The Barracudas

The Barracudas are an English based Anglo-Canadian band formed in the late 1970s.

The band's original lineup consisted of: Jeremy Gluck (vocals), Robin Wills (guitar & vocals), David Buckley (bass & vocals) and Nick Turner (drums).

They are notable for their summer 1980 hit "Summer Fun", which started with an excerpt from a spoof 1960s advertisement for the Plymouth Barracuda, in which one of the announcers has difficulty pronouncing the word barracuda. The single reached number 37 in the UK singles chart

Originally perceived as a novelty surf act due to the first album, subsequent recordings showed them to be a fierce garage rock and roll band, in the mold of the 13th Floor Elevators and The Seeds. The band split in 1984, but reformed in 1989 to record "Wait For Everything", and then again in 2005 for the self titled album on NDN. Throughout their career their live performances have been energetic and frenetic.

Discography

7" Singles

• "I Want My Woody Back/Subway Surfin" Cells CELLOUT 1 (02/1979)
• "Summer Fun/Chevy Baby" Zonophone Z5(07/1980)
• "His Last Summer/Barracuda Waver/Surfers Are Back" Zonophone Z8 (09/1980)
• "(I Wish It Could Be) 1965 Again/Rendezvous" Zonophone Z11 (11/1980)
• "I Can't Pretend/K.G.B. (Made a Man Out of Me)" Zonophone Z17(01/1981)
• "Inside Mind/Hour Of Degradation" Flicknife FLS027 (02/1982)
• "I Can't Pretend EP" Voxx/Bomp EP3303 (06/1982)
• "The Way We've Changed/Laughin At You" Closer CL0006 (03/1984)
• "Stolen Heart/See Her Eyes Again" Closer CL7-15 (09/1984)
• "Live EP" Record Runner RRR-002 (??/1984)
• "Very Last Day/There's A World Out There" Bucketful Of Brains BOB7 (06/1985) Free with magazine
• "Next Time Around/Takes What He Wants" Sympathy for The Record Industry SFTRI49 (07/1990)
• "I Thought You Sounded That Way Yesterday" Shake SAL202 (01/1991)
• "What You Want is What You Get/Somebody '05" NDN NDN040 (2005)

12" Singles and EPs

• "House Of Kicks" Flicknife FLEP103 (05/1983)
• "Live In Madrid" El Piso K9EP13 (07/1984)
• "Stolen Heart" Closer CL12-15 (09/1984)
• "Grammar Of Misery" Shakin' Street YEAHUP015 (10/1990)

Albums

• Drop Out with The Barracudas LP Zonophone ZONO103 (02/1981)/ Voxx 200.009 (??/1982)
• "Drop Out with The Barracudas" CD EMI Gold 8757582 (05/2005) remaster with bonus tracks/ Voxx VCD2009 (06/1994) diff bonus tracks
• "Mean Time" LP Closer CL001 (02/1983)/CD Mau Mau (06/1995) inc bonus tracks/CD Airmail (11/2006) remaster with more bonus tracks
• "Live '83" LP Coyote COR021 (10/1983)
• "Endeavour To Persevere" LP Closer CL009 (04/1984)/CD Mau Mau (06/1995) inc bonus tracks/CD Airmail (11/2006) remaster with more bonus tracks
• "The Big Gap" LP Coyote COR022 (07/1984)
• "Los Angeles and Vicinity Vol 1 (Live in Le Havre 1982/09/18)" LP 66 Records MP1002 (1985) Bootleg
• "(I Wish It Could Be) 1965 Again" LP GMG 75003 (01/1985)
• "The World's A Burn" LP Trust Minitrust1 (04/1985)
• "Live In Madrid" LP Impossible A4-25 (07/1985)
• "Surf and Destroy" LP/CD GMG 270 (06/1987)
• "The Garbage Dump Tapes" LP/CD Shakin' Street YEAH HUP 006 (01/1990)
• "The Complete EMI Recordings" CD EMI C2-95 185 (01/1991)
• "Wait For Everything" LP/CD Shake 203 (02/1992)
• "Two Sides of a Coin 1979-84" CD Flicknife/Anagram CDM M GRAM 62 (03/1993)
• "Through The Mysts Of Time: Rarities 1979-81" CD Voxx VCD2072 (10/1999)
• "This Ain't My Time: Anthology '79-'90" CD Castle (2001)
• "The Barracudas" LP/CD NDN NDN41 (10/2005)

External links

• http://www.flamin-groovy.com/ Chris Wilson Official Site
• The Barracudas' punknet77 entry
• 1998 interview with Jeremy Gluck
• A Barracudas photo gallery
• The Barracudas' punkmodpop.free.fr entry