Pink Fairies
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Pink Fairies | |
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Background information | |
Origin | London, England |
Genres | |
Years active | 1969–1976; 1987–1988; 2014–present |
Labels | Demon, MLP |
Past members |
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Pink Fairies are an English
History
Paul Rudolph incarnation, 1969–1972
The group were formed after the three musicians from
Their music was upbeat good-time
Larry Wallis incarnation, 1973–1978
Mick Wayne (born Michael Wayne, 1945,
However, Sanderson and Hunter became unhappy with the musical direction Wayne was taking the band. They convinced
Ted Carroll, head of
1980s and 1990s
In the early 1980s, Wallis, Sanderson and drummer George Butler (ex-Lightning Raiders) recorded and played live, the albums Previously Unreleased (1982) and The Deviants' Human Garbage (live 1984) being released. The band went under many names including The Police Cars, The Police Sleighs, The Donut Dunkers Of Death, and finally The Love Pirates Of Doom, the most settled line-up being Wallis, Sanderson, Butler and second guitarist Andy Colquhoun (ex-Warsaw Pakt & Brian James' Tanz Der Youth).
In 1987,
Following this period the magazine UHCK (Uncle Harry's City Kids - run initially by Jeff Holmes and later by Tim Rundall)[9] collaborated with the band to produce two tape releases (Silence Of The Hams and Son Of Ham) and two CDs (Son Of Ham extended version and Hogwatch) for subscribers, all featuring entirely unreleased music by members of the band in various side projects (the Deviants, Lightning Raiders, etc.), radio sessions and specially written material. In common with many 'official' Pink Fairies releases the artwork was by the late underground cartoonist Edward J. Barker (I.T., Nasty Tales) noted for his Largactalites cartoons and his pig and crow caricatures. Much of the magazine was actually written by ex-band members and by longtime associate, road manager, 'wet nurse' and manager of Dingwalls, Boss Goodman, who went on to become a renowned chef, once cooking for US President Bill Clinton at the Portobello Gold.
In the mid-1990s Twink collaborated with Rudolph and the pair recorded 1996's Pleasure Island and 1997's No Picture, released as the Pink Fairies on Twink's own label. Twink also issued a plethora of albums featuring outtakes, alternative versions, BBC sessions and live material including: The Golden Years 1969-1971, Do It, Live at Weeley Festival 1971 and Mandies and Mescaline Round at Uncle Harry's (1998).[1]
21st century
During the early 2000s, Polydor remastered and released their Pink Fairies catalogue with bonus cuts, and issued the sampler albums Master Series and Up the Pinks: An Introduction.
The Kings of Oblivion line-up (Wallis, Sanderson and Hunter) were scheduled to play at a one-off gig on 22 January 2007 at the Roundhouse, London and record a BBC session for Stuart Maconie's Freakzone radio programme, but activities were cancelled at the last minute due to ill-health. In 2007, the biography Keep it Together! Cosmic Boogie with the Deviants and Pink Fairies by Rich Deakin, Mick Farren's webmaster,[10] was published by Headpress. In September 2009, the What a Bunch of Sweeties line-up (Rudolph, Sanderson and Hunter) re-united in the studio to record a new version of "Do It" for the various artists CD Portobello Shuffle: A Testimonial To Boss Goodman And Tribute To The Deviants & Pink Fairies.[11] The CD was a fund-raiser for Goodman, who was suffering from the after-effects of a stroke.
In 2011, Farren and Colquhoun returned to the UK from Los Angeles after nearly 20 years in exile. They teamed up with the rhythm section of Hunter and Sanderson, along with second guitarist Tim Rundall and percussionist Jaki Windmill, for a number of appearances. This line-up performed on the 'Spirit of 71' stage at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival - 40 years after the Pink Fairies' previous appearance at that event - under the name 'Mick Farren & The Last Men Standing'. Without Rundall, they later performed as The Deviants until Farren's death in 2013.
