Years active 1992–1995 Record label Dedicated | Active until 1995 | |
Labels Ultimate, Taky Recordings Origin London, United Kingdom (1992) Albums Submarine, Kiss Me Till Your Ears Burn Off Genres Psychedelic rock, Noise pop, Indie rock, Space rock, Experimental rock, Neo-psychedelia, Avant-garde music, Britpop | ||
The early-mid-1990s English band Submarine followed in the footsteps of many of its contemporaries, including The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Boo Radleys and My Bloody Valentine with its own vision of noise pop, before morphing into Jetboy DC, which continues sporadically to this day.
Contents
History
Submarine alternated introspective indie-rock with noisy psychedelic jams; to the former quality was oft associated the term shoegazing. They released their self-titled debut album in 1994; Keith Cleversley (of Flaming Lips fame) produced it for Ultimate. A second album, also recorded with Cleversley, was turned down by the label & later released on Taky Recordings, nearly 10 years later. Kiss Me Till Your Ears Burn Off, a compilation of singles and B-sides, was released on the Fantastick Records label.
Submarine recorded two separate Peel Sessions for legendary English radio personality John Peel, a feat not duplicated by many bands invited to record for the BBC.
During their career, Submarine toured extensively with such bands as the Flaming Lips, Moose, Radiohead, Peach and Tool. Beginning in 1993, Submarine participated in the Ultimate Records Tour with the werefrogs & Sidi Bou Said.
Around 1995, Submarine disbanded, but semi-spontaneously reassembled itself, in the manner of T-1000, with linchpins Neil Haydock (guitar, vocals) and Rob Harron (bass) forming Jetboy DC. As such they have recorded and released a modicum of material, as well as having made one concert tour.
Old members, still about
Former members
Sophia
also drummer for Madam
Guest appearances
Current members
Songs
Dinosaurs1994
Never Be Alright AgainSubmarine · 1994
Chemical Tester1994