Artist:  The Membranes

Title:  Pin Stripe Hype E.P.

Date:  1982

Label:  Rondelet Music and Records    12 Round 28

Photography:  Ian "T" Tilton

Grotty Painting:  Simon Clegg

Notes:  A 4 song French EP from some of the finest lads ever thrown into the mix down at the old anarchist pub.  Lots of shouting, walls of noise, clanging and hooting, anger and angst and through it all a slight coherence and, could it be, a hint of a melody at times? Not that the boys are getting soft and loopy in their old age, but this one seems a bit more relaxed, albeit relaxed in a non-standard context. Relaxed in much the same manner in which a glacier cleaves into the ocean. A bit slow motion, but with plenty of power behind it. Enough rambling, just take a peek at that cover painting. If that ain't enough to put you off your feed for a while….

Line Up:

Coofy Sid: drums, iron bars, dustbin lids
Steve Farmery: guitars and guitars
John Robb: lead vocals, bass, dustbin lids
Mark Tilton: lead vocals, guitar
Everyone screamed and clanged (esp. C. Sid)

Track Listing

Side 1

High St. Yanks
Funny Old World

Side 2

The hitch
Man from Moscow