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In 1978-79 Paul Simpson played the
organ for The Teardrop Explodes
and recorded with them a single called
Sleeping Gas.
Simpson left shortly after and was
later replaced by Gerard Quinn
who stayed with Teardrop Explodes
for only two weeks.
In 1981 Jeremy Kelly played
guitar for Systems and
recorded with them a single called
Total Recall.
Later that year Simpson, Quinn and
Kelly joined forces
and became The Wild Swans with the
help of Alan Wills on drums.
In 1982 they recorded the single Revolutionary
Spirit and sessions
for John Peel and David Jensen. Shorly
after they split up.
Gerard joined Peter Coyle's
band The Jass Babies which soon split up.
So Gerard, Peter and Jeremy formed
The Lotus Eaters.
Alan Wills joined The Room and Paul
Simpson joined Ian Broudie
of Big In Japan / Original Mirrors
to become Care.
The Lotus Eaters were joined
by Mike Dempsey
of The Cure / Associates on bass and
Stephen Creese on drums.
They recorded several radio sessions
in 1982 and were signed by Arista Records,
as were Care on the strenght of a
demo they have made for fun!
The Lotus Eaters released The
First Picture Of You in June 1983
and Care released My Boyish Days (Drink
To Me) both on Arista Records.
The First Picture Of You reached
no.15 in the UK charts.
The Lotus Eaters released You
Don't Need Someone New in August '83
and Care released Flaming Sword which
reached no. 48 in the charts.
Early '84, The Lotus Eaters released
Set Me Apart.
Care released Whatever Possessed You
and shortly after they split up.
That year The Lotus Eaters released
their only lp No Sense Of
Sin
and one more single called Out
On Your Own.
Early 1985, The Lotus Eaters released
It Hurts.
Shortly after Jeremy Kelly left and
started working with Paul Simpson.
Peter Coyle carried on as The Lotus
Eaters with the help of David Hughes
who had taken Gerard's place at the
keyboards in 1986.
The Wild Swans sessions of May '82
for John Peel
was released on Strange Fruit Records.
Shortly after, Paul, Jeremy and Alan
reformed The Wild Swans,
recorded a session for Janice Long
and played support on a date
on The Mighty Lemondrops tour. They
signed to Sire Records.
That year Peter Coyle released his
first solo 12" called Selfish
and released his second 12" called
Circle Of Lies in late 1987.
In 1988 The Wild Swans played support
to The Mighty Lemondrops
and then in March released the single
Young Manhood.
Peter Coyle released a double-lp called
A Slap In The Face For Public Taste.
The Wild Swans played support to The
Church in April for one date in London.
Then they released Bible Dreams and
the lp Bringing Home The Ashes.
Then they played a date at Mean Fiddler
in London to promote it.
Peter Coyle released his second lp
called
I'd Sacrifice Eight Orgasms with Shirley
McLaine Just To Be There.
In 1990 The Wild Swans released their
album Space Flower.
The Lotus Eaters recorded tracks for
an unreleased second album.
Jeremy Kelly formed The Lovers and,
in 1997, Diamond Sutra.
In 1995 an Italian group called
Ti.Pi.Cal released a
discoteque remix of It Hurts who reached
no.4 in Italian charts.
The track was included in the album
Colourful.
... to be continued ...
