History

After making three albums and a few singles the Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

-based combo faded away. Nick Sheppard

Nick Sheppard

Nick Sheppard is a Bristol-born guitarist best known for being in the well-known punk band The Clash for a short time.-Biography:Nick Sheppard was educated at Bristol Grammar School, one of Bristol's leading public schools, and was in the same year as fellow musician Mark Stewart of The Pop Group...

 previously played in The Cortinas

The Cortinas (punk band)

The Cortinas were a 1970s Bristol-based punk rock band. Guitarist Nick Sheppard went on to play with The Clash. In 2001, the band’s debut single, "Fascist Dictator" , was included in a leading British music magazine’s list of the best punk-rock singles of all-time.-Biography:Named after a car, the...

 and (briefly) The Clash

The Clash

The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...

. Gareth Sager

Gareth Sager

Gareth Sager is a British guitarist, keyboardist, musician and songwriter, who has played in several British groups.He moved to Scotland with his family and attended George Watsons College from 1965 till 1970. Sager was a member of the Bristol acts The Pop Group, Rip Rig + Panic , Float Up CP and...

 previously played in The Pop Group

The Pop Group

The Pop Group are a British post-punk band from Bristol, England, formed in 1978, whose dissonant sound spanned punk, free jazz, funk and dub reggae. Their lyrics were often political in nature...

, and in Rip Rig + Panic with Neneh Cherry

Neneh Cherry

Neneh Mariann Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...

.

Although they never achieved major sales they are now belatedly acknowledged as a forerunner of today's trip-hop scene.

The title of the second album is a reference to Tales of Ordinary Madness

Tales of Ordinary Madness

Tales of Ordinary Madness is a 1981 film by Italian director Marco Ferreri. It was shot in English in the USA, featuring Ben Gazzara and Ornella Muti in the leading roles...

, a film based on the work of poet Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles...

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Discography

• A Snog on the Rocks (1987)
• Tales of Ordinary Madness (1988)
• Intoxicator (1989)

Members

• Rich Beale ("Clevedon Pier") - lead vocals
• Gareth Sager
  Gareth Sager
  Gareth Sager is a British guitarist, keyboardist, musician and songwriter, who has played in several British groups.He moved to Scotland with his family and attended George Watsons College from 1965 till 1970. Sager was a member of the Bristol acts The Pop Group, Rip Rig + Panic , Float Up CP and...
  
   ("Hank Sinclair") - guitar, keyboards, most songwriting
• Nick Sheppard
  Nick Sheppard
  Nick Sheppard is a Bristol-born guitarist best known for being in the well-known punk band The Clash for a short time.-Biography:Nick Sheppard was educated at Bristol Grammar School, one of Bristol's leading public schools, and was in the same year as fellow musician Mark Stewart of The Pop Group...
  
  ("Chopper Harris", "Candy Horsebreath") - guitar
• SMT - bass
• Plastic Bag - drums

External links

• Answers.com review of "Tales"
• [ Allmusic.com entry]