Membranes

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Please note that the preferred and most commonly used name for this band is The Membranes. The name Membranes is on many of their album sleeves, but early singles and a 'best of' album are credited to The Membranes, which is also how the band are officially listed on Spotify and other streaming platforms. Most of their scrobbles go there. Which doesn't mean that Membranes is 'incorrect' (everything but). That said... Membranes are a post-punk band which formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, England in 1977, the initial line-up being John Robb (bass guitar), Mark Tilton (guitar), Martin Critchley (vocals) and Martin Kelly (drums). Critchley soon left, with Robb taking on vocals, and Kelly moving to keyboards, with "Coofy Sid" (Coulthart) taking over on drums. Their first release was the "Flexible Membrane" flexi-disc in 1980, and over the next 11 years they would go on to release 6 studio albums. Their first single proper, "Muscles", was a single of the week in the UK music press[1] and a big club hit in New York being played in the Danceteria by the likes of The Beastie Boys eventual DJ Mojo and other cutting edge New York DJs. Kelly left after "Muscles", to be replaced by Steve Farmery on guitar for the follow-up Pin Stripe Hype EP. The band pioneered the avant noise scene of Big Black and Sonic Youth for several years with their critically acclaimed "Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder" single and Death To Trad Rock EP (which were indie chart top 5 records in the UK) and their debu

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