Tindersticks are an English alternative rock band formed in Nottingham in 1991. They released six albums before singer Stuart A. Staples embarked on a solo career. The band reunited briefly in 2006 and more permanently the following year. The band recorded several film soundtracks, and have a long-standing relationship collaborating with French director Claire Denis. Staples, Boulter, Fraser, Macauley and Hinchliffe, all former members of Asphalt Ribbons, formed the band in 1991. The final line-up for the Old Horse mini-LP (1991) was: Stuart Staples (vocals), Dave Boulter (organ and accordion), Neil Fraser (guitar), Dickon Hinchliffe (guitar and strings), Al Macauley (percussion and drums), and John Thompson (bass). Mark Colwill was recruited when Thompson left the Asphalt Ribbons, but it is not known if he played any gigs under the Asphalt Ribbons name. They then changed their name to Tindersticks after Staples discovered a box of German matches on a Greek beach. (read more on wikipedia)
Peel played the band's previous incarnation, Asphalt Ribbons, in the 80's and 90's. After the name change to Tindersticks, he continued supporting them until the late 90's, including inviting them to do three sessions for his programmes. Listeners voted tracks from the band into the 1993 and 1995 Festive Fifties.
17 February 1995: 'Instrumental (7 inch-No More Affairs)' (This Way Up)
29 April 1995 (BFBS): 'El Diablo En El Ojo (CD-tindersticks)' (This Way Up) (JP: 'While that was playing, Denis said, "It sounds like Kenny Rogers!" So there's another career wiped out: I shall never play another one of their records.')
30 December 1995: 'My Sister (LP-Tindersticks)' (This Way Up) FF #25(JP: 'Would I be giving anything away if I said that's the longest track in this year's Festive Fifty, but only just?')
