The Only Ones
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The Only Ones are an English rock
band. They were initially active in the late 1970s and were associated with punk rock
, yet straddled the musical territory in between punk
, power pop
and hard rock
, with noticeable influences from psychedelia. The band reformed in 2007 after the band's biggest hit "Another Girl, Another Planet
" was used in a Vodafone
ad campaign
in 2006, and the same song was used as the intro theme to Irish DJ Dave Fanning's radio show. They completed a small UK
tour in June 2007, and more dates were played in 2008 and 2009. A collection of new material was recorded in 2009 and the songs were given an airing at a concert in London in December that year.
by Peter Perrett
. Perrett had been recording
demos
since 1973, and in late 1975 was introduced to guitarist
John Perry
as a temporary bass guitar
player. (The guitarist at that time was Glenn Tilbrook
of Squeeze.) Perry wanted to concentrate on playing guitar, so by August 1976 he and Perrett then found drummer
Mike Kellie
(ex-Spooky Tooth
) and bassist
Alan Mair
who previously had success with Scottish band The Beatstalkers. Their first single
"Lovers Of Today", self-released on the Vengeance record label
, was immediately made 'Record of The Week' by three of the four main music papers
. A year later they signed to CBS
. Their next single "Another Girl, Another Planet
" was a very popular and influential song, and unquestionably the band's best-known song
. It is often featured on various musical box-sets featuring a punk rock
or New Wave
theme. An album was released The Only Ones
in 1978 and was well received by reviewers and fans
. Their follow-up album was Even Serpents Shine
released in the next year. A year later their final studio album Baby's Got A Gun
was released. In the summer of 1980, they supported The Who
on their tour of the United States. In 1982 the band officially disbanded. In subsequent years the band gained a fierce cult following and its posthumously-released records - live performances, BBC TV and radio
shows, and compilation album
s - now outnumber their official albums. Unusually, The Only Ones' discs
were never deleted from the CBS catalogue, and remain in print today.
, he said he was set to reform The Only Ones after their Summer 2006 Vodafone
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success. On 21 February 2007, Perry confirmed via his MySpace
page that the band would reform for a five date UK tour in June. They also played at the Wireless Festival
in London and Leeds
, All Tomorrow's Parties
festival in Minehead
, England
on 27 April and the Connect Music Festival
in Scotland
on 1 September.
News of the tour prompted coverage in several UK national newspaper
s and the dates were met with positive reviews. During these gigs
, the band played a new song called "Dreamt She Could Fly".
It was also reported in the press
that three of the band were keen to record a new studio
album
following the tour, but that Perrett seemed hesitant. However, it has now confirmed that they are now rehearsing new material for an album.
A live DVD
of the Shepherds Bush Empire
show was released in March 2008. The band's back catalogue is also due for re-release in remastered and expanded form via Sony BMG, but are currently without a release date. Other rumoured releases include DVDs from a show on the band's last U.S
tour, and a re-release of Faster Than Lightning, which was released on VHS
in the early 1990s.
In April 2008, the band were seen on Later... with Jools Holland performing their song "Another Girl Another Planet" and a new song titled "Black Operations".
The song Another Girl Another Planet was included in the 2011 film "Paul"
of the era on both sides of the Atlantic
. Perrett and Kellie caught the eye of Johnny Thunders
, founding member of the New York Dolls
and the Heartbreakers
, and worked as sidemen on his solo debut album, So Alone
, notably appearing together on the classic "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory
". However, drug addiction, particularly heroin use, derailed their career, and singer/guitarist/songwriter Perrett has only sporadically been heard from since, though he resurfaced in the mid 1990s with the album, Woke Up Sticky.
Lead guitar
ist Perry went on to play as an active session
guitarist for artists
including The Sisters of Mercy
, Evan Dando
and Marianne Faithfull
. More recently, he has written several well received music biographies - on The Who
's seminal hits compilation Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
, The Rolling Stones
' double album Exile On Main Street and in 2004, Jimi Hendrix
's Electric Ladyland
. During 2005/6, he was heard playing and recording with the singer-songwriter
, Freddie Stevenson
.
The Only Ones have been very influential on the indie rock
and alternative rock
scenes ever since, on bands such as The Replacements, Blur
and Nirvana
, and more recently The Libertines
. Several bands have covered their song "Another Girl, Another Planet", including The Libertines
(at London Forum
with Peter Perrett guesting), The Replacements and Blink 182. Furthermore their song "The Whole Of The Law" was covered by Yo La Tengo
on their album Painful
.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band. They were initially active in the late 1970s and were associated with punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, yet straddled the musical territory in between punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, power pop
Power pop
Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...
and hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
, with noticeable influences from psychedelia. The band reformed in 2007 after the band's biggest hit "Another Girl, Another Planet
Another Girl, Another Planet
In December 2004 Blink-182 recorded a cover of this song for the opening track of Travis Barker's MTV reality show Meet the Barkers. It was later released in 2005 on their Greatest Hits album...
