THE FANS
NEW RELEASES FROM 1977 RECORDS TO COINCIDE WITH THE JAPANESE TOUR DATES
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THE FANS
Special New Release – never before available previously unreleased studio tracks:
1977-S065
THE FANS – You Used To Be 7″(No Sleeve). 3 tracks inc. Rare unreleased studio tracks.
This is just selling at 1977 online shop now!
Ltd 300 copies!Price=1,500 Yen
Buy from: http://www.myspace.com/1977records
Re-released for the second time
1977-S024
THE FANS – You Don’t Live Here Anymore 7″
Re-issued by License from The Fans
We’re selling 100 copies limited colour vinyl now!
Ltd 300 copies!
Price=1,500 Yen
Buy from: http://www.myspace.com/1977records
Re-released for the second time
1977-S024
THE FANS – Givin’ Me That Look 7″
Re-issued by Licensed
We’re selling 100 copies limited colour vinyl now!
Ltd 300 copies!
Price=1,500 Yen
Buy from: http://www.myspace.com/1977records
The band also have two tracks available on the soon to be released:
The Best of Fried Egg Records (Bristol 1979-1980) ARC119
You can pre-order the cd now from Play.com, HMV.com, Amazon.com
Released 1st Feb 2010
The Fans were formed in 1978 in Bristol, England. The Bristol music scene was humming at the time and The Fans very quickly became not only one of the city’s premier bands but also of the UK. The band were enthralled by the same vision of creating quality songs at a speed which reflected the genre of the time.
The principal song writer was George, who had already had chart success with his earlier band George and the Dragons. Rob had already had considerable success with Uncle Po, whose members included Gavin King on vocals (later to form The Private Dicks) and Helen O’Hara (later to join Dexy’s Midnight Runners on violin). The Fans first single was an EP released in 1979 on the newly formed Fried Egg record label – “Givin’ Me That Look In Your Eyes” c/w “Stay The Night” and their version of the Jim Reeve’s song “He’ll Have To Go”. Following great success, their second single was released on Fried Egg in 1980 with the songs “You Don’t Live Here Anymore” c/w “Following you”.
At this point the band secured a major publishing deal but internal frictions about musical direction caused the band to split. George ,Barry and Rob continued to play together for a short while under the name of The Trainspotters, recording an unreleased single “Hold ‘Im Joe”. Barry went on to follow a solo career as a singer songwriter. George moved to France, where he still lives, playing solo and band gigs around the country. Rob went on to play with The Tropics, Tropical Hearts, MHW and Wise Children (www.myspace.com/wisechildrenband). as well forming The Skull Academy.
Tony became a much sought after session drummer. Both The Fans singles were picked up by Japanese indie label 1977 Records and re-released in 2001. A CD album containing the singles, demos and live recordings from a Bristol gig was released on 1977 Records in 2004. Most recently, top Japanese metal/punk band Brahman have recorded a version of “You Don’t Live Here Anymore” which is to be released on their 4th album “Antinomy” in February 2008.
Tour Dates:
16/4/2010 PEPPERLAND OKEYAMA JAPAN
17/4/2010 BEAT STATION HUKUOKA JAPAN
18/4/2010 RED CLOTH SHINJUKU TOKYO JAPAN
19/4/2010 RED CLOTH SHINJUKU TOKYO JAPAN
More details can be found at:
http://www.myspace.com/thefansuk
