Pacific

Pacific were an indie pop band born out of Brighton-based jangle pop group, The Doris Days, which was primarily the vision of Dennis Wheatley, alongside then-partner, Vanessa Norwood, her younger sister Rachel, Nick Wilson and Simon Forest.  After an audition for McGee in Wheatley’s bedroom, they signed to Creation in the late 80's. 
In an interview with the Cloudberry Records website, Dennis Wheatley talked briefly about the band:
"Pacific made a couple of EPs for Creation. Played a few gigs the first and biggest being the ‘Doing it for the Kids’ all day show at the Forum (Town and Country Club as was then) in London and a tour with the House of Love.
We left Creation because there wasn’t the money to fund a big production in the studio to make an album .. which at the time I felt we needed. We signed as Pacific to EMI/Capitol and Pacific shrunk from 5 to 3 to eventually 1: me. We had a decent advance and spent it all on a couple of weeks recording one song in Sarm East and West Studios, London and not really having anything to show for it. £30,000 gone from the budget so I had to record at home and the only thing that was ever released on EMI was 2 promo 12″ by Pacific titled ‘Compassion.'” 
Wheatley later went on to record drum ‘n’ bass under the name Atlas, before forming a Latin/lounge/jazz/electronica band called, appropriately enough, Shrift. He also worked with The Associates’ Billy MacKenzie shortly before the latter’s death in 1997.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played some tracks from the group between 1988 and 1989 when they were signed to the Creation label, but there is no evidence according to available tracklistings on this site that he played their previous name, The Doris Days, on his radio shows or Wheatley's solo career as Atlas and his Latin/lounge/jazz/electronica band called Shrift.
==Shows Played==
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*26 October 1988: Barnoon Hill (12” EP – The Sea Of Sand) Creation
*28 October 1988 (BFBS): 'Barnoon Hill (7")' (Creation)
*01 November 1988 (Radio Bremen): Barnoon Hill (12" - Sea Of Sand E.P...) Creation
*02 November 1988: Barnoon Hill (12” EP – The Sea Of Sand) Creation
*28 November 1988: Barnoon Hill (12" - Sea Of Sand E.P...) Creation
;1989
*29 March 1989: Shrift (12") Creation
*10 April 1989: Shrift (7") Creation
==External Links==
*Arcane Delights
*Discogs
*Cloudberry Records
Category:Artists