The Marmite Sisters
Encyclopedia
The Marmite Sisters were an indie
band formed in 1984 from Glenfield
, Leicestershire
, England
. They were initially known as the Anonymouse, with Graham Barnfield
on vocals, Steve Hill on guitar, Christopher Murphy on bass and Stub Robinson on drums.
The band's name changed to the Marmite Sisters in May 1986, undergoing multiple changes of line-up and personnel. The band's first release was the Kick Donkey cassette in 1988. This was followed by the Songs of Love and Lawnmowers cassette in 1989. The final line-up split up in 1994.
The band subsequently released the EP Gricers on a German label in February 1995 and made compilation appearances on Grapefruit Sunrise along with connected bands The Minogues and Cavalier Approach.
(FLX)
on Tea Records
Tug EP (FLX) 1991
on Tea Records
Gricers (7" MEL 16) 1995
on Meller Welle Produckte
on Rainbow recordings
- My White Amp
A Taste of Tea 1993
on Tea Records
- Cheapday Returns; Rain
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
band formed in 1984 from Glenfield
Glenfield, Leicestershire
Glenfield is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England. It is part of the Blaby district, and has a population of about 10,000. Its location at the northwestern fringe of the city of Leicester effectively makes it a suburb, although it is politically and administratively separate...
, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
, 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...
. They were initially known as the Anonymouse, with Graham Barnfield
Graham Barnfield
Graham Barnfield is a British academic and pundit associated with the hard left Revolutionary Communist Party .In 1993 he began writing on cultural politics in the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt...
on vocals, Steve Hill on guitar, Christopher Murphy on bass and Stub Robinson on drums.
The band's name changed to the Marmite Sisters in May 1986, undergoing multiple changes of line-up and personnel. The band's first release was the Kick Donkey cassette in 1988. This was followed by the Songs of Love and Lawnmowers cassette in 1989. The final line-up split up in 1994.
The band subsequently released the EP Gricers on a German label in February 1995 and made compilation appearances on Grapefruit Sunrise along with connected bands The Minogues and Cavalier Approach.
Discography
BelperBelper
Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England.-Geography:Belper is situated eight miles north of Derby and is centred in the valley of the River Derwent...
(FLX)
on Tea Records
Tug EP (FLX) 1991
on Tea Records
Gricers (7" MEL 16) 1995
on Meller Welle Produckte
Featured on compilations
C92 (K7) 1993on Rainbow recordings
- My White Amp
A Taste of Tea 1993
on Tea Records
- Cheapday Returns; Rain
External links
- The Marmite Sisters at TweeNet
- The Marmite Sisters at MySpace
- Marmite Sisters retrospective interview at Cloudberry Cake