The Waltones

The Waltones
Also known as	Candlestick Park
Origin	Manchester, England
Genres	Indie pop
Years active	1984–1991
Labels	Medium Cool, Midnight Music
Associated acts	The Charlatans
Past members	James Knox Mark Collins Manny Lee Alex Fyans Adrian Donohue

The Waltones (later known as Candlestick Park) were an indie band from Manchester, England, who formed in September 1984.

The band consisted of Alex Fyans (drums), Mark Collins (guitar), James Knox (vocals, harmonica) and Manny Lee (bass, backing vocals). Their debut release was the "Downhill" single, released by Medium Cool Records in April 1987, which, like the follow-up, "She Looks Right Through Me", placed on the UK Independent Chart. Third single "Spell It Out" gave them their biggest success, peaking at number 20 on the Indie Singles Chart. Debut album Deepest eventually saw a release in 1989, by which time they had lost momentum. The band also recorded a session for BBC Radio 1's John Peel Show in August 1988.

In 1990 the band moved to the Midnight Music label, and recorded a second album Re-invent The Wheel co-produced by Kevin Harris. After recording was completed, Fyans left the group to be replaced by Adrian Donohue. The band relaunched themselves as Candlestick Park. One single - "All The Time In The World" - was issued from the album sessions, and a collaboration with Manchester-based House producers K-Klass was mooted. However the album was never issued and the band split, as Collins went on to greater success with The Charlatans (aka Charlatans UK).

A CD retrospective of The Waltones' Medium Cool output was issued by Cherry Red in 2007.

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