Revolver

:(This page is about the London band. For the Irish band of the same name, see Revolver(2). For the Merseyside band of the same name, see Revolver(3)).
Revolver were a London-based guitar band in existence from 1990 until 1994, comprising Mat Flint (guitar/vocals), Hamish Brown (bass) and Nick Dewey (drums). Flint and Dewey had been in school bands together, and when the two moved to London in the autumn of 1990 met Brown who completed the line-up.
The band, after attracting attention from several record labels, including Dedicated Records, One Little Indian, and Creation Records, signed to the Virgin Records subsidiary Hut Records in the summer of 1991. The band quickly picked up a following, supporting the likes of Chapterhouse, Slowdive, Teenage Fanclub and Blur, and gained a lot of press coverage, most notably in NME, Melody Maker and The Face. 
Their first single, "Heaven Sent An Angel" topped the UK independent charts, as did the follow-up "Crimson", and the third single "Venice". The band specialised in bright, abrasive guitar-pop songs with strong melodies, and were determined (but ultimately failed) to distinguish themselves from the other guitar bands of the era. The UK press lumped them in with the shoegazing movement, a tag with which the band was not comfortable.
==Links to Peel==
Peel first played Heavenly when he played their track, 'Heaven Sent An Angel', in August 1991. He continued playing them and was impressed by their material that he invited the band to do a session for his show, which they recorded in September 1991. After 1992, Peel lost interest in the group and never played any tracks from their debut album, 'Cold Water Flat', which they released in 1993.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1991-09-12. First Broadcast: 23 November 1991. Repeated: 22 February 1992
*Crimson / Drowning Inside / Wave / John's Not Mad
==Other Shows Played==
;1991
*18 August 1991: Heaven Sent An Angel (12" - 45) Hut
*24 August 1991: Heaven Sent An Angel (12" - 45) Hut
*01 September 1991: Painting Pictures (12" - 45) Hut
*22 September 1991: Painting Pictures (12" - 45) Hut
*24 November 1991: Drowning Inside (12" - Crimson) Hut
;1992
*25 January 1992: John's Not Mad (session) (wrong track moment)
*10 April 1992: 'Venice (7 inch)' (Hut)
*19 April 1992 (BFBS): Venice (12") (Hut Recordings)
*30 October 1992: John's Not Mad (v/a album - Strange Fruit: Hut Recordings / The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists