Purple Hearts are an English mod revival band, formed in 1977 in Romford, eastern Greater London. They were often considered one of the best English mod revival groups, the NME calling them "one of the few mod bands to actually cut it on rock 'n' roll terms".
Purple Hearts started in 1977, when teenagers Jeff Shadbolt, Simon Stebbing, Bob Manton, and Nick Lake formed the band in Romford as The Sockets, before they even knew how to play their instruments. They formed for the purpose of getting a support slot at a Buzzcocks gig at the East London Polytechnic, to debut their tongue-in-cheek rock opera, Reg.
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Links to Peel[]
Peel discovered the band in the summer of 1979 and impressed by them had the group do a session for his show during that year. He also played further records from the band until the spring of 1980.
Sessions[]
Purple Hearts - Peel Session 1979
1. Recorded: 1979-07-10. First Broadcast: 16 July 1979. Repeated: 01 August 1979, 04 September 1979
- Beat That / Millions Like Us / Nothing's Left / Frustration
Other Shows Played[]
- 1979
- 27 August 1979: Millions Like Us (7") Fiction
- 29 August 1979: 'Millions Like Us (7")' (Fiction)
- 05 September 1979: Millions Like Us (7") Fiction
- 10 September 1979: Millions Like Us (7") Fiction
- 29 October 1979: Frustration (single) Fiction
- 12 November 1979: Frustration (7") Fiction
- 04 December 1979: Frustration (7") Fiction
- 1980
- 29 March 1980 (BFBS): Beat That (album - Beat That!) Fiction
- 10 April 1980: Beat That! (LP - Beat That!) Fiction