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Blue Orchids

Band, 1979-2007 GB, Manchester
Rock and Alternative

Blue Orchids are an English post-punk band formed in Manchester in 1979, when Martin Bramah decided to quit The Fall having recorded that band's debut album Live at the Witch Trials. Bramah teamed up with keyboardist Una Baines, also an ex-Fall member, guitarist Rick Goldstraw (also ex-Fall), bassist Steve Toyne and drummer Ian Rogers (AKA Joe Kin). Salford-based punk poet John Cooper Clarke christened them Blue Orchids.

     
Members
PortraitJoe McKechnie
dr, g GB
PortraitMartin Beddington
PortraitStuart Kennedy
b, voc GB
PortraitUna Baines
key, voc *1957 GB
PortraitRick Goldstraw
g, b
Adrian White
dr
PortraitPhilip Tomanov
dr
PortraitIan Rogers
PortraitJohn Paul Moran
key, voc
Popular Tracks   
The Flood on Perfect Unpop: Peel Show Hits And Long Lost Lo-Fi Favourites, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
Bad Education on The Greatest Hit [Deluxe Edition] by Blue Orchids
A Year With No Head on The Greatest Hit [Deluxe Edition] by Blue Orchids
Sun Connection on The Greatest Hit [Deluxe Edition] by Blue Orchids
The Flood on Awefull by Blue Orchids
Work on Awefull by Blue Orchids
Hanging Man on The Greatest Hit [Deluxe Edition] by Blue Orchids
Tighten My Belt on The Greatest Hit [Deluxe Edition] by Blue Orchids
Dumb Magician on The Greatest Hit [Deluxe Edition] by Blue Orchids
The Face Of Time on Magpie Heights by Blue Orchids

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Righteous Harmony FistBlue Orchids2018Album
Skull JamBlue Orchids2017Album
Skull JamBlue Orchids2017Album
Bomb Manchester! Bomb Hamburg!Blue Orchids2016Album
The Once And Future ThingBlue Orchids2015Album
AwefullBlue Orchids2015Compil.
Slum-Cavern-Jest!Blue Orchids2005Album
Mystic BudBlue Orchids2004Album
The SleeperBlue Orchids2003Album
A Darker Bloom-The Blue Orchids CollectionBlue Orchids2002Compil.
From Severe To SereneBlue Orchids2002Compil.
The Secret CityBlue Orchids1992Album
A View From The City 1980-1991Blue Orchids1991Compil.
Diamond AgeBlue Orchids1991Album
Sleepy Town / ThirstBlue Orchids1985Album
Agents Of ChangeBlue Orchids1982Album
The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain)Blue Orchids1982Album
WorkBlue Orchids1981Single
The Flood / Disney BoysBlue Orchids1980Single
Live Denmark 7.10.82Nico, Blue OrchidsSingle
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