The Bodines, comprising of Mike Ryan, Paul Brotherton, Tim Burwood and Paul… Read Full Bio ↴The Bodines, comprising of Mike Ryan, Paul Brotherton, Tim Burwood and Paul Lilley, emerged from Glossop, England, near Manchester, in 1985. Fronted by the floppy-fringed Ryan, they became one of the better-known outfits from a crop of jangly indie bands that sprang up around that time. They made their debut with "God Bless", an early release by Creation Records. Shortly afterwards, Lilley was replaced on drums by John Rowland. Two further singles followed; their second, "Therese", was included on the famous C86 compilation album. Like their contemporaries Primal Scream, The Mighty Lemon Drops and the Weather Prophets, The Bodines went on to sign up with a major label with great hopes of transferring their success to the mainstream charts. The group joined Magnet Records, where a remix of "Therese" became their major label debut.
The Bodines's debut album, Played (produced by Ian Broudie, later to enjoy success as a recording artist as the Lightning Seeds) was a fine jangly pop artifact, but it only scraped in to #94 in the album charts, in the summer of 1987. On the 23rd August 2010, The Bodines seminal album "Played" is to be reissued with 7 bonus tracks on Cherry Red label. Sadly, none of the Bodines' singles for Magnet got into the top 75. Under pressure for failing to deliver the hit record that their major label backers required, the Bodines split up, albeit temporarily. Rowland went on to play with The Rainkings.
In 1989, a reformed line-up of Ryan, Brotherton, new bassist Ian Watson, and new drummer Spencer Birtwistle released the single "Decide" on Manchester's Play Hard label and contributed a further new track to the same label's Hand to Mouth compilation. A couple of years later, Ryan reappeared with a new band called Medalark Eleven (mis-named after Harlem Globetrotters' Meadowlark Lemon), assisted by Gareth Thomas on bass and Adrian Donohue on drums. Reunited with Creation Records, they released a couple of singles ahead of Shaped Up, Shipped Out, an album of pleasant, if rather unexceptional indie pop.
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Discography
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Singles
"God Bless" 7" b/w "Paradise" Creation Records CRE 016 1986
"Therese" 7" & 12" b/w "I Feel", "Scar Tissue" Creation Records CRE 028, CRE 028T 1986
"Heard It All" 7" & 12" b/w "Heard It All", "Clear", "William Shatner" Creation Records CRE 030, CRE 030T 1986
"Therese" 7" & 12" b/w "Heard It All" Magnet Records BOD1, BODT1 1987
"Skankin Queens" 7" & 12" b/w "My Remarkable Mind" Magnet Records BOD2, BODT2 1987
"Slip Slide" 7" & 12" b/w "Naming Names", "Long Time Dead" Magnet Records BOD3, BODT3 1987
"Decide" 12" b/w "Hard On", "The Groove" Play Hard Records Dec 18 1989
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Albums
Played Magnet Records BODL 2001 1987
"Skankin Queens"
"What You Want"
"Scar Tissue"
"Tall Stories"
"Clear"
"Untitled"
"Therese"
"Slip Slide"
"The Back Door"
"William Shatner"
The Japanese release (Cat. No. VDP-1319) contained two extra tracks: "Therese" (New Extended Mix) and "Heard It All"
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Compilation appearances
NME C86 Compilation NME 22 Contributed "Therese". Free with the NME Weekly Music paper. Was also released as a 500 numbered promo was released for radio with the number NME Pro 1. It was later released with a different sleeve on Rough Trade with the number ROUGH 100. 1986
It's Different For Domeheads Creation CRELP 5 Contributed "Paradise"
Record Mirror 12". Free release with the Record Mirror Magazine on Ensign RM6. Contributed "Back Door (live)" 1986
Flowers In The Sky 1984-1987 Creation CRELP 028 CD Contributed "God Bless"
Creation Soup Volume 2 Creation CRECD 102 (on vinyl as CRELP 102) Contributed "God Bless", "Paradise"
Creation Soup Volume 3 Creation CRECD 103 (on vinyl as CRELP 103) Contributed "William Shatner"
Hand To Mouth Playhard Contributed "Hard On" and "Call Your Name"
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Other releases
"William Shatner" Canadian Live Bootleg (7") Label Unknown BODX1 This was free with BODT1
The Bodines's debut album, Played (produced by Ian Broudie, later to enjoy success as a recording artist as the Lightning Seeds) was a fine jangly pop artifact, but it only scraped in to #94 in the album charts, in the summer of 1987. On the 23rd August 2010, The Bodines seminal album "Played" is to be reissued with 7 bonus tracks on Cherry Red label. Sadly, none of the Bodines' singles for Magnet got into the top 75. Under pressure for failing to deliver the hit record that their major label backers required, the Bodines split up, albeit temporarily. Rowland went on to play with The Rainkings.
