The Silk Mill, Frome.

Sat 5 DecDoors 19:30

Glaxo Babies

The Silk Mill · Frome

GLAXO BABIES In the annals of Bristol music history Glaxo Babies could have a book and a zone of greatness all of their own. Singles and EP’s such as ‘Christine Keeler’ and ‘This Is Your Life’, along with the seminal ‘Avon Calling’ compilation John Peel recorded session version of ‘It’s Irrational’, stormed the zeitgeist of late 70’s, early 80’s UK post punk. Four decades on, in 2025, another great leap forward brought the story to a stunning new destination with the vinyl and digital release on Bristol Archive Records in conjunction with their own imprint Liberated Sound Development of ‘Men of Stone’, the band’s first new album in some forty years. It’s a major chapter telling of reinvention, restructuring and in no way taking stock. For this missive the Glaxo’s use not one, but two new vocalists adding their own voice to a collection of songs mainly written by long-time Glaxonian and original guitarist, Dan Catsis. Dan was also a massive part of nationally recognised Bristol luminaries, The Pop Group and Maximum Joy. Other Bristol notables come into the new material’s mix with Steve Bush, main-man of former NME faves Essential Bop, contributing...

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