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21674517 | Play | Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder | 05:35 Tools | |
59402280 | Play | The Universe Explodes Into A Billion Photons Of Pure White Light | 04:13 Tools | |
21674520 | Play | Muscles | 03:10 Tools | |
59402281 | Play | Do The Supernova | 03:10 Tools | |
21674526 | Play | Tatty Seaside Town | 02:53 Tools | |
21674518 | Play | Myths and Legends | 06:48 Tools | |
59402282 | Play | 21st Century Man | 06:48 Tools | |
89642934 | Play | A Strange Perfume | 06:48 Tools | |
59402283 | Play | Space Junk | 06:48 Tools | |
59402285 | Play | Dark Matter | 04:36 Tools | |
59402284 | Play | Money Is Dust | 06:48 Tools | |
21674554 | Play | Everything's Brilliant | 04:04 Tools | |
21674521 | Play | Kafka's Dad | 04:36 Tools | |
21674519 | Play | Ice Cream For Crow | 03:11 Tools | |
21674553 | Play | Ice Age | 03:25 Tools | |
59402286 | Play | The Multiverse Suite | 04:04 Tools | |
59402288 | Play | In The Graveyard | 05:22 Tools | |
87796895 | Play | Shine On Pumpkin Moon | 04:04 Tools | |
59402287 | Play | If You Enter the Arena, Be Prepared to Deal with the Lions | 04:04 Tools | |
59402290 | Play | Dark Energy | 05:22 Tools | |
59402289 | Play | Hail To The Lovers | 05:22 Tools | |
89642935 | Play | Black is the Colour | 05:22 Tools | |
59402291 | Play | Magic Eye (To See The Sky) | 05:22 Tools | |
21674561 | Play | Love Your Puppy | 03:51 Tools | |
59402292 | Play | 5776 (The Breathing Song) | 05:22 Tools | |
89642936 | Play | A Murder of Crows | 05:22 Tools | |
59402293 | Play | The Hum Of The Universe | 06:46 Tools | |
21674539 | Play | Fashionable Junkies | 02:00 Tools | |
21674531 | Play | Get A Head | 04:45 Tools | |
89642937 | Play | Snow Monkey | 04:45 Tools | |
89642938 | Play | What Nature Gives…nature Takes Away | 04:45 Tools | |
21674523 | Play | Kennedy '63 | 02:47 Tools | |
21674567 | Play | Electric Storm | 05:52 Tools | |
21674542 | Play | All Skin and Bone | 06:46 Tools | |
89642939 | Play | A Murmuration of Starlings on Blackpool Pier | 06:46 Tools | |
89642940 | Play | The 21st Century is Killing Me | 06:46 Tools | |
21674546 | Play | High Street Yanks | 02:17 Tools | |
89642941 | Play | The City is an Animal (nature is Its Slave) | 02:17 Tools | |
21674525 | Play | The Kiteman | 04:21 Tools | |
21674527 | Play | The Throat | 04:08 Tools | |
21674576 | Play | Shot By My Own Gun | 04:17 Tools | |
21674541 | Play | spaceships | 02:35 Tools | |
21674530 | Play | Everyone's Going Triple Bad Acid, Yeah! | 03:03 Tools | |
59402294 | Play | Everything’s Brilliant | 04:21 Tools | |
21674528 | Play | Attraction For The Easy Life | 04:46 Tools | |
21674585 | Play | I Am Fish Eye | 03:22 Tools | |
89642942 | Play | Deep in the Forest Where the Memories Linger | 03:22 Tools | |
21674535 | Play | Big Fun Tonight | 03:36 Tools | |
21674550 | Play | Voodoo Chile | 03:39 Tools | |
21674598 | Play | Dreadful Sound Engine | 04:21 Tools | |
21674634 | Play | Viva! Spanish Turncoat | 02:39 Tools | |
21674549 | Play | Kick Out | 03:44 Tools | |
21674551 | Play | Man From Moscow | 03:11 Tools | |
21674538 | Play | 1986 | 03:23 Tools | |
21674581 | Play | Green and Ghostly Land | 08:28 Tools | |
89642943 | Play | The Magical And Mystical Properties Of Flowers | 08:28 Tools | |
89642944 | Play | Nocturnal | 08:28 Tools | |
21674556 | Play | High St. Yanks | 02:17 Tools | |
21674563 | Play | Gift Of Life | 06:36 Tools | |
