This Heat

{{short description|English rock band}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = This Heat | image = Thisheat.jpg | caption = Left to right: [[Charles Hayward (drummer)|Charles Hayward]], [[Gareth Williams (British musician)|Gareth Williams]], Charles Bullen | image_size = 250 | background = group_or_band | origin = Camberwell, London, England | genre = {{Hlist|[[Experimental rock]]|[[avant-rock]]|[[post-punk]]|[[post-rock]]|[[art rock]]|[[krautrock]]|[[progressive rock]]|[[avant-prog]]|[[industrial rock]]|[[Ambient music|ambient]]|[[Electronic music|electronic]]|[[Dub music|dub]]|[[Worldbeat|world]]|[[free improvisation]]|[[musique concrète]]|[[Tape music|tape]]|[[Absolute music|abstract]]|[[Lo-fi music|lo-fi]]}} | years_active = 1976–1982, 2016–2019 (as This Is Not This Heat) | label = {{flatlist| * This Is * Piano * [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]] }} | spinoffs = [[Camberwell Now]] | past_members = Charles Bullen [[Charles Hayward (musician)|Charles Hayward]] [[Gareth Williams (English musician)|Gareth Williams]] [[Trefor Goronwy]] Ian Hill [[James Sedwards]] [[Alex Ward (musician)|Alex Ward]] [[Daniel O'Sullivan (musician)|Daniel O'Sullivan]] Frank Byng }}

'''This Heat''' were an English [[experimental rock]] band, formed in early 1976 in [[Camberwell]], London by multi-instrumentalists Charles Bullen (guitar, clarinet, viola, vocals, tapes), [[Charles Hayward (musician)|Charles Hayward]] (drums, keyboards, vocals, tapes) and [[Gareth Williams (English musician)|Gareth Williams]] (keyboard, guitar, bass, vocals, tapes).

This Heat were active during the ascendancy of British [[punk rock|punk]], but stood apart from that scene due to an experimental and confrontational approach. This Heat's commercial success was limited and, during the group’s existence, their discography consisted of only two albums and an EP. The band would influence genres such as [[post-punk]], [[industrial music]], and [[post-rock]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/this-heat-mn0000592289 |title=Biography – This Heat : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |last=Thomas |first=Fred |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref>

Williams died of cancer in 2001. From 2016 until 2019, Bullen and Hayward reunited, playing under the name '''This Is Not This Heat'''.

==History== This Heat first came together in 1976 by Charles Hayward and Charles Bullen. At the time, Hayward was a member of the [[progressive rock]] band [[Quiet Sun]], fronted by guitarist [[Phil Manzanera]] of [[Roxy Music]], and had been rehearsing with Bullen in several [[Musical improvisation|improvisational music]] groups on the London scene such as Radar Favourites and Dolphin Logic. In 1975, Quiet Sun had signed a deal with [[Island Records]] to record an album entitled ''[[Mainstream (Quiet Sun album)|Mainstream]]''. ''Mainstream'' was critically acclaimed and became the [[New Musical Express]]' album of the month, and [[Island Records]]' fourth or fifth biggest seller at the time, close to sales figures of [[Bad Company]] and [[Cat Stevens]].<ref name="erskine">{{cite web|url=http://www.manzanera.com/QuietSunalbum.htm |title=Quiet Sun Album Reviews |accessdate=9 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204639/http://www.manzanera.com/QuietSunalbum.htm |archivedate=27 September 2007 }}</ref> Whilst touring to support the record, Manzanera stepped down when he was called up to work on the next Roxy Music album, so Bullen stepped in as a replacement. Quiet Sun dissolved shortly afterwards, but Bullen and Hayward, whose bond had grown over the tour, decided to continue working together.

Soon after, the pair were joined by visual artist Gareth Williams, who despite his lack of formal musical training had an intuitive ear for sound. Hayward had also hoped to bring Quiet Sun bassist [[Bill MacCormick]] on board; MacCormick however, declined due to personality clashes between him and Williams. Under the name Friendly Rifles, the trio performed their first gig at the Three Horseshoes, Hampstead on February 13, 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://freq.org.uk/reviews/this-is-not-this-heat-live-at-cafe-oto/|title=This Is Not This Heat (live at Café OTO)|date=February 17, 2016|access-date=6 August 2025}}</ref> They eventually settled upon This Heat in reference to the [[1976 British Isles heat wave]], regarded at the time as the hottest summer on record. Hayward also stated the name had existed in Williams' subconscious since the 1960s, when he was a member of a youth gang called 'Fly Wire', whose rivals were known as 'This Heat'.

