“Quinton are a band that came into being after The Sex Chimps… the lead singer is Andrew Woodward, brother of David” were the words from my good friend Matthew Rimell. He had shared with me a video of the band performing the Ashton Court Festival in 1991 which immediately caught my attention.
How come I have never heard the band?
I would notice that there are actually three videos of that gig. Here is part 1, 2 and 3. The uploader shares with us some details which are greatly appreciated. We learn the band hailed from Bristol, that they were formed in the early 90s, and that this gig was happening at the Richer Sounds stage on a Sunday morning in 1991.
We also get to know the band lineup, quite a start lineup… Andy Woodward on vocals, Tom Adams from Beatnik Filmstars on drums, Hugo Morgan from the Heads and Steve Yabsley from Rorschach and nowadays a BBC presenter.
The songs that are played at this gig include “Hanging On”, “Love Shine Down on Me”, “Are You Awake?”, “Butterfly Storm”, “Personality Zero”, “Instrumental”, “Surrealing” and an unknown track.
The band did release an album. It was titled “Propeller” and came out in 1990 on Pop God Records (PGLP 001). This label would release another Bristol band, The Family, that same year as well as releases by Rorschach, The Moonflowers and more.
“Propeller” had 10 tracks, “The Rake”, “Rediscover Me”, “Operation Rise”, “Weird Emotional Scar”, “She”, “Surrealing”, “The End of a Good Idea”, “Flying Very Fast”, “Love Shine on Me” and “Propeller”. All of the songs were written by Steve Yabsley with the exception of “She” that was written by Andrew Woodward and “Propeller” which was written by Cris Warren (Rorschach) and Steve.
500 copies of the album were pressed. It was recorded at P.IJ. Studios in Bristol in September 1990. The producer was John Parrish. The photography for the sleeve was done by Laura Dalgleish.
In what other bands were the band members involved? Steve was in Rorschach, The Harpoons and Nearly. Tom was in Beatnik Filmstars, Forest Giants, Kyoko, Secret Shine, The Fauns and The Total Rejection. Hugo Morgan was in Gonga, Karen, Loop and The Heads.
And that’s it. I haven’t heard the record yet. I should try to find myself a copy. Issue is of course the crazy shipping prices I want to avoid. Maybe when I travel to the UK in February I can find a copy. That’d be nice.
In any case I am curious about the band. If they recorded more songs. Also about the band they were in before, The Sex Chimps, my friend Matthew has spoken highly of them. Wonder if there are any recordings.
Maybe someone remembers them and have more details… let me know!
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Listen
Quinton – Are You Awake? (live at Ashton Court Festival 1991)
