Artery

Artery are a British post-punk band from Sheffield, that was founded in 1978. They were originally known confusingly as just The. After several changes in the line-up and four albums they split up in 1985. They reformed in 2007 after being invited by Jarvis Cocker, singer of Pulp to perform at the Meltdown Festival.
Artery evolved from earlier punk band named 'The' in 1978, with an original lineup of Mark Gouldthorpe (guitar), Toyce Ashley (vocals, guitar), Neil McKenzie (bass) and Garry Wilson (drums). After a self-financed single in 1979, the band released a second in 1980 on the Aardvark label, after which Mick Fidler (vocals, guitar, saxophone) was added. Two further singles followed in 1981, before Ashley left, with Gouldthorpe taking over on vocals and Simon Hinkler (formerly of TV Product) joining on keyboards and guitar.
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== Links to Peel ==
Artery received strong support from John Peel, recording their first session for his BBC Radio 1 show in July 1981, a second early the following year and entering the 1982 Festive Fifty. At the end of the century, the DJ included their track 'Into The Garden' in his 1982 Peelenium. In the 2001 documentary Made In Sheffield: The Birth Of Electronic Pop, Peel named Artery as his favourite band from an exciting era for music in their home city.
In an interview with God Is In The TV fanzine in 2011, the band looked back at recording sessions for John Peel in the 80's and having ‘Into the Garden’ in the Festive Fifty top ten of 1982:
"It was not only an honour but a pleasure to be recognised as a creative force by such a magnificent avant-garde representative of new work as John Peel. This gave us the opportunity not only to be heard but also have the facility of the recordings to put out our first album, Oceans." 
In the same interview, they were also asked how the world of music had changed for them.
"Massively but in a lot of ways it’s much easier to promote a band like us. In the old days, we had John Peel and the three music weeklies. We were fortunate to have the support of John Peel. The power of the internet is immense though and definitely something we plan to use to our advantage!" 
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
*1982 Festive Fifty: Into The Garden #09
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1981-07-20. Broadcast: 28 July 1981. Repeated: 18 August 1981
*The Clown / Into The Garden / Potential Silence / Afterwards
2. Recorded: 1982-01-30. Broadcast: 15 February 1982. Repeated: 02 March 1982
*The Ghost Of A Small Tour Boat Captain / Louise / The Slide / The Sailor Situation
== Other Shows Played ==
;1979
*thumb|330x330px26 June 1979: Mother Moon (7") Limited Edition
*02 July 1979: Pretends (single) Limited Edition
*07 July 1979 (BFBS): Mother Moon (7") Limited Edition
*14 July 1979 (BFBS): Pretends (7" - Mother Moon) Limited Edition
*16 August 1979: Mother Moon (single) Limited Edition
*06 September 1979: Heinz (7" - Mother Moon) Limited Edition
*11 September 1979: Pretends (b/w 'Mother Moon' 7") Limited Edition
*15 September 1979 (BFBS): Heinz (7" - Mother Moon) Limited Edition
;1980
*05 June 1980: The Slide (LP – Bouquet Of Steel) Aardvark
*09 December 1980: The Slide (2x7" EP - Unbalanced / The Slide) Aardvark STEEL 3
*13 December 1980 (BFBS): The Slide (2x7" EP - Unbalanced / The Slide) Aardvark STEEL 3
*Peel December 1980 January 1981: Turtle (2x7" EP - Unbalanced / The Slide) Aardvark STEEL 3
;1981