This Heat's first radio airplay came in early 1977 from legendary DJ [[John Peel]], to whom they sent a demo tape recorded in the top room at Hayward's parents' house in [[Camberwell]], prior to moving into Cold Storage - formerly the [[cold store]] room of a meat pie factory - which they converted into a studio as part of the Acme artists studios complex in [[Brixton]]. During this time, they also recorded a session with [[Ghana]]ian percussionist Mario Boyer Diekuuroh, parts of which later appeared on a 1982 split cassette with Albert Marcoeur, released by the French experimental rock magazine ''Tago Mago''.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

Their [[This Heat (album)|self-titled debut album]] was recorded between February 1976 and September 1978 in various studios and venues, and was released in August 1979. It was characterised by heavy use of [[tape music|tape manipulation]] and [[tape loops|looping]] (especially on the track "24 Track Loop", which essentially uses two-inch analog tape as a kind of primitive sampling device), combined with more traditional performance (including quite a lot of live stereo microphone in the room recordings) to create dense, eerie, electronic soundscapes. Despite receiving offers from several major labels to release the album, This Heat declined them all in order to maintain creative control and independence over their work. They were eventually swayed by their friend [[David Cunningham (musician)|David Cunningham]] of [[The Flying Lizards]] to release it through his independent label Piano. Shortly thereafter, This Heat released the ''[[Health and Efficiency (EP)|Health and Efficiency]]'' EP, which foreshadowed the more rock-oriented sound of their subsequent album.

This Heat then signed a record deal with [[Rough Trade Records]], who released ''[[Deceit (album)|Deceit]]'', the band's second and final album, in 1981. Whilst maintaining their experimental approach, ''Deceit'' found the band incorporating more coherent song structures, and consolidating the dub and world music influences in their work. The album was produced with help from noted [[reggae]] mixer Martin Frederick. Although at the time, like all of This Heat's releases, it sold poorly, ''Deceit'' is now seen as a classic of the [[post-punk]] era. By that time ''Deceit'' was released, Williams had exited from the band, departing for India to study [[kathakali]].

This Heat split up in 1982 after completing their final European tour with bassist-vocalist [[Trefor Goronwy]] and keyboardist Ian Hill joining Bullen and Hayward. Hayward went on to form [[Camberwell Now]] with Goronwy and Stephen Rickard, and remains musically active. Bullen went on to collaborate with bassist and percussionist Dub Judah on a solo venture called Lifetones, releasing an album entitled'' [[For a Reason]]'' in 1983 on his Tone of Life imprint, and in 1998 he released the album ''Internal Clock'' under the name Circadian Rhythms. Williams later formed Flaming Tunes with Mary Currie and released a cassette of material, which was later released on CD.

In 1993 a new album of previously unreleased This Heat recordings was unearthed entitled ''Repeat''. It featured three long ambient tracks, including the title track, "Metal", and a 33 rpm version of "Graphic/Varispeed". ''Out of Cold Storage'', a [[box set]] of all the band's official recordings, was released in June 2006 on This is!, a new [[Recommended Records]] sub-label set up by Hayward and Bullen to re-release This Heat's back catalogue. The set comprises ''This Heat'', ''Deceit'', ''Health and Efficiency'', ''Made Available'' and ''Repeat'', plus ''Live 80/81'', a CD of concert recordings.<ref name="boxset">{{cite book |last=Cutler |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Cutler |title=Out of Cold Storage |year=2006 |type=booklet |location=[[Thornton Heath]], England |publisher=[[Recommended Records]]}}</ref>

In December 2001 This Heat tentatively rehearsed (with Williams); however, nothing came to fruition as Williams died later that month of cancer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/07/guardianobituaries |title=Obituary: Gareth Williams |last=Baxter |first=Ed |date=7 February 2002 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref>

In 2016, Bullen and Hayward reunited under the name This Is Not This Heat to perform a number of critically acclaimed gigs in London. The concerts featured several guests such as [[Thurston Moore]], [[Alexis Taylor]], [[Alex Ward (musician)|Alex Ward]] and [[Daniel O'Sullivan (musician)|Daniel O'Sullivan]]. The reunion continued across the following three years, concluding with a small series of shows in London, New York, and Los Angeles in 2019.

