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Party Day were a goth/indie rock band formed in 1982 in Wombwell near to Barnsley, originally a four piece consisting of guitarists Martin Steele, Greg Firth, bassist Carl Firth and drummer, Mick Baker.〔Party Day website, http://www.party-day.co.uk〕 Their sound was described as being "hard knuckleduster goth with post-punk overtones".〔Invisible Guy http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gNm9BfkZ4zkJ:repartiseraren.se/2012/09/14/invisible-guy-recommends-80s-gothic-rock-1983-1984-part-iii-2/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk〕 ==History== The band were formerly called 'Further Experiments' (1979–81)〔 but regrouped as Party Day in 1982. They released their first single, "Row the Boat Ashore" c/w "Poison" on their own label, Party Day Records in 1983,〔 and was well reviewed - "their simpering and delightful sound is a thing of beauty".〔Zigzag Magazine, singles review, July 1983〕 Their second single, "The Spider" was described as "Excellent punk junk howl"〔Tibet, Sounds, 19 May 1984〕 and was played on John Peel's BBC Radio 1.〔The Perfumed Garden, http://theperfumedgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/john-peel-2nd-july-1984.html singles playlist, July 84〕 We shall hopefully continue to see them rip up the roots of this bland desolate music industry.〔Richard Rouska, Rouska Magazine, 1984〕 Much of Party Day's music was "very melancholic at heart but with a drop of venomous punk inside",〔 and as with their second album, ''Simplicity'', their music stayed with you - "the attractive, though slightly over-wrought black sheep, "Glorious Days", which could have brought a lump to Mario Lanza's trousers."〔Mick Mercer, Melody Maker, album reviews, 12 July 1986〕 Party Day released ''Rabbit Pie'' on the compilation ''Giraffe in Flames'' Aaz Records〔 to worthy acclaim. "Highlight though is Party Day's effort, a meaty guitar based number, Rabbit Pie. The threesome are coming on by leaps and bounds and Giraffe in Flames is worth buying just for them."〔Martin Lilleker, The Star (Sheffield), album review, 11 February 1984〕 They had a strong following in Yorkshire, and were credited as being part of both the local scenes of Sheffield 〔Kill From the Heart, http://www.killfromtheheart.com/bands.php?id=9475〕 and Leeds "No strangers to the local circuit, Party Day have gigged consistently for almost a year".〔NEM. Leeds Other Paper, 27 January 1984〕 After the first album, ''Glasshouse''〔 there was a change in personnel with Martin leaving due to ill-health.〔 Other members came in, but by 1988 they broke up after abandoning their unfinished third album.〔 Party Day were exciting to watch live; Sounds said "They roar along,driven by a good old-fashioned pumping drum-kit, and every so often one of those elusive moving chord-sequences falls into place, leaving you completely startled"〔Mr Spencer, Sounds, 19 May 1984〕 and also in the NME, "They hold their guitars like loaded AK47's. They throb".〔Susan Williams (aka Seething Wells), NME, 3 March 1984〕 For Party Day, great success and major exposure were always just a step away.〔Granuaile, ZigZag Magazine, February 1986〕 Since their demise there has been quite an interest in the band. They were included within Mick Mercer's book Gothic Rock: All you ever wanted to know but were too afraid to ask, published by Pegasus 1991 (UK) ISBN 1-873892-01-2 and Cleopatra Records 1993 (USA). Also their song "Atoms" has been included on a couple of later but favourable Gothic compilations, most notable with Germany's Strobelight Records.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Party Day」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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