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Lineup

Rachel Evans (1997-) (E- Vox)
David Charlie Feck (Vocals, Guitar, Keys) (1992-)
M.J. Taylor (2001-) (Percussion)
Jon the Slade (also known as Jon Slade) (Guitar, Keys) (1997-)
Kay Ishikawa (1997-) (Bass)
Blair Cowl (1997-1999) (Guitar, Bass)
Erik Brunulf (2001) (Guitar, Bass)
Chris Aplegren (2002) (Drums)
Jax Coombes (1993-1997) (bass, Keyboards)
Sarah Bleach (1993-1997) (Vocals)
Sam Pluck (1993-1997)(guitar)
Phil Sutton (1992-1997) (drums)
George Wright (1992) (bass)
Darren Smyth (1997-2001) (drums)

Releases

Singles

1994 "Holloway sweethearts" (The kids at the club/ Another weekend/ Goodbye part one / Ipcress time) (7") Soul Static Sound Soul5
1995 "Million and nine" (one sided 7") Wiiija LTD003
1995 "Gettin’ ready" (Baby’s alright/The shining path/ Charlie/ White noise) (7" & CD) Wiiija WIJ46
1996 "Say yes ! (to international socialism)" (Hideaway/ Say yes !/ California/ Sunsets at her window) (7" & CD) Wiiija WIJ50
1997 "Strength"/ "A film by Kenneth Anger"/ "Letting go" (7" & CD) Wiiija WIJ66
1998 "Jack Nance hair"/ "We are all rotten"/ "Record prayer" (7") Mei Mei Records MEI001
1998 "Mailorder Freaks Singles Club 9/98" (If I Had a Soul / He Walked by Night / The Brothers off the Block) (7") Kill Rock Stars KRS323
1999 "Red menace" (Orwell liberty dance/ Young lions devour/ Hands fit/ Germ of youth II) (7") PIAO! PIAO17
2001 "You can hide your love forever"/ "Beatnik" (7") Fortuna Pop Records FPOP26
2006 "Beautiful Despair" (Beautiful Despair/ Never die/ Mainlining mystery) 12" EP What's Your Rupture?
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Albums

1995 "Casino Classics" Wiiija (CD & LP) WIJ42, WIJCD007
(Footstompers/ A million and nine/ Turnpike/ Last night/ Original arrogance/ Another girl/ Music upstairs/ Villain/ Stay with me til morning/ Charlie/ Just fourteen/ Ghost of the Roman empire/ Intergalactic starbed/ Chevron action flash)
1997 "Sneaky" Beggar's Banquet 85009 (unreleased)
(Strip Polka, Strength, Get Yourself Together, Don't Care, Raspberries, Only Happy When I'm Sad, Pussycat, Steps to the Sea, These are the Dreams of the Working Girl, Stripped, Pier Angeli, November, Can't Behave, Allende, Tighten Up)
1997 "Magnetic Poetry" Wiiija WIJLP1054
(Strength/ Raspberries/ Language of the spy/ Steps to the sea/ These are the dreams of the working girl/ Pier Angeli/ Final horses/ Tighten up) Released in the US as "Sneaky" with additional songs from '"Say Yes!" E.P.
1999 "Tigertown Pictures" Fortuna Pop Records (UK) FPOP017 (CD & LP), Kill Rock Stars (US) KRS 436 (CD & LP+7").
(Record collections/ Skinny wolves/ Jack Nance rising/ Deficient love/ Germ of youth – Ghost of sulfate/ Radar/ Transmission lost/ Hate soul/ When you come back I’ll feel like Jesus coming off the cross/ Dreaming of Tigertown/ Saturday night facts of life/ Ballad of the arms of cable hogue/ Jasper Johns/ The final anesthetic)
2002 "Realistes" Milou Studios (UK) 2MILLP, Kill Rock Stars (US) KRS378 (CD & LP)
(The kids at the club/ Why I try to look so bad/ I close my eyes to think of god/ My defiance/ Carry on living/ Moments in the snow/ Ripped-up suit !/ She never understood/ Movies/ Labour/ Don’t fall in love if you want to die in peace/ Réalistes)
2005 "City Fallen Leaves" Track & Field Organisation (UK) HEAT 36, Kill Rock Stars (US) KRS 439
(The fists in the pocket/ Days I forgot to write down/ Daydream scars/ Bored roar/ Seven sisters to Silverlake/ This English melancholy/ The punk got fucked/ The story of the Vivian girls/ Just one summer before I go/ Draw a smile upon an egg/ Fingernailed for you/ Your Robert !/ Gone before we open our eyes/ Right now? No/ The ballad of a mix tape)
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Compilation appearances

1993 Various Artists - "Some hearts paid to lie" 2x7", Featuring "Aliens at war" & "A kind of loving" WIIJA WIJ25
1995 Various Artists - "Heartache fanzine" tape, Featuring "You’ve been gone too long (live)" Heartache 009
1996 Various Artists - "Godz is not a put-on" LP 12"+7", Featuring "Like a sparrow" LISSY'S Liss5
1998 Various Artists - "All done with mirrors" CD, Featuring "Pinstriped rebel" Le Grand Magistery 60005
2000 Various Artists - "A Christmas Gift from Fortuna Pop!" CDEP, Featuring "Asleep on the Snow" Fortuna Pop Records FPOP25
2002 Various Artists - "Fields and streams" 2xCD, Featuring "Look at you now, you’re crying" Kill Rock Stars KRS341
2003 Various Artists - "Everything is ending here (tribute to the Pavement)" 2xCD, Featuring "Ann don’t cry" Homesleep REC2014
2003 Various Artists - "POW! to the people" 2xCD, Featuring "Look at you now, you’re crying" Track and Field
2005 Various Artists - "More Soul Than Wigan Casino" 7" EP, Featuring "If you ever walk out of my life" Fortuna Pop Records FPOP49
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