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'''Lazarus Clamp''' are an English band of some longevity and interest, who can make a reasonable claim to being one of the minor, undiscovered, rough-cut gems of British independent music - but who probably have only themselves to blame for their low profile.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk/interviews/postcard/lazarus.html|title=Lazarus Clamp|website=Robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref> Formed in [[Leicester]] in 1994, the band's early intensity (angular, noisy, [[post-hardcore]] influences were the most evident at this point) and musical ambition (often undermined by a semi-notorious degree of equipment failure and breakdown), earned them a combination of admiration, sympathy, and disdain on the [[English Midlands|Midlands]] scene.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}
'''Lazarus Clamp''' are an English band punk rock band, formed in [[Leicester]] in 1994, known for keeping a low profile and for its humorous live performances.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk/interviews/postcard/lazarus.html|title=Lazarus Clamp|website=Robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The band's debut single ''Sea Sore Songs'' was released on Amberley/ Cleverlegs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk/reviews/archive/july99.html|title=Robots & Electronic Brains - eclectic music zine|website=Robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref> It was already a historical artifact, both in terms of the band's sound and the [[post-rock]] scene that had supported it. The band had other early releases on Bearos Records and Sorted, both midlands based.<ref name=sorted>[http://www.jobhosle.f2s.com/sorted/index.htm]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=bearos>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldoffox.com/bearos/product.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211005914/http://www.worldoffox.com/bearos/product.htm |archive-date=11 February 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The band had a good relationship the now-defunct [[Guildford]] label, Words and Works Rejected.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forcedexposure.com/Errorpage.aspx|title=Forced Exposure|website=Forcedexposure.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref>
The band's debut single "Sea Sore Songs" was released on Amberley/Cleverlegs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk/reviews/archive/july99.html|title=Robots & Electronic Brains - eclectic music zine|website=Robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref> The band had other early releases on Bearos Records and Sorted, both [[Midlands]]-based.<ref name="sorted">[http://www.jobhosle.f2s.com/sorted/index.htm]{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref name=bearos>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldoffox.com/bearos/product.htm |title=Product |access-date=11 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211005914/http://www.worldoffox.com/bearos/product.htm |archive-date=11 February 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The band had a good relationship with the now-defunct [[Guildford]] label, Words, and Works Rejected.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forcedexposure.com/Errorpage.aspx|title=Forced Exposure|website=Forcedexposure.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref>


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Their subsequent singles ("North",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.normanrecords.com/?release=celinewhiskey|title=Vinyl records online store: buy & pre-order &#124; Norman Records UK|website=Normanrecords.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref> "Left-handed",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://1map.com/it/splendidezinecom|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051221124447/http://www.splendidezine.com/departments/ten/27-mar-00.html|url-status=dead|title=Splendid are detective. Splendid are select.|archivedate=21 December 2005|website=1map.com}}</ref> "Some Rivals"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blissaquamarine.net/singlereviews24b.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060711184959/http://www.blissaquamarine.net/singlereviews24b.html|url-status=dead|title=Bliss/Aquamarine - Alternative, Underground And Indie Music<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=11 July 2006}}</ref>) and the band's first two LPs (''Such as you are and still not seeming to mind'' and ''The more we are the funnier it is''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/|title=BBC - Home|website=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref>) show a wider range of influences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.popnews.com/popnews/lazarusclamp/|title=LAZARUS CLAMP - The More We Are The Funnier It Is -album- POPNEWS JANVIER 2002<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=Popnews.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref> In early 2008, they released a double album, ''Death to Technicians / It ain't what you do it's what it does to you'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myspace.com/lazarusclamp|title=Lazarus Clamp &#124; Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos|website=Myspace.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref> described by ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' as "wonkily elaborate".<ref>[http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3573020]{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> In late 2009, they released the ''Against entitlement'' LP. This received positive reviews from sources including ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' and ''Delusions of Adequacy''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6912395.ece |title=Lazarus Clamp: Against entitlement review &#124; CD reviews |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615190827/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6912395.ece |archive-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adequacy.net/2010/01/fao23-little-red-rabbit-records-lazarus-clamp-anna-kashfi-last-harbour/ |title=FAO#23: Little Red Rabbit Records (Lazarus Clamp, Anna Kashfi & Last Harbour) : DOA |website=www.adequacy.net |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229090752/http://www.adequacy.net/2010/01/fao23-little-red-rabbit-records-lazarus-clamp-anna-kashfi-last-harbour/ |archive-date=29 February 2012 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
As the band developed (and relaxed a little), and the line-up changed and then settled, Lazarus Clamp began to allow other influences to show through - English folk music, American country, and some rather deadpan humour.{{When|date=August 2017}}

Subsequent singles ("North",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.normanrecords.com/?release=celinewhiskey|title=Vinyl records online store: buy & pre-order &#124; Norman Records UK|website=Normanrecords.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref> "Left-handed",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://1map.com/it/splendidezinecom|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051221124447/http://www.splendidezine.com/departments/ten/27-mar-00.html|url-status=dead|title=Splendid are detective. Splendid are select.|archivedate=21 December 2005|website=1map.com}}</ref> "Some Rivals"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blissaquamarine.net/singlereviews24b.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060711184959/http://www.blissaquamarine.net/singlereviews24b.html|url-status=dead|title=Bliss/Aquamarine - Alternative, Underground And Indie Music<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=11 July 2006}}</ref>) and the band's first two [[LP album|LP]]s (''Such as you are and still not seeming to mind'' and ''The more we are the funnier it is''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/|title=BBC - Home|website=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref>) provide a better snapshot of Lazarus Clamp's literate, spontaneous, scruffy, and very English, take on their ragbag of influences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.popnews.com/popnews/lazarusclamp/|title=LAZARUS CLAMP - The More We Are The Funnier It Is -album- POPNEWS JANVIER 2002<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=Popnews.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref> These releases are a beguiling, and sometimes frustrating, combination of precisely-executed, off-beat 'alt-pop/unrock', peppered with lo-fi home recordings, and off-the-cuff improvised meanderings.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} The band's willingness to fall on their faces, and their musical and verbal articulacy when they pull things together, are probably their greatest virtues.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}

