The Monochrome Set

The original line-up consisted of Indian born lead singer and principal songwriter Bid (real name Ganesh Seshadri), Canadian guitarist Lester Square (real name Thomas W.B. Hardy), drummer John D. Haney, and bassist Charlie Harper. The band went through several bassists in the next few years, including Jeremy Harrington and Andy Warren of the Ants, a childhood friend of Bid).

Experimental filmmaker Tony Potts began collaborating with the band in 1979, designing lighting and stage sets with film projections for their live appearances. The band's early persona was defined by the shadowy, uncertain stage images created by the films to such an extent he is often described as being the band's "fifth member."

Their debut single, He's Frank, was supposedly inspired by Frank Tovey, a/k/a Fad Gadget. They released several singles for the Rough Trade label before recording their debut album, "Strange Boutique", produced by Bob Sargeant, for Virgin Records' imprint DinDisc in 1980, as well as their follow-up effort, Love Zombies, produced by Alvin Clark and the band later that same year. John Haney left the band in 1981 and was replaced by Lexington Crane.

In 1982, the band switched labels to Cherry Red to release their third full-length album, Eligible Bachelors, produced by Tim Hart. Lester Square and Lexington Crane left soon afterwards, and were replaced by keyboardist Carrie Booth and drummer Nicholas Weslowski. This line-up recorded 1982 single Cast a Long Shadow, for Cherry Red before Booth was in turn replaced by new lead guitarist James 'Foz' Foster.

In 1983, Cherry Red released Volume, Contrast, Brilliance... sessions & singles vol. 1, a retrospective of the band's early Rough Trade singles, BBC and Capital Radio sessions, and other unreleased early sessions.

In 1985, with the same line-up as on Cast a Long Shadow, The Monochrome Set recorded the relatively mainstream album The Lost Weekend for major label Warner Bros. Records. The Lost Weekend failed commercially, and after a few singles, the band officially broke up, though they served as Jessica Griffin's backing band on the first album by the Would-Be-Goods, The Camera Loves Me.


Part1:
Colour Transmission

Part2:
Colour Transmission

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Titelliste


01 monochrome set
02 lighter side of dating
03 expresso
04 puerto rican fence climber
05 tomorrow will be too long
06 martians go home
07 love goes down the drain
08 ici les enfants
09 etcetera stroll
10 goodbye joe
11 strange boutique
12 love zombies
13 adeste fideles
14 405 lines
15 b-i-d spells bid
16 r.s.v.p.
17 apocalypso
18 karma sutra
19 man with the black moustache
20 weirs, wild & wonderful world of tony potts
21 in love, cancer




Genre: Alternative Rock
Bitrate: 256 kBit/s
Year: 1993


Eligible Bachelors



Titelliste


01 the jet-set junta
02 i'll cry instead
03 on the 13th day
04 cloud 10
05 the mating game
06 march of the eligible bachelors
07 the devil rides out
08 fun for all the family
09 the midas touch
10 the ruling class
11 the great barrier riff


Genre: Alternative Rock
Bitrate: 256 kBit/s
Year: 2000


Part1:
Chaps

Part2:
Chaps

Part3:
Chaps



Titelliste

CD1:
01 He's Frank
02 Eine Symphonie des Grauens
03 The strange boutique
04 Martians go home
05 405 lines
06 goodbye joe
07 love zombies
08 b-i-d spells bid
09 apocalypso
10 10 don'ts for honeymooners
11 straits of malacca
12 the mating game
13 the jet-set junta
14 the ruling class
15 cowboy country
16 wallflower
17 swing
18 reach for your gun
19 mr. bizarro (live)

CD2:
01 up
02 bella morte
03 walking with the beast
04 mind field
05 jack
06 ground zero
07 big wheel
08 christine
09 little noises
10 clover
11 milk & honey
12 leather jacket
13 pauper
14 achilles
15 mousetrap
16 bliss
17 flamen dialis
18 i love lambeth
19 whoops! what a palaver!

Genre: Alternative Rock
Bitrate: 256 kBit/s
Year: 1997