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There were 4 bands called The Primitives.
1. A British rock band active in the 1960’s
2. A American parody dance band active from 1964 to 1965 which was a precursor to The Velvet Underground
3. A popular alternative rock band active in the 80’s and 90’s and best known for their hit single “
Crash”
4. An alternative country band who quickly changed their name to Uncle Tupelo
The Original Primitives, from Northampton, were also known as Mal & the Primitives. They released their debut (Help Me) in November 1964. They released a couple more 45’s before relocating to Italy where they released 3 more albums.
The second band known as the Primitives were a parody dance band from New York formed in 1964 (and that released one 7” that year). The band was fronted by Lou Reed and featuring John Cale, both later of The Velvet Underground. Ostrich guitar tuning, the all-D tuning particularly credited to the Velvet Underground, originated from the Primitives single the Ostrich. They disbanded in 1965.
The third band to use the Primitives name were a British alternative rock/indie pop band from Coventry formed in 1985 by Keiron McDermott (vocals), PJ Court (born Paul Jonathan Court, on 27 July 1965) (vocals, guitar), Steve Dullaghan (bass) and Pete Tweedie (drums). Keiron was soon replaced by Tracy Tracy (born Tracy Cattell in Australia), whose blonde good looks and distinctive voice helped the band to achieve great success for a brief period. Their career was also boosted when The Smiths singer Morrissey named them as one of his favourite bands. After a successful first album, which presented them with their UK Top 5 hit single “Crash” (which also peaked at #3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart), their career began to fade in the early 1990s.
1. A British rock band active in the 1960’s
2. A American parody dance band active from 1964 to 1965 which was a precursor to The Velvet Underground
3. A popular alternative rock band active in the 80’s and 90’s and best known for their hit single “
Crash”4. An alternative country band who quickly changed their name to Uncle Tupelo
The Original Primitives, from Northampton, were also known as Mal & the Primitives. They released their debut (Help Me) in November 1964. They released a couple more 45’s before relocating to Italy where they released 3 more albums.
The second band known as the Primitives were a parody dance band from New York formed in 1964 (and that released one 7” that year). The band was fronted by Lou Reed and featuring John Cale, both later of The Velvet Underground. Ostrich guitar tuning, the all-D tuning particularly credited to the Velvet Underground, originated from the Primitives single the Ostrich. They disbanded in 1965.
The third band to use the Primitives name were a British alternative rock/indie pop band from Coventry formed in 1985 by Keiron McDermott (vocals), PJ Court (born Paul Jonathan Court, on 27 July 1965) (vocals, guitar), Steve Dullaghan (bass) and Pete Tweedie (drums). Keiron was soon replaced by Tracy Tracy (born Tracy Cattell in Australia), whose blonde good looks and distinctive voice helped the band to achieve great success for a brief period. Their career was also boosted when The Smiths singer Morrissey named them as one of his favourite bands. After a successful first album, which presented them with their UK Top 5 hit single “Crash” (which also peaked at #3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart), their career began to fade in the early 1990s.
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Thru' The Flowers
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Nothing Left
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Sick Of It
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Stop Killing Me
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Shadow
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Can't Bring Me Down
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Buzz Buzz Buzz
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All The Way Down
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Shoutbox
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greasyhair wrote:
LOVE LOVE LOVE
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D34K wrote:
Play Brighton, you fucking nuggets.
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Glamypunk wrote:
Do the ostrich!
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IanCurtis13 wrote:
The similar artists are pretty good actually and are similar.
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sammww wrote:
THE OSTRICH
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Danil_K wrote:
Everybody below this comment are unbelievably dumb!
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eyesaresmiles wrote:
Great fuzz pop. Cant see any similarity with the similar artists though, unless its just that theyve got girl singers.. I always say them as a Mary Chain without the nihilism and dissonance.
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IanCurtis13 wrote:
Saw them yesterday at the secret reunion show, brilliant.
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Vela_Illuminate wrote:
Yay for my cousins band :D ahaha, Tracey is so cool. I love her nose piercings. here you goooooo way too faaaassssttt!
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Max944 wrote:
<3
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Plook wrote:
"Empathise" is a very good song :)
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zxlzlzxl wrote:
I really like this group . they created the song names crash this is pretty good
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DW_558 wrote:
And I met them backstage and got a kiss from Tracy and heir autographs after a gig at Keele University!
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goo_goo_muck wrote:
do the ostrich!!!
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Pobbleton wrote:
Really Stupid and A way to the sun. Ahhhhhh
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Irrational_Psyc wrote:
The '95 mix of Crash sucks ass.
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DjHolzbank wrote:
the samples belong to the wrong primitives, what a shame!
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Ggrenster wrote:
Do the Ostrich!
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audreyh wrote:
The pre-VU group is sadly overlooked =(
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sitebbiw wrote:
I think that you like similar Neuron if it likes The Primitives.
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