In August 2020, This Heat released part of its catalogue digitally on streaming services,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/this-heat-to-release-discography-digitally-for-the-first-time/|title=This Heat to Release Discography Digitally for the First Time|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=23 June 2020|author=Moreland, Quinn}}</ref> including Bandcamp.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thisheat.bandcamp.com|title=This Heat|access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref> [[File:This Is Not This Heat! 2019 07 29 @ The EARL Atlanta, Georgia -complete show-separate audio (KEeavLMMJ8w) copy.png|center|thumb|754x754px|This Is Not This Heat performing in Atlanta, 2019. Left to right: Sedwards (obscured), Hayward, Byng, O'Sullivan, Bullen, Ward]]

==Legacy==

===Influence===

Bands and artists that have called This Heat either an influence or a favourite include [[Steve Albini]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=r/IAmA - Comment by u/steve_albini on "I am Steve Albini, ask me anything"|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/td90c/i_am_steve_albini_ask_me_anything/c4m5ff2|access-date=2021-04-25|website=reddit|date=9 May 2012 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Alexis Taylor]],<ref name=pf>{{cite web|author=Evan Minsker |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/62159-this-heat-to-reissue-discography/ |title=This Heat to Reissue Discography |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2015-11-18 |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Dan Snaith]],<ref name=pf/> [[Avey Tare]],<ref name=ex>{{cite web|last=Hughes |first=Josiah |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/this_heat_reissue_albums_through_light_in_attic |title=This Heat Reissue Albums Through Light in the Attic |publisher=Exclaim.ca |date=2015-11-18 |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Amen Dunes]],<ref name=ex/> [[Women (band)|Women]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Women's Meticulous Sludge | website=Exclaim! | url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/women |date=July 27, 2008| access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Preoccupations]],<ref>{{cite web | title=BYT Interviews: Viet Cong ⋆ BYT // Brightest Young Things | website=BYT // Brightest Young Things | date=2014-07-09 | url=https://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/byt-interviews-viet-cong | access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Nurse With Wound]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fsaoAwAAQBAJ&q=this+heat+nurse+with+wound+list&pg=PT92 |title=Beyond and Before: Progressive Rock since the 1960s - Paul Hegarty, Martin Halliwell - Google Books |date=2011-06-23 |isbn=9781441114808 |access-date=2020-04-05|last1=Hegarty |first1=Paul |last2=Halliwell |first2=Martin |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA }}</ref> [[Palm (band)|Palm]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thrdcoast.com/read/2015/10/29/interview-palm |title=Interview: Palm |publisher=ThrdCoast |date=October 30, 2015 |access-date=2020-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527184713/https://www.thrdcoast.com/read/2015/10/29/interview-palm|archive-date=May 27, 2017}}</ref> [[Squid (band)|Squid]],<ref name="NME">{{cite web |title=Get tangled up in Squid – the weirdo-punk band making the avant-garde accessible |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/squid-band-houseplants-speedy-wunderground-interview-2513463 |website=NME |date=24 June 2019 |access-date=17 June 2020}}</ref> [[Mark Stewart (English musician)|Mark Stewart]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/this-heat/ |title=Three Men in A Fridge: The Story of This Heat |publisher=Loud And Quiet |date=2016-03-15 |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[The Dead C]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Jon |last=Chapman |url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/the-dead-c/stories/the-dead-c-why-use-two-chords-when-one-will-do-part-1 |title=The Dead C - Why use two chords when one will do? - part 1 - Story |publisher=AudioCulture |date=2016-05-26 |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Daniel O'Sullivan (musician)|Daniel O'Sullivan]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Forgotten Classics: Lifetones' For A Reason | website=FACT Magazine | date=2014-05-30 | url=https://www.factmag.com/2014/05/30/forgotten-classics-lifetones-for-a-reason/ | access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Dean Blunt]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blanning |first=Lisa |title=Hype Williams transcript - The Wire |url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/hype-williams-transcript |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music |language=en}}</ref> [[Disco Inferno (band)|Disco Inferno]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2012/10/29/fact-mix-354-disco-inferno/|title=FACT mix 354: Disco Inferno|website=Factmag.com|date=29 October 2012|access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref> [[Iceage (band)|Elias Rønnenfelt]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/21686-elias-ronnenfelt-iceage-marching-church-interview?page=5 |title=Features | Baker's Dozen | Elias Rønnenfelt Of Iceage & Marching Church's Favourite LPs |publisher=The Quietus |date=2017-02-01 |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Marc Hollander]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/24059-aksak-maboul-marc-hollander-interview |title=Features | A Quietus Interview | Before And After Bandits: Marc Hollander Of Aksak Maboul & Crammed Discs |publisher=The Quietus |date=2018-02-21 |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Family Fodder]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2016/08/28/family-fodder-guide-post-punk/|title=The strange history of London post-punk trailblazers Family Fodder|website=FactMag|date=28 August 2016}}</ref> [[Matt Johnson (singer)|Matt Johnson]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.run-riot.com/articles/blogs/qa-thes-matt-johnson-inertia-variations-making-music-and-doing-nothing |title=Q&A: The The's Matt Johnson on Inertia Variations, Making Music and Doing Nothing | Blog |publisher=Run Riot |date= 9 October 2017|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[23 Skidoo (band)|23 Skidoo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theransomnote.com/music/interviews/23-skidoo-talk/ |title=23 Skidoo Talk |publisher=The Ransom Note |date= |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[David Grubbs]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/between-the-event-and-sometime-later-this-is-not-this-heat-interviewed/ |title=Between the Event and Sometime Later: This Is Not This Heat Interviewed |publisher=BOMB Magazine |date=2018-07-20 |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Volcano the Bear]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terrascope.co.uk/Features/Volcano_The_Bear.htm |title=Volcano the Bear feature interview © terrascope online |publisher=Terrascope.co.uk |date= |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Dazzling Killmen]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skingraftrecords.com/news_pages/news_desk_winter_2016.html |title=SKiN GRAFT News for You's |publisher=Skingraftrecords.com |date= |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Nisennenmondai]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Jessica Suarez |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12400-nejitori/ |title=Nisennenmondai: Neji/Tori Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2008-11-13 |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Korekyojinn]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://magaibutsu.com/mgb/korekyojinn/|title=KOREKYOJINN|website=Magaibutsu|quote=The band’s name translates to “This Giant”, a sly pun inspired by THIS HEAT and [[Gentle Giant|GENTLE GIANT]], two band’s [sic] the group draws inspiration from.|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> [[Steven Wilson]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Sw Recommends: This Heat |url=http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/steven-wilson-recommends-this-heat/ |title=Steven Wilson Recommends: This Heat - Steven Wilson |publisher=Stevenwilsonhq.com |date= |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[The Sound of Animals Fighting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/qa-with-the-sound-of-animals-fighting-whose-first-tour-in-five-years-is-underway/ |title=Q&A with The Sound of Animals Fighting, whose first tour in five years is underway |publisher=Brooklynvegan.com |date=February 25, 2019 |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> [[Yoshida Tatsuya]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://syncnet.work/archives/14843|title=Ruins|date=1 January 2011}}</ref> [[75 Dollar Bill]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kraak.net/avant-guardian/75-dollar-bill-2|title=KRAAK | 75 DOLLAR BILL|website=kraak.net}}</ref> [[Horse Lords]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/21987-horse-lords-interview|title=Intonation, Innovation, Interventions: An Interview With Horse Lords|website=[[The Quietus]]|author=Noel Gardener|date=2017-03-14|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> [[Mika Taanila]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/p=14435|title=Interviews - In Writing - The Wire Swissair: Primitive post-punk by Finnish teenagers|website=www.thewire.co.uk|date=June 2017}}</ref> [[FRIGS]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/frigs-interview |title=FRIGS Interview: Red Bull Sound Select |website=[[Red Bull]] |access-date=6 April 2020 |archive-date=6 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406122118/https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/frigs-interview |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Warm Ghost]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theweirdfishesaredead.