Neil Baldwin – bass guitar
Simon McGlynn – drums
Ally Palmer – guitar
Norman Rodger – vocals, guitar
Influences
Then:
The Ramones, The Rezillos, The Jam, Echo and the Bunnymen, Talking Heads, XTC, Another Pretty Face, The Clash, The Kinks, The Buzzcocks, Television, Neil Young, John Barry.
Now:
Neil: Slade,Free, Hawkwind, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Bowie, Iggy, Kate Bush, The Jam, Echo and the Bunnymen, New Order.
Simon: the Clash, Jellyfish, the Skids, 3 colours red, XTC, Carbon/Silicon, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros A.C.R.
Ally: Wilco, Teenage Fanclub, Gillian Welch, Laura Cantrell, The Lemonheads/Evan
Dando, Johnny Cash, The Go Betweens, Arcade Fire, Richmond Fontaine, Midlake, The Hold Steady, Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad.
Norman: The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who, The Faces, Bob Dylan, Bruce
Springsteen, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, Calexico.
There's an interview with us at the link below by those nice people from Is This Music?. How could you not fail to like a website named after a Teenage Fanclub song? And an instrumental at that!
www.isthismusic.com/tv21
A Day Out At The Seaside
August 9, Blackpool.
We'll be in Blackpool on Saturday August 9 when we play the Rebellion Festival, the same day as our old buddies The Rezillos. So if you haven't made your holiday plans yet, you know where to go.
More details here: www.rebellionfestivals.com/rebellion-blackpool.html.
The Man From Powbeat (June 2008)
TV21 CD
Copies of the Future Revisited ep, featuring the recordings we made in 2007 are still available. If you're interested get in touch with us and for a very reasonable price we'll personally place one in a nice wee jiffy bag and take it to the nearest post box. Songs featured: Shattered By It All, When Cole Was King, It’s Me, Snakes And Ladders, End Of A Dream.
T-SHIRTS!
We also have a selection of T-shirts which we hope to be able to show you soon. These things take a while, but in the meantime if you're interested in having 'TV21' on your chest let us know and we can always describe them to you.
Originally formed in 1979, TV21 released a string of singles and one album, A Thin Red Line. During that time they toured extensively, both in their own right and as support to bands such as The Skids, The Jam, The Moondogs and The Undertones. But by May 1982 the band had grown frustrated at their inability to break through to the next level and decided to quit while they were ahead, immediately after coming offstage supporting The Rolling Stones at Edinburgh Playhouse. And that was the end of that, until October 2005, when out of the blue, they agreed to perform as part of the John Peel Day gigs organised around the country to mark the anniversary of the DJ’s death.
Peel had been a huge influence on the band and it seemed entirely appropriate to get together for the event. The gig, at Edinburgh’s Citrus Club, was an unqualified success, if a little rough at the edges, though that was hardly surprising after twenty three years, the introduction of a new drummer and only two rehearsals! Most surprising for the three original band members was simply how much they enjoyed playing again. So, now they’re back and enjoying it more and more.
TODAY iz MY BIRRRTHDAY !!!!! I'm NOW GOing 2 MY B-DAY Dinner wiz MY GIRLFRIEND!!!!! WE PLAN on HAVing LOTs of YUMMY FOOD LIKE * PIZZA & ICECREAM * !!!!!
IT WOULD B SOO KOOOL, if U ALL MY DEAR "TV" FRIENDz & FAMILY STOP BY MY SPACE and SAY HEY!! !!!!!
I was a bit surprised (but delighted) to see Mr Palmer staring out of today's Scotsman. Nice piece, Ally, and a good plug I would imagine for tomorrow's show (which I'm very much looking forward to).
Please label those videos. I can't tell which ones are recent from the 80's. Love you guys! PS I am in Ireland in late August so i expect you to play in Limerick around then.
hello hello!!! The sessions for the album are getting closer to the end and so I thought let’s put one more song on myspace and there it is, Miss Cool Talker…I guess everybody knows one…anyway, this one took a while to get into shape but I think…mmm, no no… you listen to it and let me know what “you” think! Have a sunny and long weekend Loris
Ooohhh....Beh, it's an obvious phrase but "A thin red line" is one of the soundtrack of my youth. I love "This is zero" beyond measure... Thanks to exist. Love Marco
Don't forget to tell the record company about Thin Red Line Master Tape needs to be baked. Here is a tip from Delia, put the tape in an electric oven with an accurate temperature control set to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, for about 4 - 6 hours. DO NOT USE a gas oven... gas produces water vapor when it burns, and that is what you are trying to drive out of the tape. Ensure the temperature is accurate with a lab quality thermometer or use a "known to be accurate" oven. A slight variation (plus or minus 5 - 10 degrees Fahrenheit) above and below this temperature is acceptable.
hi guys, i was at mark burgess reunion recently.there is alot of renewed interest in yourselves down south.will forward the blackpool details to those concerned.apologies for being slightly gassed at bannermans!great gig ,good turnout.cheers andy n.
Nice to see you today Mr Baldwin sir!! Hopefully catch your fine emsemble soon. Perhaps see some of your bandmates at The Hold Steady gig in the Weige next week. Best wishes and keep yer eye on Ebay!
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