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In early 2008, they released a double album, ''Death to Technicians / It ain't what you do it's what it does to you'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myspace.com/lazarusclamp|title=Lazarus Clamp &#124; Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos|website=Myspace.com|accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref> described by Drowned in Sound as 'wonkily elaborate' <ref>[http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3573020]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and in late 2009, they released the ''Against entitlement'' LP. This received positive reviews from sources as diverse as ''The Sunday Times'', and Delusions of Adequacy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6912395.ece |title=Archived copy |website=entertainment.timesonline.co.uk |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615190827/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6912395.ece |archive-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adequacy.net/2010/01/fao23-little-red-rabbit-records-lazarus-clamp-anna-kashfi-last-harbour/ |title=Archived copy |website=www.adequacy.net |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229090752/http://www.adequacy.net/2010/01/fao23-little-red-rabbit-records-lazarus-clamp-anna-kashfi-last-harbour/ |archive-date=29 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Live==
Never prolific in their live outings, Lazarus Clamp are still active.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} The band now live in different parts of the UK, making live appearances rarer. The band have appeared and collaborated with Bob Tilton, John Sims, Los Planetos Del Agua, MJ Hibbett, Last Harbour, Half Seas Over, Twinkie and The Freed Unit.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}

==Influence==
An easy-going [[DIY ethic]] has made them popular with [[sound engineer]]s, [[fanzines]] and fellow musicians, but largely invisible to promoters, labels and the press.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}


==Discography==
==Discography==
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*''Death to technicians''. CD (2008, Bearos/ Cleverlegs)
*''Death to technicians''. CD (2008, Bearos/ Cleverlegs)
*''It ain't what you do its what it does to you''. Additional CD album included with initial run of 'Death to Technicians.' (2008, Bearos/ Cleverlegs)
*''It ain't what you do its what it does to you''. Additional CD album included with initial run of 'Death to Technicians.' (2008, Bearos/ Cleverlegs)
*''Against entitlement. LP/CD. (2009, Little Red Rabbit/ Cleverlegs)
*''Against entitlement''. LP/CD. (2009, Little Red Rabbit/ Cleverlegs)
*''The bird is not the metaphor'.LP/CD. (2015, Damnably)
*''The bird is not the metaphor''. LP/CD. (2015, Damnably)


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 00:33, 27 September 2024

Lazarus Clamp
OriginLeicester, England
GenresPunk
Years active1994–present
LabelsBearos Records, Sorted, Words and Works Records
Websitehttp://www.lazarusclamp.co.uk

Lazarus Clamp are an English band punk rock band, formed in Leicester in 1994, known for keeping a low profile and for its humorous live performances.[1]

History

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The band's debut single "Sea Sore Songs" was released on Amberley/Cleverlegs.[2] The band had other early releases on Bearos Records and Sorted, both Midlands-based.[3][4] The band had a good relationship with the now-defunct Guildford label, Words, and Works Rejected.[5]

Their subsequent singles ("North",[6] "Left-handed",[7] "Some Rivals"[8]) and the band's first two LPs (Such as you are and still not seeming to mind and The more we are the funnier it is[9]) show a wider range of influences.[10] In early 2008, they released a double album, Death to Technicians / It ain't what you do it's what it does to you,[11] described by Drowned in Sound as "wonkily elaborate".[12] In late 2009, they released the Against entitlement LP. This received positive reviews from sources including The Sunday Times and Delusions of Adequacy.[13][14]

Discography

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Singles

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  • "Sea Sore Songs" - 1999 (Amberley/ Cleverlegs)
  • "North" - split 7-inch (Jonathan Whiskey)
  • "Left-handed" - (Bearos Records)
  • "Some Rivals" - split 7-inch (Sorted)
  • "Don't Fence Me In" - split 7-inch (Damnably)

LPs

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  • Such as you are and still not seeming to mind. LP (2001, Words and works rejected/ Cleverlegs)
  • The more we are the funnier it is. CD (2004, Words and works rejected/ Cleverlegs)
  • Death to technicians. CD (2008, Bearos/ Cleverlegs)
  • It ain't what you do its what it does to you. Additional CD album included with initial run of 'Death to Technicians.' (2008, Bearos/ Cleverlegs)
  • Against entitlement. LP/CD. (2009, Little Red Rabbit/ Cleverlegs)
  • The bird is not the metaphor. LP/CD. (2015, Damnably)

References

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  1. ^ "Lazarus Clamp". Robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Robots & Electronic Brains - eclectic music zine". Robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. ^ [1][permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Product". Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Forced Exposure". Forcedexposure.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Vinyl records online store: buy & pre-order | Norman Records UK". Normanrecords.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Splendid are detective. Splendid are select". 1map.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2005.
  8. ^ "Bliss/Aquamarine - Alternative, Underground And Indie Music". Archived from the original on 11 July 2006.
  9. ^ "BBC - Home". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  10. ^ "LAZARUS CLAMP - The More We Are The Funnier It Is -album- POPNEWS JANVIER 2002". Popnews.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Lazarus Clamp | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  12. ^ [2][permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ "Lazarus Clamp: Against entitlement review | CD reviews". The Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  14. ^ "FAO#23: Little Red Rabbit Records (Lazarus Clamp, Anna Kashfi & Last Harbour) : DOA". www.adequacy.net. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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