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Genres
  
Indie pop

Genre
  
Indie pop

Years active
  
1984–1988, 2009–2010

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Members
  
Russell Burton (vocals & bass) Mick Geoghegan (guitar) Pete Geoghegan (Vox organ and guitar) D J Hennessy (drums) Hugh Harkin (vocals and harmonica)

Origin
  
Birmingham, United Kingdom (1984)

Albums
  
The Girlie Years, A Band From Birmingham, See the Light

Record labels
  
Cherry Red Records, Schema Records

Similar
  
The Bodines, A Witness, Miaow, The Wolfhounds, Bogshed

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Mighty Mighty were an indie band formed in Birmingham, England in the mid-1980s.

Contents

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History

Showing influences from Postcard Records bands such as Orange Juice, they came to prominence when featured on the NME's C86 compilation, at around the same time that they released their debut single "Everybody Knows The Monkey". During this time the band played in the burgeoning Oxford scene , headlining small gigs in the Jericho area of Oxford , where Talullah Gosh and Kula Shaker cut their musical teeth, This was soon followed by a 12" single, "Is There Anyone Out There?", before the band signed to Chapter 22 Records, releasing a string of well-received singles and the album Sharks in 1988. With their brand of indie pop giving way to American influenced rock and shoegazing, they split in 1988.

Continuing interest in the band saw the reissue of Sharks in 2000, the release of a compilation album of BBC session tracks in 2001, and two compilations of singles and unreleased tracks in 2000 and 2001.

They reformed for the Indietracks music festival in 2009.

They played Popfest Berlin in 2010, followed by Firestation Records of Berlin issuing their 'lost second album', The Betamax Tapes, on vinyl and CD, 25 years after it was recorded, in 2012.

In 2013 Cherry Red Records released a major double CD compilation entitled Pop Can - the Definitive Collection 1986-88 which collects most of the band's released material, namely all their singles, B-sides and EP tracks, alongside several tracks from their only album released during their career, Sharks, and tracks from The Betamax Tapes.

Discography

Chart placings are from the UK independent chart.

Singles

  • "Everybody Knows The Monkey" (7", 1986, Girlie Records, GAY001) No. 34
  • "Is There Anyone Out There?" (12", 1986, Girlie Records, XGAY2) No. 14
  • "Throwaway" (7"/12", 1986, Chapter 22, CHAP10/12CHAP10) No. 7
  • "Built Like A Car" (7"/12", 1987, Chapter 22, CHAP12/12CHAP12) No. 6
  • "One Way" (7"/12", 1987, Chapter 22, CHAP19/12CHAP19) No. 10
  • "Maisonette" (7"/12", 1988, Chapter 22, CHAP21/12CHAP21) No. 8
  • Albums

  • Sharks (1988, Chapter 22, CHAPLP24) reissued (2000), Vinyl Japan
  • A Band From Birmingham (2000), Vinyl Japan
  • The Girlie Years (2001), Vinyl Japan
  • At The BBC (2001), Vinyl Japan
  • The Betamax Tapes (2012), Firestation Records
  • Pop Can - The Definitive Collection 1986-88 (2013), Cherry Red Records
  • Songs

    Built Like a CarBuilt Like a Car · 1987
    Is There Anyone Out There?1986
    When You Trusted MeSharks · 2000

    References

    Mighty Mighty Wikipedia