Introduction

I have created these pages to fill a gap on the web about the Bodines. Martin Fuchs excellent page used to cater for this but this no longer seems to exists. I am no expert on the Bodines so if you have any info, scans etc then please e-mail via the link above.

History

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" (see Discography) 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 a track 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.

Other Band Members:

Robert Zyn (guitar) is shown in the great indie Discography as playing with The Bodines in 1989. However in Mick Ryan, in a recent e-mail to this site, said he cannot recall Zyn ever playing for the band. Can any verification be sent to this site?

In the same e-mail Mick sates that a Andrew "Booty" Boot played guitar after Paul Brotherton left the band. He also played with the Train Set.

As for Zyn he had his own band THE USMF and is an ex member of thee hypnotics.

Information Sources: My own collection, Twee Net, Archived Copy of Martin Fuchs Page and e-bay. Thanks to Robert Perris and Ben Reche for providing further information on the band line-ups and to Jurgen Kraus for the scans of the Hull University Gig Flyers.

More:

Discography

Cover Scans

Audio

Reviews/Interviews

Bodines On Birdpoo

Wikipedia Entry

Bodines Forum