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Sinking Ships 1980
8+ albums
UK80sbritishpost-punk80s rare
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The Sinking Ships (sometimes referred to as Sinking Ships) was an English post-punk band formed in 1979. 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 User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
