Silverfish

Silverfish were a UK-based indie rock band, which formed in the late 1980s, and first performed in Camden in 1988. The band split up in 1993.
Their lead singer was Scottish-born Lesley Rankine. The band had a high octane, indie punk metal sound that was set alight by Rankine's distinctive vocals and strongly feminist views. Famous lyrics "Hips, Tits, Lips, Power" from the single "Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal" adorned a popular T-shirt of the time.
The other members of the band were; guitarist Andrew "Fuzz" Duprey; bassist Chris P Mowforth; and drummer Stuart Watson.
Silverfish were the main focus of the so-called Camden lurch scene, a term invented by the music press to describe the fact that many of the prominent indie bands (outside of the dominant alternative dance and shoegazing scenes) of the time resided in Camden, and that they lurched.
When the band split up in 1993, Rankine moved to Seattle and formed the band Ruby with Mark Walk.
== Links to Peel ==
Peel first played Silverfish in 1989 and when he broadcast their first repeated session on 05 December 1989, he mentioned "If they were from New York, we'd be mad for them of course". This was at a time, when the Madchester music scene was at its peak and British indie guitar bands who didn't conform to it, were largely ignored.
Peel interviewed members of Silverfish when they were appearing at the Reading Festival on his 25 August 1991 show and after the interview, played a track from their Fuckin' Driven' Or What...E.P., which for obvious reasons he didn't reveal the EP title.
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1989-10-05. First Broadcast: 02 November 1989. Repeated: 05 December 1989
*Driller / (Shed) Out Of Luck / Fat Painted Carcass
2. Recorded: 1991-04-02. First Broadcast: 28 April 1991. Repeated: 29 June 1991
*Harry Butcher / Pink & Lovely / Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal / 3 Puppy Pie
3. Recorded: 1991-11-26. First Broadcast: 12 January 1992. Repeated: 21 March 1992
*Jimmy / Crazy / Vitriola / Rock On
== Other Shows Played ==
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*20 July 1989: On The Motorway (12" - Silverfish E.P.) Wiiija
*05 August 1989 (BFBS): 'On The Motorway (12"-Silverfish EP)' (Wiiija)
*21 August 1989: On The Motorway (12" - Silverfish E.P.) Wiiija
*27 September 1989: One Silver Dollar (v/a LP - Pathological Compilation) Pathological
;1990
*14 February 1990: Driller (12" - T.F.A. E.P.) Wiiija
*01 March 1990: Die (12" - T.F.A. E.P.) Wiiija
*09 June 1990 (BFBS): Driller (12" - T.F.A. E.P.) Wiiija
;1991
*thumb|330x330px20 January 1991: Pink And Lovely (album - Fat Axl) Wiiija
*27 January 1991: Two Marines (album - Fat Axl) Wiiija Records
*09 February 1991: 'Pink And Lovely (LP-Fat Axl)' (Wiiija)
*24 February 1991: Baby Baby Baby (LP - Fat Axl) Wiiija
*01 March 1991 (BFBS): 'Pink And Lovely (LP-Fat Axl)' (Wiiija)
*19 April 1991 (BFBS): Two Marines (album - Fat Axl) Wiiija Records
*27 July 1991: Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal (12" - Fuckin' Drivin' Or What...E.P.) Creation CRE 113T 
*05 August 1991 (Radio Bremen): Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal (12" - Fuckin' Drivin' Or What...E.P.) Creation CRE 113T 
*10 August 1991: Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal (12" - Fuckin' Drivin' Or What...E.P.) Creation CRE 113T 
*25 August 1991: Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal (12" - Fuckin' Drivin' Or What...E.P.) Creation CRE 113T 
*29 December 1991: Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal (12" - Fuckin' Drivin' Or What...E.P.) Creation CRE 113T 
;1992
*thumb|330x330px11 January 1992: Jenny (12" - Silverfish With Scrambled Eggs) Creation
*18 January 1992: Jenny (12" - Silverfish With Scrambled Eggs) Creation
*20 January 1992 (BBC World Service): Jenny (12" - Silverfish With Scrambled Eggs) Creation
*24 January 1992 (BFBS): Jimmy (12" - Silverfish With Scrambled Eggs) Creation
*26 January 1992: Jenny (EP - Silverfish With Scrambled Egg) Creation
*31 January 1992 (BFBS): Crazy (12" - Silverfish With Scrambled Eggs) Creation
*03 February 1992 (Ö3): 'Jenny (12 inch EP-Silverfish With Scrambled Eggs)' (Creation)
*09 February 1992: Jimmy (EP - Scrambled Eggs) Creation
*19 June 1992: Suckin' Gas (CD - Organ Fan) Creation
*03 July 1992: Elvis Leg (CD-Organ Fan) (Creation)
*11 July 1992: Suckin’ Gas (CD – Organ Fan) Creation
*17 July 1992: 'Dechainee (CD-Organ Fan)' (Creation)
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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