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Years active
  
1993–97

Origin
  
Active until
  
1997

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Labels
  
Abstract Sounds (UK),Immaterial (UK)

Past members
  
Jeremy Parker (Jack Plug)Glenn Young (Frank Art)Alastair MacMaster (Ali Mac)James Sherry

Members
  
Ali Mac, Glenn Young, James Sherry, Jeremy Parker

Albums
  
John Austin Rutledge, So You Drive, Kontrapunkt

Genres
  
New wave of new wave, Indie rock

Similar
  
Credit to the Nation, 70 Gwen Party, AC Acoustics, Senseless Things, Gallon Drunk

Profiles

Done Lying Down were a British-American rock group, active during the mid-1990s. Their reputation for intense, energetic live performances won the group major acclaim in the British music press and a number of devoted fans. The group's sound was a mix of singer Parker's American vocal style and the British punk rock roots of the other three members of the band. Their name was adopted from Parker's previous band in based in Boston, MA. Done Lying Down's music was commonly described as New Wave of New Wave and Punk by the media. The members of the group were Jeremy Parker (vocals and guitar), Glenn Young (guitar), Ali Mac (bass guitar), and James Sherry (drums).

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Band history

Done Lying Down played their first show in London in 1993. At the end of a prolific year, they signed their first record deal with Abstract Sounds. Their first EP, Heart Of Dirt received superlative critical acclaim, including being awarded Single Of the Week from New Musical Express.

In November 1994 the band performed on BBC's Evening Session. The group recorded four Peel Sessions over the course of their career and were featured at number 10 on John Peel's Festive 50 for 1994.

In 1997 the band worked with Grammy Award-winning producer, Garret Lee, to record a b-side for the Chumbawamba release Amnesia, the follow-up to their hit Tubthumping.

Albums

  • John Austin Rutledge (1994)
  • Kontrapunkt (1996)
  • Singles/EPs

  • Heart Of Dirt EP
  • Family Values EP
  • Negative One Friends EP
  • Just a Misdemeanour EP
  • Scared Too Stiff (split single w/ Angel Cage)
  • Chronic Offender EP
  • So You Drive EP
  • Can't Be Too Certain EP
  • Compilations

  • 7 Bands for a Pound! EP, (Black & White Indians)
  • Shagging In The Streets, (Fierce Panda)
  • Amplified (Abstract Sounds/Black & White Indians)
  • Volume 13 The Lucky Issue!, (Volume)
  • Space Mountain (compilation album), (Rough Trade)
  • Nings Of Desire, (Fierce Panda)
  • Songs

    Just a MisdemeanorJohn Austin Rutledge · 1994
    Can't Be Too CertainKontrapunkt · 1996
    Song for FreeloadersKontrapunkt · 1996

    References

    Done Lying Down Wikipedia


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