89642945 | Play | Mother Ocean/Father Time | 06:36 Tools | |
21674579 | Play | Bulbous Love Child | 02:38 Tools | |
21674629 | Play | Mr. Charisma Brain | 03:52 Tools | |
21674565 | Play | More Skin and Bone | 05:26 Tools | |
21674555 | Play | the murder of sister george | 03:55 Tools | |
21674584 | Play | Chewing the Fat | 03:20 Tools | |
21674537 | Play | Big Nose And The Howlin Wind | 02:45 Tools | |
21674630 | Play | Barbed Snake Fish Thing | 05:21 Tools | |
59402295 | Play | Groovy Fuckers | 02:29 Tools | |
21674536 | Play | Bang! | 01:43 Tools | |
21674545 | Play | Typical Male Penis | 02:46 Tools | |
89642946 | Play | Winter (The Beauty and Violence of Nature) | 02:46 Tools | |
21674632 | Play | Time Warp 1991 | 03:12 Tools | |
21674559 | Play | the elvis i knew was no junkie | 00:56 Tools | |
21674533 | Play | day my universe changed | 02:46 Tools | |
21674547 | Play | snaffleflatch | 02:27 Tools | |
21674639 | Play | Fuck My Old Boots | 02:29 Tools | |
89642947 | Play | Demon Seed/Demon Flower | 02:29 Tools | |
21674611 | Play | John Robb's 91st Nightmare | 03:38 Tools | |
21674628 | Play | Fireface | 01:32 Tools | |
89642948 | Play | The Ghosts of Winter Stalk This Land | 01:32 Tools | |
21674621 | Play | sleazeball | 02:11 Tools | |
21674595 | Play | Corn Dolly Fear | 03:31 Tools | |
89642949 | Play | Pandora's Box | 03:31 Tools | |
21674603 | Play | Cheap Male Aggression | 03:25 Tools | |
21674540 | Play | Jaw cracker fuzz | 04:21 Tools | |
21674605 | Play | thank heavens for the iron horse | 03:16 Tools | |
21674592 | Play | I Am Fisheye | 03:19 Tools | |
21674610 | Play | Let's Take the Death Trip | 02:47 Tools | |
77181059 | Play | Dark Energy - Mark Lanegan Remix | 03:30 Tools | |
21674622 | Play | Punk Out Baby! | 03:08 Tools | |
21674524 | Play | Postdetergent Vacuum Cleaner Man | 03:31 Tools | |
21674543 | Play | New Blood for Young Skulls | 04:21 Tools | |
21674624 | Play | Bacon Factory | 02:15 Tools | |
21674599 | Play | The World Acclaims Eternal Protein Man | 01:52 Tools | |
21674580 | Play | Phoney TV Repair Man | 02:54 Tools | |
21674534 | Play | Slab (Overture) | 02:22 Tools | |
21674604 | Play | Wounded Bull In Victorian England | 04:24 Tools | |
59402296 | Play | Everyone's Going triple Bad Acid Yeah | 01:32 Tools | |
21674568 | Play | Almost China | 02:30 Tools | |
59402302 | Play | Dragonfly | 06:20 Tools | |
59402299 | Play | Long Live the Hooligan | 06:20 Tools | |
21674578 | Play | La Bruja | 03:43 Tools | |
59402297 | Play | Cor Blimey Ain't England Snidey | 03:30 Tools | |
21674575 | Play | Mr Charisma Brain | 03:50 Tools | |
59402298 | Play | High St Yanks | 03:30 Tools | |
21674577 | Play | Hollywood Girl | 03:14 Tools | |
21674635 | Play | Time Warp | 03:30 Tools | |
77181060 | Play | The Universe Explodes into a Billion Photons of Pure White Light - James Dean Bradfield Remix | 06:20 Tools | |
21674552 | Play | Great Mistake | 03:00 Tools | |
21674560 | Play | Big Nose and the Howling Wind | 02:45 Tools | |
21674583 | Play | All Roads Lead to Norway | 01:38 Tools | |
21674562 | Play | Entertaining Friends | 04:10 Tools | |
59402301 | Play | Too Fast to Live | 06:20 Tools | |
21674566 | Play | Long Live the Hooligan! | 02:43 Tools | |
21674548 | Play | Hey Shithead | 04:31 Tools | |
21674532 | Play | King Cotton Whiplash | 04:18 Tools | |
21674573 | Play | Funny Old World | 02:50 Tools | |
21674625 | Play | The Hitch | 02:59 Tools | |