In 1989, a reformed line-up of Ryan, Brotherton, new bassist Ian Watson, and new drummer Spencer Birtwistle released the single "Decide" on Manchester's Play Hard label and contributed a further new track to the same label's Hand to Mouth compilation. A couple of years later, Ryan reappeared with a new band called Medalark Eleven (mis-named after Harlem Globetrotters' Meadowlark Lemon), assisted by Gareth Thomas on bass and Adrian Donohue on drums. Reunited with Creation Records, they released a couple of singles ahead of Shaped Up, Shipped Out, an album of pleasant, if rather unexceptional indie pop.
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Discography
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Singles
"God Bless" 7" b/w "Paradise" Creation Records CRE 016 1986
"Therese" 7" & 12" b/w "I Feel", "Scar Tissue" Creation Records CRE 028, CRE 028T 1986
"Heard It All" 7" & 12" b/w "Heard It All", "Clear", "William Shatner" Creation Records CRE 030, CRE 030T 1986
"Therese" 7" & 12" b/w "Heard It All" Magnet Records BOD1, BODT1 1987
"Skankin Queens" 7" & 12" b/w "My Remarkable Mind" Magnet Records BOD2, BODT2 1987
"Slip Slide" 7" & 12" b/w "Naming Names", "Long Time Dead" Magnet Records BOD3, BODT3 1987
"Decide" 12" b/w "Hard On", "The Groove" Play Hard Records Dec 18 1989
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Albums
Played Magnet Records BODL 2001 1987
"Skankin Queens"
"What You Want"
"Scar Tissue"
"Tall Stories"
"Clear"
"Untitled"
"Therese"
"Slip Slide"
"The Back Door"
"William Shatner"
The Japanese release (Cat. No. VDP-1319) contained two extra tracks: "Therese" (New Extended Mix) and "Heard It All"
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Compilation appearances
NME C86 Compilation NME 22 Contributed "Therese". Free with the NME Weekly Music paper. Was also released as a 500 numbered promo was released for radio with the number NME Pro 1. It was later released with a different sleeve on Rough Trade with the number ROUGH 100. 1986
It's Different For Domeheads Creation CRELP 5 Contributed "Paradise"
Record Mirror 12". Free release with the Record Mirror Magazine on Ensign RM6. Contributed "Back Door (live)" 1986
Flowers In The Sky 1984-1987 Creation CRELP 028 CD Contributed "God Bless"
Creation Soup Volume 2 Creation CRECD 102 (on vinyl as CRELP 102) Contributed "God Bless", "Paradise"
Creation Soup Volume 3 Creation CRECD 103 (on vinyl as CRELP 103) Contributed "William Shatner"
Hand To Mouth Playhard Contributed "Hard On" and "Call Your Name"
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Other releases
"William Shatner" Canadian Live Bootleg (7") Label Unknown BODX1 This was free with BODT1
God Bless
The Bodines Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'God Bless' by these artists:
3. MiyaGi & Эндшпиль Поларойды защищают мои бедные глаза. Я выкатил погулять, ря…
Ace Da Vinci Waking up in my city Every day is not promised Niggas say…
badchieff God bless hab' ich heut' kein' Anzug an (oh-oh) God bless…
Belly I put my hands together and pray God bless the grind Stunt…
Bgmfk Parait que t'es classe, nous on est glacé Pas premier d…
Butter Bullets J'm'endors sur du Ghostface avec une paire de grosse fesses …
