There are three bands with the name The Poems, two from the United Kingdom, both from Glasgow (though 20 years apart from each other), the third is russian romantic emo/post-hardcore band. The Poems (early 80s): There is little known about the first group. They released one EP, Achieving Unity, in 1981, before Rose McDowall moved to the group Strawberry Switchblade. The members included Rose McDowall (of Strawberry Switchblade, Boyd Rice and Friends, Sorrow, Spell [with Boyd Rice], and collaborations with Coil and Current 93) and her then current husband Drew McDowall. The music could be described as post-punk or art punk. The modern Poems (mid 00s) are: Robert Hodgens studied design at Glasgow School of Art, He started his first group the Oxfam Warriors when he was 14, heavily influenced by the third Velvet Underground album, Big Star and the Byrds. The Bluebells, part of the Postcard Records(Orange Juice, Aztec Camera, Josef K) canon before going major and at 18 he was in the UK charts with the band, who were signed to Sire in the States by Seymour Stein. They topped the UK charts with 'Cath' and 'Young at Heart'. He has worked with, amongst others, The Eurythmics, Sinead O'Connor, Texas, Ian McCulloch(Echo and The Bunnymen),Paul Quinn and The Independent group, Belinda Carlisle, B*witched before deciding it was time again for some self-expression and started writing for and with The Poems. Adrian Barry studied photography at the Glasgow School of Art started his

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