Hot Water

Hot Water were a late seventies (1977-1979) Welsh new wave band from Bangor, North Wales. They released a couple of singles before evolving themselves into the Fay Ray band, who then split in 1982 and went on their own ways. The line up of the band were Brenda Prescott (vocals), Sheila Macartney (vocals), John Lovering (guitar), Annie Williams (keyboard), Paul Shroud (bass), Jeff Taylor (saxophone), Roy Smith (percussion), and Owen Hughes (drums).
== Links to Peel ==
In an interview with Link2wales in 2012, Annie explained how Hot Water got the attention of Peel: 
"Had a band practice last night and three of us from Hot Water (Paul and Brenda) put our heads together and came up with some memories. We got the session after asking John Peel to come and see us playing in the Marquee. This came about because we played support to a band (name escapes us but will ask others) at Yale College in Wrexham and their gear didn’t turn up so they used ours and jokingly we said – give us a support spot at the Marquee – they kept to their word. We sent an amusing letter to John Peel telling him we’d lick him all over if he came to see us and left a big red kiss on the letter. John Walters produced it and Paul remembers him listening back to each track on a tiny little monitor – like a trannie. When the recording went out Paul was in hospital in Liverpool having a major operation next day and in instead of calling him Paul Stroud he was referred to as Paul Shroud which cheered him up immensely!" 
After Hot Water disbanded and Fay Ray emerged, Peel continued playing tracks from the new band until they split in 1982.
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1978-08-30. Broadcast: 13 September 1978. Repeated: 04 October 1978
*Boxer / Back To The Beach / Motorway / Dark Fooling Man
== Other Shows Played ==
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*18 August 1978: Different Morning (single) Duff
*25 August 1978: Premium Bondage (7": Different Morning) (Duff)
*29 August 1978: Different Warning () Duff (JP - 'Well as you heard at the beginning that's a rather curious pressing, I'm the proprietor of 7 copies of this record and that's the best of them. It's on Duff records, well enough said...')
*12 September 1978: Different Morning (single) Duff
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*04 February 1981: Family Affairs (7") Surrey Sound
*18 March 1981: Dreams Of Heat (Various Artists Compilation LP - Live Letters) Polydor
== External Links ==
*Discogs
*Link2wales
Category:Artists