In 2014, the Pink Fairies reformed with a line-up of Hunter, Sanderson, Colquhoun, Windmill and second drummer Butler. Initially announcing two dates - The Robin 2 in Bilston on 15 May and 100 Club in London on 17 May - more dates were later added up to October 2015. A new album called Naked Radio was released after a
Rudolph completed recordings with
Butler died in January 2018. Goodman died on 22 March 2018. Wallis died on 19 September 2019,[13] and Sanderson died just two months later on 20 November 2019.[14] Rundall died in January 2022, and Hunter died on 19 December 2023, at the age of 77.[15]
Discography
Albums
- 1971 – Never Never Land (Polydor) – Rudolph; Sanderson; Hunter; Twink
- 1972 – What a Bunch of Sweeties (Polydor) – Rudolph; Sanderson; Hunter; Burton - UK No. 48[16]
- 1973 – Kings of Oblivion (Polydor) – Wallis; Sanderson; Hunter
- 1987 – Kill 'Em and Eat 'Em (Demon) – Wallis; Colquhoun; Sanderson; Hunter; Twink
- 1996 – Pleasure Island (Twink Records) – Twink; Rudolph
- 1997 – No Picture (Twink Records) – Twink; Rudolph
- 2017 – Naked Radio (Gonzo Music) – Colquhoun; Sanderson; Hunter; Butler; Windmill
- 2018 – Resident Reptiles (Purple Pyramid) – Rudolph; Davey; Fox
- 2023 – Screwed Up (Cleopatra Records) – Rudolph; Davey; Fox
EPs
- 1978 - Twink and the Fairies (Chiswick) – Twink; Sanderson - consisting of the tracks "Do It '77", "Psychedelic Punkeroo" and "Enter The Diamonds"
- 1984 – Previously Unreleased (Big Beat) – Wallis; Sanderson; Butler - recorded 1982
Compilation albums
- 1975 - Flashback (Polydor)
- 1999 - Live at the Roundhouse / Previously Unreleased / Do It '77 (Big Beat)
- 1999 – Master Series (Universal)
- 2002 – Up the Pinks – An Introduction to Pink Fairies (Polydor)
- 2021 – Duo Up (Explore Rights Management Ltd via Cherry Red)
Singles
- 1971 - "The Snake" / "Do It" (Polydor) – Rudolph; Sanderson; Hunter; Twink
- 1972 - "Pigs of Uranus" / "I Saw Her Standing There" (German Polydor release) Rudolph; Sanderson; Hunter
- 1973 - "Well, Well, Well" / "Hold On" (Polydor) – Wayne; Sanderson; Hunter
- 1976 - "Between the Lines" / "Spoiling for a Fight" (Stiff) – Wallis; Stone; Sanderson; Hunter
Live albums
- 1982 – Live at the Roundhouse 1975 (Big Beat) – Wallis; Rudolph; Sanderson; Hunter; Twink
- 1998 - The Golden Years: 1969–1971 (Cleopatra Records) – Rudolph; Sanderson; Hunter; Twink (live, BBC sessions, Twink solo material)
- 1998 - Mescaline and Mandies Round at Uncle Harry's (NMC) – Rudolph; Sanderson; Hunter; Twink; Burton (BBC sessions, live)
- 1999 - Do It! (Total Energy) – Rudolph; Sanderson; Hunter; Twink (live, Twink solo material)
- 1999 - Live at Weeley 1971 (Get Back) – Rudolph; Sanderson; Hunter (live)
- 2005 - Chinese Cowboys (Captain Trip) – Wallis; Colquhoun; Sanderson; Hunter; Twink (live 1987)
- 2008 - Finland Freakout 1971 Major League Productions (MLP)- Rudolph; Sanderson; Hunter (live)
Band members
Timeline
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7535-0257-7.
- ^ "The Deviants - We Got Garbage" Seph Wimpfheimer, FUZ issue 2, Autumn 2000, p. 8
- ISBN 978-1846091476.
- ^ "Twink site". Members.tripod.com. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ "Larry Wallis info (The Musicians' Olympus)". Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ Nude Woman, London Pigs & Rebel Musician: Multiple L.S.D – Rape Suicide Bid, International Times #85, 13 August 1970
- ^ "Slicing up Bacon for Baby Snakes". 1 April 2007. Archived from the original on 1 April 2007.
- ^ Weber, Bruce (August 2013). "Mick Farren, British Rock 'n' Roll Renaissance Man, Dies at 69". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 March 2022 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Irving, Dave (4 May 2014). "THE BOSS AND THE DEVIANT FAIRIES". The Howff. Wordpress.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ Deakin, Rich. "Funtopia". Funtopia. Archived from the original on 6 May 2007.
- ^ Rich Deakin. "Portobello Shuffle - Deviants and Pink Fairies". myspace. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ^ "Resident Reptiles". Discogs.com. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ Cashmere, Paul (20 September 2019). "Larry Wallis, formerly of Motorhead, dies at age 70". Noise11.com.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Sandy Sanderson of Deviants and Pink Fairies passes away". Punknews.org. 21 November 2019.
- ^ "Russell Hunter". Bournemouth Beat Room. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
External links
- Twink's Pink Fairies pages
- Larry Wallis' Pink Fairies website (via Archive.org)
- Phil Franks Digital Archive The Pink Fairies
- UHCK History of the World Part Two story of the Pink Fairies.
- Pink Fairies at AllMusic
- Pink Fairies discography at Discogs
- Current Pink Fairies website