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B-Movie

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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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[]

Sessions[]

B-Movie_-_Peel_Session_1981

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
B-Movie_-_Remembrance_Day_(1981)

B-Movie - Remembrance Day (1981)

1981
1982

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