Coin-Op are an indie rock band from Brighton, comprising of Nick Hills - keyboards/vocals, Matt Leuw - guitar/vocals, Craig Robbins - bass/vocals and Matt Cooper - drums. The band released one album, Friendly Fire, in 2002 and several singles between 2002 and 2003.
Links to Peel[]
Peel first played the band's debut single, Democracies (the track would later enter the 2002 Festive Fifty at number 19), in May 2002 and would play further material from the group until 2003. He nominated their single Southpaw, as one of his records for June 2002 (Peel's Record Box) and July 2002 (Peel's Record Box) and also their single, The Curve, as one of his records for April 2003 (Peel's Record Box). The band did a session for Peel's programme in 2002.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- 2002 Festive Fifty: Democracies #19
Sessions[]
1. Recorded: 2002-06-12. First Broadcast: 30 July 2002
- Democracies / The Make Up / Play Pen / Milk
Live[]
Recorded live from the Concorde 2 in Brighton. First Broadcast: 30 October 2003
- Easy Life
- Playpen
- Democracies
- DIY
Other Shows Played[]
- 29 May 2002: Democracies (single) Fierce Panda
- 11 June 2002: Democracies (CD Single) (Fierce Panda)
- 20 June 2002: 'Southpaw (CD Single)' (Fierce Panda)
- 20 June 2002 (Radio Eins): Democracies (single) Fierce Panda
- 04 July 2002 (Radio Eins): 'Southpaw (CD single)' (Fierce Panda)
- 09 July 2002: 'Southpaw (CD single)' (Fierce Panda)
- 19 September 2002 (Radio Mafia): 'Southpaw (CD Single)' (Fierce Panda)
- 23 October 2002: The Curve (LP - Friendly Fire) Fierce Panda
- 24 October 2002: Work It Out (album - Friendly Fire) Fierce Panda
- 26 December 2002: 'Democracies' (CD Single) (Fierce Panda) FF #19
- 2003
- 03 April 2003 (Radio Eins): The Curve (CD) Single Fierce Panda
- 08 April 2003: The Curve (CD) Single Fierce Panda
- 17 April 2003 (Radio Eins): The Curve (CD single) Fierce Panda
- 22 April 2003: The Curve (Single) Fierce Panda