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Penetration is a punk rock band from County Durham, England formed in 1976. They re-formed in 2001 with several new members. Their debut single, "Don't Dictate", is now acknowledged as a classic punk rock single〔Mojo (October 2001) – ''100 Punk Scorchers'', Issue 95, London〕 and their debut album, ''Moving Targets'' (1978), is still widely admired. ==Biography== The lead singer is Pauline Murray. Other members have included Robert Blamire, Gary Smallman, and Gary Chaplin, and later Neale Floyd and Fred Purser. Steve Wallace and Paul Harvey were drafted in as new guitarists in 2001. The band took their name from an Iggy & The Stooges song and played their first gig in October 1976. Their second gig was supporting The Stranglers at Newcastle City Hall.〔(‘Penetration: Re-animated!’ David St Clair talks to Pauline Murray )〕 Significantly, the band also played at the now-legendary punk club The Roxy during its first 100 days. On 9 April 1977, the band appeared on the same bill as Generation X. Early in their career, the band also supported The Vibrators and toured with the Buzzcocks.〔 After the release of their second single, Penetration recorded the first of two sessions for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 in July 1978.〔(Penetration’s John Peel Sessions on BBC Radio 1 )〕 Later that year, the band released their debut album. ''Moving Targets'' was number 6 in the ''Sounds'' Critics' albums of the year; and it made number 13 in the NME critics' chart. In 1979, they toured Europe, the US and Britain but the gruelling schedule began to take its toll. A disappointing reaction to ''Coming Up For Air'', the second album, was the final nail in the coffin of the original band. After the band split in October an official bootleg album called ''Race Against Time'' was released, which was a collection of early demos and live tracks. In 1980 Pauline Murray collaborated with The Invisible Girls, which also included Robert Blamire as well as other Manchester musicians such as Vini Reilly, guitarist in The Durutti Column, and Steve Hopkins. John Maher from Buzzcocks drummed for the band. Produced by Martin Hannett, the resulting album spawned the singles "Dream Sequence" and "Mr.X". Murray also provided guest vocals for The Only Ones on their track, "Fools". Pauline Murray worked sporadically as a solo artist under the name 'Pauline Murray and The Storm' with Robert Blamire, Tim Johnston and Paul Harvey. Paul Harvey is also a Stuckist artist. Blamire also worked as a producer for various groups, including the Scars, whose sole LP (1981's ''Author! Author!'') he produced. The remainder of the band briefly continued under the name Rhythm Clicks, releasing a 7" single in 1980 on the Red Rhino label containing the songs "Short Time", "Lies Don't Talk" and "Chains". In 2015 Penetration announced the release of a new album called Resolution in October. The current line-up of the band is Pauline Murray, Robert Blamire, John Maher (ex Buzzcocks) Paul Harvey and Steve Wallace. 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「Penetration (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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