The Raincoats

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(1977 – present)

The Raincoats were formed in 1977 by Ana da Silva (vocals, guitar) and Gina Birch (vocals, bass) while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England. The first line-up included Ross Crighton on guitar and Nick Turner on drums for the band’s first gig in November 1977. Kate Korus, from The Slits and later The Mo-Dettes, joined briefly and was replaced by Jeremie Frank. Nick Turner left to form The Barracudas and Richard Dudanski (ex The 101’ers and later PiL) sat in on drums and film maker Patrick Keiller replaced Jeremie Frank on guitar.

Late in 1978, The Raincoats became an all female post-punk band, when joined by Palmolive of The Slits (drums), Vicky Aspinall (violin) and manager Shirley O’Loughlin. The band went on their first UK tour with Swiss female band Kleenex, in May 1979 after Rough Trade Records released their first single “Fairytale in the Supermarket”/ “In Love”/ “Adventures Close to Home”.

Palmolive left the band after their seminal first album “The Raincoats” and Ingrid Weiss joined in 1980, when the band began recording their second album “Odyshape”, and toured Europe and the east coast of the USA. Guest musicians on “Odyshape” included Robert Wyatt, This Heat’s Charles Hayward and Richard Dudanski.

In New York, December 1982, The Raincoats recorded a live album at the arts space The Kitchen. “The Kitchen Tapes” (live) was released on ROIR in 1983. The band split after 1984s “Moving” LP.

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celestialroad wrote:
18 days ago

cool that their debut got repressed.

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disgusteen wrote:
October 2009

total bummer I missed them because my car broke down :( especially to find out Viv Albertine performed too! argh.

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okstaa68721 wrote:
October 2009

I wish I could see you ladies tomorrow night in Brooklyn! </3

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Bockop wrote:
October 2009

working class avant-garde

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seeglas wrote:
October 2009

soooooo goood to see you beautiful women again....and again!! pleeeeease let me come and see you!!!! xxx

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CamMuffin wrote:
September 2009

The Raincoats: Fairytales (documentary full of good stuff, directed by Gina Birch!) is playing tonight at the Cambridge film festival! Only just realised! For anyone who lives in/around Cambridge, it's at the Arts picturehouse on St Andrew's Street near john lewis, at 8.30pm. And Gina Birch will be there & doing a Q&A...

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SOLOMUSIKA wrote:
August 2009

Riot grrrrrrl ^__*

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okstaa68721 wrote:
August 2009

And I love their cover of "Lola"

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okstaa68721 wrote:
August 2009

The Raincoats self titled changed my life!

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hominiv0rax wrote:
August 2009

Grandioso Grupo!

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Freelove_ wrote:
August 2009

Join my group: Post-Punk.

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Spozbucket wrote:
July 2009

Don't Be Mean <3 [2]

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IanCurtis13 wrote:
July 2009

I met Gina Birch from The Raincoats... she was really cool.

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strawberryffuck wrote:
July 2009

Eazy-E??? LOL

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starkafka wrote:
June 2009

it's noise everywhere.. i don't mean it's a bad thing though :P

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abysma wrote:
June 2009

I can't tell if '57 Ways to End It All' is supposed to be ironic or not.

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FleetingDasein wrote:
May 2009

Don't Be Mean <3

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strajnic wrote:
May 2009

Amateurism at it's best!

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QueenBee67 wrote:
May 2009

lovelovelovelove=D

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Jinsie wrote:
May 2009

apparently Eazy-E was a big fan

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