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Shriekback - Nemesis

Shriekback - Nemesis (03:42)

Music video by Shriekback performing Nemesis (C) 1985 The Island Def Jam Music Group

Shriekback - Faded Flowers

Shriekback - Faded Flowers (03:46)

album: Oil and Gold

Shriekback - Get Down Tonight

Shriekback - Get Down Tonight (03:26)

Music video by Shriekback performing Get Down Tonight with Richard James Burgess [Producer] (C) 1988 The Island Def Jam Music Group

Shriekback - Gunning For The Buddha

Shriekback - Gunning For The Buddha (04:51)

Music video by Shriekback performing Gunning For The Buddha with Barry A. Andrews [Producer], Gavin MacKillop [Producer] (C) 1986 The Island Def Jam Music Group

This Big Hush - Shriekback

This Big Hush - Shriekback (06:28)

Love this song and was never able to find it on youtube before. So, I uploaded it.

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Shriekback Biography

Shriekback are a rock band formed in 1981 in Kentish Town by Barry Andrews, formerly of XTC and League of Gentlemen (keyboards/synthesizers/vocals), and Dave Allen, formerly of the Gang of Four (bass), with Carl Marsh, formerly of Out On Blue Six (guitars/vocals) soon added to the line-up. They were joined by Martyn Barker on drums in 1983. Other members included: Linda Nevill, Emma Burnham, Brian Nevill, Pedro Ortiz, Claire Hirst, Lu Edmunds, Wendy and Sara Partridge, Steve Halliwell, Even Moon, Ivan Julian, Mike Cozzi, and Jessica Palin/Jose Fina Cupido.

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Shriekback's Best Songs

  • 1. Nemesis
  • 2. This Big Hush
  • 3. Faded Flowers
  • 4. Coelocanth
  • 5. Malaria
  • 6. Everything That Rises Must Converge
  • 7. Lined Up
  • 8. Fish Below The Ice
  • 9. My Spine Is The Bassline
  • 10. Hammerheads
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Shriekback Discography

Shriekback albums.

  • Glory Bumps - (Malicious Damage/GB)
  • Cormorant - 17/10/2005 (Malicious Damage/GB)
  • Sacred City - 14/09/1992 (World Domination/US)
  • Go Bang! - 03/1988 (Island Records/US)

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