (1991)
* Silverfish With Scrambled Eggs (1992)
* Crazy (1993)
* Damn Fine ep (1993)
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