The Planet Wilson were an indie rock

Indie rock

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 band

Musical ensemble

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 from Hull

Kingston upon Hull

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, that came from the break up of the Red Guitars

Red Guitars

The Red Guitars were an English indie rock band active from 1982 to 1986. Based in Hull, the Red Guitars' first single "Good Technology" was a minor hit, selling 60,000 copies...

. They were signed to Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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 and released two album

Album

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s in the late 1980s.

Biography

Two of the former Red Guitars

Red Guitars

The Red Guitars were an English indie rock band active from 1982 to 1986. Based in Hull, the Red Guitars' first single "Good Technology" was a minor hit, selling 60,000 copies...

 band members, Hallam Lewis and Lou Howard, formed the band after the Red Guitars split up in 1985. They were joined by Grant Ardis and latterly Jonah Lacey-Hatton for gig

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s (formerly of That Noble Porpoise) on drum

Drum

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s. Lou Howard played bass

Bass guitar

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 and Hallam Lewis was on guitar

Guitar

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 and vocals. In 1988 they released the album In the Best of All Possible Worlds (on Virgin), on which, according to Trouser Press

Trouser Press

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, "the three bandmembers occasionally seem to be playing different songs". In 1989 Not Drowning but Waving (on Records of Achievement) was released. Trouser Press described the second album as "uncommon pop music

Pop music

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 with claws".

Hallam later ran his own recording studio

Recording studio

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 in Hull.

The Planet Wilson reunited for the Winterlude Special Reunion Party in 2006.

Singles

• "White Lies" (1988), Virgin
  Virgin Records
  Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
  
  
• "Fly By Night" (1989), Records Of Achievement
• "Taken For a Ride" (1989), Records of Achievement

Albums

• In the Best of All Possible Worlds (1988), Virgin
  Virgin Records
  Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
  
  
• Not Drowning But Waving (1989), Records of Achievement