*thumb|330x330px11 January 1981 (BFBS): The Slide (2x7" - Unbalanced / The Slide) Aardvark STEEL 3
*15 January 1981: The Slide (2x7" - Unbalanced / The Slide) Aardvark STEEL 3
*08 March 1981 (BFBS): Cars In Motion (7") Aardvark AARD 5
*18 March 1981: Cars In Motion (7") Aardvark
*22 October 1981 (BFBS): Into The Garden (v/a album - Moonlight Radio) Armageddon MOON 1
*03 November 1981: Into The Garden
*John Peel Various 1981: Afterwards (7") Armageddon AS 026
*18 November 1981: Into The Garden (7" - Afterwards) Armageddon AS 026
*29 November 1981 (BFBS): Afterwards (7") Armageddon AS 026
*17 December 1981 (BFBS): Into The Garden (7" - Afterwards) Armageddon AS 026
;1982
*10 January 1982 (BFBS): Into The Garden (7" - Afterwards) Armageddon AS 026
*13 July 1982: The Clown (7") Red Flame RF 704
*01 August 1982 (BFBS): The Clown (7") Red Flame RF 704
*05 August 1982 (BBC World Service): The Clown (7") Red Flame RF 704
*15 August 1982 (BFBS): Afterwards (v/a album - Fear And Fantasy) Armageddon MOON 2
*31 August 1982: The Ghost Of A Small Tour Boat Captain (mini-album - Oceans)) Red Flame RFM 4
*05 September 1982 (BFBS): The Sailor Situation (mini-album - Oceans)) Red Flame RFM 4
*05 September 1982 (BFBS): Afterwards (Remix) (mini-album - Oceans)) Red Flame RFM 4
*15 September 1982 (BFBS): The Clown (7") Red Flame RF 704
*21 October 1982: The Clown (7") Red Flame RF 704
*28 October 1982: The Sailor Situation (mini-album - Oceans)) Red Flame RFM 4
*29 December 1982: Into The Garden (mini-album - Oceans)) Red Flame RFM 4 FF #09
;1983
*thumb|330x330px10 April 1983 (BFBS): Perhaps (album - One Afternoon In A Hot Air Balloon) Red Flame RF 18
*10 April 1983 (BFBS): Unbalanced (album - One Afternoon In A Hot Air Balloon) Red Flame RF 18
*18 April 1983: Turtle (album - One Afternoon In A Hot Air Balloon) Red Flame
*09 May 1983: Unbalanced (LP - One Afternoon In A Hot Air Balloon) Red Flame
*13 July 1983: Into The Garden
*12 November 1983 (BFBS): The Death Of Peter X (12" - The Alabama Song) Red Flame RFB 25 12
*06 December 1983: The Death Of Peter X (7" - The Alabama Song) Red Flame
*21 December 1983 (BFBS): The Death Of Peter X (12" - The Alabama Song) Red Flame
*28 December 1983 (BFBS): The Death Of Peter X (12" - The Alabama Song) Red Flame
;1985
*04 January 1985 (BBC World Service): The Last Song - The Second Coming) Golden Dawn GDLP01
*09 January 1985: The Last Song - The Second Coming) Golden Dawn GDLP01
*21 January 1985 (BBC World Service): Little Boy Blue (mini-album - The Second Coming) Golden Dawn GDLP01
*05 October 1985 (BFBS) / Peel 019 (BFBS): 'Into The Garden (Compilation LP-Goodbye To All That)' (Red Flame)
;1986
*07 June 1986 (BFBS): 'The Death Of Peter X (12"-The Alabama Song)' (Red Flame)
;thumb|330x330px1987
*13 March 1987 (BFBS): 'The Death Of Peter X (12"-The Alabama Song)' (Red Flame)
;1988
*23 July 1988 (BFBS): 'The Death Of Peter X (12"-The Alabama Song)' (Red Flame)
;1990
*27 January 1990 (BFBS): 'Into The Garden (7"-Afterwards)' (Armageddon)
;1991
*31 May 1991 (BFBS): The Clown
;1993
*26 February 1993: 'The Death Of Peter X (12"-The Alabama Song)' (Red Flame)
*14 March 1993 (BFBS): The Death Of Peter X (12" - The Alabama Song) RFB
;1997
*26 November 1997: Into The Garden (LP - Oceans) Red Flame
;1998
*20 September 1998 (BFBS): 'Into The Garden (7"-Afterwards)' (Armageddon)
;1999
*08 December 1999: 'Into The Garden (7")' (Armageddon) Peelenium 1982
;2003
*02 October 2003 (Radio Eins): Into The Garden (single)
== See Also ==
* Sounds
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