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/interview-with-warm-ghost/|title=Interview with Warm Ghost|website=The Weird Fishes Are Dead|date=2011-02-04|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> [[Justin Pearson (musician)|Justin Pearson]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/challenging-the-music-industrys-commodity-complex-an-interview-with-punk-rock-guerilla-justin-pearson|title=Challenging the Music Industry's Commodity Complex: An Interview with Punk-Rock Guerilla, Justin Pearson|website=Hampton Institute |date=7 June 2018 }}</ref> [[Bo Ningen]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londonist.com/2012/05/new-band-bo-ningen|title=Listen Up! Music Interview – Bo Ningen|date=11 May 2012|website=Londonist}}</ref> [[Pinkish Black]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2015/12/18/pinkish-black-interview-and-concert-review/ |title=Pinkish Black Interview and Concert Review | BeardedGMusic |access-date=6 April 2020 |archive-date=6 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406122650/https://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2015/12/18/pinkish-black-interview-and-concert-review/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Young Knives]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/Home/Details?id=21658|title=William Ryan Fritch - Interview|website=www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk|date=June 11, 2013}}</ref> [[AIDS Wolf]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aidswolfs.blogspot.com/2007/|title=AIDS Wolf|website=aidswolfs.blogspot.com}}</ref> [[Controlled Bleeding]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chaindlk.com/interviews/Controlled-Bleeding/|title=Controlled Bleeding|first=Marc|last=Urselli|date=1 October 2002|website=Chain D.L.K.}}</ref> [[These New Puritans]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-brothers-grin-these-new-puritans-interviewed|title=The Brothers Grin: These New Puritans Interviewed|website=Clash Magazine|date=14 August 2019 }}</ref> [[Eyeless in Gaza (band)|Eyeless in Gaza]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mixgrill.gr/ar2848en-eyeless-in-gaza-writing-is-a-manifestation-of-the-psyche.html|title=Eyeless in Gaza: Writing is a manifestation of the psyche|website=Mix Grill: Music, Concerts, Theatre, Cinema}}</ref> [[Six Finger Satellite]],<ref>{{cite magazine| last=Reynolds| first=Simon|authorlink=Simon Reynolds|year=1995|title=SIX FINGER SATELLITE| url=http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2013/08/800x600-normal-0-false-false-false-en_18.html| magazine=[[Melody Maker]]| location=[[London]]|quote=Six Finger are veritable scholars of [[post-punk]]. Earlier, during the soundcheck for their gig at [[CBGB]]'s, [bassist] James [Apt] namechecks This Heat's "Deceit" and [[Alternative TV|ATV's]] "[[Vibing Up The Senile Man]]", [[the Stranglers]], [[Suicide (band)|Suicide]] and [[Public Image Ltd.|PiL]].| publisher=[[Time Inc. UK]]| access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref> [[Trans Am (band)|Trans Am]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gonzai.com/trans-am/|title=TRANS AM [INTERVIEW] Hardcore et à cris|website=Gonzai|author=Bester|date=2014-11-18|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> [[Dave Kerman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://woasches.blogspot.com/2013/07/interview-with-dave-kerman-5uusu.html|title=Interview with DAVE KERMAN (5UUs, U TOTEM, PRESENT, THINKING PLAGUE...etc.etc.)|website=WOASCHES|date=2013-07-04|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> [[Guapo (band)|Guapo]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Breznikar|first=Klemen|author-link=Klemen Breznikar |date=April 12, 2014|title=Guapo interview with David J. Smith|url=https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2014/04/guapo-interview-with-david-jsmi.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404061510/https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2014/04/guapo-interview-with-david-jsmi.html|archive-date=April 4, 2019|access-date=April 7, 2020|website=[[It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine]]|quote=At the same time we were discovering stuff like the Japanese new music scene, as well as the [[Rock in Opposition|R.I.O movement]] & bands like This Heat, [[Soft Machine]] and [[Magma (band)|Magma]] which started to inform our own songwriting approach and push us more as musicians.}}</ref> [[Chrome Hoof]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/04309-chrome-hoof-crush-depth-album-review-interview|title=Blow The Tanks: Chrome Hoof Interviewed & Crush Depth Reviewed PLUS Free Mix|website=[[The Quietus]]|author=John Doran|date=2010-05-24|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> [[Ut (band)|Ut]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/magsitepages/Article/4011/Ut-Interview|title=Ut - Interview|website=Penny Black Music|quote=Other bands in our area: [[Mars (band)|Mars]], [[DNA (American band)|DNA]], [[Television (band)|Television]], [[Richard Hell]], [[Public Image Ltd.|Pil]], This Heat, [[The Birthday Party (band)|Birthday Party]], [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds|the Bad Seeds]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[Big Black]], [[Einstürzende Neubauten|Einsturzende Neubaten]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]]-a band that is very Ut is [[Slint]] though we didn’t hear them till after|author=Jamie Rowland|date=2006-09-30|access-date=2020-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506181009/http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/magsitepages/Article/4011/Ut-Interview|archive-date=May 6, 2019}}</ref> [[Heiner Goebbels]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/goebbels.html|title=Goebbels Interview|author1=Dan Warburton|author2=Guy Livingston|website=Paris Transatlantic|date=1997-04-27|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> and many others.

