Monograph was a London

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 based indie rock

Indie rock

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 band, that started in 1995 and broke up in 2000.

Monograph released their recordings

Sound recording and reproduction

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 on the Shinkansen Recordings label

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 between 1998 and 2003. Their guitarist

Guitarist

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, Rob Crutchley, was also the main songwriter

Songwriter

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 and the band's records

Gramophone record

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 were produced

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 by Broken Dog

Broken Dog

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’s guitarist Clive Painter

Clive Painter

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. A later album was released under the alias 'Pacific Radio'. BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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 DJ

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, John Peel

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, played several of their songs and asked them to record a Peel session in 1999.

Members

• Rob Crutchley
• Gethyn Jordan
• Steve McNairn
• Surain Lokuge

Guest Musicians

• Martine Roberts – Broken Dog
  Broken Dog
  Broken Dog is a London-based experimental rock band started in 1994.Broken Dog were formed by Martine Roberts and Clive Painter in London in the summer of 1994 and the disbanded in 2004 following their fifth album 'Harmonia'. Influenced by American artists such as the Grifters, Swell, Pavement,...
  
  
• Clive Painter
  Clive Painter
  Clive Painter is a Musician, Record Producer and Mastering Engineer based in London.Since the mid nineties he has been known primarily as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in both Broken Dog and Tram , and he is currently active as a guitarist in The 99 Call and The Real Tuesday Weld...
  
   - Broken Dog

Albums

• Lorelei (Shinkansen Recordings), (1999)
• Pacific Radio – Pacific Radio (Shinkansen Recordings), (2000)

Singles

• "Paper Museum" (Shinkansen Recordings), (1998)
• "Please Don’t Be Afraid Of Anything" (Shinkansen Recordings), (1999)
• "Don't Gimme Shelter" (Shinkansen Recordings), (1999)

Compilation albums

• Lights On A Darkening Shore (Shinkansen Recordings), (2000)
• Christmas EP (Shinkansen Recordings), (2000)
• Someone To Share My Life With (But Is It Art), (2006)