Apartment (Bristol band)

Apartment were an English post-punk band formed in Bristol, UK in late 1978. Fronted by Alan Griffiths -Vocals/Guitar, with Emil Joachim on Drums and Richard White playing Bass. They appeared on Heartbeat Records 1979 seminal 'Avon Calling' Bristol Compilation album with the track 'The Alternative'. In early 1980 they released a double A-sided single 'The Car / 'Winter' also on Heartbeat. They were later joined by Steve Street from Europeans on Bass.

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The band split up in summer 1980, and Alan Griffiths (with Emil) would later go on to form The Escape, whilst Steve Street continued his production work and briefly joined Bath band Interview. The Escape signed to Phonogram Records & in late 1983 toured as a support act for Tears For Fears. Alan Griffiths later went on to tour with Tears For Fears as a guitarist on their 1985 Big Chair world tour. Following Curt Smith's departure from Tears For Fears in 1990, Alan Griffiths became Roland Orzabal's new musical partner and co-wrote, co-produced, and performed on the TFF albums Elemental (1993) and Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995), as well as Orzabal's 2001 solo album Tomcats Screaming Outside.

In 2009, Bristol Archive Records released a downloadable album by Apartment called House Of Secrets.

In September 2010, two Apartment tracks "Broken Glass" & "The Retrospect" were included on the CD release of "Avon Calling 2" released by Bristol Archive Records.

In February 2014, two Apartment tracks "The Car" & "Winter" were included on the CD release of "The Best Of Heartbeat Records" released by Bristol Archive Records.

February 2016 "House Of Secrets" album was released on CD including a 16 page booklet by Bristol Archive Records.