Expelaires

The Expelaires is a new wave band formed in 1978, this Leeds based bands nucleus consisted of Craig Adams, David Wolfenden (later of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and The Mission) and Grape (later of 3,000 Revs and Groovin' With Lucy). 
After supports to Echo & The Bunnymen and the The Teardrop Explodes they signed a one single deal for "about £400" with Zoo Records. 
The first single "To See You" was released in September 1979 and featured Grape (vocals), Wolfie (Guitar), Craig (Guitar/Keyboards), Mark Copson (bass) and Carl "Tich" Harper (Darren Carl Harper, drums). 
Reformed in 2012 to play at F-Club 35th reunion & then decided to continue as a working unit.
==Links to Peel==
The band's upcoming band status in 1979 earned them an invitation to record a session for John Peel. The session comprised of 4 tracks "Nasty Media", "Its Alright Mother", "Frequency" and "The Dashboard (killed me)". 
A few months after this, also due to the limited success of the single, things started to go wrong: first, Copson quit, to be replaced by David Harper (later of Five Or Six) and Craig, too, left not long after the release of their second single "Sympathy" in January 1980. 
Shortly after the band split.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1979-06-03. First Broadcast: 03 July 1979. Repeated: 25 July 1979
*Dashboard / It's Alright Mother / Nasty Media / Frequency
==Other Shows Played==
;1979
*17 October 1979: unknown 
*23 October 1979: To See You (single) Zoo
*30 October 1979: To See You (7”) Zoo
;1980
*08 January 1980: To See You (7") Zoo
*24 March 1980: 'Sympathy (Don't Be Taken In) (7 inch)' (Rockburgh Records)
*29 March 1980 (BFBS): Sympathy (Don't Be Taken In) (7") Rockburgh
*31 March 1980: Kicks (7" – Sympathy) Rockburgh
==External Links==
*Facebook
*Discogs
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