Sidi Bou Said (band)

This article is about a rock band. For a city in Tunisia, see Sidi Bou Said.
Sidi Bou Said
Origin London, England
Genres Rock, Alternative rock
Years active 1993–1997; 2005
Labels Ultimate Recording Company (1993-1997)
Website Official site
Members Claire Lemmon
Gayl Harrison
Melanie Woods
Lee Howton

Sidi Bou Said were a London-based rock band, who existed during the 1990s. Their music combined an indie rock/folk sound with complex arrangements and literate lyrics. They were often compared to Throwing Muses and the Pixies, with whom they shared a taste for sometimes uncomfortable lyrical themes - murder, religion, the workings of the human body and surrealist stories and films. Their name comes from a town in Tunisia.

Sidi Bou Said's debut album was produced by Tim Friese-Greene. Their next two albums were produced by members of Cardiacs, and they were regular contributors to their stage shows and recordings. In 2001, they briefly reformed, with an additional guitarist under the name Tetra, and played a one-off reunion gig as Sidi Bou Said on 15 December 2005 at The Water Rats, London.

Albums

Singles

c/w Romp on 7 inch; c/w Romp/Wild on 12 inch/CD ""Thing" (1994 Ultimate Records TOPP023)
c/w Lukewarm on 7 inch; c/w Lukewarm/These Things on CD

c/w Throwing Myself Off A Building (acoustic)/On My Tongue (acoustic)/My Secret Garden (acoustic) on 10 inch; c/w Slitty Gap/Throwing Myself Off A Building (acoustic) on CD

c/w Faster (acoustic) on 7 inch; c/w Blood/Faster (plus vite) on CD

c/w Red Bus Rover on 7 inch picture disc; c/w Fishy/Funnybody on CD

c/w Obsessive/New Skin/Long, Long, Long on CD1; c/w Obsessive/Head in Sand/Sylvie on CD2

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