{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Boots for Dancing | image = File:BootsforDancing2017.jpg | caption = The band in 2017 | image_size = | origin = [[Edinburgh]], Scotland | genre = [[Post-punk]] | years_active = 1979–1982, 2015- | label = [[Pop Aural]], Re-Pop-X | associated_acts = [[Shake (band)|Shake]], [[The Rezillos]], Thursdays, [[Delta 5]], [[The Human League]], [[The Flowers (Scottish band)|The Flowers]], [[Josef K (band)|Josef K]] | website = {{url|https://www.facebook.com/bootsfordancing/}} | current_members = Dancin' Dave Carson, Michael Barclay, Russell Burn, Colin J. Whitson, Gavin Fraser | past_members = Dave Carson, Graeme High, Dougie Barrie, Stuart Wright, Angel Paterson, Jamo Stewart, Dickie Fusco, Mike Barclay, [[Jo Callis]], Simon Templar (Bloomfield), Ronnie Torrance }}
'''Boots for Dancing''' are a [[post-punk]] band from [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, active between 1979 and 1982. They reformed in 2015.
==History== The band was formed in late 1979 by Dave Carson (vocals), Graeme High (guitar), Dougie Barrie (bass), and Stuart Wright (drums).<ref name="Strong">{{cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Alternative & Indie Discography |url=https://archive.org/details/greatalternative0000stro |url-access=registration |year= 1999 |publisher=Canongate |isbn=0-86241-913-1 }}</ref> Showing influences from the likes of [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] and [[The Pop Group]], they signed to the ''Pop Aural'' label for their eponymous debut single, receiving airplay from [[John Peel]].<ref name="Strong" /> In the next two years, the band had more line-up changes than releases, first with ex-[[Shake (band)|Shake]] and [[The Rezillos|Rezillos]] drummer Angel Paterson replacing Wright, to be replaced himself by Jamo Stewart and Dickie Fusco.<ref name="Strong" /> Former Thursdays guitarist Mike Barclay then replaced High, who joined [[Delta 5]]. The band also added ex-Shake/Rezillos guitarist [[Jo Callis]] for second single "Rain Song", issued in March 1981.<ref name="Strong" /> Callis then left to join [[The Human League]], with no further line-up changes before third single "Ooh Bop Sh'Bam" was released in early 1982.<ref name="Strong" /> Barrie then departed, his replacement being ex-Flowers/Shake/Rezillos bassist Simon Templar (b. Bloomfield), and ex-[[Josef K (band)|Josef K]] drummer Ronnie Torrance replaced the departing Fusco and Stewart (the latter forming The Syndicate).<ref name="Strong" /> The band split up later in 1982.
Between line-up changes, the band recorded two sessions for [[John Peel]]'s BBC radio show, in 1980 and 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/b/bootsfordancing/ |title= Keeping It Peel: Boots for Dancing |accessdate=2 March 2008 |author= |year= |work= |publisher=[[BBC]] |quote= }}</ref> In 2015 they reformed<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14123223.Boots_for_Dancing_are_back_with_an_album_of_floor_fillers/|title=Boots for Dancing are back with an album of floor-fillers|last=Bruce|first=Keith|date=4 December 2015|work=Herald Scotland|accessdate=5 March 2017}}</ref> and released ''The Undisco Kidds'', an album of recordings from the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotns.bandcamp.com/album/the-undisco-kidds|title=The Undisco Kidds - Athens Of The North|work=[[Bandcamp]]|accessdate=5 March 2017}}</ref>
==Discography== *"Shadows in Stone" and "Ooh Bob Sahbam" on 12" Album "Scottish Kultchur" (1979) Pinnacle *"Boots for Dancing/Parachute/Guitars & Girl Trouble" 12" EP (1980) Pop Aural ([[UK Indie Chart|UK Indie]] No. 42)<ref name="Lazell">{{cite book |last=Lazell |first=Barry |title=Indie Hits 1980-1999 |year= 1997 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |isbn=0-9517206-9-4 }}</ref> *"Rain Song" 7" (1981) Pop Aural *"Ooh Bop Sh'Bam" 7" (1982) Re-Pop-X *''Undisco Kidds'' (2015) Athens Of The North (AOTN LP 05)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boots For Dancing}} [[Category:Rock music groups from Edinburgh]] [[Category:Scottish rock music groups]] [[Category:Scottish post-punk music groups]]