Manufactured Romance
Encyclopedia
Manufactured Romance was a pop punk
band from London
, England
, who were active from 1979 until 1982. Although only two studio tracks were recorded while the band was active, the band achieved note and considerable later anthologisation.
The band lineup was Nick Medlin (bass), Benny Di Massa (drums), Bob Moore (guitar), Mark Chapman (guitar) and Nina Spencer (vocals).
They were contemporaries of the UK Subs
and Doll By Doll
(Nina also supplied backing vocals on some Doll By Doll recordings), playing their first show January 22nd, 1979 at the Marquee, supporting UK Subs.
The band did a number of reunion shows in August 2008.
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
band from London
London
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, England
England
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, who were active from 1979 until 1982. Although only two studio tracks were recorded while the band was active, the band achieved note and considerable later anthologisation.
The band lineup was Nick Medlin (bass), Benny Di Massa (drums), Bob Moore (guitar), Mark Chapman (guitar) and Nina Spencer (vocals).
They were contemporaries of the UK Subs
UK Subs
The U.K. Subs are an English punk rock band, among the earliest in the first wave of British punk. Formed in 1976, the mainstay of the band has been vocalist Charlie Harper, originally a singer in Britain's R&B scene. They were also one of the first street punk bands.-Career:The U.K...
and Doll By Doll
Doll by Doll
Doll by Doll were a London based rock band formed by Jackie Leven in 1975. They came to prominence during the New Wave period but were largely ignored by the music press of the time - their emotional, psychedelic-tinged music was judged out of step with other bands of the time .The original line up...
(Nina also supplied backing vocals on some Doll By Doll recordings), playing their first show January 22nd, 1979 at the Marquee, supporting UK Subs.
The band did a number of reunion shows in August 2008.
Album
- Time Of My Life (Jungle, 2008)
- Chameleon / Deaja Vu / You / Time Of My Life / Easy / Long Distance Love / Twist The Day / When You Said / Criminal Mind
- single plus live tracks
Compilation appearances
- Fresh Records - The Punk Singles Collection (Fresh, 1982; Jungle, 1994) - "Time Of My Life"
- Punk Archives - 25 Punk Singles (Jungle, 2000) - "Time Of My Life"
- It's Punk, Innit? (Jungle FREUDCD 777) - "Time Of My Life"
External links
- Manufactured Romance (official MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
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