Stump

• Mick Lynch - vocals (Nov 1984-)
• Chris Salmon - guitar
• Kev Hopper - bass
• Rob McKahy - drums
  
  

Bio:

Formed in London in 1983 by Nick Hobbs (vocals), Chris Salmon, Kev Hopper and drummer Rob McKahy from Cork (ex Constant Reminders, Max Von Rap). Hobbs left to for The Shrubs, leaving the instrumental trio in need of a singer. When McKahy heard that Mick Lynch (ex Constant Reminders, Mean Features) had moved to London he tracked him down and invited him to join Stump in November 1984.

Supporting Blue in Heaven in September 1986

After an acclaimed debut EP on Ron Johnson Records, the band's profile in the UK began to grow through regular touring, a couple of Peel sessions, making the covers of the influential weeklies (both Melody Maker and NME) and making their TV debut on Channel 4's The Tube. When their self-released mini-LP "Quirk Out" came out in 1986, it peaked at #2 in the indie charts during a remarkable 26 week run. They signed to Ensign Records in 1987.

The recording sessions for their major label debut LP "A Fierce Pancake" in Berlin with Holger Hiller at the controls did not go as well as expected, and there were further problems with American producer John Robie in London. A then relatively unknown Steve Albini was one possibility put to the band but they opted for Hugh Jones, who'd done "Quirk Out". The resultant album was a classic but was also as far as the band could go. They split at the end of 1988.

Mick Lynch died in December 2015.

Kev Hopper's interesting history of the band is no longer online, alas. .

tracks:
Down On The Kitchen Table
Orgasm Way
Grab Hands
Buffalo

side one:
Orgasm Way
Ice The Levant

side two:
Grab Hands
55-0-55

tracks:
Tupperware Stripper
Satisfaction
Big End
Bit-Part Actor

tracks: Big End

tracks: Buffalo (unique version)

side one:
Tupperware Stripper
Our Fathers
Kitchen Table

side two:
Buffalo
Everything In It's Place
Bit Part Actor

tracks:
Living It Down
The Eager Bereaver
Alcohol
Bone

side one:
Down On The Kitchen Table
Orgasm Way

side two:
Grab Hands
Buffalo

side one:
Chaos - 7" mix
Alcohol

side two:
Charlton Heston
Living It Down

side one:
Living it Down
In the Green
Roll the Bodies Over
Bone
Eager Bereaver
Chaos

side two:
Alcohol
Charlton Heston
Heartache
Doctor (A Visit To The)
A Fierce Pancake
Boggy Home

tracks:
The Song Remains
Thelma
Strayte 'N' Narrow
Seven Sisters

disc one:

1. Tupperware Stripper
2. Our Fathers
3. Kitchen Table
4. Buffalo
5. Everything In Its Place
6. Bit Part Actor
7. Orgasm Way
8. Ice the Levant
9. Grab Hands
10. 55-0-55
11. Big End

disc two:

1. Living It Down
2. In The Green
3. Roll The Bodies Over
4. Bone
5. Eager Bereaver
6. Choas
7. Alcohol
8. Charlton Heston
9. Heartache
10. Doctor (A Visit To)
11. A Fierce Pancake
12. Boggy Home

disc three:

1. The Queen & The Pope
2. Seven Sisters
3. The Rats
4. Warm In The Knowledge
5. The Song's Remains
6. Safe Sex
7. The Lipstick Maker
8. Maggie
9. Love Is Too Small A Word
10. Ice the Levant (88' version)
11. Thelma
12. Angst Forecast
13. Heathers in Shelter

Sources
Disc 1: tracks 1-6 (Quirk Out LP), 7-10 (Mud on a Colon EP), 11 (First After Epiphany)
Disc 2: (A Fierce Pancake LP)
Disc 3: B-sides and unreleased post-Pancake recordings

Notes:
I'm not sure if it's absolutely complete, but it's close enough. I haven't got my copy yet so I don't know the details for the tracks on disc 3, i.e. whether they are Peel versions, B-side versions or previously unreleased, though 6 songtitles look new to me. An amazing collection by the looks, and frankly I'm surprised it came out.

Earlier in 2007 a double-CD version was announced with a different tracklising. Kevin Hopper posted a message on amazon explaining the takeover of Sanctuary by Universal Music postponed the original 2007 release and perhaps also triggered a rethink of the sets contents -- lucky for us! The 2nd disc of the originally announced set was the same as disc 1 above, while the the first disc contained all of A Fierce Pancake except for one track ("Heartache") plus some B-sides:

1. Living It Down
2. In The Green
3. Roll The Bodies Over
4. Bone
5. Eager Bereaver
6. Chaos
7. Alcohol
8. Charlton Heston
9. Doctor (A Visit To)
10. Fierce Pancake
11. Boggy Home
12. Ice The Levant (B-Side Chaos)
13. Safe Sex (B-Side Chaos)
14. The Rats (B-Side Chaos)
15. The Song Remains (B-Side Buffalo)
16. Thelma (B-Side Buffalo)

Promo copies of this 2-CD set may exist. If any can confirm this, please do.

There's also been some amusing confusion online as to the compilations title. Besides being report as "A Fierce Pancake And Beyond" and "A Fierce Pancake Before And Beyond", one site has called it "Fierce Panda And Beyond"!

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