{{Short description|English post-punk band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Pink Industry | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = Liverpool, England | genre = Post-punk | years_active = 1982–1987, 2012 | label = Zulu, Cathexis,Isegrimm Records | associated_acts = Big in Japan, Pink Military | website = | current_members = | past_members = Jayne Casey<br />Ambrose Reynolds<br />Tadzio Jodlowski<br />Dave<br />Tin Tin<br />Kif Cole<br />Phil }} '''Pink Industry''' were a post-punk band from Liverpool formed by Jayne Casey after her previous band Pink Military split up in 1981.
==History== When Pink Military split up in 1981, singer Jayne Casey formed the more electronically oriented band Pink Industry along with Ambrose Reynolds (who had played with Casey in Big in Japan in the 1970s, and was an early member of Frankie Goes to Hollywood), the duo initially using several other musicians, later becoming a trio with the addition of Tadzio Jodlowski.<ref name="Larkin">Larkin, Colin (2002) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music'', MUZE UK Ltd, {{ISBN|1-85227-947-8}}, p. 337</ref><ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 454</ref><ref name="Kellman">Kellman, Andy "[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pink-industry-p144009/biography Pink Industry Biography]", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-05-13</ref> The band's sound was described by ''Trouser Press'' as "like Siouxsie Sioux fronting Japan".<ref name="Grant">Grant, Steven & Robbins, Ira "[http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=pink_military Pink Military/Pink Industry]", ''Trouser Press'', retrieved 2011-05-13</ref> The band's first release was the ''Forty-Five'' EP featuring lead track "Is This The End?", released in February 1982.<ref name="Strong" /> The band's debut album, ''Low Technology'', was released the following year, reaching number 12 on the UK Independent Chart.<ref name="Lazell" /> A second album, ''Who Told You You Were Naked'', followed later the same year, and peaked at number nine on the Indie chart.<ref name="Lazell" /> Between 1982 and 1984, the band recorded four sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show.<ref>"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/p/pinkindustry/ Pink Industry]", ''Keeping It Peel'', BBC, retrieved 2011-05-13</ref> After a two-year gap since their previous release, the band returned in 1985 with the ''New Beginnings'' album. A final single was released in late 1987, the band splitting up around the same time.<ref name="Strong" /> Casey subsequently concentrated on a television career.<ref name="Strong" /> In January, 28th, 2012, Pink Industry (Jayne, Ambrose and support band) reunited for an exclusive concert in São Paulo, Brazil, in Cine Joia venue.
==Discography== ===Albums=== *''Low Technology'' (1983), Zulu - UK Indie No. 12<ref name="Lazell">Lazell, Barry (1998) ''Indie Hits 1980-1989'', Cherry Red Books, {{ISBN|0-9517206-9-4}}, p. 173</ref> *''Who Told You You Were Naked?'' (1983), Zulu - UK Indie No. 9<ref name="Lazell" /> *''New Beginnings'' (1985), Zulu
;Compilations: *''Pink Industry'' (1988), Cathexis LP (released on CD in 1989 as ''Retrospective'' by Parade Amoureuse with slightly modified track listing) *''New Naked Technology'' (1995), Audioglobe *''Low Technology/Forty Five EP'' (2008), Isegrimm Records *''New Naked Technology 2010 Remasters'' (2010), Wave
===Singles, EPs=== *''Forty-Five'' EP (1982), Zulu *"What Wouldn't I Give" (1985), Zulu - UK Indie No. 9<ref name="Lazell" /> *"Don't Let Go" (1987), Cathexis - UK Indie No. 45<ref name="Lazell" />
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Category:English post-punk music groups Category:Rock music groups from Liverpool Category:Musical groups established in 1981 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1987