Flys

The Flys were a British punk rock band that originally formed in 1976 in Coventry, England. After the self-release of their initial EP, Bunch of Fives, they were signed by EMI Records. With EMI they released the albums Waikiki Beach Refugees and Own. 
In 1980 they changed labels to Parlophone but soon disbanded. Flys evolved from a band from Coventry, England named Midnight Circus. Midnight Circus was composed of Dave Freeman (guitar, vocals), Joe Hughes (bass), Neil O'Connor (vocals, guitar, keyboard & brother of singer Hazel O'Connor), and "a string of unnamed drummers". 
In 1976 their manager's brother, Pete King, joined in on drums and Flys were born. After a couple of albums and several singles, the band split up in 1980. David Freeman and Joe Hughes later formed The Lover Speaks in the mid 80's, which Annie Lennox did a cover of their song, No More 'I Love You's, which reached number 2 on the UK singles chart in 1995.
== Links to Peel ==
The band's second session in 1978 had a track called Name Dropping, which mentioned John Peel in the intro.
On his 18 October 1979 show, Peel mentioned that the Flys came to see him with a crate of ale, which led to him playing four tracks from their album, commenting afterwards that they sound a bit like Gary Numan.
In total, The Flys did three sessions for his shows. Peel also revisited the band in the 90's, when he played some tracks from them.
== Sessions ==
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*'Love And Molotov Cocktail' from #2 available on Various Artists: Movement: BBC Radio 1 Peel Sessions 1977-1979 2xCD, 2011 (EMI ‎– CDPEEL 7779)
1. Recorded: 1978-03-15. Broadcast: 23 March 1978. Repeated: 21 April 1978
*New Hearts / Fun City / We Don't Mind The Rave / Living In The Sticks
2. Recorded: 1978-11-14. Broadcast: 21 November 1978. Repeated: 13 December 1978
*Love And A Molotov Cocktail / Name Dropping / I Don't Know / Waikiki Beach Refugees
3. Recorded: 1979-09-18. Broadcast: 08 October 1979. Repeated: 12 December 1979
*Let's Drive / Energy Boy / Frenzy Is 23 / I'll Survive
== Other Shows Played ==
;1978
*30 January 1978: Love And A Molotov Cocktail
*16 October 1978: Beverley / Looking For New Hearts / She's The One (LP - Waikiki Beach Refugees) EMI
*30 October 1978: 'Some Kind Of Girl (promo LP-Waikiki Beach Refugees)' (EMI)
;1979
*thumb|330x330px08 May 1979: Love And A Molotov Cocktail (LP – The Rare Stuff) Harvest Heritage
*09 May 1979: Name Dropping (7”) EMI
*28 May 1979: Name Dropping (7") EMI
*26 July 1979: Living In The Sticks (single) EMI
*30 July 1979: We Are The Lucky Ones (7") EMI
*06 September 1979: Living In The Sticks (7" - We Are The Lucky Ones) EMI
*18 October 1979: Let's Drive / Energy Boy / Fascinate Me / Talking To The Wall (LP - Own) EMI
*22 October 1979: Frenzy Is 23 (LP – Own) EMI
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*10 March 1980: 16 Down (EP - Four from the Square) Parlophone
*19 May 1980: What Will Mother Say? (7") EMI
*28 May 1980: What Will Mother Say? (7”) EMI
;1992
*27 November 1992: What Will Mother Say? (7") Parlophone
;1996
*19 January 1996: 'Love And A Molotov Cocktail (7")' (EMI)
*28 January 1996 (BFBS): 'Love And A Molotov Cocktail (7")' (EMI)
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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