The Primitives

The Primitives were formed in the summer of 1984 by PJ Court (born Paul Jonathan Court) (vocals, guitar), Steve Dullaghan (born Stephen Anthony Dullaghan, ex–Nocturnal Babies) (bass guitar), Peter Tweedie (drums) and Keiron McDermott, ex-Nocturnal Babies (vocals). Vocalist McDermott was later replaced by Tracy Tracy (born Tracy Louise Cattell). McDermott left the band claiming that he could not work with new manager Wayne Morris, and so reformed the Nocturnal Babies. Needing a singer for an upcoming gig, Court wrote on a piece of scrap paper "male singer wanted" and posted it at the Coventry library. Tracy responded that afternoon. The band were part of the indie music scene of the mid-1980s, "Way Behind Me" was released as a single soon after, and was included on later versions of the debut album, as well as on the follow-up studio album Pure. The studio album Pure (1989) was preceded by three singles: "Way Behind Me" (UK No. 36, US Modern Rock No. 8), "Sick of It" (UK No. 24, US Modern Rock No. 9) and "Secrets", (UK No. 49, US Modern Rock No. 12). In 1990, the band co-headlined a tour of the US with the Sugarcubes as well as a short tour of Japan. They split in 1992 following the commercial failure of their third studio album Galore (1991). Their song "Crash" was featured on the soundtrack album for the Peter Farrelly film Dumb and Dumber in 1994. == Reformation (2009–present) ==

Steve Dullaghan died in Coventry on 4 February 2009, following which, after nearly 18 years of dormancy, the Primitives re-formed, with new bassist Raphael Moore. The Japanese edition of Echoes and Rhymes features three additional bonus tracks, two of which are remix versions of "Need All the Help I Can Get" and "Breakaway". The third bonus track "Can't Stop the Want", also featured on the digital EP Turn Off the Moon. Their original track "You Trashed My Christmas" is featured on the Elefant Records compilation album A Christmas Gift for You from Elefant Records. An accompanying video for the track was released. In March 2013, the compilation album ''Everything's Shining Bright – The Lazy Recordings 1985 – 1987 was issued. The compilation featured all of the Lazy releases; unreleased, different versions of songs that were on Lovely''; some 1985 demos; and the 1987 ICA show, with Morrissey introducing the band on stage. The single "Lose the Reason" was released on 18 February 2013 through Elefant Records. Spin-O-Rama, the group's fifth studio album, was released on Elefant on 13 October 2014, and it was preceded by the release of the title track as a 7" and download single. In April 2017, the four-song collection New Thrills was released. The first 1,000 copies were personally autographed by band members. Included with the album was a code and instructions for digital download. == Members ==

Current members • Paul Court – guitars, vocals (1985–1991, 2009–present) • Tracy Tracy (aka Tracy Cattell) – vocals (1986–1991, 2009–present) • Tig Williams – drums (1987–1991, 2009–present) • Paul Sampson – bass (1989–1991, 2020–present) Former members • Steve Dullaghan – bass, guitars (1985–1989; died 2009) • Peter Tweedie – drums (1985–1987) • Keiron McDermott – vocals (1985–1986) • Clive Layton – keyboards (1988–1991) • Andy Hobson – bass (1989) • Neil Champion – bass (1991) • Raph Moore – bass (2009-2019) == Discography ==

• Lovely (1988) • Pure (1989) • Galore (1991) • Echoes and Rhymes (2012) • Spin-O-Rama (2014) == References ==