Years active 1993–1997; 2005 Active until 1997 | Website Official site | |
Labels Ultimate Recording Company (1993-1997) Members Clare Lemmon, Melanie Woods, Lee Howton, Gayl Harrison Albums Bodies, Obsessive, Broooch Genres Rock music, Alternative rock Similar The Monsoon Bassoon, Stars in Battledress, Dominic Luckman, Colvin Mayers, Christian Hayes | ||
Sidi Bou Said were a London-based rock band, who existed during the 1990s. Their music combined an indie rock/folk sound with complex arrangements and literate lyrics. They were often compared to Throwing Muses and the Pixies, with whom they shared a taste for sometimes uncomfortable lyrical themes - murder, religion, the workings of the human body and surrealist stories and films. Their name comes from a town in Tunisia.
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Sidi Bou Said's debut album was produced by Tim Friese-Greene. Their next two albums were produced by members of Cardiacs, and they were regular contributors to their stage shows and recordings. In 2001, they briefly reformed, with an additional guitarist under the name Tetra, and played a one-off reunion gig as Sidi Bou Said on 15 December 2005 at The Water Rats, London.
Albums
Singles
c/w Romp on 7 inch; c/w Romp/Wild on 12 inch/CD
c/w Throwing Myself Off A Building (acoustic)/On My Tongue (acoustic)/My Secret Garden (acoustic) on 10 inch; c/w Slitty Gap/Throwing Myself Off A Building (acoustic) on CD
c/w Faster (acoustic) on 7 inch; c/w Blood/Faster (plus vite) on CD
c/w Red Bus Rover on 7 inch picture disc; c/w Fishy/Funnybody on CD
c/w Obsessive/New Skin/Long, Long, Long on CD1; c/w Obsessive/Head in Sand/Sylvie on CD2
Songs
Big Yellow TaxidermistBodies · 1995
Slitty GapBodies · 1995
Sicky VomitBodies · 1995