 Andrea Lewis - Vocals Born: 25th March 1967 |
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Harley Farr - Guitar Born: 4th July 1964 |
Bloss - Drums Born: ??? |
Chris McDonogh - Bass Born: 6th March 1962 |
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Jimmy Hughes - Drums Born: ??? repl Bloss 1990 |
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Andrea Lewis - Vocals Born: 25th March 1967 |
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Harley Farr - Guitar Born: 4th July 1964 |
Bloss - Drums Born: ??? |
Chris McDonogh - Bass Born: 6th March 1962 |
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Jimmy Hughes - Drums Born: ??? repl Bloss 1990 |
Formed in Cardiff, Wales in 1986, The Darling Buds were part of the brief "Blonde" period of UK indie music, along with their more commercially successful contemporaries The Primitives. Basically the trend was for a band to have a blonde female singer backed by a load of blokes wearing black and trying to look moody.
Blonde was one of those movements made up by the music press, much like the more recent New Wave of New Wave, Romo and of course Britpop...
After releasing their debut single on their own label, the group signed to Native in 1987. They received a lot of airplay on John Peel's Radio 1 show, and were championed in the press by Chris Roberts of the Melody Maker.
At the height of "Blonde" in 1988 the band were signed up by by Epic and had moderate chart success with a top thirty single and album. They even managed a few appearances on Top Of The Pops.
Then it all went wrong...
Bloss left in 1990 and was replaced by Jimmy Hughes who had previously been the drummer in Black. The band then decided to go for a more sophisticated style with their second album and never really regained their previous popularity. The third and final album "Erotica" was released in 1992 but caused hardly a ripple amongst the music press, even though it was released a few weeks before Madonna's album of the same title. The band then toured the States for a year but decided to call it a day after getting throughly fed up with the music business.
Where are they now ?
Andrea has since moved into acting and has toured with a local theatre company. She has also presented a music show called "The Slate" for BBC Wales.
But as for the rest of the band, who knows ?
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If I Said - Darling Buds February 1987  If I Said, Just To Be Seen (7" only ?) |
It's All Up To You - Native ntv 33 ??? 1988  It's All Up To You, Think Of Me That's The Reason (12") Spin (7" limited edition) |
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Shame On You - Native bud 1 March 1988  Shame On You, Valentine Uptight (12") |
Burst - CBS BLOND1 September 1988  Burst, Big Head Shame On You (12"/CD) |
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Hit The Ground - CBS BLOND2 December 1988  Hit The Ground, Pretty Girl If I Said (12"/CD) |
Pop Said - Epic 462894 2 January 1989  Hit The Ground, Burst, Uptight, The Other Night, Big Head, Let's Go Round There, She's Not Crying, Shame On You, You've Got To Choose, Spin, When It Feels Good, The Things We Do For Love |
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Let's Go Round There - CBS BLOND3 March 1989  Let's Go Round There, Turn You On Different Daze, It's All Up To You (12"/CD) |
You've Got To Choose - CBS BLOND4 July 1989  You've Got To Choose, Mary's Got To Go I'll Never Stop (12"/CD) |
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Tiny Machine - CBS BLOND5 May 1990  Tiny Machine, Me? Satisfied? Tiny Machine (Hercules Mix), Sugar City (CD) |
Crystal Clear - CBS August 1990  Crystal Clear, Tiny Machine Tripped Up (12"/CD) |
Crawdaddy - Epic
September 1990 It Makes No Difference, Tiny Machine, Crystal Clear, Do You Have To Break My Heart, You Won't Make Me Die, A Little Bit Of Heaven, Fall, Honeysuckle, So Close, The End Of The Beginning |
It Makes No Difference - Epic February 1991  It Makes No Difference, Off My Mind Love & Death, If (12"/CD) |
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Sure Thing - Epic 65821527 August 1992  Sure Thing, Baby Head Suffer, What Goes Around (12"/CD) |
Erotica - Epic September 1992  One Thing Leads To Another, Sure Thing, Off My Mind, Gently Fall, Please Yourself, Angels Fallen, Isolation, Long Day In The Universe, Wave, If |