" was used in a Vodafone
Vodafone
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ad campaign
Advertising campaign
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in 2006, and the same song was used as the intro theme to Irish DJ Dave Fanning's radio show. They completed a small UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
tour in June 2007, and more dates were played in 2008 and 2009. A collection of new material was recorded in 2009 and the songs were given an airing at a concert in London in December that year.
Biography
The Only Ones were originally formed in August 1976 in South LondonSouth London
South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...
by Peter Perrett
Peter Perrett
Peter Perrett is an English singer-songwriter. He fronts the recently re-formed 1970s English band, The Only Ones. Perrett lives in Forest Hill, South East London. The Only Ones often described as New Wave were noted for their musicianship during the Punk period...
. Perrett had been recording
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
demos
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
since 1973, and in late 1975 was introduced to guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
John Perry
John Perry (musician)
John Perry is an English rock guitarist. He is most recognised for his involvement with the English new wave rock band, The Only Ones. Other bands in which he played include The Ratbites from Hell and Decline and Fall .Perry formed The Only Ones with Peter Perrett in 1976...
as a temporary bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
player. (The guitarist at that time was Glenn Tilbrook
Glenn Tilbrook
Glenn Martin Tilbrook is the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Squeeze, a band formed in the mid 1970s who broke through in the new wave era at the decade's end. He generally wrote the melody for Squeeze, while his writing partner, Chris Difford, wrote the lyrics...
of Squeeze.) Perry wanted to concentrate on playing guitar, so by August 1976 he and Perrett then found drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
Mike Kellie
Mike Kellie
Mike Kellie is an English drummer. Most notably, he has played in Spooky Tooth and The Only Ones. Kellie has also played with Peter Frampton and in various bands with Chris Wood....
(ex-Spooky Tooth
Spooky Tooth
Spooky Tooth are an English rock band principally active, with intermittent breakups, between 1967 to 1974. In recent years, the band has been reconstituted at various points, and continues to perform occasionally.-Career:...
) and bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
Alan Mair
Alan Mair
Alan Mair is a musician and producer. He is best known as the bassist from The Only Ones. He co-produced the first two albums The Only Ones and Even Serpents Shine and wrote and sang "My Way Out Of Here" from the 3rd and final Only Ones album Baby's Got a Gun.Prior to The Only Ones, in the...
who previously had success with Scottish band The Beatstalkers. Their first single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
"Lovers Of Today", self-released on the Vengeance record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, was immediately made 'Record of The Week' by three of the four main music papers
Music journalism
Music journalism is criticism and reportage about music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as 'classical music'. This aspect of music journalism, today often referred to as music criticism , comprises the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of...
. A year later they signed to CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
. Their next single "Another Girl, Another Planet
Another Girl, Another Planet
In December 2004 Blink-182 recorded a cover of this song for the opening track of Travis Barker's MTV reality show Meet the Barkers. It was later released in 2005 on their Greatest Hits album...
" was a very popular and influential song, and unquestionably the band's best-known song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
. It is often featured on various musical box-sets featuring a punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
or New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
theme. An album was released The Only Ones
The Only Ones (album)
The Only Ones is the eponymous 1978 first album produced by The Only Ones themselves, with the assistance of Robert Ash. It was mixed at Basing St., Escape & CBS....
in 1978 and was well received by reviewers and fans
Fan (person)
A Fan, sometimes also called aficionado or supporter, is a person with a liking and enthusiasm for something, such as a band or a sports team. Fans of a particular thing or person constitute its fanbase or fandom...
. Their follow-up album was Even Serpents Shine
Even Serpents Shine
Even Serpents Shine is the second album by English rock band The Only Ones. It was produced by Alan Mair and Peter Perrett and released in 1979.-Track listing:-Personnel:*John "Rabbit" Bundrick - Keyboards*Koulla Kakoulli - Vocals...
released in the next year. A year later their final studio album Baby's Got A Gun
Baby's Got a Gun
-Track listing:-Personnel:*Peter Perrett - vocals, guitar*John Perry - guitar*Alan Mair - bass*Mike Kellie - drums...
was released. In the summer of 1980, they supported The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
on their tour of the United States. In 1982 the band officially disbanded. In subsequent years the band gained a fierce cult following and its posthumously-released records - live performances, BBC TV and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
shows, and compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s - now outnumber their official albums. Unusually, The Only Ones' discs
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
were never deleted from the CBS catalogue, and remain in print today.
