
B-Movie are a new wave band from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, initially active in the first half of the 1980s. The band's original line-up included vocalist/bassist Steve Hovington, guitarist Paul Statham, keyboardist Rick Holliday and drummer Graham Boffey. B-Movie's initial 1980 EP releases, the Take Three 7" and Nowhere Girl 12", were issued on the small UK indie label Dead Good Records. They were eventually signed to the Some Bizzare label, and their song "Moles" was featured on the original 1981 Some Bizzare Album.
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Links to Peel[]
Peel first played B-Movie's track, Man On A Threshold, in 1980 from a various compilation album called East and a year later invited them to do a session for his show, where they performed four tracks. Their song, Remembrance Day, entered the 1981 Festive Fifty. Further tracks from the band were played by Peel, but by the time they released their debut album, Forever Running, in 1985, he had lost interest in them.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- 1981 Festive Fifty: Remembrance Day #36
Sessions[]
B-Movie - Peel Session 1981
The band's only session is available on BBC Radio Sessions 1981-84 (CD, Cherry Red, 2001).
1. Recorded: 1981-03-31. First Broadcast: 07 April 1981. Repeated: 27 April 1981, 22 June 1981
- Polar Opposites / Welcome To The Shrink / Escalator / All Fall Down
Other Shows Played[]
- 1980
- 21 February 1980: Man On A Threshold (v/a LP - East) Dead Good
- 03 July 1980: The Soldier Stood Alone (7" - Take Three EP) Dead Good
- 12 August 1980: The Soldier Stood Alone (EP - Take Three) Dead Good
- 12 January 1981: Nowhere Girl (12") Dead Good
- 18 January 1981 (BFBS): Nowhere Girl (12" EP) Dead Good
- 18 January 1981 (BFBS): Is This Still Life (12" - Nowhere Girl) Dead Good BIG DEAD 12
- 19 January 1981: Institution Walls (12" - Nowhere Girl) Dead Good BIG DEAD 12
- January 1981 / Peel January February 1981: Aeroplanes & Mountains (12" - Nowhere Girl) Dead Good BIG DEAD 12
- 25 January 1981 (BFBS): Aeroplanes & Mountains (12" - Nowhere Girl) Dead Good BIG DEAD 12
- 28 January 1981: Moles (v/a album - Some Bizzare Album) Some Bizarre
- 04 February 1981: This Still Life (12" EP - Nowhere Girl) Dead Good
- 05 February 1981 (BFBS): 'Remembrance Day (7")' (Deram)
- 08 February 1981 (BFBS): This Still Life (12" EP - Nowhere Girl) Dead Good
- 10 February 1981: Nowhere Girl (12") Dead Good BIG DEAD 12
- 12 February 1981: 'Remembrance Day (7")' (Deram)
- 05 March 1981: Remembrance Day (7") Deram
- 09 March 1981: 'Remembrance Day (7")' (Deram)
- 22 March 1981 (BFBS): Is This Still Life (12" - Nowhere Girl) Dead Good
- 26 March 1981: Remembrance Day (7" ) DERAM 100.107
- 10 May 1981 (BFBS): Institution Walls (12" - Nowhere Girl) Dead Good
- 19 July 1981 (BFBS): Aeroplanes And Mountains (12" EP - Nowhere Girl) Dead Good
- 27 September 1981 (BFBS): This Still Life (12" - Nowhere Girl) Dead Good
- 17 December 1981: Remembrance Day (7") Deram
- 24 December 1981: 'Remembrance Day (12 inch)' (Deram) FF #36
- 1982
- 07 March 1982 (BFBS): John mentions that he was going to play the new single by B-Movie but it has been withdrawn for copyright reasons.
- 16 June 1982 (BFBS): Scare Some Life Into Me (7" - Nowhere Girl) Some Bizarre
- 06 October 1982 (BFBS): Scare Some Life Into Me (single - Nowhere Girl) Some Bizarre