Membranes

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Tatty Seaside Town 00:00 Tools
spike milligan's tape recorder 00:00 Tools
myths and legends 00:00 Tools
spike milligans tape recorder 00:00 Tools
Do the Supernova 00:00 Tools
Electric Storm 00:00 Tools
The Universe Explodes Into A Billion Photons Of Pure White Light 00:00 Tools
Love Your Puppy 00:00 Tools
21st Century Man 00:00 Tools
Space Junk 00:00 Tools
The Multiverse Suite 00:00 Tools
Money Is Dust 00:00 Tools
Everyone's Going Triple Bad Acid, Yeah! 00:00 Tools
Fuck My Old Boots 00:00 Tools
Bulbous Love Child 00:00 Tools
Viva! Spanish Turncoat 00:00 Tools
Dark Matter 00:00 Tools
Kafka's Dad 00:00 Tools
In The Graveyard 00:00 Tools
voodoo chile 00:00 Tools
Hollywood Girl 00:00 Tools
Groovy Fuckers 00:00 Tools
Hail To The Lovers 00:00 Tools
5776 (The Breathing Song) 00:00 Tools
If You Enter The Arena, Be Prepared To Deal With The Lions 00:00 Tools
Dark Energy 00:00 Tools
The Hum of the Universe 00:00 Tools
Get A Head 00:00 Tools
Magic Eye (To See The Sky) 00:00 Tools
John Robb's 91st Nightmare 00:00 Tools
The Throat 00:00 Tools
Kick Out 00:00 Tools
Punk Out Baby! 00:00 Tools
Attraction For The Easy Life 00:00 Tools
Wounded Bull In Victorian England 00:00 Tools
Shine On Pumpkin Moon 00:00 Tools
Corn Dolly Fear 00:00 Tools
Muscles 00:00 Tools
Let's Take The Death Trip 00:00 Tools
Cheap Male Aggression 00:00 Tools
The World Acclaims Eternal Protein Man 00:00 Tools
Time Warp 00:00 Tools
Love Yr Puppy 00:00 Tools
Long Live The Hooligan 00:00 Tools
Cor Blimey Ain't England Snidey 00:00 Tools
A Strange Perfume 00:00 Tools
Bacon Factory 00:00 Tools
Too Fast To Live 00:00 Tools
Dragonfly 00:00 Tools
High St Yanks 00:00 Tools
Kennedy '63 00:00 Tools
Super Freak 00:00 Tools
A Murder Of Crows 00:00 Tools
Long Live The Hooligan! 00:00 Tools
Shot By My Own Gun 00:00 Tools
Black is the Colour 00:00 Tools
Deep in the Forest Where the Memories Linger 00:00 Tools
The 21st Century Is Killing Me 00:00 Tools
mr. charisma brain 00:00 Tools
Bang! 00:00 Tools
A Murmuration Of Starlings On Blackpool Pier 00:00 Tools
everything's brilliant 00:00 Tools
Spaceships 00:00 Tools
The City is an Animal (nature is Its Slave) 00:00 Tools
chewing the fat 00:00 Tools
What Nature Gives…nature Takes Away 00:00 Tools
1986 00:00 Tools
Big Fun Tonight 00:00 Tools
I Am Fish Eye 00:00 Tools
Ice Age 00:00 Tools
Snow Monkey 00:00 Tools
fashionable junkies 00:00 Tools
The Ghosts of Winter Stalk This Land 00:00 Tools
typical male penis 00:00 Tools
Winter (The Beauty and Violence of Nature) 00:00 Tools
Nocturnal 00:00 Tools
Everyone's Going triple Bad Acid Yeah 00:00 Tools
Pandora's Box 00:00 Tools
Man From Moscow 00:00 Tools
John Robb's 91st Nightmare - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
more skin and bone 00:00 Tools
The Kiteman 00:00 Tools
dreadful sound engine 00:00 Tools
high st. yanks 00:00 Tools
The Murder of Sister George 00:00 Tools
Sleazeball 00:00 Tools
The Magical and Mystical Properties of Flowers 00:00 Tools
jaw cracker fuzz 00:00 Tools
High Street Yanks 00:00 Tools
Thank Heavens for the Iron Horse 00:00 Tools
All Skin And Bone 00:00 Tools
fireface 00:00 Tools
green and ghostly land 00:00 Tools
Snaffleflatch 00:00 Tools
Day My Universe Changed 00:00 Tools
Mother Ocean/Father Time 00:00 Tools
The Elvis I Knew Was No Junkie 00:00 Tools
Ice Cream For Crow 00:00 Tools
