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Manchester, England (1988 – 1995)

The New Fast Automatic Daffodils (commonly shortened to New FADS) were an alternative rock band which formed in Manchester, England in 1988. The band consisted of Andy Spearpoint (vocals), Dolan Hewson (guitar), Justin Crawford (bass), Icarus Wilson-Wright (percussion) and Perry Saunders (drums). The band’s unusual sound included dark and intense elements, influenced perhaps by Joy Division or The Fall, coupled with a funkier, dancey feel reminiscent of the Happy Mondays. The band split in 1995.

The band released several singles and E.P.s between 1989 and 1991 on Playtime and Play It Again Sam followed by a debut album Pigeonhole in 1991. This album included the single tracks Get Better, Fishes Eyes and the enigmatic Big. During this period their live shows, particularly in the North West, attracted a fanatical following.

The band’s second album was Body Exit Mind, released in 1993. This included the powerful songs Stockholm and It’s Not What You Know, both of which were released as singles. Although both of these singles and the album gained critical success in the UK music press, there was no breakthrough commercial success for the band.

A later album, Love It All was released in 1994. The band broke up in 1995.Justin Crawford has subsequently DJ’d and produced electronic music as part of Only Child and the Unabombers.
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  • pobwall

    It's who you know....

    March 2011
  • MrSuit

    It's not what you know.

    February 2010
  • presuming-ed

    i remember having a peel session of new fads on tdk c90 tape..it had a version of purple haze on it and i can not find it anywhere

    December 2009
  • aMBiAlex

    saw them in paisley at clubhouse circa 1990, very good,,,still partial.

    December 2009
  • Trevska

    Saw them in Newcastle riverside, fantastic gig, I need to dig out the vinyl again

    December 2009
  • MADDDOGGX

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=5679864921&ref=ts let us all join

    September 2009
  • MADDDOGGX

    love the New Fads , seen them back in the day in Glasgow King Tuts , what a night

    September 2009
  • misterJIB

    Music Is Shit.

    August 2009
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New FADs @ Effenaar (November 25th 1994)

7 Feb 2012 | from blog.myspace.com/newfads

Flickr photographsNew Fast Automatic Daffodils. (New FADs). Live at the Effenaar. November 25th 1994. Scanned from negative film (Ilford HP5 plus).

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