# Denim (band) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Denim_(band) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Denim_(band).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denim_(band) > Source revision: 1340851617 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) English indie rock band This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Denim" band – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Denim Origin Birmingham, England Genres Glam rock, indie rock Years active 1992–1997 Labels Boy's Own Echo EMIDISC West Midlands Records Past members Lawrence Brian O'Shaughnessy Neil Scott Peter Phipps Bill Bass Bill Phillips **Denim** were an English [indie rock](/source/Indie_rock) [band](/source/Musical_ensemble), the brainchild of [Lawrence](/source/Lawrence_(musician)) (formerly of [Felt](/source/Felt_(band))), and were based in [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), England.[1] ## History Following the end of his former group, 1980s [post-punk](/source/Post-punk) outfit [Felt](/source/Felt_(band)), Lawrence moved into different territory with Denim, a band whose brash teaming of [glam rock](/source/Glam_rock) with cutting and highly [satirical](/source/Satirical) lyrics was very much the opposite of his previous work. ### *Back in Denim* Denim debuted in 1992 with the album *[Back in Denim](/source/Back_in_Denim)*, a record which was both a revival (particularly with its glam rock influences and its mix of synth and guitar) and critique (in its satirical lyrics) of the 1970s music scene.[1] A single, "Middle of the Road", was released from the album in January 1993 on Boy's Own Records.[2] ### *Denim on Ice* Denim followed *Back in Denim* with the 1996 release of *[Denim on Ice](/source/Denim_on_Ice)*, which was preceded by a single "It Fell Off the Back of a Lorry".[1] *Denim on Ice* featured even more cutting lyrics with comment on the current state of music in England ("The Great Pub Rock Revival", a stinging attack on [Britpop](/source/Britpop)) and the realities of England's social malaise ("Glue & Smack" and "Council Houses"), exhibiting an even more synthesizer-based sound than *Back in Denim*. The album also spearheaded Lawrence's growing interest in [novelty](/source/Novelty_song) music and earned Denim a support slot with [Pulp](/source/Pulp_(band)) who were fans of Lawrence and his work.[1] ### *Novelty Rock* Denim's final release was *[Novelty Rock](/source/Novelty_Rock)*, a compilation of B-sides and some new material, which was released early in 1997.[1] ### *Denim Take Over* *Denim Take Over* was to be Denim's third studio album. It was shelved due to a lack of commercial success for the band, and when its lead single "Summer Smash", due to be issued in September 1997, was cancelled due to the death of [Princess Diana](/source/Diana%2C_Princess_of_Wales),[3] with EMI feeling any release would be in poor taste.[1] These events marked an untimely end for Denim. However, some of the albums tracks were released on a subsequent Lawrence project, the 2005 [Go Kart Mozart](/source/Go_Kart_Mozart) album *[Tearing Up the Album Chart](/source/Tearing_Up_the_Album_Chart)*,[1] as well as a complete reworking for the next album *[On the Hot Dog Streets](/source/On_the_Hot_Dog_Streets)*. ## In popular culture In January 2018, satirist [Charlie Brooker](/source/Charlie_Brooker) chose the Denim track "The New Potatoes" as one of his eight tracks on *[Desert Island Discs](/source/Desert_Island_Discs)*, and decided that it would be the one track he would keep with him to the island if the tide washed the others away.[4] ## Discography ### Studio albums - *[Back in Denim](/source/Back_in_Denim)* (1992), Boy's Own Recordings - *[Denim on Ice](/source/Denim_on_Ice)* (1996), Echo - *Denim Take Over* (1997) - Unreleased[1] ### Compilation albums - *[Novelty Rock](/source/Novelty_Rock)* (1997), EMIDISC ### Singles - "Middle of the Road" (1992), Boy's Own Recordings (No. 78, UK Singles Chart) - "It Fell Off the Back of a Lorry" (1996), Echo. (No. 79, UK Singles Chart) - "Summer Smash" (1997), EMIDISC ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Larkin90_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Larkin90_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Larkin90_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Larkin90_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Larkin90_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Larkin90_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Larkin90_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-Larkin90_1-7) [Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer)), ed. (2000). *[The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)* (First ed.). [Virgin Books](/source/Virgin_Books). p. 119. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7535-0427-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7535-0427-8). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["AllMusic Playlist: Britpop : The AllMusic Blog"](http://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/allmusic-playlist-britpop). *[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)*. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["FELT"](http://www.glassdarkly.com/feltfolder/summer.html). *Glassdarkly.com*. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Desert Island Discs – Charlie Brooker"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kx840). *[BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4)*. 7 January 2018. v t e Felt Lawrence Gary Ainge Maurice Deebank Martin Duffy Nick Gilbert Mick Lloyd Marco Thomas Mick Bund Studio albums Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty The Splendour of Fear The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories Ignite the Seven Cannons Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death / The Seventeenth Century Forever Breathes the Lonely Word Poem of the River The Pictorial Jackson Review Train Above the City Me and a Monkey on the Moon Compilation albums Gold Mine Trash Bubblegum Perfume Absolute Classic Masterpieces Absolute Classic Masterpieces Volume II Stains on a Decade Denim Back in Denim Denim on Ice Denim Take Over Novelty Rock Go-Kart Mozart / Mozart Estate Instant Wigwam and Igloo Mixture Tearing Up the Album Chart On the Hot Dog Streets Mozart's Mini-Mart Pop-Up! Ker-Ching! and the Possibilities of Modern Shopping Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF Artists MusicBrainz --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Denim (band)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denim_(band)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denim_(band)?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.