2007
In an interview with Alan Mair in the 10 November 2006 issue of the tabloid newspaper, The Daily RecordDaily Record (Scotland)
The Daily Record is a Scottish tabloid newspaper based in Glasgow. It had been the best-selling daily paper in Scotland for many years with a paid circulation in August 2011 of 307,794 . It is now outsold by its arch-rival the Scottish Sun which in September 2010 had a circulation of 339,586 in...
, he said he was set to reform The Only Ones after their Summer 2006 Vodafone
Vodafone
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advertisement
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success. On 21 February 2007, Perry confirmed via his MySpace
MySpace
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page that the band would reform for a five date UK tour in June. They also played at the Wireless Festival
Wireless Festival
The Wireless Festival is a music festival in England that takes place every year in Hyde Park, London, and took place at Harewood House, Leeds in 2006 and 2007. It is owned and managed by Live Nation....
in London and Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, All Tomorrow's Parties
All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)
All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....
festival in Minehead
Minehead
Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the border with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National Park...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
on 27 April and the Connect Music Festival
Connect Music Festival
The Connect Music Festival was a music festival that took place in the grounds of Inveraray Castle, located on the banks of Loch Fyne in Argyll, Scotland. It was aimed at more mature music fans and recent headliners included the Beastie Boys, Björk and Franz Ferdinand. The inaugural festival was...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
on 1 September.
News of the tour prompted coverage in several UK national newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s and the dates were met with positive reviews. During these gigs
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
, the band played a new song called "Dreamt She Could Fly".
It was also reported in the press
Music journalism
Music journalism is criticism and reportage about music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as 'classical music'. This aspect of music journalism, today often referred to as music criticism , comprises the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of...
that three of the band were keen to record a new studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
following the tour, but that Perrett seemed hesitant. However, it has now confirmed that they are now rehearsing new material for an album.
A live DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
of the Shepherds Bush Empire
Shepherds Bush Empire
The O2 Shepherds Bush Empire is a music venue in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, run by the Academy Music Group. It was built in 1903, as a music hall, and in 1953 became the BBC Television Theatre...
show was released in March 2008. The band's back catalogue is also due for re-release in remastered and expanded form via Sony BMG, but are currently without a release date. Other rumoured releases include DVDs from a show on the band's last U.S
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
tour, and a re-release of Faster Than Lightning, which was released on VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
in the early 1990s.
In April 2008, the band were seen on Later... with Jools Holland performing their song "Another Girl Another Planet" and a new song titled "Black Operations".
The song Another Girl Another Planet was included in the 2011 film "Paul"
Influence
Their musical proficiency distinguished them from most of their peers, although their dominant drug-related lyrical themes, on songs such as "Another Girl, Another Planet," and "The Big Sleep," fit in with the ZeitgeistZeitgeist
Zeitgeist is "the spirit of the times" or "the spirit of the age."Zeitgeist is the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual or political climate within a nation or even specific groups, along with the general ambiance, morals, sociocultural direction, and mood associated with an era.The...
of the era on both sides of the Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
. Perrett and Kellie caught the eye of Johnny Thunders
Johnny Thunders
Johnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale, Jr. , was an American protopunk guitarist, singer and songwriter.He came to prominence in the early '70s as a member of the New York Dolls...
, founding member of the New York Dolls
New York Dolls
The New York Dolls is an American rock band, formed in New York in 1971. The band's protopunk sound prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era; their visual style influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups, and they began the local New York scene that later...
and the Heartbreakers
The Heartbreakers
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, also known as The Heartbreakers, were an American rock & roll band formed in New York in May 1975. The band was part of the first wave of punk rock.-History:...
, and worked as sidemen on his solo debut album, So Alone
So Alone
So Alone is a 1978 album by Johnny Thunders, then leader of The Heartbreakers and formerly lead guitarist for the New York Dolls.After recording L.A.M.F. with the Heartbreakers, Thunders returned to the studio and recorded his first true solo album, So Alone...
, notably appearing together on the classic "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory
You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory
"You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory" is a song released in 1978 by ex-New York Dolls member Johnny Thunders. The title was taken from a line in the "Better Living Through TV" episode of the sitcom The Honeymooners, and was written for his close friend Fabienne Shine.Considered by many his...
". However, drug addiction, particularly heroin use, derailed their career, and singer/guitarist/songwriter Perrett has only sporadically been heard from since, though he resurfaced in the mid 1990s with the album, Woke Up Sticky.
Lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
ist Perry went on to play as an active session
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
guitarist for artists
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
including The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy are an English rock band that formed in 1980. After achieving early underground fame in UK, the band had their commercial breakthrough in mid-1980s and sustained it until the early 1990s, when they stopped releasing new recorded output in protest against their record company...
