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The Brilliant Corners Were A British Indie Pop Band From Bristol Who Recorded Throughout The 1980s And Into The Early 1990s. The Group Was Formed In 1983 Taking The Name From The Thelonious Monk Jazz Album Brilliant Corners. The Line-Up Included David Woodward B. Avonmouth Bristol England Vocals Guitar Chris Galvin 1959 – 22 December 1998 Bass Guitar Winston Forbes 1964 - 8 August 2019 Lead Guitar Percussion Backing Vocals Bob Morris Drums And Dan Occasional Trumpet And Keyboards . A Later Addition Was Phil Elvins On Guitar. The Band's First Releases Were Early Examples Of Indie Pop With Three Singles Being Released In 1984 On Their Own SS20 Label. Their First Mini- Album Growing Up Absurd Appeared The Following Year. With An Explosion Of Indie Pop Groups In 1986 Their May Release Fruit Machine EP Gained Them Both Attention And Radio Airplay Followed By A Second Mini-Album What's In A Word. "Brian Rix" A Re-Recorded Version Of A Track From The LP With Added Trumpet And A Tribute To Rix The "king Of Farce" Was Issued As A Single The Proceeds Going To Mencap The Charity Of Which Rix Was Chairman. The Video Featuring Woodward Running Rix-Like Around A Couch With His Trousers Around His Ankles Was Shown On The Tube Further Raising The Band's Profile. In March 1988 The Band Set Up Another Label McQueen And Released Third Album Somebody Up There Likes Me Followed By A Collection Of Their Sought-After Early Singles Everything I Ever Wanted. Two More Albums Followed In 1989 Joy Ride And 1990 Hooked Followed By A Second Compilation Creamy Stuff In 1991. They Released A History Of White Trash In 1993 Before Splitting Up. Woodward And Galvin Formed The Experimental Pop Band In 1995. Galvin Died From Cancer In 1998.
Winston Forbes Died In August 2019. Discography Chart Placings Shown Are From The UK Indie Chart. Singles
"She's Got Fever" 1984 SS20 No. 1 "Big Hip" 1984 SS20 No. 16 "My Baby's In Black" 1984 SS20 No. 14 "Brian Rix" 1987 SS20 No. 11 "Delilah Sands" 1987 SS20 No. 9 "Teenage" 1988 McQueen No. 9 "Why Do You Have To Go Out With Him When You Could Go Out With Me?" 1988 McQueen No. 10 "I Love It I Lost It" 1990 McQueen "The Pope The Monkey And The Queen" 1990 McQueen EPs And Mini-Albums
Growing Up Absurd Mini-Album 1985 SS20 No. 26 The Fruit Machine EP 1986 SS20 Albums
What's In A Word 1986 SS20 No. 8 Somebody Up There Likes Me 1988 McQueen No. 6 Joy Ride 1989 McQueen No. 6 Hooked 1990 McQueen A History Of White Trash 1993 C.M.P. Compilations
Everything I Ever Wanted 1988 McQueen Compilation No. 17 Heart On Your Sleeve A Decade In Pop 1983–1993 2013 Cherry Red Creamy Stuff 1991 McQueen

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