21674602 | Play | postdetergent vaccum cleaner man | 03:31 Tools | |
59402304 | Play | phoney t.v. repair man | 04:18 Tools | |
21674594 | Play | The Kite Man | 04:21 Tools | |
77181061 | Play | The Universe Explodes into a Billion Photons of Pure White Light - Clint Mansell Remix | 04:15 Tools | |
21674574 | Play | Halfway On the Sofa With My Martini | 06:20 Tools | |
59402300 | Play | Introducing Stunted Thunder | 06:20 Tools | |
21674572 | Play | Caretaker Mentality | 03:13 Tools | |
21674617 | Play | Anjie | 04:55 Tools | |
59402303 | Play | Kennedy | 04:15 Tools | |
59402308 | Play | John Robb's 91st Nightmare - Instrumental | 04:14 Tools | |
77181063 | Play | Do the Supernova - Phillip Boa vs. The Membranes Remix | 04:14 Tools | |
89642950 | Play | What Nature Gives...Nature Takes Away | 04:14 Tools | |
21674615 | Play | Tu Culo | 01:56 Tools | |
77181064 | Play | 21st Century Man - Justin Broadrick Remix | 04:14 Tools | |
21674607 | Play | What You Been Listening Too | 01:06 Tools | |
21674606 | Play | Coda (Thad's Call) | 00:51 Tools | |
21674631 | Play | Auto Flesh | 03:35 Tools | |
21674638 | Play | Fuck My Old Boots (Robo Cop and Seacombe) | 02:25 Tools | |
21674582 | Play | More Than a Kiss, the Freak Flag Remains High | 04:23 Tools | |
77181065 | Play | Cleansed Again | 02:51 Tools | |
77181062 | Play | Space Junk - Reverend and the Makers Remix | 04:55 Tools | |
77181067 | Play | In the Graveyard - Carter Tutti Remix | 02:25 Tools | |
21674557 | Play | The Throat (live) | 04:15 Tools | |
21674569 | Play | Growling People | 04:15 Tools | |
77181084 | Play | A Missive from Couch Potatoe Command | 03:41 Tools | |
77181082 | Play | Tuff Veggie Agro | 03:25 Tools | |
77181070 | Play | Too Fast To Live, Too Fast To Die | 05:36 Tools | |
89642951 | Play | Nocturnal (Kitty Lectro Remix) | 05:36 Tools | |
77181066 | Play | Hail to the Lovers - Youth Remix | 04:23 Tools | |
77181071 | Play | Dark Matter - Keith Levene Remix | 03:13 Tools | |
77181074 | Play | Punk Out Baby | 04:23 Tools | |
77181068 | Play | 5776 (The Breathing Song) - In the Nursery's Space Dust Version | 05:36 Tools | |
77181069 | Play | Dark Energy (Mark Lanegan Remix) | 05:36 Tools | |
77181076 | Play | Big Decision (Slight Return) | 04:23 Tools | |
77181088 | Play | Life, Death And The Scary Bits In Between | 04:14 Tools | |
77181085 | Play | 24 Hour Drinking at Northern Prices | 03:25 Tools | |
77181072 | Play | Space Junk - Mark Stewart Remix | 03:13 Tools | |
77181081 | Play | Machine gun suk | 03:25 Tools | |
77181075 | Play | 5776 (The Breathing Song) - Die Fledermaus' Chaos Magick Mix | 04:23 Tools | |
59402305 | Play | Sexy? Big Tongue! | 04:14 Tools | |
87796896 | Play | Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder (W/ Philip Boa's Voodoo Club) | 03:25 Tools | |
59402310 | Play | The Universe Explodes into a Billion Photons of Pure White Light - Estonian Version | 02:51 Tools | |
77181079 | Play | In the Graveyard - Inca Babies Remix | 03:25 Tools | |
59402309 | Play | Day My Univers Changed | 01:30 Tools | |
77181086 | Play | Everything's Brilliant (Version) | 03:25 Tools | |
21674564 | Play | spike milligans tape recorder | 04:14 Tools | |
77181093 | Play | Hey Bryn Maer | 02:59 Tools | |
77181092 | Play | Space Hopper Ignites | 02:59 Tools | |
59402312 | Play | If You enter the arena you've got to be prepared to deal with the lions | 03:35 Tools | |
21674596 | Play | Vile Antics of Super Yob | 02:51 Tools | |