12 Muscles (Muscles EP Version) 00:00 Tools
Fuck My Old Boots (Robo Cop and Seacombe) 00:00 Tools
barbed snake fish thing 00:00 Tools
gift of life 00:00 Tools
Phoney TV Repair Man 00:00 Tools
All Roads Lead To Norway 00:00 Tools
Entertaining Friends 00:00 Tools
the hitch 00:00 Tools
mr charisma brain 00:00 Tools
Great Mistake 00:00 Tools
Sexy? Big Tongue! 00:00 Tools
funny old world 00:00 Tools
King Cotton Whiplash 00:00 Tools
09 Typical Male Penis 00:00 Tools
New Blood For Young Skulls 00:00 Tools
Everyone's Going, Triple Bad Acid Yeah! 00:00 Tools
Big Fun Tonight. 00:00 Tools
Postdetergent Vacuum Cleaner Man 00:00 Tools
(Even More) Skin and Bone 00:00 Tools
John Robb's 91st Nightmare (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
almost china 00:00 Tools
The Univers Explodes Into a Billion Photons of Pure White Light 00:00 Tools
Phoney T.V. Repair Man 00:00 Tools
what nature gives... nature takes away 00:00 Tools
Thank Heavens for the Iron Horse. 00:00 Tools
auto flesh 00:00 Tools
Big Nose And The Howlin wind 00:00 Tools
Savage Sea 00:00 Tools
Day My Universe Changed. 00:00 Tools
The Murder of Sister George. 00:00 Tools
Postdetergent Vaccum Cleaner Man 00:00 Tools
Spaceships. 00:00 Tools
The Elvis I Knew Was No Junkie. 00:00 Tools
Tatty Seaside Town. 00:00 Tools
Growling People 00:00 Tools
Tuff Veggie Agro 00:00 Tools
Snaffleflatch. 00:00 Tools
1986. 00:00 Tools
I Am Fisheye 00:00 Tools
Postdetergent Vaccum Cleaner Man. 00:00 Tools
More Than A Kiss, The Freak Flag Remains High 00:00 Tools
Mother Ocean / Father Time 00:00 Tools
Gift of Life (Part One) 00:00 Tools
Demon Seed / Demon Flower 00:00 Tools
Everything's Brilliant (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
Everthing' Brilliant. 00:00 Tools
Sexy- Big Tongue! 00:00 Tools
Cor Blimey! Ain't England Snidey 00:00 Tools
The Gift of Life 00:00 Tools
Gift Of Life (Part Two) 00:00 Tools
timewarp 1991 00:00 Tools
Dark Matter (Keith Levene Remix) 00:00 Tools
If You Enter The Arena, You've Got To Be Prepared To Deal With The Lions 00:00 Tools
Sleazeball. 00:00 Tools
Phoney T.V. Repair Man. 00:00 Tools
Jaw Cracer Fuzz. 00:00 Tools
Gift of Life (Part One). 00:00 Tools
Punk Out, Baby 00:00 Tools
eternal protein man 00:00 Tools
Everyone's Going Triple Bad Acid, Yeah 00:00 Tools
King Cotton Whiplash. 00:00 Tools
Big Nose and the Howling Wind 00:00 Tools
Mr. Charisma Brain. 00:00 Tools
Chewing the Fat. 00:00 Tools
life, death and the scary bits in between 00:00 Tools
Magic Eye To See The Sky 00:00 Tools
a missive from couch potatoe command 00:00 Tools
Space Hopper Ignies 00:00 Tools
vile antics of super yob 00:00 Tools
kennedy 63 00:00 Tools
Muscles (Muscles EP Version) 00:00 Tools
Shot by My Own Gun. 00:00 Tools
Gift of Life (Part Two). 00:00 Tools
Dark Energy (Mark Lanegan Remix) 00:00 Tools
Punk Out Baby 00:00 Tools
Sugar Sugar 00:00 Tools
Hey Bryn Maer 00:00 Tools
The Magical and Mysterious Properties of Flowers 00:00 Tools
Cleansed Again 00:00 Tools
John Robb's 91st Nightmare (original instrumental full length version) 00:00 Tools
Love Your Puppy. 00:00 Tools
John Robb's 91st Nightmare. 00:00 Tools
Everthing' Brilliant 00:00 Tools
(Even More Skin) and Bone 00:00 Tools
caretaker mentatity 00:00 Tools
the vile antics of super yob 00:00 Tools
24 hours drinking at northern prices 00:00 Tools
Spaceship 00:00 Tools
