Young Marble Giants were a Cardiff post-punk musical trio formed in 1978. Their style featured minimal instrumentation provided by brothers Philip and Stuart Moxham, which supported the coolly plaintive vocals of singer Alison Statton. Very early in their existence, a fourth member was the cousin of Phil and Stuart, Peter Joyce, an electronics whizz, who had made his own synthesiser. This was an impressive touch-sensitive keyboard with a sort of attache-case like box of circuitry. It made sounds a lot like Eno in early Roxy Music, or Kraftwerk. YMG were always keen on the sythesised rhythm machines available at that time (late 1970'2) since they had no drummer. Cardiff (Welsh: Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales. ... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... See also: 1977 in music, other events of 1978, 1979 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 14 - The Sex Pistols played their final show (until a 1996 reunion) at San Franciscos Winterland Ballroom. ...

Whilst signed to UK independent record label, Rough Trade they released two EPs, "Final Day" and "Testcard", and one acclaimed and very influential album entitled Colossal Youth (a reference to the statues implied in their name). A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Rough Trade Records is a British independent record label. ...

The band toured and played in the US, Japan and Europe, and played in San Francisco, Vancouver, New York, Berlin. Touring companions included the band Cabaret Voltaire. Cabaret Voltaire is the name of more than one thing: The original, historic Cabaret Voltaire was situated in Zürich, where it served as the stage for Dada performances. ...

Influences included Eno, Kraftwerk, Neil Young, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, David Bowie, Can and others. The band were acquainted with Scritti Politti, the band of Cardiff native Green Gartside, and ended up signed to the same label, Rough Trade records. It was revealed in the 2003 book Journals that the band were, along with Scotland's The Vaselines, Kurt Cobain's favourite band. Courtney Love's band Hole covered the Young Marble Giants track "Credit In The Straight World". The London Coliseum, home of the English National Opera The English National Opera (ENO) is Londons second opera company, after the Royal Opera at Covent Garden. ... Album cover of Trans-Europe Express (1977). ... For the former Canadian politician see Neil Young (politician) Neil Young with guitar (from the 1991 Weld tour) Neil Young (born November 12, 1945 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has become one of the most respected and influential musicians of his generation. ... Lou Reed Lou Reed (born Lewis Allen Reed on March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York), is a rock and roll singer-songwriter. ... The Velvet Underground and Nico in 1966 (from left to right: John Cale, Nico, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker). ... The reunited band in 2004 – from left: Paul Thompson – drums, Phil Manzanera – guitar, Bryan Ferry – vocals and piano, Andy Mackay – saxophone Roxy Music is a British art-rock group founded in the early 1970s as a collaborative project between art school graduates Bryan Ferry (vocals, keyboards) and Brian Eno (electronic... David Bowie David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947 in London) is a British rock musician and actor. ... Look up Can in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Can may refer to: A usually cylindrically shaped object used for storing other materials, especially liquids and foodstuffs. ... Scritti Politti was a successful British pop music group in 1980s. ... Cardiff (Welsh: Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales. ... Rough Trade Records is a British independent record label. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The Vaselines were an indie rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain(February 20, 1967 – ca. ... Courtney Love Courtney Love (born Love Michelle Harrison on July 9, 1964 in San Francisco, California) was the singer and guitarist for the now-defunct band Hole. ... Hole during the Live Through This era, with lead guitarist Eric Erlandson (left) new bassist Melissa Auf der Maur (second,left), lead singer Courtney Love (second,right), and drummer Patty Schemel Hole was an indie rock band formed in 1989 and (officially) disbanded in 2002, fronted by Courtney Love and...

After the band split up in 1981, Stuart Moxham formed The Gist. Alison Statton formed Weekend. Phil Moxham went on to play bass for The Communards and Everything But The Girl, who were Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn's group. He features on one of their albums. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the pop group The Communards. ... Everything But The Girl are a British two-person band formed in Hull, England in 1982 by lead singer and bassist Tracey Thorn (born September 26, 1962) and guitarist Ben Watt (born December 6, 1962). ... Tracey Thorn (born September 26, 1962) is a British pop singer and songwriter. ...

It was rumoured that the band might reform in 2004 to make new recordings, but this project has not yet surfaced.

Discography

• Testcard EP (1981)
• Colossal Youth (1981)
• Salad Days compilation (2000) - combines Colossal Youth and Testcard tracks

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Singles

• "Final Day" (1980)

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External links

• Cardiffians: the Young Marble Giants Web archive
• Young Marble Giants Lyrics
• SF Bay Guardian article 2/3/05