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The Jags
The Jags are a fondly remembered part of the late-70s/early 80s UK
power pop explosion. The quartet was
formed in 1978 by the Yorkshire-based song writing team of Nick
Watkins and John Alder with Steve Prudence on bass and Alex Baird
on drums. In July of 1978, they signed to Island Records and
released a promising four track EP.
Their debut LP in 1980, Evening Standards, included
the memorable Back of My Hand, which reached the Top 20 .
The follow-up, Woman's World, barely scraped its way in
to the charts.
Though Evening Standards featured a really solid set
of punchy power pop songs, critics focused instead on Watkins' Elvis
Costello-like delivery, writing the band off as merely mimics.
As steam ran out of the power pop craze, the band attempted to
change their sound a bit. 1981's No Tie Like The Present,
featured a slightly new direction but it was generally overlooked,
despite containing strong singles in The Sound Of
G-O-O-D-B-Y-E and I Never Was A Beachboy.
By 1982, The Jags had disbanded for good, though Back of My
Hand had a revival of sorts in the 1990s, appearing on
several compilations.
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Nick Watkins
Vocals
John Alder
Guitar
Steve Prudence
Bass
Alex Baird
Drums |
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