Galaxie 500

Galaxie 500 was an American alternative rock band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums. Guitarist Dean Wareham, drummer Damon Krukowski and bassist Naomi Yang had met at the Dalton School in New York City in 1981, but began playing together during their time as students at Harvard University. Wareham and Krukowski had formed a series of punk-influenced student bands, before Wareham returned to New York. When he returned in 1987 he and Krukowski formed a new band, with Yang joining the group on bass guitar, the new group deciding on the name Galaxie 500, after a friend's car, a Ford Galaxie 500.
== Links to Peel ==
According to the John Peel Archive website, Peel had a copy of the band's debut album, which was a promo and on the back of that, was a personal handwriting from Brian G., introducing the album. It is not known who is Brian G., but is more likely to have been someone working for a record company.
The debut album, released in 1988, got some tracks played by Peel in 1989 on his shows, along with the band's second LP, On Fire, and their third album, This Is Our Music, in 1990, before the group split.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
* 1989 Festive Fifty: Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste #41
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1989-09-24. Broadcast: 17 October 1989. Repeated: 23 November 1989
*Flowers / Blue Thunder / Decomposing Trees / Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste
2. Recorded: 1990-10-30. Broadcast: 04 November 1990. Repeated: 26 January 1991
*Moonshot / Submission / When Will You Come Home / Final Day
== Other Shows Played ==
;1989
*thumb|330x330px04 September 1989: Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste (album - Today) Shimmy Disc Europe
*07 September 1989: Pictures (album - Today) Shimmy Disc Europe
*12 September 1989: Tugboat (album - Today) Shimmy Disc Europe
*16 September 1989 (BFBS): 'Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste (LP-Today)' (Shimmy Disc Europe)
*21 September 1989 (Radio Bremen): Tugboat (album - Today) Shimmy Disc Europe
*26 September 1989: Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste (LP - Today) Shimmy Disc Europe
*30 September 1989 (BFBS): 'Tugboat (LP-Today)' (Shimmy Disc Europe)
*03 October 1989: Snowstorm (album - On Fire) Rough Trade
*04 October 1989: Tell Me (LP - On Fire) Rough Trade
*05 October 1989: Strange (LP - On Fire) Rough Trade
*07 October 1989 (BFBS): 'Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste (LP-Today)' (Shimmy Disc Europe)
*09 October 1989: Decomposing Trees (album - On Fire) Rough Trade
*21 October 1989 (BFBS): 'Another Day (LP-On Fire)' (Rough Trade)
*24 October 1989: Leave The Planet (album - On Fire) Rough Trade
*24 October 1989 (Radio Bremen): Plastic Bird (album - On Fire) Rough Trade
*25 October 1989: Another Day (album - On Fire) Rough Trade
*28 October 1989 (BFBS): 'When Will You Come Home (LP-On Fire)' (Rough Trade)
*04 November 1989 (BFBS): Another Day (album - On Fire) Rough Trade
*07 November 1989: Tell Me (album - On Fire) Rough Trade
*11 November 1989 (BFBS): 'Snowstorm (LP-On Fire)' (Rough Trade)
*18 November 1989 (BFBS): Blue Thunder (LP-On Fire) Rough Trade
*20 December 1989: 'Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste (LP-Today)' (Aurora) FF #41
;1990
*thumb|330x330px18 January 1990: Ceremony (12" - Blue Thunder) Rough Trade
*25 January 1990: Ceremony (12" - Blue Thunder) Rough Trade
*08 February 1990: Blue Thunder (W/Sax) (12") Rough Trade
*10 February 1990 (BFBS): 'Blue Thunder (W/Sax) (12")' (Rough Trade)
*17 February 1990 (BFBS): Ceremony (12" - Blue Thunder) Rough Trade
*29 August 1990: Here She Comes Now (12" - Fourth Of July) Rough Trade
*30 August 1990: 4th of July (single) Rough Trade
*01 September 1990 (BFBS): 'Fourth Of July (12")' (Rough Trade)
*04 September 1990: 4th Of July (12") Rough Trade
*08 September 1990 (BFBS): 'Here She Comes Now (12"-Fourth Of July)' (Rough Trade)
*11 September 1990: Here She Comes Now (12" - Fourth Of July) Rough Trade
*21 September 1990 (BFBS): 'Here She Comes Now (12"-Fourth Of July)' (Rough Trade)
*24 September 1990: Hearing Voices (album - This Is Our Music) Rough Trade
*25 September 1990: Way Up High (album - This Is Our Music) Rough Trade
*27 September 1990: Sorry (album - This Is Our Music) Rough Trade
*12 October 1990 (BFBS): Summertime (album - This Is Our Music) Rough Trade
*1990 (Radio Mafia): Sorry (album - This Is Our Music) Rough Trade
*06 October 1990 (BFBS): Melt Away (album - This Is Our Music) Rough Trade
*22 December 1990: Hearing Voices (album - This Is Our Music) Rough Trade
;1991
*06 July 1991: Listen, The Snow Is Falling (album - This Is Our Music) Rough Trade
*14 July 1991: Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste (LP - Today) Shimmy Disc
== See Also ==
*Record Collection: G
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Bandcamp
Category:Artists