Venus Beads

Venus Beads was a shoegazing band consisting of Rob Jones (vocals, guitar and previously a member of Exit Condition), Anthony Price (guitar), and Mark Hassall (drums), formed in Stoke on Trent, England and raised a few eyebrows by having their debut album, Incision, co-produced by former House of Love guitarist Terry Bickers, who had achieved godlike status in the U.K. press with his previous band. 
The Venus Beads absorbed the pre-Nirvana sounds of the shoegazer scene, namely the dreamy wall of guitars and soaring harmonies of Ride, and gave them a punk kick. "Moon Is Red" landed on college-radio stations, but the Venus Beads never took off in their homeland or in America. The band was immediately banished to the cutout bins, where their records, including their second LP, Black Aspirin, are often found.
==Links to Peel==
Peel seemed to have discovered the group in the spring of 1990 via their single, 'Day Of Nightmares / Heartless', which he played a track from on his radio programmes. Further material from the group were played by the DJ until late 1991, when the shoe gazing music scene started to decline from then.
==Shows Played==
;1990
*February 1990 (BBC Radio East Anglia): Day Of Nightmares (7" - Day Of Nightmares / Heartless) Decoy 
*02 April 1990: Day Of Nightmares (7" - Day Of Nightmares / Heartless) Decoy 
*12 April 1990: Day Of Nightmares (7" - Day Of Nightmares / Heartless) Decoy 
*25 November 1990: One Way Mirror (12" - Transfixed) Emergo 
*08 December 1990: Wolf On A Chain (12" - Transfixed) Emergo 
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*06 January 1991: 'One Way Mirror (12" EP - Transfixed)' (Emergo)
*05 May 1991: On Second Thoughts (album - Incision) Emergo
*15 June 1991: Moon Is Red (LP - Incision) Emergo
*Peel 004 (Radio Bremen): Moon Is Red (LP - Incision) Emergo
*21 September 1991: Blood Orange (LP - Black Aspirin) Emergo
==External Links==
*Last FM
*Discogs
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