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146:' "Shake Some Action". Their third single was their own composition, "Cruising Missiles", and was the last for Pop: Aural, with Heighway and Rome setting up their own Survival label for subsequent releases. First release on their new label was "Subliminal" in 1981. It would be early 1982 before their next release, the band's debut album 156:
describing it as "simple, rather plain synth-rock with a strong electronic beat and thin ancillary instrumentation". After two further singles in 1982, the band split up. The Survival label went on to become one of the premiere "minimal wave" labels of the 80s, with releases by the likes of
362: 302: 275: 318: 134:. They were signed by former Fast product boss Bob Last to his new Pop: Aural label. Their first two singles were both 233:- "Witness the Change (Extended Instrumental)"/Drinking Electricity - "Superstition (Mirror Image Edit)" NYNX 177: 166: 131: 139: 130:). Rome had previously worked with Martin Lloyd in the band Analysis, which was later to evolve into 170: 143: 338: 298: 271: 322: 315: 190: 356: 343: 152: 135: 230: 158: 162: 127: 103: 95: 47: 29: 107: 99: 43: 33: 119: 123: 180:
on "Good Time" from their eponymous debut album in 2008.
142:'s "Shaking All Over", and the second a version of The 293:
Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Drinking Electricity", in
150:. The album was not well-received critically, with 75: 71: 63: 53: 39: 25: 18: 266:Lazell, Barry (1997) "Drinking Electricity", in 8: 218:"Subliminal (radical mix)" (1982) Survival 203:"Shaking All Over" (1980) Pop: Aural (#43) 15: 289: 287: 285: 283: 262: 260: 176:"Good Times (Dance Mix)" was sampled by 118:The trio comprised Anne-Marie Heighway ( 256: 209:"Cruising Missiles" (1980) Pop: Aural 206:"Shake Some Action" (1980) Pop: Aural 7: 169:, and Play, and several releases by 215:"Good Times" (1982) Survival (#50) 212:"Subliminal" (1981) Survival (#48) 189:Chart placings shown are from the 14: 110:active during the early 1980s. 1: 126:, vocals), and Paul Edgley ( 295:The Great Indie Discography 379: 363:Scottish pop music groups 138:, the first a version of 316:Martin Lloyd Interview 339:Drinking Electricity 270:, Cherry Red Books, 268:Indie Hits 1980-1989 167:Thirteen at Midnight 132:Oppenheimer Analysis 92:Drinking Electricity 67:Pop: Aural, Survival 20:Drinking Electricity 81:Anne-Marie Heighway 321:2008-07-25 at the 194: 89: 88: 370: 347: 335: 329: 312: 306: 291: 278: 264: 188: 144:Flamin' Groovies 78: 56: 16: 378: 377: 373: 372: 371: 369: 368: 367: 353: 352: 351: 350: 336: 332: 323:Wayback Machine 313: 309: 292: 281: 265: 258: 253: 246:(1982) Survival 240: 200: 186: 178:Crystal Castles 122:), David Rome ( 116: 84: 82: 76: 54: 46: 21: 12: 11: 5: 376: 374: 366: 365: 355: 354: 349: 348: 337:Robbins, Ira " 330: 307: 279: 255: 254: 252: 249: 248: 247: 239: 236: 235: 234: 227: 226: 224: 220: 219: 216: 213: 210: 207: 204: 199: 196: 191:UK Indie Chart 185: 182: 136:cover versions 115: 112: 87: 86: 79: 73: 72: 69: 68: 65: 61: 60: 57: 51: 50: 41: 37: 36: 27: 23: 22: 19: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 375: 364: 361: 360: 358: 346: 345: 344:Trouser Press 340: 334: 331: 328: 324: 320: 317: 311: 308: 304: 303:1-84195-335-0 300: 297:, Canongate, 296: 290: 288: 286: 284: 280: 277: 276:0-9517206-9-4 273: 269: 263: 261: 257: 250: 245: 242: 241: 237: 232: 229: 228: 225: 222: 221: 217: 214: 211: 208: 205: 202: 201: 197: 195: 192: 183: 181: 179: 174: 172: 168: 164: 160: 155: 154: 153:Trouser Press 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 125: 121: 113: 111: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 80: 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 52: 49: 45: 42: 38: 35: 31: 28: 24: 17: 342: 333: 327:Minimal Wave 326: 310: 294: 267: 243: 231:Pete Shelley 223:Split single 187: 175: 171:Capercaillie 159:Richard Bone 151: 147: 117: 91: 90: 77:Past members 55:Years active 184:Discography 163:Tik and Tok 140:Johnny Kidd 85:Paul Edgley 251:References 102:trio from 83:David Rome 104:Edinburgh 96:post-punk 59:1980–1982 48:Post-punk 30:Edinburgh 357:Category 319:Archived 305:, p. 308 244:Overload 148:Overload 108:Scotland 100:synthpop 44:Synthpop 34:Scotland 198:Singles 114:History 94:were a 301:  274:  238:Albums 124:guitar 120:vocals 64:Labels 40:Genres 26:Origin 299:ISBN 272:ISBN 128:bass 341:", 325:", 359:: 282:^ 259:^ 173:. 165:, 161:, 106:, 32:, 314:" 193:. 98:/

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Edinburgh
Scotland
Synthpop
Post-punk
post-punk
synthpop
Edinburgh
Scotland
vocals
guitar
bass
Oppenheimer Analysis
cover versions
Johnny Kidd
Flamin' Groovies
Trouser Press
Richard Bone
Tik and Tok
Thirteen at Midnight
Capercaillie
Crystal Castles
UK Indie Chart
Pete Shelley


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