Blurt is an English post-punk band, founded in 1979 in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Blurt was founded in 1979 in Stroud, Gloucestershire by poet, saxophonist and puppeteer Ted Milton along with Milton's brother Jake, formerly of psychedelic group Quintessence, on drums and Peter Creese on guitar. After three albums Creese left the band to be replaced by Herman Martin on synthesizers who, after a year of constant touring left the band, and was replaced by Steve Eagles, former member of Satan's Rats, The Photos and Bang Bang Machine.
Shortly thereafter Jake Milton left to be replaced by Nic Murcott, who was subsequently replaced by Paul Wigens. Eagles was replaced by Chris Vine as guitarist from 1990 to 1994, and returned to the band following Vine's departure. Wigens was briefly replaced by Charles Hayward between May and October 2001 before returning to the band, before departing the band for good in 2005. His replacement was Bob Leith (of Cardiacs), who stayed with the band until 2008, at which time he was replaced by the band's current drummer David Aylward.
Most of Blurt's compositions feature simple, repetitive, minimalistic guitar and/or saxophone phrases, but they can also explore more abstract musical territories, often serving as an atmospheric backdrop for Ted Milton's existentialist poetry.
Links to Peel[]
Peel first played Blurt in the summer of 1980 via their debut single, 'My Mother Was A Friend Of An Enemy Of The People'. He would play further tracks from the group on his shows, including a session they recorded for his programme in 1980. Peel revisited the band's music in 1995, when a listener mistakenly asked for Blur's A Fish Needs A Bike? song, which was in fact from the band. Blurt rather than the britpop band. He then played the track on his BFBS show.
Sessions[]
Blurt - Cherry Blossom Polish (Peel Session)
1. Recorded: 1980-09-24. First Broadcast: 09 October 1980. Repeated: 11 November 1980
- Cherry Blossom Polish / Paranoid Blues / Ubu / Some Come
Other Shows Played[]
- 1980
- 09 August 1980 (BFBS): Get (7" - My Mother Was A Friend Of An Enemy Of The People) Test Pressings
- 13 August 1980: Get (7" b-side My Mother Was A Friend Of An Enemy Of The People) Test Pressings
- 23 August 1980 (BFBS): Get (7" - My Mother Was A Friend Of An Enemy Of The People) Test Pressings
- 20 December 1980 (BFBS): Get (7" - My Mother Was A Friend Of An Enemy Of The People) Test Pressings
- 02 July 1981 (BFBS): The Fish Needs A Bike (7") Armageddon
- 15 July 1981: The Fish Needs A Bike (7") Armageddon
- 16 August 1981 (BFBS): The Fish Needs A Bike (7") Armageddon
- 03 September 1981 (BFBS): The Fish Needs A Bike (7") Armageddon
- 1982
- 06 October 1982 (BFBS): Some Come (7"- 13 Febr 1982 Zizni) Big Balumbas In Burundi
- 1984
- 25 July 1984 (BFBS): Enemy Ears (album - Bullets For You) Divine
- 19 August 1984 (BFBS): Enemy Ears (album - Bullets For You) Divine
- 1995
- 18 November 1995 (BFBS): (JP: 'it wasn't all that long ago that somebody wrote to me and said, "Could you play that Blur record that you played years and years and years ago called A Fish Needs A Bike?" and I thought, "Blur? Surely not!" But it took me a while and several letters from listeners to point out that they actually meant Blurt with a T at the end, and the record goes like this.') 'The Fish Needs A Bike (7")' (Armageddon) (JP: 'Derived of course from the old 60s saying "A man needs a woman like a fish needs a bike." Perhaps it's older than that, but that's Blurt from 1981, that golden year when I was 43 and as picturesque as a mid-Atlantic sunset.')