Wild Weekend

Wild Weekend was a Runcorn band (formed in December 1981 and split in the summer of 1984) feat; Ade Sleigh (drums,sax) (later Hardly Fighters, Tao Tao Bay Beep, Trash Culture), David C (vocals), Alan Scott Roberts (bass), Gary Horabin (keys) (all ex Burning Airlines) and Ian Gardler (guitar) (who left early82 for Flesh Impact). The band released a two track demo (June 1982) ‘Emotional Tango’ / ‘Hungry’, and recorded a John Peel session (1982) – tracks aired Swimming In Mud, Janine And The Razorman, Scarecrow. 
Ade and Gary left the band in late 1983, replaced by Paul Milliard and Keith Holiam who went onto form Wild Pleasure. After they split Alan moved to London formed another version of Wild Weekend which he fronted. This version was signed in 1987 by Parlaphone. They reached #74 in the UK singles charts with “Breakin Up” and #70 with “Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Love” in 1990 before calling it a day.
==Links to Peel==
Peel had the group do a session for his show in 1982 before they were signed. However, their revamped version in the late 80's did not Gai any interest from the DJ.
==Sessions==
1. Recorded: 1982-07-24. First Broadcast: 12 August 1982. Repeated: 15 September 1982, 22 December 1982
*Hungry / Scarecrow / Janine And The Razor Man / Swimming In Mud
==Other Shows Played==
*None
==External Links==
*Link2Wales
*Discogs (revamped version of the band)
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