Apartment (Bristol band)

Apartment
Apartment-Bristol 1979
Background information
Origin	Bristol, UK
Genres	Post-punk
Years active	1978–1980
Labels	Heartbeat Cherry Red Bristol Archive
Associated acts	The Escape, Tears For Fears, Interview
Website	Apartment info at Bristol Archive Records
Past members	Alan Griffiths Emil Richard White Steve Street

Apartment were an English post-punk band formed in Bristol, UK in late 1978. Fronted by Alan Griffiths -Vocals/Guitar, with Emil Joachim on Drums and Richard White playing Bass. They appeared on Heartbeat Records 1979 seminal 'Avon Calling' Bristol Compilation album with the track 'The Alternative'. In early 1980 they released a double A-sided single 'The Car / 'Winter' also on Heartbeat. They were later joined by Steve Street from Europeans on Bass.

The band split up in summer 1980, and Alan Griffiths (with Emil) would later go on to form The Escape, whilst Steve Street continued his production work and briefly joined Bath band Interview. The Escape signed to Phonogram Records & in late 1983 toured as a support act for Tears For Fears. Alan Griffiths later went on to tour with Tears For Fears as a guitarist on their 1985 Big Chair world tour. Following Curt Smith's departure from Tears For Fears in 1990, Alan Griffiths became Roland Orzabal's new musical partner and co-wrote, co-produced, and performed on the TFF albums Elemental (1993) and Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995), as well as Orzabal's 2001 solo album Tomcats Screaming Outside. He also co-wrote Havely (Good Feeling) for the Seal album, Seal IV, released in 2003.

In 2009, Bristol Archive Records released a downloadable album by Apartment called House Of Secrets.

In September 2010, two Apartment tracks "Broken Glass" & "The Retrospect" (the latter recorded when The Escape) were included on the CD release of "Avon Calling 2" released by Bristol Archive Records.