Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie was a late 1980s and early 1990s band which hailed from Edinburgh. It featured Martin Metcalfe as lead vocalist, John Duncan on guitar, Rona Scobie on keyboards, Fin Wilson on bass guitar, Derek Kelly on the drums and most notably, Shirley Manson as a keyboard player and background vocalist. Wilson, Kelly, Metcalfe and Manson would form Angelfish in 1993 in order to fulfill a contractual obligation to Radioactive Records. Metcalfe, Kelly & Wilson continued to play intermittently throughout the 90's under names such as The Filthy Tongues and Fishhead, but have now re-appeared with a new band.....Isa & the Filthy Tongues link title. They were named as the best unsigned band by Rob da Bank on BBC Radio 1 in April 2005, by Karmadownload.com and won best new band on Radio Scotland 3 weeks in a row. Their debut album will be released on May 1st 2006. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ), Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic, is the second-largest city in Scotland and its capital city. ... Shirley Manson performing live Shirley Ann Manson (b. ... Angelfish was an alternative rock band from Scotland. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Radioactive Records is an American record label. ...

A survey of Scottish music fans for Scottish listings magazine The List ranked Goodbye Mr Mackenzie as the 31st best Scottish band, possibly not the greatest tribute to a much underrated act. The List is a Scottish fortnightly entertainment and events guide for Edinburgh and Glasgow. ...

Big John Duncan, formerly of The Exploited and Blood Uncles found another few moments of fleeting fame when he appeared as Derek Clapton (sic) in the Channel 4 comedy-drama The Young Persons Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, as well as a guitarist on a number of Nirvana gigs. The Exploited are a seminal punk rock/thrash group, from the so-called second wave of U.K. punk. ... Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ...

Albums

Good Deeds & Dirty Rags (Capitol) Fish Heads & Tails (Capitol) Hammer & Tongs (Radioactive) Live (On The Day Of Storms)(Blokshok) Five (Blokshok) Jezebel (Blokshok) Good Deeds & Dirty Rags (Razor & Tie) The Glory Hole (Blokshok)

A double live album release on River Records was released in early 2006 and a re-release of Hammer & Tongs on Cherry Red Records at the same time.

Singles

• The Rattler
• Face To Face
• Open Your Arms
• Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
• The Rattler
• Goodwill City
• Love Child
• Blacker Than Black
• Now We Are Married
• Hard (EP)
• Goodwil City (Live)
• The Way I Walk (EP)

External links

• Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie at MusicBrainz