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Senseless Things were an English indie punk band, active from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. Allmusic rates them as "ahead of their time". ==Career== Senseless Things formed around the musical partnership of songwriter Mark Jeffrey Myers〔http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=16438524&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID〕/Keds (vocals, guitar) and Morgan Nicholls (bass, originally guitar), who as eleven-year-olds in Twickenham, Middlesex put together Wild Division in the early 1980s. With the addition of drummer Cass Browne (also occasionally known as Cass Cade and Cass Traitor) they became the Psychotics, playing various venues in their local area despite still being at school. Their first gig together as the Senseless Things (named after a phrase used in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Julius Caesar) followed at the subsequently-demolished Clarendon in Hammersmith, London, in October 1986. Auxiliary members at this stage included a keyboard player, Ben, and a guitarist, Gerry, who deputised for Nicholls while the latter was studying for his O levels. The definitive Senseless Things line-up formed in summer 1987 when Nicholls returned to take over bass, with the new recruit, former BBC clerk Ben Harding acquiring the vacant guitarist's role. Taking their musical cue from The Ramones and The Dickies, and their spiritual lead from fellow guitar outfit Mega City Four, the quartet embarked upon a hectic touring schedule, often playing on the same bill as Mega City Four, Snuff and Perfect Daze. The band's first releases were singles given away with issues of ''Yo Jo Jo'' and ''Sniffin' Rock'' fanzines.〔 By March 1988 the band had attracted the attention of the BBC Radio One disc jockey John Peel, who invited them to record the first of two sessions for his programme. The "Up And Coming" 12-inch followed, then "Girlfriend", both on Way Cool Records. Their first album followed, ''Postcard CV'', capturing the energy of their concerts by packing ten tracks into twenty two minutes. The album was rounded off by "Too Much Kissing", which was released as a single and was to become their signature track. The band then joined What Goes On Records just as it collapsed, then signed to Vinyl Solution subsidiary Decoy Records, who released the four-track EP "'Is It Too Late?", in May 1990.〔 The group stayed with Decoy for "Can't Do Anything", which prefaced an appearance at the Reading Festival, and then signed to Epic Records at the start of 1991.〔 The subsequent album ''The First Of Too Many'' saw the band experimenting with other styles including acoustic songs, and the single "Got It At The Delmar" entered the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart. Two further Top 20 singles followed in 1991/1992 - "Easy To Smile" and "Hold It Down".〔 The band toured the United States, supporting Blur, and went to Japan for the first time, appearing on talent show ''Ika-Ten''. Cover art for ''Postcard CV'', ''The First of Too Many'' and many single releases around this period was provided by comic artist Jamie Hewlett, creator of Tank Girl and Gorillaz. The second single from 1993's ''Empire Of The Senseless'', "Homophobic Asshole" received critical acclaim but was released reluctantly by their record company due to the band's choice of title〔 and failed to chart. Follow-up single "Primary Instinct" had more commercial success. In 1995, the band released a final album, ''Taking Care Of Business'' accompanied by two singles including "Christine Keeler" (renamed from "Christian Killer"). They split up after farewell tours of the UK and Japan. 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「Senseless Things」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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