Edinburgh Indie Pop - A Cabinet Of Curiosities This usually sums up good old British weather, but what a song to cheer you up! A really feel good and catchy jangle pop tune. Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes were formed in Scotland and part of the Indie Pop scene of the mid 80's, this was their second single 'The Rain Fell Down'. The song was originally released in March 1987 on the Independent Scottish label 'Narodnik' and also appeared on…

Eternally Screaming 'How I Wish' by UK Post Punk band Eternal Scream, released in 1981. From Hertfordshire, as far as I can see their only other release was 'Hypocrite' a year before in 1980 on the Eternal Records label, which I can only assume was a self-financed release. The B Side 'Action In My Life' in a similar vein to 'How I Wish' i.e. fairly good early post punk in the Joy Division kind of way. The track 'Hypocrite' is…

Motör-Head Blown Away The very first gig I ever went to on June 4th 1983 at the Hammersmith Odeon at the tender age of 15, it blew my head off! I couldn't hear a thing for about a week, but it was well worth it, they were fantastic! Another Perfect Tour and also.... ...Another Perfect Day. The album was released in 1983 on the independent Bronze Record label set up by Gerry Bron who also also ran London's 'Roundhouse Studios'.

And They've Never Heard Of Love Starting off as Mandy Doubt as a backing singer for r&b/punk band The Drug Addix (originally called The Tooting Frooties) in 1978. The bands E.P. 'Make A Record' was released on Independent label Chiswick Records. They were: They were hopefuls trying to make it successful, but when the single hit Dave Robinson's desk at Stiff Records he was more taken with Kirsty's vocals than the rest of the band and she was snapped up.

The Salisbury Indie Scene Indie Rock/Pop/Jangle later-comers The Mayfields with 'All You Ever Say'. I guess coming in at the tail end of the C-86 scene, but none the less they had a great sound. The band were fairly short lived lasting only a couple of years and were from Salisbury. They formed in 1987 and were part of the C-86 Indie Pop Scene, they initially released a two track shared Flexi disc along with other Salisbury band The Badgemen…