From mini-disc dated 30th December 2000 which i think this was recorded in the BBG Harrow warehouse packing area.

Drums - Tom, Guitar/Vocals - Simon, Bass - Geoff, Vocals - Dave

Skinheadz

100 Mile High City (Ocean Colour Scene)

Welcome To Paradise (Green Day)

Naked (Reef)

Lust For Life (Iggy Pop)

My Iron Lung (Radiohead)

Supersonic (Oasis)

Break On Through (Doors) > I Am One (Smashing Pumpkins)

I think these are from the 'session' at BBG Watford over a full weekend using a MiniDisc multitrack.  I have the data MiniDisc but nothing to play them back on. One of these discs is labelled August 1999 !

Guitar/Vocals - Simon,
Guitar/Vocals - Geoff,
Bass - Stephen,
Drums - Tom,

Absent Friend

I think these are from the 'session' at BBG Watford over a full weekend using a MiniDisc multitrack. I have the data MiniDisc but nothing to play them back on. One of these discs is labelled August 1999 !

Main Vocals - Dave, 
Guitar/Vocals - Simon, 
Guitar/Vocals - Geoff, 
Bass - Stephen, 
Drums - Tom,

Doo De Doo De

Last Wild Man

Scream

One of the old classics.

Guitar/Vocals - Simon,
Guitar/Vocals - Geoff,
Bass - Stephen,
Drums - Tom,

Probably 'Engineered' by Geoff on the Fostex 260 cassette 4-track recorder

Flood of Sunshine

Unfinished original piece recorded during demo session august 1999.

Rebuilt from original stems in Ableton Live.

16th April : first pass

The Fear

rebuild of http://soundcloud.com/lunatic-fringe/absent-friend-1/

Rebuilt from original stems in Ableton Live.

16th April : first pass

Absent Friend ('11 rebuild)

rebuild of http://soundcloud.com/lunatic-fringe/doo-de-doo-de-1

Rebuilt from original stems in Ableton Live.

8th June 2012 : first pass

Doo De Doo De ('12 rebuild)

rebuild of http://soundcloud.com/lunatic-fringe/last-wild-man-1

Rebuilt from original stems in Ableton Live.

20th June 2012 : first pass

Last Wild Man ('12 rebuild)

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Stephen Hammond &amp; Geoff Dutch when interviewed simply said "We formed the band initially called Mother Careys Chicken in spring 1992. &nbsp;A summer of car washing meant that we could then buy guitars and learn how to play. &nbsp; In January '93, we hooked up with Tom Hennah, who played air drums really well, he borrowed a kit for a while then started to learn once he bought his own. &nbsp;We asked Simon Burgon to join Summer '93 (because he could play the solo from "The Unforgiven"), and the four of us played Metallica &amp; Guns n Roses covers for a year or so in the local Scout Hut.




In this time we tried out a few vocalists but we thought they didn't fit in too well. &nbsp;We then changed the name to "Lunatic Fringe" and decided that we'd go with Stephens brother, David, as our frontman and vocalist. &nbsp;We wrote a few tunes , added a load of Nirvana tunes to our repertoire and played a few gigs, including "The St. Albans Abbey Crypt" (May 7th 1994), which incidentally has become a cult home video, and the "Northampton Irish Centre" which was our first proper gig bemusing the local crowd.




After writing a few wicked tunes with David, we decided that his hair cut was not cool enough and his black clothes began to fade to grey so we had to boot him out. &nbsp;For a few months we were headless chickens, until we mistakently decided that a frontman wasn’t necessary and we’d do fine as a four piece. &nbsp;So initial shyness had to be pushed aside and from July 1996 the new ' Fringe was arown town."




Odd recordings of various sessions were distributed to friends, family and local gig spots during late 1996 in an attempt to stop playing behind closed doors and to get some feedback on the band. &nbsp;The result was a pleasantly surprised group of friends and a handful of gigs over the following years at The Wag n'Bone (Watford), Long Island Exchange (Rickmansworth), Watford Live Aid, The Wheatsheaf (Leighton Buzzard), The Hop-Pole (Aylesbury) and the Buckinghamshire Arms (Aylesbury).




David Mills increased the band to a 5-piece in the latter half of the decade but by the millenium things had started to fragment ....

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to be continued !



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