59402306 | Play | The Universe Explodes Into A Billion Protons Of White Light | 04:14 Tools | |
87796897 | Play | The Vile Antics of Super Yob | 03:25 Tools | |
77181087 | Play | Cor Blimey! Ain't England Snidey | 03:48 Tools | |
77181089 | Play | Timewarp 1991 (Long Live Trad Rock) | 04:14 Tools | |
77181073 | Play | Magic Eye (To See the Sky) - Barfak Remix | 04:23 Tools | |
59402307 | Play | Bang | 04:14 Tools | |
77181077 | Play | Hum of the Universe - Alexander Hacke Remix | 04:23 Tools | |
77181096 | Play | England Expects Every Man To Do His Booty | 02:59 Tools | |
87796903 | Play | Entertaining Friends (1987 Version) | 02:11 Tools | |
21674571 | Play | If You Enter The Arena, You've Got To Be Prepared To Deal With The Lions | 01:30 Tools | |
77181080 | Play | Money Is Dust - Tunnelmental Experimental Assembly Remix | 03:25 Tools | |
59402314 | Play | The Universe Explodes Into A Billion Photons Of Pure Light | 04:15 Tools | |
77181078 | Play | Hail to the Lovers - Therapy Remix | 03:25 Tools | |
87796898 | Play | Time Warp 1991 (Reprise) | 03:41 Tools | |
87796905 | Play | Great Mistake (1987 Version) | 04:14 Tools | |
59402311 | Play | Thanks Heaven For The Iron Horse | 02:51 Tools | |
21674570 | Play | Spike Milligan’s Tape Recorder | 05:36 Tools | |
59402313 | Play | Jaw Crackers Fuzz | 04:15 Tools | |
89642952 | Play | What Nature Gives... Nature Takes Away | 04:15 Tools | |
59402317 | Play | Everyone's Going Triple Bad Acid. Yeah ! | 04:23 Tools | |
89642953 | Play | A Murmutation Of Starlings On Blackpool Pier | 04:23 Tools | |
21674597 | Play | Tatty Seaside Town. | 02:51 Tools | |
87796900 | Play | Tatty Seaside Town (4) | 03:41 Tools | |
87796906 | Play | Muscles (1987 Version) | 04:14 Tools | |
87796907 | Play | All Roads Lead to Norway (1987 Version) | 04:14 Tools | |
89642954 | Play | The Universe Explodes Into A Billion Photons Of Pure White Light (James Dean Bradfield Remix) | 04:14 Tools | |
87796904 | Play | Angie | 02:11 Tools | |
87796914 | Play | Mr. Charisma Brain (Live) | 02:59 Tools | |
87796902 | Play | (The World Acclaims…) Eternal Protein Man | 03:41 Tools | |
21674612 | Play | Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) | 03:41 Tools | |
21674544 | Play | Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | 03:48 Tools | |
59402316 | Play | John Robb's 91st Nightmare [Original Instrumental Full Length Version] | 03:41 Tools | |
87796901 | Play | The Universe Explodes into a Billion Photons of Pure White Light (Clint Mansell Remix) | 03:41 Tools | |
77181094 | Play | Auto-Flesh | 02:59 Tools | |
59402318 | Play | The Univers Explodes Into a Billion Photons of Pure White Light | 03:25 Tools | |
89642955 | Play | Myths and Legends (Different Version?) | 03:25 Tools | |
21674636 | Play | Space Hopper Ignies | 03:25 Tools | |
89642956 | Play | What Nature Gives (6 Music Session, 2 July 2019) | 03:25 Tools | |
87796899 | Play | Great Mistake (John Peel Session - 30/05/1984) | 03:48 Tools | |
59402315 | Play | 01 Fashionable Junkies | 03:41 Tools | |
21674619 | Play | Everthing's Brilliant | 04:04 Tools | |
77181091 | Play | In the Graveyard (Carter Tutti Remix) | 02:11 Tools | |
89642957 | Play | 21st Century Is Killing Me (6 Music Session, 2 July 2019) | 02:11 Tools | |
89642958 | Play | Strange Perfume - Riley Session 020719 | 02:11 Tools | |
89642959 | Play | Snow Monkey (6 Music Session, 2 July 2019) | 02:11 Tools | |
87796910 | Play | (The World Acclaims...) Eternal Protein Man | 04:14 Tools | |
