The Stingrays (Bristol band)


The Stingrays are an English new wave band, which was originally formed in 1977 in Bristol, England, by Russ Mainwaring and Dean Sidney and are still gigging today.. They have experienced various line up changes over the years, but have included: Russ Mainwaring, Bill Stair, Chris Bostock, Sean McLuskey and Paul Johnson.
Their first single, Countdown, was released on local label Fried Egg Records in 1980. They also contributed the track, "Sound", to the seminal Heartbeat Records compilation album, Avon Calling.
The mini-album, The Stingrays At the Dugout in '77: The Sound of Two Hands Clapping, was recorded by Simon Edwards live at the Dug Out Club, Park Row, Bristol. According to Steve Bush of Essential Bop, they were "a bit like Bristol's equivalent of The Ramones. A rockin' unit with an advanced sense of irony."
In 2002 "Countdown" was re-released on the 1977 Records label in Japan
A CD of previously unavailable tracks, Back across the Rubicon was released on in 2009.
2010 saw Japanese manga artist Zawa Freakbeat using The Stingrays gig at The Star Lounge in Tokyo as a theme in his manga Private World Volume 2
In 2011 an EP "The Girl in the Greengrocers" was released in Japan
In 2012 a limited edition vinyl release of Countdown was released in Japan
In 2017 an album Ticket from Home recorded in Osaka Japan was released
In 2019 an EP Kreuzberg was released. Recorded in Berlin, it was produced by Matt Dangerfield of The Boys.

Discography

Singles