Virgin Prunes

The Virgin Prunes were founded in 1977 by vocalists Guggi (né Derek Rowen), Gavin Friday (né Fionan Hanvey) and Dave-iD Busaras, guitarist Dik Evans (brother of U2's The Edge), bassist Strongman (Trevor Rowen, brother of Guggi) and drummer Pod (Anthony Murphy). Two of the band members, Guggi and Friday, had been part of Lypton Village, a "youthful gang" in early 1970s Dublin, which had also included U2's Bono. Known for their outrageous and controversial stage performances, led by theatrical singer/songwriter Friday, the band began playing small shows in Dublin, gaining them a cult audience. on their own Baby Records label (distributed by Rough Trade) on 8 January 1981, followed by a second single, "Moments and Mine (Despite Straight Lines)", on 27 June 1981. Two other tracks recorded with Binttii were released during 1981 before conflicts with other members forced him out of the band. "A New Form of Beauty" was a project that originally contained four chapters and was released in various formats: a 7" single, 10" single and 12" EP released in 1981, and a cassette issued in 1982. The project also included two additional pieces, the unpublished book A New Form of Beauty 6 and the unreleased film A New Form of Beauty 7. ==Band members==

Timeline ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = left:105 bottom:60 top:0 right:0 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1977 till:30/06/1991 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:horizontal position:bottom ScaleMajor = increment:5 start:1977 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1977 Colors = id:vocals value:red legend:Vocals id:guitar value:green legend:Guitar id:keys value:purple legend:Keyboards id:bass value:blue legend:Bass id:drums value:orange legend:Drums id:release value:black legend:Album BarData = bar:Gavin text:"Gavin Friday" bar:Guggi text:"Guggi" bar:Dik text:"Dik Evans" bar:Strongman text:"Strongman" bar:Pod text:"Pod" bar:Binttii text:"Haa-Lacka Binttii" bar:Mary text:"Mary D’Nellon" bar:Dave-id text:"Dave-id Busaras" PlotData= width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4) bar:Gavin from:01/01/1977 till:15/06/1986 color:vocals bar:Guggi from:01/01/1977 till:15/06/1984 color:vocals bar:Dik from:01/01/1977 till:15/06/1984 color:guitar bar:Strongman from:01/01/1977 till:15/06/1991 color:bass bar:Dave-id from:01/01/1977 till:15/06/1991 color:vocals width:3 bar:Pod from:01/01/1977 till:15/06/1980 color:drums bar:Pod from:15/06/1984 till:15/06/1986 color:drums bar:Binttii from:15/06/1980 till:15/06/1981 color:drums bar:Binttii from:15/06/1980 till:15/06/1981 color:keys width:3 bar:Mary from:15/06/1981 till:15/06/1984 color:drums bar:Mary from:15/06/1984 till:15/06/1986 color:guitar bar:Mary from:15/06/1986 till:15/06/1991 color:guitar bar:Mary from:15/06/1986 till:15/06/1991 color:vocals width:3 LineData = layer:back color:release at:15/11/1982 at:01/06/1986 ==Discography==

Albums Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Video albums EPs Singles Selected compilation appearances • "Red Nettle" on C81 (1981, Rough Trade/NME) • "Third Secret" on Perspectives and Distortion (1981, Cherry Red) • "Jigsaw Mentallama" on Vinyl Magazine #9 flexi disc (1981, Vinyl Magazine) • "Mad Bird in the Wood" on Dokument: Ten Highlights in the History of Popular Music 1981>1982 (1982, Roadrunner) == Literature ==

• Rolf Vasellari: The Faculties of a Broken Heart (1985, Black Sheep Press) ==References==