Biography
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Years Active
1980 – 1983 (3 years)
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Members
- Chip Carpenter
- Chris Hamlyn
- Chris Lee
- James Johnstone
- Ollie Moore
Pigbag were a British post-punk band, active from 1980 to 1983.
The band made their first recordings in 1981. Later that year they released their first single, the instrumental classic "Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag", on Y Records, distributed by Rough Trade, the title being a clear pun on James Brown's "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag". The track quickly became an underground dance hit, selling many thousands of copies and charting well in the charts.It later become the song for QPR,although 'Boro' tried to claim it as there own, perhaps they fell in love with it after hearing it 5 times at Loftus rd.
Around this time Hamlin left the band, feeling that he had created a unmanageable group with too many egos to contend with. Soon afterwards he recorded a version of "Swinging on a Star" which was never released.
The band followed the success of "Papa…" with "Sunny Day", a similarly brash, bright and funky track, and another single, "Getting Up", in early 1982. April 1982 saw the release of their first album Dr. Heckle & Mr Jive, which was a huge success, topping the UK Indie Chart for several weeks, despite carrying only "Getting Up", of their previous single releases.
Simon Underwood - Bass
James Johnstone - Alto Sax & guitar
Chris Lee - Trumpet
Ollie Moore - Tenor saxophone
Roger Freeman - Trombone
Chip Carpenter - Percussion
Chris Hamlin - Clarinet & percussion
Mark Smith - Bass
check also www.pigbag.com for recent news
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