Medium Medium was a post-punk band from Nottingham, England, initially active between 1978 and 1983. Emerging in 1978 out of the Nottingham punk/rhythm & blues band The Press, Medium Medium's first single was "Them or Me", which was released in late 1978 and was still selling well enough in 1980 to appear in the UK Independent Chart. The second single, "Hungry, So Angry", was released in February 1981 on Cherry Red Records. One of the first records to introduce slap bass - a technique borrowed from black funk music - to a generally white audience, "Hungry, So Angry" reached #48 in the Billboard Disco chart - the single and the album were released in 1981 on the New York-based indie label Cachalot Records - and has appeared on over a dozen compilations over the years.
Links To Peel[]
Peel first played the band's debut single 'Them or Me' in 1979 and continued playing the band's material into the early 80s.
Shows Played[]
- 17 December 1979: Them Or Me (7") Apt Music SAP 01
- 1980
- 09 January 1980 (BFBS): Them Or Me (7" - Them Or Me / Freeze) Apt SAP 01
- 21 January 1980: Them Or Me (single) Apt Music
- 23 January 1980 (BFBS): Them Or Me (7" - Them Or Me / Freeze) Apt SAP 01
- 01 April 1980: Them Or Me (Various Artists LP - Hicks From The Sticks) Rockburgh
- 1981
- 18 March 1981: Hungry, So Angry (7") Cherry Red
- 19 March 1981 (BFBS): Hungry, So Angry (7") Cherry Red CHERRY 18
- 08 April 1981: Hungry, So Angry (unknown)
- 15 November 1981 (BFBS): Further Than Funkdream (album - The Glitterhouse) Cherry Red BRED 19
- 1982
- 01 August 1982 (BFBS): If You Touched Her She'd Smear (12" - Splendid Isolation) Sound 12 SPIL 82
- 18 August 1982: If You Touched Her She'd Smear (7") Sound