Now all we need is for someone to release those Church Grims demos on CD. Like seeing their peers The Visitors at last gain recognition (through their Miss collection also released by Matinée), it's rewarding, if somewhat odd, to have a 'new' CD with the name Remember Fun on the sleeve, and if I have to say that I still prefer the older demo version of 'Train Song' to the released one, well that's perhaps just me being elitist. Remember Fun had a fine line in scathing social and political lyrics wrapped in deceptively sweet tunes, and they were one of many groups who drew inspiration from the Postcard scene of the early '80s. Remember Fun were a fine gang of Glasgow lads made most infamous perhaps for their 'Hey Hey Hate' which graced one of the semi-mythic Sha-La-La label flexi discs. Train Journeys CD EP"Train Journeys"/"Doze Off Them"/"Car"/"Three Cheers When She's Dead" Matinee Nov 1990 "Cold Inside" on "A Lighthouse in the Desert" 12" Egg Records Nov 1989 "Clearly Blurred" on AIRSPACE compilation LP Summer 1989 It is remarkable that this took until the Spring of 2001 to see the light of day with the post-humus CD EP on Matinee Records! The Remember Fun debut single looked set at various times, at one point a Australian single was on the cards. A few members came and went from then on, around the nucleus of Andrew, Raymond and John. The original line up was a 5 piece with Andrew Smith (vocals), John Eslick (guitars), Steven Dunbar (bass), Raymond McDonald (guitars) and Mark Kane (drums). Remember Fun where formed in 1986 when a group of friends came togther to make music. Read Full Bio In the late eighties Remember Fun where very well known the length and breadth of the UK via various compilation records and tapes and the 1987 flexi disc release of "Hey Hey Hate" via "Are You Scared to Get Happy" fanzine. In the late eighties Remember Fun where very well known the length and breadth of the UK via various compilation records and tapes and the 1987 flexi disc release of "Hey Hey Hate" via "Are You Scared to Get Happy" fanzine.
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