X-Men were a British garage trash band formed around the tail end of 1981 in their first incarnation and made up of Mark (various pseudonyms) Stollar on vocals, Tim Hosking (Brother of Mark Hosking from The Sting Rays) on Bass, Tom (Thumb) Cullinan on Drums and Miles Aldridge on guitar. Over the five years or so that The X-men were active the line up was expanded to include a couple of female backing singers, the girls joined the band (probably) sometime in 82 one of which, Debbie Green (Yes, she of Headcoatees fame) would occupy the drummers stool at times, Sue Feighery being the other addition, both of whom are given dual vocal and percussion credits. The group split up sometime in the late 80's.
Links to Peel[]
Peel played tracks from the group and invited them to do a session for their programme, which they did in 1984. After the group split up in the late 80's, drummer, Tom Cullinan formed Th' Faith Healers and later on Quickspace, where both acts did sessions for Peel's shows.
Sessions[]
The X-Men - Peel Session 1984
1. Recorded: 1984-09-04. First Broadcast: 13 September 1984. Repeated: 01 October 1984
- The Witch / Little Girl / Xtremental / Count Von Black
Shows Played[]
- 1984
- 02 July 1984: Do The Ghost (7") Creation 006
- 28 July 1984 (BFBS): Do The Ghost (7") Creation 006
- 23 September 1984 (BFBS): Do The Ghost (7") Creation 006
- 1985
- 17 April 1985: Spiral Girl (7") Creation CRE 013
- 22 April 1985 (BBC World Service): Spiral Girl (7") Creation CRE 013
- 24 June 1985 (BBC World Service): Spiral Girl (7") Creation CRE 013