Kitchens of Distinction

Kitchens of Distinction were an alternative rock band formed in Tooting, South London, in 1986. The band's lineup consisted of founding members Patrick Fitzgerald (vocals, bass), Julian Swales (guitar) and Dan Goodwin (drums). Kitchens' sound was somewhere between shoegaze and dreampop, and often included Fitzgerald's forthright lyrics about life as an openly gay man in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
After recording four albums - Love Is Hell (1989), Strange Free World (1991), The Death of Cool (1992), and Cowboys and Aliens (1994), the band disbanded in 1996, before reforming in 2013 for a one-off album called Folly. In between the band's first dissolution in 1996 and its reformation (as well as afterward), Fitzgerald continued as a solo artist under the name Stephen Hero, as well as contributing to the projects Fruit and Lost Girls. Swales meanwhile moved into writing scores for film, theatre, and dance
==Links To Peel==
Peel liked the band originally but in later years especially after 1991 wasn't that keen on them, but gave them what has been called a belated Peel Session in 1992 after seeing the band perform at Glastonbury.Liner notes in Watch Our Planet Circle box-set Fitzgerald recalls that after that Glastonbury performance, Peel had said to them:
‘I don't like your records, but I think you're alright live.Liner notes in Watch Our Planet Circle box-set'
==Sessions==
Kitchens of Distinction recorded one session for Peel's programme. The session was released on CD in 2017, as part of disc six of Kitchens' six-disc Watch Our Planet Circle box-set.Discogs
1. Recorded: 1992-08-23. Broadcast: 12 September 1992. Repeated: 05 December 1992.
*Four Men / Mad As Snow / When In Heaven / Blue Pedal
== Other Shows Played ==
;1987
*06 October 1987: The Last Gasp Death Shuffle (7") Gold Rush
*11 November 1987: The Last Gasp Death Shuffle (7") Gold Rush
;1988
*24 October 1988: Prize (12”) One Little Indian
*07 November 1988: Prize (12") One Little Indian
;1989
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*20 February 1989: Prize (12") One Little Indian
*04 May 1989: The 3rd Time We Opened The Capsule (12") One Little Indian 19TP12
*17 May 1989: The 3rd Time We Opened The Capsule (12") One Little Indian 19TP12
*06 June 1989 (Radio Bremen): Time To Groan (album - Love Is Hell) One Little Indian
*12 June 1989: Time To Groan (album - Love Is Hell) One Little Indian TPLP 9
*21 November 1989: Elephantine (12") One Little Indian 029TP 12
*02 December 1989 (BFBS): 'Elephantine (12"-Elephantine E.P.)' (One Little Indian)
;1990
*29 May 1990: Quick As Rainbows (12") One Little Indian 043TP 12
*09 June 1990 (BFBS): Quick As Rainbows (12") One Little Indian 043TP 12
*14 June 1990: Quick As Rainbows (12") One Little Indian 043TP 12
;1991
*25 August 1991: Drive That Fast (12") One Little Indian
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
==References==
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