In addition, numerous critics recognised the band's influence on the music of [[Sonic Youth]], [[Glenn Branca]], [[Public Image Ltd.]], [[Radiohead]], [[Swans (band)|Swans]], [[Black Dice]], [[Stereolab]], [[Gang Gang Dance]], [[Lightning Bolt (band)|Lightning Bolt]], [[C. Spencer Yeh]], [[Liars (band)|Liars]], [[Black Midi]] and several other experimental and [[post-rock]] bands.<ref>{{cite web|author=Biography by Fred Thomas |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/this-heat-mn0000592289/biography |title=This Heat | Biography & History |publisher=AllMusic |date= |access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Features - Anniversary - The Final Warning: Three Decades After This Heat's Deceit | website=The Quietus | date=2011-06-07 | url=http://thequietus.com/articles/06379-this-heat-deceit-anniversary | access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21407-this-heathealth-and-efficiencydeceit/|title=This Heat: This Heat/Health and Efficiency/Deceit|website=Pitchfork|date=January 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2036137/black-midi-uk-band-to-watch-sxsw-bmbmbm/franchises/interview/|title=Band To Watch: Black Midi|website=Stereogum|date=20 March 2019}}</ref>

== Members ==

* Charles Bullen – guitar, vocals {{small|(1976–1982, 2001, 2016–2019)}} clarinet, viola, tapes {{small|(1976–1982)}} * [[Gareth Williams (British musician)|Gareth Williams]] – bass, keyboards, guitar, tapes, vocals {{small|(1976–1981, 2001; died 2001)}} * [[Charles Hayward (drummer)|Charles Hayward]] – drums, percussion, vocals {{small|(1976–1982, 2001, 2016–2019)}}, melodica {{small|(2016–2019)}}, keyboards, tapes {{small|(1976–1982)}} * [[Trefor Goronwy]] – bass, vocals {{small|(1981–1982)}} * Ian Hill – keyboards {{small|(1981–1982)}} * [[James Sedwards]] – guitar {{small|(2016–2019)}} * [[Alex Ward (musician)|Alex Ward]] – guitar, clarinet, vocals {{small|(2016–2019)}} * [[Daniel O'Sullivan (musician)|Daniel O'Sullivan]] – bass, keyboards, vocals {{small|(2016–2019)}} * Frank Byng – percussion, drums {{small|(2016–2019)}}

===Timeline=== ''Note: Additional collaborators such as [[Thurston Moore]] and [[Alexis Taylor]] played with This is Not This Heat, although sporadically across individual dates. This chart only documents the core members of the reunion lineup.''

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==Discography== ===Studio albums=== *''[[This Heat (album)|This Heat]]'' (1979) *''[[Deceit (album)|Deceit]]'' (1981)

===EPs=== *''[[Health and Efficiency (EP)|Health and Efficiency]]'' (1980) *''The Peel Sessions'' (1988)

===Live=== *''This Heat Live'' (1986; cassette-only release of 1980 [[Krefeld]] concert) *''Scala'' (2006; bootleg 1979 London concert) *''Final Revelations'' (2007; final 1982 concert plus songs from Solo Projects from each bandmember respectively) *''Live at I.C.A. Club 1980'' (2007; bootleg of concert at London's [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]])

===Compilations=== *''[[Made Available: John Peel Sessions]]'' (1996; reissue of ''The Peel Sessions'' with bonus tracks) *''Out of Cold Storage'' (2006; 6-CD box set)

===Various artist compilation appearances===

*''[[Recommended Records Sampler]] '' (1982)

===Other releases=== *''This Heat with Mario Boyer Diekuuroh'' (1982; split cassette with Albert Marcoeur) *''Repeat'' (1993) *''John Peel Shows'' (2005; bootleg of 1977 preview of first album demos) *''Face Hand Shy: Rarities'' (2006; above Peel demos plus "Health & Efficiency", Mario Boyer Diekuuroh tracks and undated live tracks)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Discogs artist|33931}}

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