Named after the Easterhouse housing estate in Glasgow, the band was actually formed in Stretford, near Manchester, by brothers Andy and Ivor Perry in the mid-1980s, playing one of their first gigs on 30 August 1983 at Dingwalls in London as a support band for The Smiths.
Championed by Morrissey, their Rough Trade singles Whistling in the Dark and Inspiration – combining Ivor’s echo-laden jangly guitar with Andy’s left-wing political rhetoric – were both Top 5 indie chart hits and their energetic debut album, Contenders – featuring their signature song, 1969 – was released in 1986.
By the time of the second album Waiting for the Redbird (1989), fraternal squabbling had torn the band apart and Andy Perry was the sole remaining member of the original line-up.
The album produced a minor hit, Come Out Fighting, which received significant airplay in the US.
In 2005 the band reunited for a one-off gig featuring Andy Rourke (the ex-bassist from The Smiths).
Andy Perry
Vocals, harmonica Ivor Perry
Guitar Mike Murray
Guitar Peter Vanden
Bass Gary Rostock
Drums David Verner
Drums Neil Taylor
Guitar Lance Sabin
Guitar Steve Lovell
Guitar
Video
You May Also Like
Voodoo Lust Established in Brisbane (Australia) in 1985, Voodoo Lust issued the singles Shake Shake, Hey Yey (1986),…
Moodists, The Emerging from the provincial South Australian town of Mount Gambier in the late seventies, The Moodists…
Rickie Lee Jones Born in Chicago in 1954, the third of four children, Rickie Lee Jones was the tragic…
Brother Beyond Brother Beyond formed in 1985 and signed to EMI Records in 1986. Their first four singles,…
Alabama Before Alabama, bands were usually relegated to a supporting role in country music - nearly every…
Do-Ré-Mi One of the more respected Australian post-punk bands, Do-Ré-Mi formed in Sydney in 1981 and achieved…
Smithereens, The Many first heard of The Smithereens in 1986 with "Blood and Roses," but the band had been…
Painters & Dockers Formed in Melbourne in 1982, this eccentric Australian band was named after the militant Painters &…
