Freak Party
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Freak Party was the short-lived Manchester
funk
band that consisted of future members of The Smiths
. Its members were schoolmates, Johnny Maher (later known as Johnny Marr
) on guitar, Andy Rourke
on bass, and Simon Wolstencroft
, later of The Fall (and briefly a drummer with the Smiths), on drums. The band broke-up because they could not find a decent singer. In addition to the fact that Marr did not want to continue with the funk set up any longer. Freak Party made one demo, an instrumental called 'Crak Therapy' in 1981.
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
band that consisted of future members of The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
. Its members were schoolmates, Johnny Maher (later known as Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr is an English musician and songwriter. Marr rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths, with whom he formed a prolific songwriting partnership with Morrissey. Marr has been a member of Electronic, The The, and Modest Mouse...
) on guitar, Andy Rourke
Andy Rourke
Andy Rourke is a bass guitarist best known for being a former member of The Smiths.-Career:...
on bass, and Simon Wolstencroft
Simon Wolstencroft
Simon Wolstencroft is a musician from Manchester, England, best known for playing drums with The Fall between June 1986 and August 1997.Wolstencroft was a member of an early incarnation of The Stone Roses; having previously been a member of The Weeds and The Colourfield. He was also drummer for...
, later of The Fall (and briefly a drummer with the Smiths), on drums. The band broke-up because they could not find a decent singer. In addition to the fact that Marr did not want to continue with the funk set up any longer. Freak Party made one demo, an instrumental called 'Crak Therapy' in 1981.