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Labels
  
Genre
  
Alternative rock

Years active
  
1994–1999

Active until
  
1999

Record label
  
Creeping Bent

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Associated acts
  
The MackenziesMongooseThe Fizzbombs

Past members
  
Katy McCullarsJohn MoroseGraham LironiPaul TurnbullSteven McSeveney

Origin
  
Glasgow, United Kingdom (1994)

Albums
  
Aqua-Pet... You Make Me, Mink Riots, Jet Streams

Similar
  
The Nectarine No 9, Adventures in Stereo, Jazzateers, Vic Godard, The Leopards

The Secret Goldfish are a band from Glasgow, Scotland. The group was formed by ex-Fizzbombs singer Katy McCullars, guitarist John Morose, and the rhythm section from The Mackenzies, Steven McSeveney and Paul Turnbull.

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History

The band took their name from an imaginary book from the novel The Catcher in the Rye. They released three albums and several singles in the 1990s, on the Glasgow-based Creeping Bent record label. Their first album, 1996's Aqua Pet...You Make Me was produced by Stephen Lironi. Their sound has been described as "sounding much like The Jesus and Mary Chain locked in a public toilet with Jefferson Airplane and The New York Dolls". An album of B-sides and outakes, Jet Streams was released in 1997, and in 1999 they issued the Somewhere in the World EP, the lead track of which was co-written by Vic Godard and featured Francis MacDonald and Stevie Jackson. A second album, Mink Riots followed in 1999. After a lengthy hiatus, The Secret Goldfish returned to live performance in 2016 with a second guitarist (former Orange Juice guitarist James Kirk), with a third album (Petal Split) being released on Creeping Bent in April 2017.

Final line-up:

  • Katy McCullars: vocals
  • John Morose: guitar
  • Steven McSeveney: bass
  • Paul Turnbull: drums
  • Albums

  • Aqua Pet... You Make Me (BENT 012) (1996)
  • Jet Streams (MACD 44712) (April 1997)
  • Mink Riots (BENT 044) (1999)
  • E.P.'s and singles

  • "Seasick" (BENT004) (1995)
  • "Come Undone" (BENT008) (1996)
  • Dandelion Milk Summer e.k.o.k. e.p. (BENT016) (1996)
  • Venus Bonding E.P. (BENT018) (1996)
  • "Tartan Envy" (BENT020) (1997)
  • "Give Him a Great Big Kiss" (BENT024) (1997) (split single with Policecat)
  • "Punk Drone" (BENT032) (1998) (split single with Scientific Support Dept.)
  • "Somewhere In China" (ER-193) (1998)
  • Somewhere in the World E.P. (November 1998)
  • "You're Funny 'Bout That Aren't You" (BENT042) (1999) (split single with Nectarine No. 9)
  • "4 Excited People" (BENT048) (1999) (split single with Vic Godard)
  • Aqua Pet... You Make Me

    1. "Come Undone" (3:01)
    2. "Tartan Envy" (3:09)
    3. "The Boy Who Left Home To Learn Fear" (5:52)
    4. "Pet Thang" (1:56)
    5. "Dandelion Milk Summer" (3:43)
    6. "Venus Bonding : Erotic Mars" (2:08)
    7. "I Will See You Through" (4:52)
    8. "I Left One Out, Where Did It Go" (2:23)
    9. "Seasick" (2:51)
    10. "Glass Mountain" (2:09)
    11. "The Catalyst" (2:20)
    12. "Strawberry St." (2:35)
    13. "Another Short Song About Love And Loss" (2:35)
    14. "Bandovian Curve" (2:43)
  • Produced by Stephen Lironi & engineered by Larry Primrose, except "The Catalyst" & "I Left One Out, Where Did It Go", produced by The Secret Goldfish & engineered by Johnny Cameron
  • Mastered by John Davis at Whitfield Street Studios, London
  • All songs by McCullars / Morose, except "The Catalyst" written by G Lironex
  • Jet Streams

    The album includes covers of The Fire Engines, Shangri-Las, Orange Juice, The Velvet Underground and Nirvana songs.

    1. "This Arsehole's Been Burned Too Many Times Before" (2:42)
    2. "Casanova Killer" (4:40)
    3. "Ambulance" (0:43)
    4. "Give Him A Great Big Kiss" (2:45)
    5. "Wasted In Carluke" (1:53)
    6. "Blue Sky Yesterday" (1:23)
    7. "Sunless" (3:36)
    8. "Tartan Envy (Luv n Haight Version)" (3:23)
    9. "Allegro" (0:42)
    10. "Come as You Are" (3:12)
    11. "Rude Awakening" (3:51)
    12. "Everywhere That You Go" (3:49)
    13. "Pink Drone" (5:07)
    14. "Afterhours/Intuition Told Me" (3:02)
  • Produced by The Secret Goldfish, except 3, 7 & 12 - produced by Stephen Lironi
  • Recorded by Johnny Cameron, Paul McGeechan & Larry Primrose
  • Design - Stefan Kassel
  • Photography - Colin Dunsmuir
  • Released on Marina Records
  • Mink Riots

    1. "You're Funny 'Bout That, Aren't You?" (4:37)
    2. "Somewhere in the World" (3:45)
    3. "Laughing Inside" (6:13)
    4. "Scenecruiser" (4:09)
    5. "Honestly, It Was Nothing" (3:16)
    6. "4 Excited People" (2:41)
    7. "Take My Hand" (2:39)
    8. "Hey! Mr. Fox" (2:48)
    9. "Elevate #2" (3:10)
    10. "Pink Drone" (9:18)
  • Douglas MacIntyre — producer
  • Katy McCullars — vocals
  • John Morose — guitar, vocals (background)
  • Steven McSeveney - bass, vocals (background)
  • Paul Turnbull - drums
  • Stevie Jackson — vocals (background)
  • Francis MacDonald — organ (hammond), wurlitzer, vocals (background)
  • Gregor Reid — engineer, mixing, producer, vibraphone, tape manipulation
  • Paul McGeechan — mastering
  • Songs

    Dandelion Milk SummerAqua-Pet You Make Me · 1996
    Somewhere in China2000
    Tartan EnvyAqua-Pet You Make Me · 1996

    References

    The Secret Goldfish Wikipedia