Nilon Bombers

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Nilon Bombers
Origin Cheltenham, England
Genres Power pop, Britpop
Years active1992–1996
Labels Almo Sounds
Past members
  • Drew Norton
  • Gareth Ballard
  • Kim Dorman
  • Martin Williams

Nilon Bombers were a Britpop band from Cheltenham, formed in 1992. [1] [2] They split up in November 1996. [2]

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The line-up was Drew Norton (vocals, guitar), Gareth Ballard (guitar, vocals, bouzouki, keyboards and violin), Martin Williams (drums), and Kim Dorman (bass). [3]

They released an album titled Bird on Almo Sounds in 1996 which was produced by Kim Fowley. [1] It was described by Roy Wilkinson in Select as combining "Mega City Four's Transit-frequenting worthiness with the everyman rock of Ian McNabb...stultifyingly competent". [1] Their most successful single, "Superstar", reached no. 96 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1996. [4] The band's final single, "I'm Not Built for This", was described by Tania Branigan in Melody Maker as "Two years too late for New Wave of New Wave". [5]

In July 1996 they were a last-minute addition at the T in the Park festival at Strathclyde Country Park where they were first on in the King Tuts Wah Wah tent.

After the band split up, Williams went on to form Silverman. [6]

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wilkinson, Roy (1995) "Nilon Bombers - Bird", Select
  2. 1 2 "Nilon Bombers", BBC. Retrieved 3 February 2019
  3. ↑ Cacciatore, Alessio & Di Berardino, Giorgio (2018) Britannica. Dalla scena di Manchester al Britpop, Vololibero, ISBN   978-8897637905
  4. ↑ "Nilon Bombers", Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 February 2019
  5. ↑ Branigan, Tina (1996) "Nilon Bombers - I'm Not Built for This", Melody Maker , 13 July 1996, p. 54
  6. ↑ Marshall, Gary (2003) Cut the Crap! Guide to Music on the Internet, Artemis Editions, ISBN   978-1904411086, p. 88


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