Basking Sharks

Basking Sharks were a three-piece band from Lancaster UK, formed in 1980 and active until around 1987. They produced purely electronic music using mostly homemade or customised second-hand synthesisers and drum machines. The group often played live, using primitive video effects to augment their on-stage performances, sometimes to bizarre effect. Basking Sharks issued one EP, one album and one single all on independent labels.
==Links to Peel==
Peel met the band during a John Peel Roadshow in Lancaster on 1983-03-04 and invited them to do a session for his show. 
==Session==
1. Recorded 1983-04-25. First broadcast 03 May 1983. Repeated 18 May 1983. No known commercial release.
*View From The Hill / New Industry / Theatre War / Diamond Age
==Other Shows Played==
*04 April 1983 (BBC World Service): Red Rose (7" EP - Thrill Of The Game) Small Run SRR 0013
Peel mentions during the intro to the show on 29 March 1983 that he will be playing a track by the group although either forgets or does not have the time to do so.
== See also ==
* Gigography 1983
==External links==
*Official site
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists