Stretchheads

Stretchheads were an experimental punk band from Erskine, Scotland, active between 1987 and 1991, releasing two albums in that period.
The band was formed in 1987 by Richie Dempsey (drums)., P6 (aka "Fat Bastard", "Wilberforce", real name Phil Eaglesham, vocals), Mofungo Diggs (Steven MacDougall, bass) and Andy MacDonald (aka "Dr. Technology", guitar).
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==Links to Peel==
Peel first heard of the band in late 1988 when he played their cover of Kylie Minogue's 'I Should Be So Lucky'. Further material from the band were played on his shows through the late 80's and early 90's. 
In 2000, he revisited the group when he played a track from their 1988 release, 'Five Fingers, Four Thingers, A Thumb, A Facelift, And A New Identity'.
Phil Eaglesham of the Stretchheads appeared on the John Peel's Scottish Sessions radio documentary in 2009, where he talked about the band's session in 1991.
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1991-06-16. First Broadcast: 27 July 1991. Repeated: 12 October 1991
*Anal Beard / Skinrip (Guunah) / Afghanistan Bananastan / Filthy Great Yarblockodes
==Other Shows Played==
;1988
*21 November 1988: (JP: 'We don't hear I think of enough cover versions of Kylie Minogue songs or songs that are associated with Kylie Minogue, here are people called the Stretchheads, about whom very little is known and their version of I Should Be So Lucky') I Should Be So Lucky (7" - Bros Are Pish) Moksha
;1989
*08 February 1989: Skinrip (LP- Five Fingers, Four Thingers, A Thumb, A Facelift, And A New Identity) Moksha
*22 February 1989: Rex Perplexed (album - Five Fingers, Four Thingers, A Thumb, A Facelift, And A New Identity) Moksha
*08 March 1989: Rex Perplexed (LP - Five Fingers, Four Thingers, A Thumb, A Facelift, And A New Identity) Moksha
*03 April 1989: Spleng (album - Five Fingers, Four Thingers, A Thumb, A Facelift, And A New Identity) Moksha 
;1990
*24 April 1990: Three Pottery Owls [With Innuendo] (v/a LP - Pathological Compilation) Pathological
*18 November 1990: Omnipresent Octopus (Russell Grant) (7" - Eyeball Origami Aftermath Wit Vegetarian Leg) Blast First
;1991
*03 February 1991: Trippy Dead Zone (album - Pish In Your Sleazebag) Blast First
*10 February 1991: Incontinent Of Sex (album - Pish In Your Sleazebag) Blast First
*24 February 1991: Machine In Deli (album - Pish In Your Sleazebag) Blast First
*17 March 1991: Trippy Deadzone (LP - Pish In Your Sleazebag) Blast First
;2000
*15 August 2000: Shape & Cleanse (LP - Five Fingers, Four Thingers, A Thumb, A Facelift, And A New Identity) Mokaha
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