The Bodines were formed in Glossop, Manchester in 1985 comprising of Mick Ryan (vocals, guitar), Paul Brotherton (guitar), Tim Burwood (bass) and Paul Lilley (drums).
After debut single on Creation "God Bless" Lilley was replaced by John Rowland. Their next single was their most well known track "Therese" which featured on the NME C86 tape. After one final single for Creation, "Heard It All", they signed to the major label Magnet Records. They produced three singles for Magnet including a remixed Therese but all failed to chart as did their only album "Played" which made #97 in the UK album charts during the summer of 1987. "Played" was produced by Ian Broudie who later had his own success as The Lightning Seeds.
The lack of commercial success saw the band being dropped by Magnet and John Rowland left to play for The Rainkings.
The band re-emerged in 1989 with Burwood and Rowland being replaced by Ian Watson and Spencer Birtwistle (also played in Laugh, Intastella and the Fall) and released one single for Manchester's Playhard Records. They also contributed two tracks for a Playhard compilation before splitting for a final time.
Part of the C86 scene they, like most bands of the era, never commercially fulfilled their potential. But hey, who cares, when gems liked God Bless and the wonderful Therese have been left behind. Mick Ryan went onto form Medlark 11 in the early 1990's releasing a couple of singles and album on Creation Records.
The tracks here are the last single and a b-side from the 12" version.
The Bodines - Decide
The Bodines - The Groove
For more information on The Bodines and the chance to download mp3's of some tracks from Played visit my Bodines site, Slip Slide.
If anyone has any further cuttings, interviews, scans etc to add to the site please let me know.
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