Jazzateers
| Jazzateers | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Years active | 1980–1983, 1985–1986 |
| Labels |
Postcard Rough Trade Marina |
| Website | www |
| Past members | Ian Burgoyne Keith Band Alison Gourlay Colin Auld Grahame Skinner Paul Quinn Dee Rutkowski Louise Rutkowski Mick Slaven Matthew Wilcox Douglas MacIntyre Stephen Lironi / Barry Aitchison |
Jazzateers were a Scottish pop/post-punk group formed in 1980 who recorded for Rough Trade Records. The group was formed by songwriters Ian Burgoyne and Keith Band.
The band's early lineup comprised Burgoyne, Band, singer Alison Gourlay, and drummer Colin Auld. One of the early Jazzateers recordings with Gourlay on vocals, "Blue Moon Over Hawaii", was later included on the Messthetics series of compilations. The band were the last to be signed by Postcard Records, for whom they recorded an album's worth of original songs and covers in 1982 with Grahame Skinner now on vocals replacing Gourlay, with a view to licensing it to a major label, as well as a single ("Wasted"), although the label folded before its release.Paul Quinn replaced Grahame towards the end of their time at Postcard Records, with Grahame going on to chart success with Hipsway. They were then signed by Rough Trade, who released the "Show Me the Door" single and a self-titled début album in July 1983. Both were hits on the UK Independent Chart, with the album peaking at number 14. The band split up shortly afterwards with Burgoyne and Band and Quinn joining up again with drummer Kenny McDonald and guitarist Mick Slaven to form Bourgie Bourgie. Burgoyne and Band re-formed the Jazzateers in 1985 along with guitarist Mick Slaven and singer Matthew Wilcox, releasing a 12-inch single that year, "Pressing On". Jazzateers recorded one final album, Blood Is Sweeter Than Honey, which remained unreleased until 1997, when it was issued along with a reissue of the first album by Marina Records.
Slaven went on to join Del Amitri, while Auld joined Fruits of Passion. Wilcox and Band, meanwhile, formed Wild Angels along with Stephen Lironi (formerly of Altered Images) and Douglas McIntyre (formerly of The Bathers).
The Jazzateers reformed in 2013 comprising Burgoyne, Band, Skinner, Auld, and MacIntyre.
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