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The Secret Goldfish
OriginGlasgow, Scotland
GenresAlternative rock
Years activeMid 1990s–1999
LabelsCreeping Bent
Past membersKaty McCullars
John Morose
Graham Lironi
Paul Turnbull
Steven McSeveney

The Secret Goldfish were a band from Glasgow, Scotland. The group was formed by ex-Fizzbombs singer Katy McCullars, guitarist John Morose, and the rhythm section from The Mackenzies, Graham Lironi and Paul Turnbull.

History

The band took their name from an imaginary book from the novel The Catcher in the Rye.[1] They released three albums and several singles in the 1990s, on the Glasgow based Creeping Bent record label. Their first album, 1996's Aqua Pet...You Make Me was produced by Stephen Lironi. Their sound has been described as "sounding much like The Jesus and Mary Chain locked in a public toilet with Jefferson Airplane and The New York Dolls".[1] Second album Jet Streams was released in 1997, and in 1999 they issued the Somewhere in the World EP, the lead track of which was co-written by Vic Godard and featured Francis MacDonald and Stevie Jackson.[1] A final album, Mink Riots followed in 1999, before the band split up. Lironi and former Mackenzies keyboardist Ian Beveridge formed a new band, Mongoose, the same year.[1]

Final line-up:

  • Katy McCullars: vocals
  • John Morose: guitar
  • Steven McSeveney: bass
  • Paul Turnbull: drums

Releases

Albums

  • Aqua Pet... You Make Me (BENT 012) (1996)
  • Jet Streams (MACD 44712) (April 1997)
  • Mink Riots (BENT 044) (1999)

E.P.'s and singles

  • "Seasick" (BENT004) (1995)
  • "Come Undone" (BENT008) (1996)
  • Dandelion Milk Summer e.k.o.k. e.p. (BENT016) (1996)
  • Venus Bonding E.P. (BENT018) (1996)
  • "Tartan Envy" (BENT020) (1997)
  • "Give Him a Great Big Kiss" (BENT024) (1997) (split single with Policecat)
  • "Punk Drone" (BENT032) (1998) (split single with Scientific Support Dept.)
  • "Somewhere In China" (ER-193) (1998)
  • Somewhere in the World E.P. (November 1998)
  • "You're Funny 'Bout That Aren't You" (BENT042) (1999) (split single with Nectarine No. 9)
  • "4 Excited People" (BENT048) (1999) (split single with Vic Godard)

Album track listings

Aqua Pet... You Make Me

  1. "Come Undone" (3:01)
  2. "Tartan Envy" (3:09)
  3. "The Boy Who Left Home To Learn Fear" (5:52)
  4. "Pet Thang" (1:56)
  5. "Dandelion Milk Summer" (3:43)
  6. "Venus Bonding : Erotic Mars" (2:08)
  7. "I Will See You Through" (4:52)
  8. "I Left One Out, Where Did It Go" (2:23)
  9. "Seasick" (2:51)
  10. "Glass Mountain" (2:09)
  11. "The Catalyst" (2:20)
  12. "Strawberry St." (2:35)
  13. "Another Short Song About Love And Loss" (2:35)
  14. "Bandovian Curve" (2:43)
  • Produced by Stephen Lironi & engineered by Larry Primrose, except "The Catalyst" & "I Left One Out, Where Did It Go", produced by The Secret Goldfish & engineered by Johnny Cameron
  • Mastered by John Davis at Whitfield Street Studios, London
  • All songs by McCullars / Morose, except "The Catalyst" written by G Lironex

Jet Streams

The album includes covers of The Fire Engines, Shangri-Las, Orange Juice, The Velvet Underground and Nirvana songs.

  1. "This Arsehole's Been Burned Too Many Times Before" (2:42)
  2. "Casanova Killer" (4:40)
  3. "Ambulance" (0:43)
  4. "Give Him A Great Big Kiss" (2:45)
  5. "Wasted In Carluke" (1:53)
  6. "Blue Sky Yesterday" (1:23)
  7. "Sunless" (3:36)
  8. "Tartan Envy (Luv n Haight Version)" (3:23)
  9. "Allegro" (0:42)
  10. "Come as You Are" (3:12)
  11. "Rude Awakening" (3:51)
  12. "Everywhere That You Go" (3:49)
  13. "Pink Drone" (5:07)
  14. "Afterhours/Intuition Told Me" (3:02)
  • Produced by The Secret Goldfish, except 3, 7 & 12 - produced by Stephen Lironi
  • Recorded by Johnny Cameron, Paul McGeechan & Larry Primrose
  • Design - Stefan Kassel
  • Photography - Colin Dunsmuir
  • Released on Marina Records

Mink Riots

  1. "You're Funny 'Bout That, Aren't You?" (4:37)
  2. "Somewhere in the World" (3:45)
  3. "Laughing Inside" (6:13)
  4. "Scenecruiser" (4:09)
  5. "Honestly, It Was Nothing" (3:16)
  6. "4 Excited People" (2:41)
  7. "Take My Hand" (2:39)
  8. "Hey! Mr. Fox" (2:48)
  9. "Elevate #2" (3:10)
  10. "Pink Drone" (9:18)
  • Douglas MacIntyre — producer
  • Katy McCullars — vocals
  • John Morose — guitar, vocals (background)
  • Steven McSeveney - bass, vocals (background)
  • Paul Turnbull - drums
  • Stevie Jackson — vocals (background)
  • Francis MacDonald — organ (hammond), wurlitzer, vocals (background)
  • Gregor Reid — engineer, mixing, producer, vibraphone, tape manipulation
  • Paul McGeechan — mastering

References

  1. ^ a b c d Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Secret Goldfish", in The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0

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