Sofa Head

Sofa Head were an English indie punk band formed in Darlington from a previous band called Dan with with Claire Sykes on vocals, Ian Wallis on guitar & vocals, founder Ian Armstrong on bass guitar and Andrew Laing on drums & vocals. Tracks from the band's first first demo, "World" and "Ugly" appeared on the Meantime Records compilation "Spleurk!". Early performances featured a drum machine until the band managed to lure drummer Laing from the audience. The band released several albums and singles before splitting up in 1994, with Sykes joining indie band Elliot, Wallis retiring and Armstrong forming Rugrat with Laing.
== Links to Peel ==
Peel played several tracks from Sofa Head and also as with Dan, invited the group to do a session for his show in 1989 in which they did.
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1989-12-10. First Broadcast: 11 January 1990. Repeated: 06 February 1990
*It Doesn't Work / Invitation To Dinner/Infanticide / Fill / Valium Housewife
== Other Shows Played ==
;1989
*05 July 1989: Ugly (v/a album - Spleurk!) Meantime 
*29 August 1989: Valium Housewife (album - Pre Marital Yodelling (1127 Walnut Ave.)) Meantime
*31 August 1989: Have A Nice Day! (LP - Pre Marital Yodelling (1127 Walnut Ave.)) Meantime
*05 September 1989: Greenhouse Days (album - Pre Marital Yodelling (1127 Walnut Ave.)) Meantime
*14 September 1989: Greenhouse Days (album - Pre Marital Yodelling (1127 Walnut Ave.)) Meantime
*21 September 1989 (Radio Bremen): Have A Nice Day! (album - Pre Marital Yodelling (1127 Walnut Ave.)) Meantime
*28 September 1989: Infanticide (LP - Pre Martial Yodelling (1127 Walnut Ave.)) Meantime
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*10 January 1990: Valium Housewife (album - Pre Marital Yodelling (1127 Walnut Ave.)) Meantime 
*21 March 1990: It Doesn't Work (7" - Invitation To Dinner) Meantime
*04 April 1990: It Doesn't Work (7" EP - Invitation To Dinner) Rugger Bugger 
*21 April 1990 (BFBS): 'It Doesn't Work (7"-Invitation To Dinner)' (Rugger Bugger Discs/Meantime)
*15 May 1990: It Doesn't Work (7" EP - Invitation To Dinner) Rugger Bugger 
*03 November 1990: One For The Road (LP - What A Predicament) Meantime
*25 November 1990: Invitation To Dinner (LP - What A Predicament) Meantime
;1992
*12 January 1992: Mommy Hurt My Head (LP - Acres Of Geeses) SMR
*18 January 1992: Blind Date (CD: Acres Of Geeses) SMR 
== External Links ==
*Discogs
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