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The Mexican Spitfires were a Sydney Australia based indie rock/indie pop band formed in suburban Strathfield in the Strathfield Municipality in the mid 1980s.The band formed in 1986 and the original line up consisted of Tim O'Reilly on bass and vocals, Michael Quinlan on rhythm guitar and vocals, Stephen McCowage on lead guitar, Price Conlan on drums; however, O'Reilly, Quinlan and McCowage had previously played together in the psychedelic 1960s styled indie-pop band Prince Vlad & the Gargoyle Impalers. Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ...
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ...
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ...
Strathfield is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, a significant centre in Sydneys Inner West. ...
The Municipality of Strathfield is a Local Government Municipal Area of New South Wales, Australia, near Sydney. ...
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Tim OReilly is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who played bass guitar with the early 80s Sydney-based psychedelic band Prince Vlad & the Gargoyle Impalers, played bass guitar and sang with the 1980s Australian indie rock band The Mexican Spitfires and later sang with the Australian gospel choir...
Michael Quinlan was the lead singer of the Sydney-based indie pop/psychedelic 60s inspired Prince Vlad & the Gargoyle Impalersand vocalist and rhythm guitarist with the Sydney-based Australian indie pop/indie rock band The Mexican Spitfires. ...
Stephen McCowage Stephen McCowage is a songwriter and guitarist. ...
Price Conlan Price Conlan played drums with the Australian 1980s indie rock band The Mexican Spitfires ...
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Prince Vlad & the Gargoyle Impalers Prince Vlad & the Gargoyle Impalers were a Sydney-based indie rock psychedelic band active in the early to mid-80s. ...
History The Mexican Spitfires were a quintessential inner-city/suburban Sydney band with an evocative collection of songs about Sydney. Their songs dealt with typical aspects of daily life, such as: An inner city is the central area of a major city. ...
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Similar lyrical territory was also being covered by Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls and John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong. Redfern is a surname, and may refer to Harry Redfern, British architect Jamie Redfern, Australian pop singer Jeff Redfern, fictional character from Doonesbury Nick Redfern, British ufologist Rick Redfern, fictional character from Doonesbury William Redfern, early Australian surgeon See also Redfern, New South Wales coitus interruptus - to get off at...
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Blessed with three prolific songwriters in O'Reilly, Quinlan and McCowage, the band had no shortage of original material and right from the first performance, set lists consisted predominantly of original material. Harking back to their earlier experiences in Prince Vlad & the Gargoyle Impalers, the band displayed a certain 60s pop sensibility with strong harmonies from Quinlan and O'Reilly and covered songs such as The Beatles If I Needed Someone and The Monkees Mary Mary. Prince Vlad & the Gargoyle Impalers Prince Vlad & the Gargoyle Impalers were a Sydney-based indie rock psychedelic band active in the early to mid-80s. ...
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In July 1986, The Mexican Spitfires played their first gig to a packed audience at the Lismore Hotel, located on Pitt Street in Sydney. They were discovered by Red Eye Records that same night and were subsequently signed to a record deal by that label. The band's debut 6-track 12-inch EP Lupe Velez was released in 1988. The EP was produced by Jon Schofield of the Coloured Girls, engineered by Phil Punch, and featured the extraordinary keyboard talents of Russell Parkhouse (ex-The Riptides). The first EP was an immediate success on the independent charts, moving straight into the top 5 in Sydney and scoring the band significant airplay on 2JJ (now 2JJJ), particularly for the songs Sydney Town, You Can't Run and Town Hall Steps. Lupe Velez received favourable reviews in English music magazine NME and in the Australian music press. Sydney based Australian independent Red Eye Records was started in 1985 by graphic designer John Foy. ...
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// Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single but are too short to qualify as albums. ...
Jon Schofield is an Australian musician (bass guitar and vocals) who has played in a range of bands from indie rock 60s inspired bands like Grooveyard to the Coloured Girls aka The Messengers of Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls fame. ...
