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Shrag


Shrag were a post-punk-influenced indiepop band based in London and Brighton. The band have released two albums, six singles and two download singles on the Where It's At Is Where You Are label and one album, one split (with Tunabunny), three singles on the Fortuna Pop! label. Formation And Early Years Shrag's first release was the home-recorded song Punk Grammar, which debuted on Under The Beach, A Heart Attack — a 2003 compilation CD and fanzine of Brighton bands put together by local club night It Came From The Sea and featuring a foreword by then-Brighton-based music critic Everett True. The fanzine tells the story of Shrag's formation in a comic book format. At the tail-end of a party in Brighton's Sussex Heights residential tower block, the reminaing five revellers — made up of local DJs, promoters, academics and musicians — decide to start a band, named Sussex Heights Roving Artists Group. Contracting the band name to Shrag, the five members, Helen King (vocals), Bob Brown (guitar and vocals), Nick Hills (keyboards and vocals), Russell Warrior (bass guitar) and Leigh Anne Clarke née Walter (drums and vocals), played their first concert on 21 July 2003 at Brighton's Hanbury Ballroom. Early performances of the group were characterised by onstage gimmicks such as fancy dress (wearing wedding dresses or dressing as librarians) or creating art as the band played, and a generally lighthearted spirit. Early songs were often humorous in tone and content, sometimes de...

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