The Soft Boys
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The Soft Boys were an influential neo-psychedelic rock and roll band from Cambridge, England, formed in 1976 as Dennis and the Experts. They featured Robyn Hitchcock (main songwriter and singer), who later went on to a distinguished solo career, and Kimberley Rew (lead guitarist), later of Katrina and the Waves.
Original members were Robyn Hitchcock (guitar), Rob Lamb (guitar), Andy Metcalfe (bass), and Morris Windsor (drums). Alan Davies replaced Lamb in 1977, Rew replaced Davies in 1978, and Matthew Seligman replaced Metcalfe in 1979. The band broke up in 1980 after Underwater Moonlight and briefly re-formed in 2001 and 2002 for the 20th anniversary of that album.
Discography
- Give It To The Soft Boys (EP) (1977)
- (I Want to Be an) Anglepoise Lamp b/w Fatman's Son (45) (1978)
- A Can of Bees (LP) (1979) (reissued as CD 1992)
- Underwater Moonlight (LP) (1980) (reissued as CD 1992)
- Near the Soft Boys (EP) (1980)
- I Wanna Destroy You b/w Old Pervert (45) (1980)
- Only the Stones Remain b/w The Asking Tree (45) (1981)
- Two Halves for the Price of One (LP) (1981)
- Love Poisoning (45) (1982)
- He's a Reptile b/w Song No. 4 (45) (1983)
- Invisible Hits (LP) (1983) (reissued as CD 1992)
- Live at the Portland Arms (cassette) (1983) (reissued as LP 1988)
- Wading Through a Ventilator (EP) (1984)
- The Face of Death b/w The Yodelling Hoover (45) (1989)
- Raw Cuts (CD EP) (1989)
- 1976-81 (2 CD) (1993)
- Underwater Moonlight... And How It Got There (2 CD) (2001)
- Nextdoorland (CD) (2002)
- Side Three (CD EP) (2002)
External links
- Official site (http://www.thesoftboys.com/)
- VegetableFriends (http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/VegetableFriends/), the original Syd Barrett - Robyn Hitchcock Discussion Group