| rdfs:comment | - Serious Drinking were a humourous punk rock band from Norwich, England, whose lyrical themes often covered football and drinking. The band formed in February 1981, taking their name from a Sounds headline to an interview with the Cockney Rejects, with most members having met at the University of East Anglia. Band members were Martin Ling (vocals), Eugene Rodgers (vocals), Andy Hearnshaw (guitar, formerly of the Farmer's Boys), Jem Moore (bass), Pete Saunders (keyboards, also known from Dexys Midnight Runners) and Lance Dunlop (drums). (Read more at Wikipedia.)
- Formed in February 1981 having met at the UEA, the name came from a Cockney Rejects interview, They were unreservedly punky and had a nicely twisted sense of what is what in the world, i.e. love and football and beer. Their debut EP, "Love On The Terraces" (produced by Mark Bedford of Madness fame) reached 9 in the Indie Chart in 1982, "Hangover" the follow up reached number 4 the following year. During their time they gigged widely and were a firm city favourite.
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| abstract | - Serious Drinking were a humourous punk rock band from Norwich, England, whose lyrical themes often covered football and drinking. The band formed in February 1981, taking their name from a Sounds headline to an interview with the Cockney Rejects, with most members having met at the University of East Anglia. Band members were Martin Ling (vocals), Eugene Rodgers (vocals), Andy Hearnshaw (guitar, formerly of the Farmer's Boys), Jem Moore (bass), Pete Saunders (keyboards, also known from Dexys Midnight Runners) and Lance Dunlop (drums). Their debut EP, 'Love On The Terraces' (produced by Madness's Mark Bedford) reached number 9 on the UK Indie Chart in 1982, with follow-up 'Hangover' reaching number 4 the following year. Debut album 'The Revolution Starts at Closing Time' also reached number 4, and was followed up in 1984 by a second album, 'They May Be Drinkers Robin, But They're Still Human Beings'. After another single, "Country Girl Became Drugs and Sex Punk", Moore and Dunlop left the band. The new line-up continued with sporadic gigs. A compilation of their finest moments, 'Stranger Than Tannadice - The Hits, Misses and Own Goals' was released in 1990 on the Worker's Playtime label, to coincide with the 1990 World Cup, with a couple of singles also emerging in the 1990s. (Read more at Wikipedia.)
- Formed in February 1981 having met at the UEA, the name came from a Cockney Rejects interview, They were unreservedly punky and had a nicely twisted sense of what is what in the world, i.e. love and football and beer. Their debut EP, "Love On The Terraces" (produced by Mark Bedford of Madness fame) reached 9 in the Indie Chart in 1982, "Hangover" the follow up reached number 4 the following year. Debut album "The Revolution Starts at Closing Time" reached number 4, followed in 1984 by , "They May Be Drinkers Robin, But They're Still Human Beings". They released one more single, "Country Girl Became Drugs and Sex Punk", Then the band largely split with fragments continuing to gig for a whileThe band recorded four John Peel sessions "Love On The Terraces" reached number 38 in the 1982 Festive Fifty. (only being beaten locally by ) There is also a retrospective compilation available, "Stranger Than Tannadice - The Hits, Misses and Own Goals" was released on the Worker's Playtime label, to coincide with the 1990 World Cup, A couple of singles appeared in the 1990s. During their time they gigged widely and were a firm city favourite.
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