{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Use British English|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Positive Noise | image = Positive Noise.jpg | caption = L-R: Graham Middleton, Fraser Middleton, Les Gaff, Russell Blackstock (circa 1982) | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | origin = Glasgow, Scotland | genre = New wave | years_active = 1979&ndash;1985 | label = Statik | associated_acts = | website = | past_members = Ross Middleton<br />Graham Middleton<br />Russell Blackstock<br />Fraser Middleton<br />Les Gaff<br />John Telford<br />John Coletta }} '''Positive Noise''' were a new wave and synth-pop band from Scotland who had a number of indie hits in the 1980s. They released three albums and several singles and were together for over five years.<ref name=nwo/>

==History== The band was formed in 1979 by Ross Middleton (vocals), his brothers Graham Middleton (keyboards, vocals) and Fraser Middleton (bass guitar, vocals), Russell Blackstock (guitar, vocals), and Les Gaff (drums).<ref name=Strong/> Their first released material were two tracks ("Refugees" and "The Long March") on the Statik label compilation EP ''Second City Statik'' in 1980, and they followed this with two singles on Statik in 1981, both of which were top-ten hits on the UK Independent Chart.<ref name=Lazell/> Début album ''Heart of Darkness'' was released in May 1981, after which Ross left to form the short-lived Leisure Process, with Blackstock taking over on lead vocals.<ref name=Strong/> ''Heart of Darkness'' peaked at number four on the independent chart, and the band's second album, ''Change of Heart'' (1982), also charted, reaching number 21.<ref name=Lazell/> They released a third and final album, ''Distant Fires'', in 1985, now with John Telford on drums and John Coletta on guitar, but their earlier success was not repeated and they split up shortly afterwards.<ref name=tp/>

Ross Middleton had earlier worked as a music journalist, writing for ''Sounds'' under the pen name Maxwell Park.<ref name=Strong/>

==Discography== All releases on Statik Records.<ref name=allmusic/>

===Albums=== * ''Heart of Darkness'' (1981) - came with a bonus 7-inch single: "Love Like Property" * ''Change of Heart'' (1982) * ''Distant Fires'' (1985)

===Singles=== * "Give Me Passion" (1981) * "Charm" (1981) * "Positive Negative" (1981) * "Waiting for the Seventh Man" (1982) * "Get Up and Go" (1982) * "When Lightning Strikes" (1983) * "A Million Miles Away" (1984) * "Distant Fires" (1985)

===Compilation appearances=== *''Second City Statik'' (1980), Statik: "Refugees", "The Long March" *''Cabaret Futura - Fools Rush in Where Angels Dare to Tread'' (1981), Martyrwell Music: "Love Like Property (Live)", "Treachery (Live)"

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=nwo>{{Cite web | title = Song of the Week 200 | website = New Wave Outpost | url = http://www.nwoutpost.com/sotw200.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081221151418/http://www.nwoutpost.com/sotw200.html | archive-date = 2008-12-21}}</ref> <ref name=Lazell>{{cite book | last = Lazell | first = Barry | year = 1998 | title = Indie Hits 1980-1989 | publisher = Cherry Red Books | page = 177 | isbn = 0-9517206-9-4}}</ref> <ref name=Strong>{{cite book | last = Strong | first = Martin C. | year = 2003 | title = The Great Indie Discography | publisher = Canongate | page = 461 | isbn = 1-84195-335-0}}</ref> <ref name=tp>{{cite web | first = Ira | last = Robbins | authorlink = | title = Positive Noise | website = Trouser Press | url = https://trouserpress.com/reviews/positive-noise/ | access-date = 2021-03-20}}</ref> <ref name=allmusic>{{AllMusic | title = Positive Noise | class = artist | id = mn0001212678 | access-date = 20 March 2021}}</ref><!-- AllMusic template doesn't reformat dates -->}}

{{Authority control}} Category:Scottish synth-pop new wave groups Category:Musical groups from Glasgow Category:Scottish new wave musical groups Category:1979 establishments in Scotland