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The Swimming Pool Q's are an American new wave/jangle pop band formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 1978. They released five albums: ''The Deep End'', ''The Swimming Pool Q's'', ''Blue Tomorrow'', ''World War Two Point Five'', and ''Royal Academy of Reality''. ==History== The band was formed in 1978 by Jeff Calder (vocals, guitar, saxophone, theremin) and Bob Elsey (guitar), who recruited Billy Jones (bass guitar), and Robert Schmid (drums).〔Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 531〕〔DeCurtis, Anthony (1992) ''Present Tense: Rock & Roll and Culture'', Duke University Press, ISBN 978-0822312659, pp. 275 et seq〕 Vocalist/keyboard player Anne Richmond Boston joined prior to the first single, "Rat Bait", released in 1979 on their own Clorinated label.〔〔Deming, Mark "(Swimming Pool Q's Biography )", Allmusic. Retrieved March 22, 2013〕 The single brought them critical praise and they secured support slots with Devo and The Police.〔 Jones left, and was replaced by Peter Jarkunas.〔 They signed to Danny Beard's DB Records and released debut album ''The Deep End'' in June 1981, which went on to sell around 20,000 copies.〔〔 A single for DB, "Little Misfit", was released in 1982. After two years without a further release, and with Jarkunas and Schmid replaced by J.E. Garnett and Billy Burton, the band returned in 1984 with the single "The Bells Ring" and album ''The Swimming Pool Q's'', now signed to A&M Records.〔 They toured with Lou Reed as support act on his ''New Sensations'' tour.〔 A second album for A&M, ''Blue Tomorrow'' (1986), failed to meet the label's expectations and the band was dropped.〔 The Q's then signed to Capitol Records, and released the album ''World War Two Point Five'' in 1989, Boston having left by this point, although she designed the album sleeve.〔 The band split up in 1992.〔 Anne Richmond Boston released the album ''The Big House of Time'' in 1990, with her then-husband Rob Gal (of The Coolies).〔〔Fricke, David; Robbins, Ira; Schinder, Scott "(Swimming Pool Q's/Anne Richmond Boston/Supreme Court )", ''Trouser Press''. Retrieved March 22, 2013〕 Calder and Elsey continued to play and write together, and Calder also played in the band Supreme Court, including on the 1993 album ''Goes Electric''.〔〔 The band reformed in 1998.〔 That year, Calder contributed to the children's musical audiobook ''Not Dogs...Too Simple (A Tale of Two Kitties)''.〔McCormick, Moira (1998) "(Indie Rock Vets Turn Out En Masse For 'Not Dogs' Audio )", ''Billboard'', June 20, 1998, p. 76. Retrieved March 22, 2013〕 An expanded version of ''The Deep End'' was released in 2001 with thirteen bonus tracks.〔〔Deming, Mark "(''The Deep End'' Review )", Allmusic. Retrieved March 22, 2013〕〔Morris, Chris (2001) "(Declarations of Independents )", ''Billboard'', July 28, 2001, p. 80. Retrieved March 22, 2013〕 A new album, ''Royal Academy of Reality'', was released in 2003.〔〔Deming, Mark "(''Royal Academy of Reality'' Review )", Allmusic. Retrieved March 22, 2013〕 A Kickstarter project was set up to fund the reissue of the band's two A&M albums, which reached its $15,000 target in September 2012.〔Eldredge, Richard L. (2012) "(Swimming Pool Q's score record finish with successful Kickstarter campaign )", ''Atlanta'', September 19, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2013〕 In June 2013, their two A&M albums were re-released on compact disc in a two-disc edition and three-disc, one DVD deluxe edition under the Bar None Records label. 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 Swimming Pool Q's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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