Punk Out, Baby. 00:00 Tools
Viva! Spanish Turncoat. 00:00 Tools
Cor Blimey! Aint England Snidey. 00:00 Tools
Corn Dolly Fear. 00:00 Tools
(The World Acclaims)...Eternal Protein Man. 00:00 Tools
Let's Take the Death Trip. 00:00 Tools
Bacon Factory. 00:00 Tools
everone's going,triple bad aci 00:00 Tools
Cheap Male Aggression. 00:00 Tools
Anjie 00:00 Tools
Life, death and tha scary bits in between 00:00 Tools
The Kite Man... 00:00 Tools
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The Membranes are a post-punk band which formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, England in 1977, the initial line-up being John Robb (bass guitar), Mark Tilton (guitar), Martin Critchley (vocals) and Martin Kelly (drums). Critchley soon left, with Robb taking on vocals, and Kelly moving to keyboards, with "Coofy Sid" (Coulthart) taking over on drums. Their first release was the "Flexible Membrane" flexi-disc in 1980, and over the next 11 years they would go on to release 6 studio albums. Their first single proper, "Muscles", was a single of the week in the UK music press[1] and a big club hit in New York being played in the Danceteria by the likes of The Beastie Boys eventual DJ Mojo and other cutting edge New York DJs. Kelly left after "Muscles", to be replaced by Steve Farmery on guitar for the follow-up Pin Stripe Hype EP. The band pioneered the avant noise scene of Big Black and Sonic Youth for several years with their critically acclaimed "Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder" single and Death To Trad Rock EP (which were indie chart top 5 records in the UK) and their debut Gift Of Life album. They were the first band to be signed to Alan McGee's Creation label but the deal fell though when McGee could not afford to pay their studio bill for the "Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder" single. The band relocated to Manchester in 1983, and "Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder" was issued on the Criminal Damage label, which met with a positive critical response. In 1984/85 The Membranes had a ferocious live reputation with the loudest gigs in the UK and their anti rock attitude. Mark Tilton's quiff and John Robb's exploding hair and wild clothes gave them an instantly recognizable and uncategorizable image that matched their music. Musically they were beyond punk as well with their dedication to noise but always with songs buried in the power. Tilton's slide guitar and frenetic rhythm guitar combined with Robb's outrageously heavy bass and heartfelt vocals as well as Coofy Sid's pounding drumming created an instantly original sound. After Tilton left the band released their debut album, the indie chart number one, Gift Of Life' on Creation Records, this was followed by 'Songs Of Love And Fury' which was a big critical success in the USA and a top 10 indie chart album in the UK. The band's 1987 album. Kiss Ass Godhead' was their best selling release and also their best album. After The Membranes split in 1990, Robb went on to form Goldblade. In 2009 the band reformed at the request of My Bloody Valentine to perform at an All Tomorrows Parties festival that MVB were curating. After which, The Membranes played a series of concerts worldwide. The band released the album Dark Matter/Dark Energy in 2015. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.