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- The_Smirks abstract "The Smirks were an English new wave band from Manchester who played from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Although they failed to meet with commercial success, they built a small but loyal base of fans.They are remembered mostly for a quirky vocal style and for a curious campaign Smirks against Travolta, simultaneously a homage and a parody of Rock Against Racism. The Smirks session for the John Peel show was recorded on 19 April 1978 and broadcast a week later.Despite being more of the new wave/power pop genre, they did support Killing Joke and Joy Division at the ULU gig in London, 1980.Their acrimonious dispute with Beserkley Records, for whom they recorded an album that was never released, is also noteworthy and was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 documentary. The album was finally due to be released in October 2007, but was delayed by the sale of Sanctuary Records to Universal Music and is still awaiting release.".
- The_Smirks activeYearsEndYear "1980".
- The_Smirks activeYearsStartYear "1977".
- The_Smirks associatedBand Alberto_y_Lost_Trios_Paranoias.
- The_Smirks associatedBand Distant_Cousins.
- The_Smirks associatedBand The_Fall_(band).
- The_Smirks associatedBand The_Freshies.
- The_Smirks associatedMusicalArtist Alberto_y_Lost_Trios_Paranoias.
- The_Smirks associatedMusicalArtist Distant_Cousins.
- The_Smirks associatedMusicalArtist The_Fall_(band).
- The_Smirks associatedMusicalArtist The_Freshies.
- The_Smirks background "group_or_band".
- The_Smirks bandMember Ian_Morris_(Mog).
- The_Smirks bandMember Mike_Doherty_(drummer).
- The_Smirks bandMember Neil_Fitzpatrick.
- The_Smirks bandMember Simon_Milner.
- The_Smirks genre New_wave_music.
- The_Smirks genre Power_pop.
- The_Smirks genre Punk_rock.
- The_Smirks hometown England.
- The_Smirks hometown Manchester.
- The_Smirks recordLabel Beserkley_Records.
- The_Smirks wikiPageExternalLink thesmirks.com.
- The_Smirks wikiPageExternalLink public.
- The_Smirks wikiPageExternalLink Apr19smirks.
- The_Smirks wikiPageExternalLink www.oscarb.co.uk.
- The_Smirks wikiPageID "3217730".
- The_Smirks wikiPageLength "4117".
- The_Smirks wikiPageOutDegree "37".
- The_Smirks wikiPageRevisionID "707771085".
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink ALL_FM.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Alberto_y_Lost_Trios_Paranoias.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink BBC_Radio_4.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Beserkley_Records.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_new_wave_musical_groups.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_punk_rock_groups.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musical_groups_disestablished_in_1980.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musical_groups_established_in_1977.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musical_groups_from_Manchester.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Department_of_Health_and_Social_Security.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Distant_Cousins.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Doreen_Edwards.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink England.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Extended_play.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Graham_Fellows.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Ian_Morris_(Mog).
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink John_Peel.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink John_Travolta.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Led_Zeppelin.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Manchester.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Mike_Doherty_(drummer).
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Neil_Fitzpatrick.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink New_wave_music.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Parody.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Power_pop.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Punk_rock.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Rock_Against_Racism.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Simon_Milner.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink Swan_Song_Records.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink The_Fall_(band).
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLink The_Freshies.
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLinkText "Smirks, guitar/sax)".
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLinkText "The Smirks".
- The_Smirks wikiPageWikiLinkText "Weekend".
- The_Smirks associatedActs Alberto_y_Lost_Trios_Paranoias.
- The_Smirks associatedActs Distant_Cousins.
- The_Smirks associatedActs The_Fall_(band).
- The_Smirks associatedActs The_Freshies.
- The_Smirks background "group_or_band".
- The_Smirks currentMembers "Ian Morris bass and backing vocals".
- The_Smirks currentMembers "Mike Doherty drums".
- The_Smirks currentMembers "Neil Fitzpatrick lead guitar and vocals".
- The_Smirks currentMembers "Simon Milner lead vocal and guitar".
- The_Smirks genre New_wave_music.
- The_Smirks genre Power_pop.
- The_Smirks genre Punk_rock.
- The_Smirks label "Beserkley, Smirksong".
- The_Smirks name "The Smirks".
- The_Smirks origin England.
- The_Smirks origin Manchester.
- The_Smirks website thesmirks.com.
- The_Smirks wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_musical_artist.
- The_Smirks wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- The_Smirks wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Unreferenced.
- The_Smirks yearsActive "1977".
- The_Smirks subject Category:English_new_wave_musical_groups.
- The_Smirks subject Category:English_punk_rock_groups.
- The_Smirks subject Category:Musical_groups_disestablished_in_1980.
- The_Smirks subject Category:Musical_groups_established_in_1977.
- The_Smirks subject Category:Musical_groups_from_Manchester.
- The_Smirks hypernym Band.
- The_Smirks type Agent.
- The_Smirks type Band.
- The_Smirks type Group.
- The_Smirks type Organisation.
- The_Smirks type Disestablishment.
- The_Smirks type Group.
- The_Smirks type Organization.
- The_Smirks type Organization.
- The_Smirks type MusicGroup.