Paul Quinn

Paul Quinn is the lead singer of cult 1980s band Bourgie Bourgie, who also released records with The Jazzateers, Vince Clarke and Edwyn Collins and sang on an early track by The French Impressionists.

Bourgie Bourgie

This Scottish band were contemporaries of Josef K, The French Impressionists and Aztec Camera and featured the following members:

• Paul Quinn - vocals
• Mick Slaven - guitar
• Keith Band - bass
• Ian Burgoyne - guitar
• Ken McDonald - drums

They released two singles on MCA Records in 1984

• Breaking Point / Apres-Ski (Cat No: BOU1)
• Careless / Change Of Attitude (Cat No: BOU2)

Quinn left the band mid-way through recording the debut album in Bavaria.

with Edwyn Collins

Paul teamed up with Edwyn Collins for a cover of the Velvet Underground's Pale Blue Eyes on Alan Horne's new Swamplands label, and then a further single from the soundtrack to the unreleased film "Punk Rock Hotel" (which was credited solely to Quinn for contractual reasons even though Edwyn Collins wrote and played on the record)

• Pale Blue Eyes / Burro (Swamplands Records - 1984)
• Ain't That Always The Way / Corrina Corrina / Punk Rock Hotel (Swamplands Records - 1985)

with Vince Clarke

Paul Quinn collaborated with Vince Clarke, formally of the bands Depeche Mode and Yazoo in 1985 on the single "One Day" released on Mute Records.

• One Day / Song For (Mute Records 1985) Cat No: TAG1

After the dissolution of Yazoo with Alison Moyet, Vince Clarke had the idea to record a number of tracks with different vocalists and collaborators. However only two singles were recorded this way before Vince decided to settle on vocalist Andy Bell and form the pop act Erasure. Whereas the single "Never Never" (with Feargal Sharkey and Eric Radcliffe under the name The Assembly) was a top ten success in the UK singles chart, "One Day" just missed the Top 75.

The record was produced by Flood and co-written by Vince Clarke with Cameron McVey and Jamie J. Morgan of the band Morgan McVey.

as Paul Quinn & The Independent Group

The Independent Group featured James Kirk of Orange Juice, Blair Cowan from Lloyd Cole and The Commotions, Mick Slaven, Robert Hodgens of The Bluebells, Campbell Owens of Aztec Camera and Alan Horne.

Two albums were released in the mid-1990s on the re-activated Postcard Records label.

• The Phantoms and the Archetypes" (Postcard Records 1992 - produced by Edwyn Collins) Cat No: DUBH 921
• "Will I Ever Be Inside of You" (Postcard Records 1994) Cat No: DUBH 945

Plus a single:

• Stupid Thing / A Passing Thought / Superstar (Postcard Records 1993) Cat No: DUBH 933

as Paul Quinn & The Nectarine No. 9

A final single was released with Davy Henderson of the Fire Engines latest band The Nectarine No. 9 - a cover version of a song by Head!

• Tiger, Tiger (Postcard Records 1995) Cat No: DUBH 952

External links

• Paul Quinn Unofficial Home Page
• The French Impressionists Biog
• Edwyn Collins Official Site
• Erasure Info
• Bourgie Bourgie
• sessions/1980s/1984/Jan18bourgiebourgie/ Bourgie Bourgie Peel Session Info at the BBC
• Cherry Red
• Rockmine
• Emusic
• Twee
• BBC Scotland

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