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Not to be confused with the Canadian music magazine Music Express The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. ...
According to London based rock critic Andrew Mueller as quoted in the "Who's Who of Australian Rock" the Mexican Spitfires produced , This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
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"Impressive songs in the Kelly/Kennedy vein with a slightly English sounding pop touch."
The EP was also favourably received in Germany and Italy, where You Can't Run received significant airplay on Radio Marte, Radio Luna and Radio Delfino in Catania. Fittingly, the video for the song, Sydney Town made its debut on SBS's legendary world music show Rock Around The World before being featured on ABC's Rage. The band also performed Ivy Street on the Network TEN programme Ridgey Didge. Radio Luna is a radio station in Montenegro. ...
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After the success of their debut, The Mexican Spitfires returned to the Electric Avenue Studio of Phil Punch to record their second 6-track 12-inch EP Elephant during 1989 and 1990. Unfortunately, that EP has not been released in any format, despite interest from indie pop labels such as Catania's No Tyme Records. The name Electric Avenue may refer to any of the following: A song written by Eddy Grant The household appliance department at the now defunct Montgomery Ward chain of U.S. department stores A roadway in several places, including Seal Beach, California, and Brixton, U.K A dance club in...
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Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ...
Only two tracks, Sydney Town and You Can't Run (Forever), have ever been released on a CD as of the date of this entry. The two tracks are featured on the compilation of Red Eye Records artists Asides and Besides:The First Five Years, whilst Sydney Town is featured on the Sony Music double CD compilation Somewhere in Sydney: 30 Songs from the Harbour City, which was released in 2000 to coincide with the Sydney Olympic Games; however, at the date of this entry, both of those compilation CDs are out of print. ...
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During the mid to late 1980s, The Mexican Spitfires played most of the legendary Sydney pubs of the time, such as: the Hopetoun, the Sandringham Hotel in Newtown (aka the "Sando"), Paddington Green, and Harold Park. In 1988, they toured Melbourne with other Red Eye acts The Crystal Set,Curious (Yellow) and The Bhagavad Guitars. The band also played with other bands such as: The Triffids, Roaring Jack, Penguins On Safari (later The Whitlams), The Wet Taxis, The Last Metro, The Upbeat, Billy Baxter (musician) and The Hollowmen and John Kennedy of John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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Following McCowage's departure in 1989, C.T. Wally O'Cool joined the band on lead guitar. That line up supported The Proclaimers on the Sydney and Canberra leg of their 1989 tour supplemented by Dominic Killalea of The Upbeat filling in on drums. O'Reilly has since gone on to perform with the Sydney Gospel Music choir The Elementals and recorded Live At The Basement. The Proclaimers are a Irish band composed of identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid. ...
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Whilst The Mexican Spitfires have not played live as a band since early 1989, their music continues to be featured on radio stations like 88.1 FM WMBR Cambridge, MA, and fans of their music can be found in Australia, Japan, Germany, Italy and the USA. WMBR is the MIT-run student broadcasting station. ...
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Discography - Lupe Velez (12" EP, 1988)
featuring the songs:
Sydney Town, You Can't Run (Forever), and Until, written by Quinlan.
Town Hall Steps, Ivy Street written by O'Reilly.
Rookwood, written by McCowage.
- Elephant (12" EP, 1990, unreleased)
featuring the songs:
Roy, Fallen Down, Long Time, written by Quinlan.
She, Desperate Ways, Just Like Any Man, written by O'Reilly.
Compilations - Somewhere in Sydney: 30 songs from the Harbour City (Compilation CD, 2000)
features Sydney Town. - Asides & Besides: The First Five Years (Compilation CD, n.d.)
features Sydney Town and You Can't Run(Forever)
Further reading - "Who's Who Of Australian Rock" Chris Spencer, 2nd ed.,1989 The Five Mile Press
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