Secret Goldfish

The Secret Goldfish are a band from Glasgow, Scotland. The group was formed by ex-Fizzbombs singer Katy McCullars, guitarist John Morose, and the rhythm section from The Mackenzies, Graham Lironi and Paul Turnbull. The band took their name from an imaginary book mentioned in the novel The Catcher in the Rye. They released three albums and several singles in the 1990s, on the Glasgow-based Creeping Bent record label. Their first album, 1996's Aqua Pet...You Make Me was produced by Stephen Lironi.
Their sound has been described as "sounding much like The Jesus and Mary Chain locked in a public toilet with Jefferson Airplane and The New York Dolls". An album of B-sides and outtakes, Jet Streams was released in 1997, and in 1999 they issued the Somewhere in the World EP, the lead track of which was co-written by Vic Godard and featured Francis MacDonald and Stevie Jackson. A second album, Mink Riots followed in 1999. After a lengthy hiatus, The Secret Goldfish returned to live performance in 2016 with a second guitarist (former Orange Juice guitarist James Kirk), with a third album (Petal Split) being released on Creeping Bent in April 2017.
== Links to Peel ==
Secret Goldfish consisted of members who were in previous bands that Peel played. It is not known whether JP knew about this, but he liked the band's music, to have them played on his shows including doing two sessions for his programmes, as well as, inviting them as part of a Creeping Bent label live special at the Meltdown Festival in 1998, which was curated by himself.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
* 1997 Festive Fifty: Dandelion Milk Summer #23
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1997-06-15. Broadcast: 01 July 1997. Repeated: 02 October 1997
*Four Excited People / Top Of The World / Hey Mr Fox / Pink Drone
2. Recorded: 1999-05-04. Broadcast: 14 July 1999
*Funny 'Bout That Aren't You / Stop That Girl / Scene Cruiser / Sea Sick
== Other Shows Played ==
;1995
*17 June 1995: 'Seasick (7")' (Creeping Bent)
*30 June 1995: Seasick (7 inch) Creeping Bent
*21 October 1995: Seasick (7") Creeping Bent
;1996
*09 February 1996: ‘Venus Bonding (7 inch – Split with Spacehopper )’ Creeping Bent
*17 February 1996 (BFBS): 'Venus Bonding (split 7" with Spacehopper)' (Creeping Bent)
*09 March 1996: Venus Bonding (split 7" with Spacehopper - Mars Bonding / Venus Bonding) Creeping Bent
*18 March 1996: Venus Bonding (7” single) Creeping Bent
*20 March 1996: Venus Bonding (single) Creeping Bent
*04 April 1996: Come Undone (7") Creeping Bent
*09 June 1996: Come Undone (single) Creeping Bent
*01 December 1996: Venus Bonding (7") Creeping Bent
;1997
*thumb|330x330px05 March 1997: Tartan Envy (7") Creeping Bent
*17 March 1997 (BBC World Service): Tartan Envy (7") Creeping Bent
*16 April 1997: ‘Pink Drone (Various Artists CD Single – Bentism #1)’ Creeping Bent
*06 May 1997: Pink Drone (v/a album - Bentism #1) Creeping Bent
*08 May 1997 (BFBS): 'Pink Drone (Compilation CDS-Bentism #1)' (Creeping Bent)
*14 May 1997: Come As You Are (CD Album - Jet Streams) Marina
*22 May 1997 (BFBS): 'Come As You Are (CD-Jet Streams)' (Marina)
*23 May 1997 (BFBS): 'Come As You Are (CD-Jet Streams)' (Marina)
*28 May 1997: Come As You Are (LP - Jet Streams) Marina
*29 May 1997 (BFBS): 'Everywhere That You Go (CD-Jet Streams)' (Marina)
*12 June 1997: Pink Drone (split CD single with Policecat - Give Him A Great Big Kiss / Automobile) Creeping
*12 June 1997 (BFBS): 'Come As You Are (CD-Jet Streams)' (Marina)thumb|330x330px
*16 July 1997: Dandelion Milk Summer (7") Creeping Bent
*24 July 1997: Dandelion Milk Summer (CD Single - Dandelion Milk Summer - E.K.O.K. E.P.) Creeping Bent
*05 August 1997: ‘Dandelion Milk Summer (7 inch)’ Creeping Bent
*28 August 1997 (BFBS): 'Dandelion Milk Summer (7")' (Creeping Bent)
*23 December 1997: 'Dandelion Milk Summer (CD single)' (Creeping Bent) FF #23
;1998
*thumb|330x330px14 January 1998: Punk Drone (split single with Scientific Support Dept) Creeping Bent
*28 January 1998: Punk Drone (split 7" with Scientific Support Dept. - Singles Club #6: Punk Drone / Kipper Lynch) Creeping Bent
*22 July 1998: Somewhere In China (7”) Elefant
;1999
*23 February 1999: Somewhere In The World (EP) Creeping Bent
*25 February 1999 (Radio Eins): Somewhere In The World (EP) Creeping Bent
*22 July 1999 (Radio Eins): Laughing Inside (CD - Mink Riots) Creeping Bent
*27 July 1999: 'Honestly, It Was Nothing (CD-Mink Riots)' (Creeping Bent)
*29 July 1999 (Radio Eins): 4 Excited People (CD – Mink Riots) Creeping Bent
*03 August 1999: '4 Excited People (CD-Mink Riots)' (Creeping Bent)
*05 August 1999 (Radio Eins): Hey! Mr. Fox (CD – Mink Riots) Creeping Bent
*12 August 1999 (Radio Eins): 4 Excited People (CD – Mink Riots) Creeping Bent
*26 August 1999: 'Hey! Mr. Fox (CD-Mink Riots)' (Creeping Bent)
*22 September 1999: Elevate 2 (CD – Mink Riots) Creeping Bent
*26 September 1999 (BFBS): 'Elevate #2 (CD-Mink Riots)' (Creeping Bent)
*29 September 1999: Honestly, It Was Nothing (LP – Mink Riots) Creeping Bent
*30 September 1999 (Radio Eins): Elevate No. 2 (CD – Mink Riots) Creeping Bent
*02 December 1999 (Radio Eins): '4 Excited People (CD-Mink Riots)' (Creeping Bent)
;2000
*thumb|330x330px09 February 2000: 'This Arsehole's Been Burned Too Many Times Before' (v/a LP Bentboutique, Chasing The Chimera') Creeping Bent
*22 February 2000: 'Somewhere In China' (LP 'Bentboutique') Creeping Bent
*24 February 2000 (Radio Eins): 'This Arsehole's Been Burned Too Many Times Before' (v/a LP Bentboutique, Chasing The Chimera') Creeping Bent
*26 February 2000 (BFBS): 'Somewhere In China (2xCD-Bentboutique, Chasing The Chimera)' (Creeping Bent)
*03 March 2000 (BBC World Service): Somewhere In China (v/a album - Bentboutique, Chasing The Chimera) Creeping Bent
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists