Joyce McKinney Experience

The Joyce McKinney Experience were a British indie rock band based in Leamington Spa. The band had dual female fronted vocals of Sharon Hunt and Yvonne McAvoy. The group had one studio album and a couple of singles between 1988 and 1990. They were named after Joyce McKinney, an American woman who was involved in the 1977 Manacled Mormon case, where she was involved in raping a male Mormon missionary in England. The American woman's face is also featured on the front cover of the band's 2006 compilation album, 'Love Songs For Kirk'. The title refers to Kirk Anderson was the male Mormon missionary, who was the rape victim of the attack by Joyce McKinney.
==Links to Peel==
Peel discovered the band in January 1988 via the various artists compilation album, 'Shall We Dance?'. Further material from the band were played on his shows and impressed by their songs, he invited the group to do a session in July 1988, where they recorded four songs.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1988-07-31. First Broadcast: 17 August 1988. Repeated: 12 September 1988
*Tanphastic / Lions And Tigers / Walk On Your Own / In The Pink
==Other Shows Played==
;1988
*11 January 1988: Try (v/a LP - Shall We Dance?) Meantime
*06 April 1988: Armchair Critic (v/a LP - Shall We Dance?) Meantime
*15 June 1988: Armchair Critic (LP - Joyce Offspring) Meantime
*13 July 1988: Green Song (LP - Joyce Offspring) Meantime
*18 July 1988: Armchair Critic (LP - Joyce Offspring) Meantime
*27 July 1988: 'Try (LP-Joyce Offspring)' (Meantime)
*08 August 1988: Green Song (LP - Joyce Offspring) Meantime
;1989
*11 July 1989: 'Lions & Tigers' (7 Inch Boring Rock!) (Heath Robinson)
*18 July 1989 (Radio Bremen): In The Air (7" - Boring Rock!) HeathRobinson
*22 July 1989 (BFBS): 'Lions & Tigers (7"-Boring Rock!)' (Heath Robinson)
*31 July 1989: Alone (7" - Boring Rock!) HeathRobinson
*02 December 1989 (BFBS): 'In The Air (7"-Boring Rock!)' (HeathRobinson)
;1990
*21 February 1990: Real Eyes (12" - Cuddle This) Decoy 
*02 April 1990: Real Eyes (12" - Cuddle This) Decoy 
*30 April 1990: Faceless (12" - Cuddle This) Decoy
==External Links==
*Last FM
*Discogs
Category:Artists