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Boyracer

Boyracer (sometimes styled Boyracer UK) is a lo-fi indie punk band from Leeds, England.

Boyracer was founded by vocalist/guitarist Stewart Anderson in 1990 and released their first single in 1991. Richard Adams left the group in 1993, after which the group released its first EP, Naked. They then arranged to release further recordings via Sarah Records including two more EPs in 1993. Both James Chadwick and Simon Guild departed early in 1994, and Anderson put together a new line-up before releasing the group's debut full-length for Slumberland Records.

More lineup changes ensued in 1994 while the group continued to put out releases, with a number of 7 inch EPs and they toured the United States for the first time at the beginning of 1995. Later that year they signed with MCA subsidiary label Zero Hour Records. The label dropped them while they were doing a nationwide U.S. tour. They then released several singles on independent American labels over the course of 1996. Early in 1997, the group split up, but in 2000 Anderson reconstituted Boyracer with several new members and new material.

In 2010 the band played two shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco as part of the Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary showcase. The group played another show in Flagstaff, Arizona at the end of October 2011. Following a short hiatus, Boyracer hit the road again, touring the United States and playing beloved small venues. Anderson's label, Emotional Response Records, collaborated with Slumberland Records to launch the hugely successful Oakland Weekender festival in 2022.

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Peel seemed to have discovered the group in March 1993 when he played a track from their flexi disc. Further material from the group were played on his shows, including a session they recorded in the summer of 1994. After 1997, Peel seemed to have lost interest in the group and never played any of their records.

Sessions[]

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BOYRACER John Peel 31st July 1994

Their only session is available on John Peel Session 02.09.94 (Vinyl, 2022, Precious Recordings Of London)

1. Recorded: 1994-07-31. First Broadcast: 02 September 1994. Repeated: 02 June 1995

  • Advice To Young Bands About Publishing Deals / One Step Forward / Love Song For Henry Mancini/New Wave Old Hat / Pretentious Headline Band Ego Problem

Other Shows Played[]

Tested

Tested

1993
  • 27 March 1993: Tested (2x7" flexi - Go Flexi Crazy) Pure Hatred
  • 30 April 1993: Black Fantastic Splitting (7" EP - B Is For Boyracer) Sarah
  • 08 May 1993: Jesus Suzanne Christ (EP B Is For Boyracer) Sarah
  • 28 May 1993: ‘I’ve Got It And It’s Not Worth Having (7 inch – B Is For Boyracer)’ (Sarah Records)
  • 05 June 1993 (BFBS): I've Got It And It's Not Worth Having (7" EP - B Is For Boyracer) Sarah
  • 17 July 1993: ‘Sanguine (Split LP With Huggy Bear – Louisville – Leeds – TKO! )’ (A Turntable Friend)
  • 24 July 1993 (BFBS): Sanguine (split album with Hula Hoop - Louisville - Leeds - TKO!) A Turntable Friend
  • 09 October 1993: David Byrne (7" - From Purity To Purgatory E.P.) Sarah
  • 22 October 1993 (BFBS): David Byrne (7" - From Purity To Purgatory E.P. ) Sarah
  • 17 September 1993 (BFBS): No Fuel (7" - Naked) A Turntable Friend
  • 13 November 1993: Cog (7" - From Purity To Purgatory EP) Sarah
1994
  • 04 March 1994: ‘Sunshine And Violence (7 inch – AUL 36X EP)’ (Slumberland Records)
  • 12 August 1994: Skill (CD - More Songs About Frustration And Self Hate) Slumberland
  • 27 August 1994: (Interview with Nicola Hodgkinson of Boyracer and Justine Wolfenden of Hemiola Records) ‘He Gets Me So Hard (7 inch - Pure Hatred 96)’ Sarah Records
  • 17 September 1994: That's Progress (CD - More Songs About Frustration And Self-Hate) Slumberland
  • 30 September 1994: Wanting For All The Wrong Reasons (7" - Pure Hatred 96) Sarah
  • 15 October 1994: Fifteen (CD - More Songs About Frustration And Self-Hate) Slumberland
1995
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Boyracer - Small Consolation

1996
  • 21 April 1996: Small Consolation (album - In Full Colour) Zero Hour
  • 01 June 1996: Two (album - In Full Colour) Zero Hour
  • 09 June 1996 (BFBS): 'Deeper Still (LP-In Full Colour)' (Zero Hour)
  • 15 June 1996: 'Two (CD - In Full Colour )’ Zero Hour
  • 13 July 1996: Your Unspoken Desires (7" - The Racer 100 EP) A Turntable Friend
  • 22 September 1996: Area 51 Revisited (LP - We Are Made Of The Same Wood) A Turntable Friend
  • 23 November 1996: False Economy (split 7" with My Favourite - False Economy / Modulate) A Turntable Friend
1997
  • 16 May 1997 (BFBS): 'Present Tense (7")' (Happy Go Lucky) (intially John is 'breezily confident' and plays the wrong track)

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