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The Smirks were an English new wave band from Manchester who played from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Although they failed to meet with commercial success, they built a small but loyal base of fans. They are remembered mostly for a quirky vocal style and for a curious campaign ''Smirks against Travolta'', simultaneously a homage and a parody of ''Rock Against Racism''. The Smirks session for the John Peel show was recorded on 19 April 1978 and broadcast a week later. Despite being more of the new wave/power pop genre, they did support Killing Joke and Joy Division at the ULU gig in London, 1980. Their acrimonious dispute with Beserkley Records, for whom they recorded an album that was never released, is also noteworthy and was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 documentary. The album was finally due to be released in October 2007, but was delayed by the sale of Sanctuary Records to Universal Music and is still awaiting release. ==Parody== ''Smirks against Travolta'' was only one example of the band's use of parody, though the campaign had a serious side: keeping live music venues alive against the increasing incidence of discos with only recorded music. Their slogan ''The most fun you can have with your shoes on'' was a parody of Beserkley's ''The most fun you can have with your clothes on'', while after Beserkley, their choice of ''Smirksong'' as a label name was a parody of Led Zeppelin's ''Swan Song Records'', while the ''DHSS'' prefix to their own label's release suggested the Government department dealing with the unemployed, as the band no longer had a contract. 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「The Smirks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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