The Raincoats

6music

Formed 1977.

Biography

The Raincoats are a British post-punk band. Ana da Silva (vocals, guitar) and Gina Birch (vocals, bass) formed the group in 1977 while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England.

Wikipedia This entry is from Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you find the biography content factually incorrect, defamatory or highly offensive you can edit this article at Wikipedia. Find out more about our use of this data.

Links & Information

Members

BBC Reviews

  1. Odyshape 2011

    Review of Odyshape

    Reviewed by Chris Power

    Post-punk outfit’s ambitious second LP of 1981 should be considered a classic.

  2. The Raincoats 2009

    Review of The Raincoats

    Reviewed by Barney Hoskyns

    A period piece and sacred artefact, not least because of its subsequent endorsements.

Share this page

More BBC Music highlights

  1. Later... with Jools Holland

In order to listen to track previews you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions.

Latest Tracks Played on the BBC

  1. In Love (John Peel Session 06.03.1979)

    BBC 6 Music | Marc Riley Night Works

     
  2. Only Loved At Night

    BBC 6 Music | Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone Squarepusher's Music Is Rotted One Note

     
  3. Fairytale in the Supermarket

    BBC 6 Music | Marc Riley Jim Noir

     
  4. Lola

    BBC 6 Music | A Month of Sundays Episode 4

     
  5. No One's Little Girl

    BBC 6 Music | Steve Lamacq 19/09/2011

     

Similar Artists

  1. Delta 5

    Delta 5

  2. LiLiPUT

    LiLiPUT

  3. Young Marble Giants

    Young Marble Giants

  4. Essential Logic

    Essential Logic

  5. We use data provided by The Echo Nest to recommend similar artists. Find out more about this information.

BBC © 2013 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.