You guys rock my world, maaan

The Telescopes were:-
Stephen Lawrie vocals/guitars (and low rent Svengali/Brian Wilson figure, according to the Melody Maker)
Joanna Doran guitars/backing vox
David Fitzgerald guitars
Dominic Dillon drums
Robert Brooks bass

quotes:-

"Every sound you've ever heard was but a preliminary excercise for the all-embracing maelstrom of The Telescopes"
(Melody Maker, 1989)

"Like mad cultural terrorists, they've taken the norm and fed it through a psychedelic blender. It's all rather jagged and unsettling, the musical equivalent of cackling maggots spilling out through the eyeholes of the beautiful- and is both timely and exciting"
(Melody Maker, 1994)

single discography:-
1988- Forever Close Your Eyes- split flexi with Loop (Cheree)
1989- Kick The Wall- backed with This Is The Last Of What's Coming Now (Cheree)
1989- 7th # Disaster- backed with Nothing, This Planet, and Cold (Cheree)
1989- The Perfect Needle- backed with Sadness Pale, SHC Burn, You Can Not Be Sure (What Goes On)
1990- To Kill A Slow Girl Walking- backed with Treasure, Forever Now, Pure Sweetest Ocean (What Goes On)
1990- Precious Little- backed with Never Hurt You (I think there may be more on another format, but this is the only one on what I have) (Creation)
1990- Everso- backed with Never Learn Not To Love and Wish Of You (Creation)
1991- Celeste- backed with All A Dreams and Celestial (Creation)
1991- Flying- The Telescopes' biggest hit, reached no.72 in the charts (roughly four places higher than Prolapse's biggest hit, fact fans), backed with High On Fire, Soul Full Of Tears, The Sleepwalk (Creation)

album discography:-
1989- Taste- Tracklisting (What Goes On/Cheree)
1989- Trademark Of Quality- Tracklisting- live album recorded at Harlow Square Club (Fierce)
1992- Untitled- Tracklisting/Lyrics (Creation)

other appearances:-
Indie Top 20 Vol 8: includes To Kill A Slow Girl Walking... what other luminaries appeared on that album, then?
Indie Top 20 Vol 10: includes Precious Little... come on then, who's on this one?
Indie Top 20 Vol 13: includes Flying... and this?
Creation2: compilation video features Everso and Celeste... who else? who else?
Who Covers Who: surprisingly, a Who tribute album, includes The Good's Gone, the last ever recording made by The Telescopes, from 1994... All very interesting, but who else was on the album?

Read an Interview with the band.

Read a Review of a gig.

Read an Entry about them from the Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave book.

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Unisex

nice picture of Unisex... don't you just want to take em home? hmmm?

Unisex are:-
Stephen vocals
Jo guitars/backing vox
Nick guitars/keyboards
Dan drums
Foz bass

quotes:-

"As fluid as you can get without getting wet"
(Record Collector)

"A feast of left-handed art-pop surprises that keeps you buzzing with a rare form of delighted bewilderment... a rabid fusion of pure pop and unsettling whimsy- you may be up on the influences, but the suave perversity and twisted charm with which they're thrown together is entirely original..."
(Melody Maker)

single discography:-
1996- They Do Feel Strange backed with Man About Town (No Name/Heaven- American release on Doubleagent)
1997- TV Cowboy split single with Good Morning Canada (Kooky)
1999- Deadlock EP American release (Doubleagent)
1999- Deadlocked EP Remix of the above (Doubleagent)
1999- Critical Condition Split single with Class, covers of Dan Green songs (Doubleagent)

Read some Reviews of the singles.

Newsy news type stuff:-
Two Unisex tracks will be appearing on the 'RAWK is a 4 letter word' compilation LP on Short Fuse Records, indeed, the very label co-owned by my good self... ger-oovy...

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