Thing

The Thing was an American acid rock / progressive rock band from New Jersey formed in the mid 1980s and disbanded in the early 1990s. Members overtime included Andrew Nelson, Bill Paquet, Doug Principato, Jesse Obstbaum, Sal Canzonieri and Sean Bolivar.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played the band's debut single via Noiseville records in the summer of 1990. He would play further material from the group including a session they recorded for his radio programme in 1991. 
On his 05 July 1990 show, Peel set a competition for listeners to win 7" singles by the Action Swingers, Thing, Unholy Swill, Bench, Drunks With Guns and Abu Nidal.
==Sessions==
The band's only session is available on The Peel Session (12", Strange Fruit, 1991)
1. Recorded: 1991-02-10. First Broadcast: 09 March 1991. Repeated: 28 April 1991, 21 December 1991
*Blu 4 U / Kiss The Sun / All Will Be Revealed / It's So Easy
==Other Shows Played==
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*03 July 1990: BLU 4 U (12") Noiseville
*14 July 1990 (BFBS): 'Blu 4 U (7")' (Noiseville)
*16 July 1990: Man With The Barbed Wire Soul (7" - Man With The Barbed Wire Soul) Noiseville
;1991
*02 February 1991: Blu 4 U (7") Noiseville 
*15 June 1991: Weirdo Riding () Noiseville (JP mentions that the only thing he doesn't like about Noiseville Records is their habit of making 7" records that play at 33 1/3. Yes, you can guess what just happened...)
*28 June 1991 (BFBS): Weirdo Riding (7" - Weirdo Riding / Ode To B.J.) Noiseville
*01 September 1991: Weirdo Riding (7" - Weirdo Riding / Ode To B.J.) Noiseville
==External Links==
*Discogs
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