The Sinking Ships

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The Sinking Ships
OriginWragby, Lincolnshire, U.K.
GenresPost-punk
Years active1979–1981, 2018-present (online only)
LabelsRecession
Past membersSimon Brighton (guitarist)
Terry Welbourn (vocalist-bassist)
Colin Hopkirk (vocalist)
Nick Green (drummer)

The Sinking Ships (sometimes referred to as Sinking Ships) was an English post-punk band formed in 1979.

History[]

The Sinking Ships was formed in Autumn 1979 by former members of the bands Berlin and Stress named Simon Brighton (guitarist), Terry Welbourn (bassist), Colin Hopkirk (vocalist), and Nick Green (drummer) in Wragby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

The band recorded two tracks for local New Wave compilation Household Shocks in 1980; Hopkirk left the band after its release. In the Spring of 1980, it recorded the single The Cinema Clock. After that, the band's members increased from three to six. In 1981, the band's members again decreased to three and they released their albums Dream and After the Rain - Live in April 1981 on the Recession label. After that, the band's members split up.

In 2018, they released a live EP from 1980 entitled "Playground Studios, Wragby, 1980." It was available on their Bandcamp page but no longer is.

In 2021, the band released a "compilation" album on their Bandcamp entitled "The Cinema Clock ...And Other Stories", featuring a number of their songs from their short career together.[1]

Legacy[]

The most famous song of the band is Strangers, whose band was unknown for many people for a while until the song with the band's name was found on YouTube and was thought to have been made by the same band as The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet because of the singer's voice and the mystery around the two songs.[2][3][4] However, the singer of the song was contacted and said that the band did not make the song.

Discography[]

Albums[]

  • The Cinema Clock ...And Other Stories (2021)

EPs[]

  • Playground Studios, Wragby, 1980. (live, released in 2018)

Singles[]

  • The Cinema Clock (released in November, 1980)
  • Dream (released in April, 1981)

References[]

  1. ^ "The Cinema Clock and Other Stories…., by Sinking Ships 1980". Sinking Ships 1980. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  2. ^ "Die ganze Welt sucht nach Interpret eines auf NDR2 gespielten Songs". radioforen.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  3. ^ "The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet". volta.neocities.org. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  4. ^ "Most Mysterious Song: Wie die Suche nach dem rätselhaften Song begann". Spontis (in German). 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2020-09-05.

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