Pipettes

The Pipettes were formed in mid-2003 by singer-songwriter and promoter Monster Bobby with the intention of reviving the Phil Spector pop sound and giving it a modern twist, after noticing the reaction girl group songs got during his DJ sets. In collaboration with singer, poet, and photographer Julia Clark-Lowes, who was inspired by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty's The Manual, he recruited friends from and around the local music scene. The Pipettes, as they were to become, were all first introduced to each other by Bobby at The Basketmakers Arms in Brighton.

The line-up consisting of Rose ("Rosay"), Julia ("The Duchess (of Darkness)" or "Julia Caesar", RiotBecki, Jon, Seb, Joe ("Robin of Loxley") and Bobby settled in mid-2004, after earlier line-ups included members of The Electric Soft Parade and Marc Beatty of Brakes. In April 2005 founder member Julia left to concentrate on her own project, The Indelicates, and was replaced by former Welsh-language solo artist Gwenno Saunders. Since 2008, the line-up of the band have changed drastically resulting in none of the original members in the group.

Links To Peel
Peel received a demo CD from the Pipettes and played their track 'School Uniform' on his 28 September 2004 and planned to play more of the song after coming back from Peru in October 2004, but sadly died during his working holiday trip there. After Peel's death, Rob Da Bank continued using Peel's planned playlist for a week, resulting in another play of 'School Uniform'.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 2005 Festive Fifty: Dirty Mind #21
 * 2006 Festive Fifty: Pull Shapes #19

Shows Played
2004
 * 28 September 2004: School Uniform (LP - Gig Demo) Purr
 * 02 November 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'School Uniform' (CDR - Purr Sampler) - (White Label)
 * 09 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'We Are The Pipettes' (LP- The Pipettes) - (White Label)
 * 21 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): Holy (CD Single) White Label