Combichrist God bless: Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Kaczynski, Richard Rami…
Cro badchieff God bless hab' ich heut' kein' Anzug an (oh-oh) God bless…
Danielson So lost in the everyday. I can feel, I got feelers. (All…
Funk Orchestra T.P.O Yeah Many nights I lay awake thinking bout the great escape …
G-Lew Diplooo DiploooDiploooDiploooDiplooo…
Grafh & DJ Shay Intro (Siri) And R.I.P. Dj Shay Verse 1 (Grafh) I just th…
Hamza Yeah Hey, hey Ooh, hey Fuck, eh (Watch me like this) Drug,…
Houk music/lyrics - D. Malejonek The eye is light of the body I…
J-Diggs Shane is in a cool band He plays the little man Acting…
Kalmi Verse 1 : Tre Ess No satisfaction or a closure Selling dream…
Laeti Oh la la, Shazz (si, si, si, si) God Bless, ça…
Lamb You're gonna feel the wind at your heels, you know You're…
LL Cool J Uh Definitely gonna be butter, know mean? It's gone be butte…
Mary Mary Come and bless the Lord our God Come and bless our…
MiaGi & Эндшпиль Поларойды защищают мои бедные глаза. Я выкатил погулять, ря…
Naïa Valdez Baby no podemos saber Si mañana estamos aquí Solo nos queda …
Nik Kershaw God bless this happy home God bless the hugs and kisses Keep…
RasTa MC no estoy quiero como por lo menos estoy bien salud y…
RK Dai-dai-daimo Beats Eh, Christian Dior, Chanel, dis-moi c'q…
Seyed Yeah, ey Mitternacht, Raubzug, raus Richtung Aufzug Cops st…
Sky Ferreira Them that's got shall have Them that's not shall lose So the…
Sophia ちょっとつまずいたくらいでへこんでるようじゃ まだまだ君も青いね 出直したら? 可哀想な物語の中で彷徨ってるんでしょ…
Sweatshop Union "Do you believe, in God?" {*echoes*} [Verse One] Man the…
The Gladiators I am a god bless tell them my friend So needless…
The Graeme Watkins Project Rewind my mind so I can spend more time with…
Tyson S.T Gold on me god bless Hoes want me god bless Foes want…
Uneducated Kid 착하게만 살 수는 없잖아 너도 누군가 되고 싶잖아 내일 눈 뜰지 누가…
Vinnie Paz [Intro] Boxcutter Pazzie Y'all motherfuckers beat me in a …
VOLO On ne parle plus de Babylone Aujourd'hui on ne parle que…
Vybz Kartel See me a seh, Far Life Record Lock di world, yawd…
Waiian From the city with the worst traffic in the world With…
МiyaGi & Эндшпиль Поларойды защищают мои бедные глаза. Я выкатил погулять, ря…
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mamtor
The debut single from mamtor 'Horse to Water' is out on 1st June 2022. A brand new popular beat combo featuring former members of The Bodines (Creation Records), Bison and The Soil Brothers. mamtor live and work in the shadow of the ancient and mystical mamtor, in the gateway to the Dark Peak.
http://mamtor.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkeiPTyDsG4
Brandon Siddall
Nothing has this sound anymore.
Croak Hilleburg
This is cool. ❄️
theleadshoes
God bless everyone in this whole world but you!
And the likes of you, of course.
Lucien Rubempre
Breaking the Back of the Bunnymen
jergens chris
These horsemen are NOT headless!
theleadshoes
@jergens chris Not to mention they're bunnies and not horses.
Spectrescup
I feel an idiot for not hearing the obvious Bunnyman influence. Funnily enough, in the indie mafia around this time (early '86?), the Bunnymen were not considered cool.
willma FTDs
Good shout