, Evan Dando
Evan Dando
Evan Griffith Dando is an American musician, most famous for fronting the alternative rock band The Lemonheads. He is the only original member left in the current Lemonheads line-up, having served as lead singer since the band's original formation in 1986...
and Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Evelyn Faithfull is an award-winning English singer, songwriter and actress whose career has spanned five decades....
. More recently, he has written several well received music biographies - on The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
's seminal hits compilation Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy is a compilation album of singles by British rock band The Who, released in 1971 as Track 2406 006 in the UK and as Decca DL 79184 in the US. It entered the US Billboard 200 chart on 20 November 1971, peaking at #11, and the UK chart on 3 December 1971, peaking at #9...
, The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
' double album Exile On Main Street and in 2004, Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
's Electric Ladyland
Electric Ladyland
Electric Ladyland is the third and final album of new material by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in October 1968 on Reprise Records, catalogue 2RS 6307. It is the only Hendrix studio album professionally produced under his supervision. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart for two weeks in...
. During 2005/6, he was heard playing and recording with the singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, Freddie Stevenson
Freddie Stevenson
Freddie Stevenson is a singer-songwriter from Edinburgh.- Early life :Stevenson is the eldest of three children born to Scottish artist and potter Charles Stevenson and children's television writer and producer Jocelyn Stevenson, co-creator of the popular programme Fraggle Rock...
.
The Only Ones have been very influential on the indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
and alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
scenes ever since, on bands such as The Replacements, Blur
Blur (band)
Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...
and Nirvana
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
, and more recently The Libertines
The Libertines
The Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...
. Several bands have covered their song "Another Girl, Another Planet", including The Libertines
The Libertines
The Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...
(at London Forum
London Forum
The London Forum, or sometimes Kentish Town Forum is a well-known venue for concerts in Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom owned by the MAMA Group. The venue was built in 1934 and was originally used as an art deco cinema. After the closure of the cinema, The Town & Country Club was established...
with Peter Perrett guesting), The Replacements and Blink 182. Furthermore their song "The Whole Of The Law" was covered by Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo, sometimes abbreviated as YLT, is an American alternative rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan , Georgia Hubley , and James McNew .Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential...
on their album Painful
Painful (album)
Painful is the sixth studio album released in 1993 by alternative rock band Yo La Tengo.The album marked a creative shift from Yo La Tengo's previous work in that it blends atmospheric and ambient sounds with their famous noise jams....
.
Albums
- The Only OnesThe Only Ones (album)The Only Ones is the eponymous 1978 first album produced by The Only Ones themselves, with the assistance of Robert Ash. It was mixed at Basing St., Escape & CBS....
(1978) - Even Serpents ShineEven Serpents ShineEven Serpents Shine is the second album by English rock band The Only Ones. It was produced by Alan Mair and Peter Perrett and released in 1979.-Track listing:-Personnel:*John "Rabbit" Bundrick - Keyboards*Koulla Kakoulli - Vocals...
(1979) - Special ViewSpecial ViewSpecial View is an album by the power pop group The Only Ones. Released in 1979 in the United States it consists of tracks selected by the American label Epic from the bands first two CBS albums ....
(1979) - Baby's Got A GunBaby's Got a Gun-Track listing:-Personnel:*Peter Perrett - vocals, guitar*John Perry - guitar*Alan Mair - bass*Mike Kellie - drums...
(1980)
Posthumous releases
- RemainsRemains (Only Ones album)Remains is The Only Ones rarities album released in 1984. This collection also featured the additional talents of Glenn Tilbrook on "Watch You Drown", "My Rejection" and "Counterfeit Woman", and of Gordon Edwards...
(1984) - The Peel Sessions Album (1989)
- Live (1989)
- Live in London (1989)
- The Big SleepThe Big Sleep (album)The Big Sleep is a live album by the English New Wave band, The Only Ones produced by John Perry. Is was recorded at the Paradiso, Amsterdam. It includes five songs not heard as live versions before...
(1993) - The Immortal Story (1991)
- Darkness & Light (2002)
- Why Don't You Kill Yourself?Why Don't You Kill Yourself?Why Don't You Kill Yourself? is a compilation album by English punk band, The Only Ones, released in early 2004.-CD one:All songs composed by Peter Perrett.# "The Whole Of The Law"# "Another Girl, Another Planet"# "Breaking Down"# "City Of Fun"...
(2004) - Another Girl Another Planet: The Best Punk Album in the World (2006)
Home video
- The Only Ones Faster Than Lightning (1991)
- The Only Ones live June 9, 2007- Sheperds Bush Empire (DVD-2008)