Years active 1990–1996 | Members Jacknife Lee | |
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Associated acts Thee Amazing Colossal Men, China Drum, Driven to Collision Past members Garret Lee
Josephmary
Sid Rainey
Jan-Willem Alkema Origin Republic of Ireland (1990) Albums The Future Is Medium, Comforter, Hi-Fi, Dahaana, Compulsion, Compulsion EPs, Boogie Woogie Record labels One Little Indian Records, Insomniac/Interscope Records Genres Punk rock, Alternative rock, New wave of new wave Similar Sid Rainey, China Drum, Lady Gaga, Tired Pony, The Frank and Walters | ||
Compulsion was an Irish punk band. They formed in the 1990 by Josephmary (singer) and Sid Rainey (bassist) as Thee Amazing Colossal Men. They signed a recording contract with Virgin Records, but after winning a lawsuit against their record label, they became 'Compulsion' in 1992. Joined by guitarist Garret Lee and drummer Jan-Willem Alkema, they moved to North London and signed to One Little Indian. They released several EPs and two albums. The first, Comforter, was labelled by the NME as part of the "New Wave of New Wave", while the second, The Future is Medium, saw them sport identical black outfits and orange hairdos.
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The group split in 1996, after which Lee formed Jacknife Lee, and later produced Snow Patrol and U2. Alkema joined China Drum and later Driven to Collision. Rainey is now a writer and has created and produced an animated children's TV series called Underground Ernie for the BBC. Josephmary now lives in Ireland.
Studio albums
Singles
EPs
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Mall MonarchyComforter · 1994
RapejacketComforter · 1994
Oh My Fool LifeComforter · 1994