| Artist: Marine Girls |
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| Discography: Marine Girls |
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| Marine Girls | |
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| Origin | Hertfordshire, England |
| Genre(s) | Post-punk |
| Years active | 1980 – 1983 |
| Label(s) | Whaam! Cherry Red Cooking Vinyl |
| Associated acts | Everything But The Girl Grab Grab the Haddock |
| Website | Label Page |
| Members | |
| Tracey Thorn (1980-1983) Jane Fox (1980-1983) Alice Fox (1981-1983) |
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| Gina Hartman (1980-81) | |
Marine Girls were a music group from Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The group was formed in 1980 by two sixth form school friends: Tracey Thorn and Gina Hartman. Originally, Thorn played guitar and Gina was vocalist and percussionist. They were later joined by Jane Fox on bass and her younger sister Alice on joint vocals and percussion. The group sang minimalist songs about the sea, love and everything else.
Contemporaries of acts such as Young Marble Giants and The Raincoats, the group applied the DIY ethic of the time to record a self-produced and self-released cassette called A Day By The Sea. They went on to record an album Beach Party which was initially released on In Phaze, then later released by Dan Tracey of Television Personalities label Whamm!. In 1981, Tracey Thorn moved to Hull to attend university, and Gina Hartman left the band in 1981 to pursue other musical projects. The group still performed together occasionally and released a second album Lazy Ways in April 1983.
From 1982, Thorn concentrated on her studies and her growing personal and professional relationship with fellow Hull student Ben Watt (who contributed the photography for Lazy Ways). As Everything But The Girl, their first single included a re-recording of the Marine Girls song "On My Mind".
Marine Girls formally disbanded in 1983. Tracey Thorn achieved success with Everything But The Girl, while the Fox sisters recorded as Grab Grab the Haddock.
Beach Party was named as one of Kurt Cobain's 50 favourite albums in his diaries. The two albums were reissued as a "two-fer" on CD by Cooking Vinyl in 1997.
| Year | Title | Type | UK Indie Chart Position | |
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| Dec | 1981 | "On My Mind" / "The Lure Of The Rockpools" | Single | |
| Mar | 1982 | Beach Party | Album | #29 |
| Feb | 1983 | "Don't Come Back" / "You Must Be Mad" | Single | #21 |
| Apr | 1983 | Lazy Ways | Album | #4 |
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