The Primitives (Jul 1985 - )
Group - United Kingdom UK indie rock band
Releases (29)
Official
Album
- Lovely 28 Mar 1988
- Pure 01 Jan 1989
- Galore 21 Feb 1992
- Echoes and Rhymes 30 Apr 2012
- Spin-O-Rama 13 Oct 2014
Album - Compilation
- Lazy 86 - 88 1989
- Bombshell 1994
- Best of the Primitives 1996
- Bubbling Up 1998
- Thru the Flowers: The Anthology 20 Sep 2004
- Buzz Buzz Buzz: The Complete Lazy Recordings 01 Aug 2006
- Everything’s Shining Bright: The Lazy Recordings 1985–1987 25 Mar 2013
- Bloom! The Full Story 1985-1992 20 Mar 2020
Single
- Really Stupid 1986
- Thru the Flowers 1986
- Stop Killing Me 1987
- Crash Feb 1988
- Way Behind Me 1988
- Out of Reach 1988
- Sick of It 23 Jul 1989
- Secrets 22 Sep 1989
- Lead Me Astray 1992
- Lose the Reason 18 Feb 2013
EP
- You Are The Way EP 11 Jul 1991
- Spells EP 1991
- Never Kill a Secret EP 07 Mar 2011
- New Thrills 05 May 2017
Promotion
Single
- Ocean Blue 1987
Other
- US 3 TRACK PROMO 1990
Relationships (11)
Members
- Keiron McDermott (Jul 1985 - 1986) original, lead vocals
- Steve Dullaghan (Jul 1985 - 1989) original, bass guitar, guitar
- Paul Court (Jul 1985) original, lead vocals, guitar
- Peter Tweedie (Jul 1985 - 1988) original, membranophone
- Tracy Cattell (1986) lead vocals, tambourine
- Tig Williams (1988) membranophone
- Clive Layton (1988 - 1991) keyboard
- Paul Sampson (1989 - 1991) bass guitar
- Andy Hobson (1989) bass guitar
- Neil Champion (1991) bass guitar
- Raph Moore (2009) bass guitar
Recordings by (171)
- Thru the Flowers ?:?? (1986)
- Across My Shoulder ?:?? (1986)
- She Don't Need You ?:?? (1986)
- Lazy ?:?? (1986)
- Really Stupid ?:?? (1986)
- We Found a Way to the Sun ?:?? (1986)
- Where the Wind Blows ?:?? (1986)
- Everything Shining Bright ?:?? (16 Aug 1987)
- Nothing Left 2:26 (1987) first version
- Buzz Buzz Buzz 2:02 (1987)
- Laughing Up My Sleeve 3:08 (1987)
- Ocean Blue ?:?? (1987)
- Shadow ?:?? (1987)
- Stop Killing Me 2:04 (1987)
- Crash 2:32 (Feb 1988)
- I’ll Stick With You 2:33 (Feb 1988)
- Crash (demo) 2:19 (Feb 1988)
- Things Get in Your Way 2:21 (Feb 1988)
- Spacehead 2:11 (28 Mar 1988)
- Carry Me Home 2:54 (28 Mar 1988)
- Run Baby Run 2:32 (28 Mar 1988)
- Dreamwalk Baby 2:01 (28 Mar 1988)
- Out Of Reach 2:20 (28 Mar 1988)
- Don’t Want Anything to Change 1:53 (28 Mar 1988)
- I Wanna Be Your Dog (live) 3:23 (1988)
- Way Behind Me 3:08 (1988)
- All The Way Down 3:37 (1988)
- Really Stupid (live -Glasgow College Of Arts Mar. 88) 2:05 (1988)
- Secrets 2:30 (01 Jan 1989)
- Lonely Streets 2:19 (01 Jan 1989)
- Can’t Bring Me Down 2:38 (01 Jan 1989)
- Never Tell 2:54 (01 Jan 1989)
- Noose 3:29 (01 Jan 1989)
- I'll Be Your Mirror 2:42 (01 Jan 1989)
- I Almost Touched You 2:42 (01 Jan 1989)
- Outside 1:56 (01 Jan 1989)
- Summer Rain 3:10 (01 Jan 1989)
- Sick of It 3:12 (01 Jan 1989)
- Shine 3:53 (01 Jan 1989)
- Dizzy Heights 2:35 (01 Jan 1989)
- Keep Me In Mind 2:35 (01 Jan 1989)
- All The Way Down (Beat Version) 2:22 (01 Jan 1989)
- Secrets (demo) 2:48 (22 Sep 1989)
- Thru the Flowers (original version) 2:30 (1989)
- (We’ve) Found a Way (to the Sun) 3:39 (1989)
- Shadow (Guitar Version) 2:55 (1989)
- She Don’t Need You 1:39 (1989)
- As Tears Go By 2:51 (1990)
- Baby I Don’t Care 1:59 (1990)
- Stop Killing Me (acoustic) 2:39 (11 Jul 1991)
On Recordings (5)
Produced
- In My Dream 3:02 The Primitives (11 Jul 1991)
- Empathise 4:08 The Primitives (1991)
- The Little Black Egg 3:11 The Primitives (21 Feb 1992)
- Sunpulse 3:35 The Primitives (21 Feb 1992)
- Smile 2:36 The Primitives (21 Feb 1992)
Credited as (2)
Links (18)
Other Databases
- https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_primitives
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98016072
- https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no98016072
- https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13905897r
- https://d-nb.info/gnd/10290765-1