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The Wedding Present
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Leeds, United Kingdom (1984 – 1997, 2004 – present)
The Wedding Present is a rock group formed in Leeds, UK, 1984. They evolved from the ashes of the Lost Pandas. Their music has evolved from fast-paced indie rock in the vein of their most obvious influences The Fall, Buzzcocks and Gang of Four, to more varied forms.
The Lost Pandas fell apart in 1984 when singer David Gedge’s then girlfriend Janet Rigby, the drummer for the band, left him for guitarist Michael Duane (later of Dustdevils). Gedge and the Pandas’ bass player, Keith Gregory, decided to continue the band, renaming it The Wedding Present.
Gedge had wanted to use the name “The Wedding Present” for ages but was afraid of the perceived similarity with the name of one of his favourite bands, The Birthday Party. By the time the Lost Pandas broke up, however, that band had gone as well and Gedge felt free to name his new band The Wedding Present.
Gedge and Gregory recruited an old schoolmate of Gedge’s, Peter Solowka, to play guitar and auditioned a string of drummers, including Mike Bedford, with whom they recorded a demo tape, before settling on Shaun Charman. The country’s clubs and bars were toured as the band prepared for the recording of their first, self-financed single.
After some consideration, “Go Out And Get ‘Em, Boy!” was chosen over early favourite “Will You Be Up There?”. The A-side features drumming by hired hand Julian Sowa with Charman on its B-side. The single was released on the band’s own Reception Records label with distribution through Red Rhino. Although Reception was only intended to be a vehicle for the release of their own material, it also released a number of singles by This Poison! and CUD.
The Lost Pandas fell apart in 1984 when singer David Gedge’s then girlfriend Janet Rigby, the drummer for the band, left him for guitarist Michael Duane (later of Dustdevils). Gedge and the Pandas’ bass player, Keith Gregory, decided to continue the band, renaming it The Wedding Present.
Gedge had wanted to use the name “The Wedding Present” for ages but was afraid of the perceived similarity with the name of one of his favourite bands, The Birthday Party. By the time the Lost Pandas broke up, however, that band had gone as well and Gedge felt free to name his new band The Wedding Present.
Gedge and Gregory recruited an old schoolmate of Gedge’s, Peter Solowka, to play guitar and auditioned a string of drummers, including Mike Bedford, with whom they recorded a demo tape, before settling on Shaun Charman. The country’s clubs and bars were toured as the band prepared for the recording of their first, self-financed single.
After some consideration, “Go Out And Get ‘Em, Boy!” was chosen over early favourite “Will You Be Up There?”. The A-side features drumming by hired hand Julian Sowa with Charman on its B-side. The single was released on the band’s own Reception Records label with distribution through Red Rhino. Although Reception was only intended to be a vehicle for the release of their own material, it also released a number of singles by This Poison! and CUD.
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Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
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Always the Quiet One
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Give My Love to Kevin
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Anyone Can Make a Mistake
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Shoutbox
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Indyalanjones1 wrote:
Great gig last night in Southampton. You guys are fucking awesome
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Diotor wrote:
el rey is a lot better than take fountain. but it's nowhere near bizarro
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theperfectchair wrote:
El Rey has some good songs, it's just too bad the lyrics are different shades of awful.
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tgodd wrote:
el rey is way better than take fountain but it's not great or anything
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Michael_Montag wrote:
Gedge is God.
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thegerm_germ wrote:
Why isn't El Rey on here?
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WhiteTapes wrote:
(German) review to El Rey now up on WhiteTapes.de - the indie zine http://whitetapes.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/the-wedding-present-el-rey/
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MPS wrote:
Decoration are back with a new album in October - available for preorder from www.decorationmusic.co.uk As is the recent US release of their debut album Don't Disappoint Me Now...retitled for the occasion to Don't Disappoint US Now
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davidleerock wrote:
i personally think el rey is far superior to take fountain!
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essenceoftong wrote:
don't think el rey is anywhere near as good as take fountain but it's still a damn fine album. best track probably boo boo
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mozzermarr wrote:
love el rey..............just a class class band.
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stocktonseadog wrote:
Diotor, show me where 'MP3 Downloads' is on the UKversion of Amazon then?
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tgodd wrote:
new album kind of sucks.. don't know. i haven't given up on it yet.
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Zepatate wrote:
Just bought The Complete Peel Sessions today. Since I got home, the only thing I've done is listening to it. I think I'm in love.
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Cannsaw wrote:
Seamonsters is great
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Diotor wrote:
can't find it on itunes and dont like the look of emusic, and amazon is for US only <-- No, it isn't.
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_KevMusic_ wrote:
Glad to see i'm not the only one who absolutely loves the song Crawl. Must be in my top 3 songs, surely!!! :) Phenomenal. Gotta buy the new album sometime soon then I guess!
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evildarren wrote:
Just got the new album....sounds good on the first listen, but as with most TWP albums it'll need a few plays before I can really say what its like..
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KeithJenner wrote:
"can't find it on itunes and dont like the look of emusic, and amazon is for US only" How can you not like the look of Emusic? Cheap DRM free downloads and if you sign up for a trial you get some free downloads.
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MPS wrote:
It will be on iTunes UK shortly. Should have been on there today..somehow it went onto iTunes US but not UK.
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Events
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Sep
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Lemon Pop
Murcia Parque, Murcia, Spain
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5
Bestival
Robin Hill, Newport, United Kingdom
71 shouts
| 322 attendees
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Sep
18
The Wedding Present
The Casbah, San Diego, United States
1 shout
| 5 attendees
Recent Activity
- klaucy and johannah12 added The Wedding Present to their libraries. 46 minutes ago
- my_throat_hurts added The Wedding Present to the lineup of The Wedding Present at Muziekcentrum TRIX. 8 hours ago
- justjondunn, EASYWINTERED, Rayanata and 10 other people added The Wedding Present to their libraries. 8 hours ago
- Harry68 added The Wedding Present to the lineup of The Wedding Present at Neumo's. Friday morning
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- die-immergute added The Wedding Present to the lineup of The Wedding Present at Paradiso. Tuesday evening
- tonevendor, AliVstfc, pastisser and 9 other people added The Wedding Present to their libraries. Tuesday evening
- livemusicreview added The Wedding Present to the lineup of The Wedding Present at The Ballroom (Marcus Garvey). Monday afternoon
- babySeamaster and joannapeelie added The Wedding Present to their libraries. Monday morning
- brianh44 added The Wedding Present to the lineup of The Wedding Present at Double Door. Sunday afternoon
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