On this day in 1980 The Trudy returned to Chestnut Studios to mix 11 tracks we’d recorded on 31st March for our side of the album Volcano Fo Lé Ferret (shared with The Magnificent 7).
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“The Trudy are the coolest UK cult pop band you’ve probably never heard of.” - Louder Than War Making independent music since 1979. https://thetrudy.bandcamp.com/
In 1983 we held our Christmas Shindig (patent pending) at the Grove Tavern in Kingston. It was widely acclaimed as the best Christmas Shinding we held at the Grove Tavern in Kingston that year. We hope your Christmas Shindig is equally successful. Merry Christmas everybody!
Stuck for a last minute Xmas present? ‘Dear Catherine Wheel’ is the Philpott's fabulous book of letters to, & replies from, all your favourite indie bands, plus some band called The Trudy. An ideal present for fans of books like this! amzn.eu/d/bMVEpzM Amazon UK a.co/d/5t6o7QM Amazon Worldwide
On this day in 1985 we didn’t play with Moonbats and Ozric Tentacles in Croydon as our bass player's car broke down and he couldn't get back from Cornwall. Maybe it was Devon. Perhaps we should have played without him.
Unused 10" acetate for The Invisible Man 7" single. Hand inscribed by the great man himself: To Vic + the gang Here's to the next million!! Bexx
On 17/11/1981 John Peel played Hotel by The Trudy. Our drummer recently found out, via a #Cardiacs page, that the Cardiac Arrest EP he played on in 1979 was played twice on the John Peel show. He was so excited to discover this, just 46 years after it happened, that he barely slept for a week.
As well as being in The Trudy, Melissa Jo Heathcote has joined the excellent 'Terry Bickers and the Inner Spiral'. Their great new single 'Keepers' is out now and they're playing The Butler in Reading tonight (Saturday 31st) and The Lexington in London tomorrow (Sunday 1st).
Andrea@parramaterial.bsky.social · last yr.Terry Bickers & The Inner Spiral released today. Everything just sounds so elegant and finished with piano chords in the bass range, so beautiful. There's a Mersey feel but then also the most unexpected guitar/sax/keys instrumentation. Sad banger! youtu.be/ZVJNfeV-M4Q?...
Great piece about Tim and Cardiacs.
Ben O'Connell@benjaminoc.bsky.social · last yr.“Seeing them live was kind of a scorched-earth thing. After that there was just no going back to normal rock’n’roll.” Nice feature on Cardiacs, whose long-awaited (by the faithful, anyway) final album is due soon. www.loudersound.com/features/car...
Two days late this time. If we’d posted this on Sunday we could have said, "On this day in 1987, The Trudy played at the brilliant Alice in Wonderland at Gossips."
Oh no! We should have posted this yesterday! We could have then said, "On this day in 1990 ..." Must try harder next year!
A poster advertising our second gig, in 1981. Rescued from a wall by Sue Smallwood and now presented here for your wonderment.
Listen Now~Check Vinyl Out The Trudy-Always Never Beautiful Forever 2016 CD (1st CD Review) Rock. UK Formed 1979-hiatus since 1991. ‘Band U never heard of’ listen! Classic rock, folk w/unique vocals. Just brilliant! www.thetrudy.co.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MZ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJAT...
Tomorrow, Friday 25th April Melissa & Del are special guests of Neovenator, at the Willoughby Arms, Kingston. Playing songs made famous by The Trudy, in acoustic mode. PLUS, some new songs, which are venturing outside of Trudy HQ for the very first time! Onstage 8:45 pm. Admission FREE!
From the archive. Late 80s 'Countdown To Love' badge set. 12 pieces - count 'em!
Two of us acoustically redefining some space-age pop. Also introducing new songs for your listening pleasure, prior to recording them for new release. This Friday, 25th April, The Willoughby Arms, Kingston, as special guests of Neovenator.
ORGAN zine, covering art, music & underculture, has its 40th birthday this year and has published a great retrospective that’s well worth a read. This isn’t a nostalgia fest though. They post current news & reviews most days, & have a weekly radio show, so get yourself over there! wp.me/p2ScbB-ucp
ORGAN MAGAZINE@organmagazine.bsky.social · last yr.ORGAN THING: Today some history, some Organ history, just a little bit of it... wp.me/p2ScbB-ucp
Melissa sung her heart out, but this version of 'From Venus With Love', which was a reworking for a potential single release in 1991, was put into a cupboard and forgotten about. It finally saw the light of day in 2009 on the #VinylJapan compilation album 'The Adventures! The Suspense!!'
From Venus with Love, by The Trudy
from the album The Adventures! The Suspense!! (album)
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Thank you to Darren Rogers for a photo from back in the day. Melissa & Arturo - possibly at Imperial College. #TheTrudy
Comprehensive biographical info. from '06 at sadly defunct American site arrivedercibklyn. To be fair there was little about us on line back then. This is from when we released Lost Summer of Love. Photo by David Churchill, taken in 1991 ish, before the hiatus mentioned in the article. #Cardiacs
In the 80s people seemed quite happy to believe we came from the planet Miron, but when we printed this genuine photo of Melissa at The Kennedy Space Centre, taken from Spaceflight News, they wouldn't have it.
When is an EP not an EP? When it’s ‘Outside Time’, The Trudy's, 21-minute long, mini album, from 2023. We’ve called it a mini album because it’s a sequenced to be listened to like one side of an LP. It takes you on a musical journey. Well, we think it does anyway. You can hear it on Bandcamp now!
Outside Time (Mini Album), by The Trudy
8 track album
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Q. Is it acceptable to share the video for our 2006 single 'Lost Summer of Love' in February? A. No idea. Let's do it anyway.
The Trudy - Lost Summer of Love
YouTube video by The Trudy
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Melissa Jo Heathcote & Victor Champion resplendent in Trudy t-shirts circa 1989. Photo by John Crane.
Aaron from @melodicvirtue.com was recently interviewed on the excellent C86 Show (@davidc86.bsky.social) and discussed his fantasic book on the mighty #Cardiacs! Check it out!
Aaron Tanner - Cardiacs
C86 Show - Indie Pop · Episode
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In the 80s, DIY cassette singles were a great way for unsigned bands to release their music. Before we could afford to press 7" records, we duplicated cassette singles at home and then got the train to the Xerox shop with a colour copier, which was near Waterloo Station, to copy the inserts.
If you like reading epic reviews of fantastic books, this is the link for you! #Cardiacs
BOOK REVIEW: CARDIACS: A BIG BOOK AND A BAND AND THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD – AARON TANNER - Joyzine
Aitch Nicol has reviewed Aaron Tanner's book 'Cardiacs: A Big Book and a Band and the Whole World Window'. An epic review for an epic book.
joyzine.org
We've said it before, and we'll undoubtedly say it again, "It's a beautiful book!"
