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 Rainco…
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