Rote Kapelle (band)

Rote Kapelle
Background information
Origin Edinburgh, Scotland
Genres Post punk, indie pop
Years active early 1980sā€“1988
Labels In-Tape
Associated acts Jesse Garon And The Desperadoes, The Shop Assistants, The Fizzbombs, The Stayrcase
Past members Andrew Tully
Margarita Vasquez-Ponte
Chris Henman
Ian Binns
Malcolm Kergan
Jonathan Muir

Rote Kapelle were a post punk/indie pop band from Edinburgh, Scotland, active during the 1980s. The band members included musicians who were also members of Jesse Garon And The Desperadoes, and The Shop Assistants.

History

The band was formed in the early 1980s by Andrew Tully (vocals) and Marguerite Vasquez-Ponte (vocals), both of whom would also form Jesse Garon and the Desperadoes, with Chris Henman (guitar), Ian Binns (keyboards, also a member of The Stayrcase), Malcolm Kergan (bass), and Jonathan Muir (drums).[1] The band's debut release was The Big Smell Dinosaur EP in late 1985, after which they were signed by Marc Riley's In-Tape label.[1] Tully described the band's sound in 1987 as a blend of noisy post-punk and anorak pop.[2] Vasquez-Ponte was also a member of a third band, The Fizzbombs, alongside the Desperadoes' Angus McPake and The Shop Assistants' former drummer Ann Donald.[1] They released two further singles and two more EP's, one of which featured tracks from their Peel Session, before splitting when Vasquez-Ponte joined the re-formed Shop Assistants.[1] An LP, No North Briton, was released in 1990.

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Strong, Martin C. (1999) "The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", Canongate, ISBN 0-86241-913-1
  2. ā†‘ Pake, Trevor (1987) "Rote Kapelle", Underground, December 1987 (Issue 9), p. 35
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