Psychedelic Furs

The Psychedelic Furs are an influential British post-punk band founded in the 1970s. Punk had dismissed psychedelic rock and was adamantly opposed to it. The Furs embraced punk's more liberating elements, but discarded such limitations and also embraced psychedelic rock. The outcome was a combination of droning guitars and sax, rhythm section in the deep end of the pool, and raspy biting vocals with a slightly more pop feel than punk, becoming progressively more pop and less punk with successive albums. After spending the last half of the 1990s apart they reformed in 2000. They are most remembered for their hit single "Pretty in Pink" which became a hit years after the fact because of the movie named after it. The movie bears little resemblance to the song. They also had a minor hit with "Heartbreak Beat" which peaked at #26.

Many personnel changes took place throughout the years, but the Butler brothers and John Ashton have been constants.

Table of contents

1 Personnel
2 Discography
3 External links

Personnel

Richard Butler: vocals
Tim Butler: bass
John Ashton: guitar
Vince Ely: drums
Duncan Kilburn: saxophone
Roger Morris: guitar
Phillip Calvert: drums

Discography

The Psychedelic Furs 1980 CBS Records
Talk Talk Talk 1981 CBS
Forever Now 1982 CBS
Mirror Moves 1984 CBS
Midnight to Midnight
All of This and Nothing (compilation) 1988 CBS
World Outside
Here Came the Psychedelic Furs: B Sides and Lost Grooves (compilation) 1994 Sony Records
Should God Forget (compilation)