87796912 | Play | Space Junk (Reverend and the Makers Remix) | 04:14 Tools | |
87796911 | Play | Dark Matter (Keith Levene Remix) | 04:14 Tools | |
21674529 | Play | French Fried Cat/Skid Row Baby | 02:11 Tools | |
21674613 | Play | Life, Death and tha Scary Bits in Between | 04:14 Tools | |
87796908 | Play | Big Nose and Howling Wind (John Peel Session - 30/05/1984) | 04:14 Tools | |
87796909 | Play | Spike Milligan's Tape Records (John Peel Session - 30/05/1984) | 04:14 Tools | |
87796915 | Play | Gift Of Life (Part One) | 02:59 Tools | |
89642960 | Play | Everyone's Going, Triple Bad Acid Yeah! | 02:59 Tools | |
89642961 | Play | Space Junk (Mark Stewart Remix) | 02:59 Tools | |
89642962 | Play | Hail to the Lovers (Youth Remix) | 02:59 Tools | |
21674588 | Play | A Missive From Cough Potatoe Command | 02:59 Tools | |
59402319 | Play | Everything‚s Brilliant | 02:59 Tools | |
21674591 | Play | Tuff Vegie Agro | 03:05 Tools | |
87796913 | Play | The Gift of Life | 02:59 Tools | |
89642963 | Play | Mother Ocean / Father Time | 02:59 Tools | |
77181095 | Play | Dark Energy (6 Music 260116) | 02:59 Tools | |
59402320 | Play | Snafflelatch | 02:59 Tools | |
89642964 | Play | Gift Of Life (Part Two) | 02:59 Tools | |
89642965 | Play | Love Yr. Puppy | 02:59 Tools | |
59402321 | Play | penal landscape gardner | 02:11 Tools |
The Membranes are a post-punk band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire 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 and Tilton 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 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 but distribution problems limited its impact. 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. 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 The Membranes, Robb went on to form Sensurround and later Goldblade. The group were a key part of the post punk DIY scene and toured the world several times and when My Bloody Valentine and then Shellac asked them to reform for separate ATP festival events it made sense for them to continue after a 25 year break. Their upcoming album in June, Dark Matter/Dark Energy is already getting a great reaction from the press and media and their gigs have been stunning. When John Robb met the head of the CERN project after a TEDx talk they were both speaking at it was the start of the Membranes most audacious album. Long and intense talks about the universe followed and the idea of the birth and then the death of the universe seemed perfect for a song cycle for the Membranes new album and for special one of gigs called The Universe Explained where Robb interviews scientists on stage and the band play at the end. All the songs touch on aspects of space- from the opening track that is about the big bang of the universe to Joe himself explaining the universe over the spooky Multiverse Suite to the closing track, the Hum Of The Universe ,where the band try and capture the beauty and violence of the end of the universe and a human life. During the recording of the album Robb’s own father died and his death is threaded through many of the songs and the idea that when we all die we return our dust and energy to the endless void. Tracks like In The Graveyard deal directly with watching his father die and his father can even be heard talking about the universe at the beginning of the same track. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.