JAZZATEERS
1 (1980-1981)
Alison
Gourlay (vocals)
Ian Burgoyne (guitar)
Keith Band (bass)
Colin Auld (drums)
Jazzateers
1 signed to Postcard and were managed by Alan Horne. Several
tracks were recorded for singles / a debut album, all unreleased
as yet. Some tracks were produced by Edwyn Collins, including
a version of Donna Summers' 'Wasted' which was scheduled to
be a Postcard single. Another (unreleased) version of Wasted
was produced by Pete Bellote.
JAZZATEERS
2 (1982)
Paul
Quinn (vocals)
Dee Rutkowski (vocals)
Louise
Rutkowski (vocals)
Ian
Burgoyne (guitar, vocals)
Keith Band (bass)
Colin
Auld (drums)
Jazzateers
2 featured former French Impressionist vocalist Paul Quinn,
who had made his recording debut on the Fruits of Original Sin
track, My Guardian Angel. Jazzateers 2 recorded an album produced
by Alan Horne (Lee) which was due to be released on Postcard
- it's still unreleased.
At this point Alan Horne decided to reposition the group (Quinn,
Burgoyne, Band, Auld) and presented them to major labels. They
were renamed Bourgie Bourgie and recorded several demos. Eventually
Horne decided that Quinn should embark on a solo career and
they both moved to London to try and get a deal.
JAZZATEERS
3 (1983)
Grahame
Skinner (vocals)
Ian Burgoyne (guitar)
Keith Band (bass)
Colin Auld (drums)
Jazzateers
3 reconfigured with Grahame Skinner on vocals and signed to
Rough Trade. Geoff Travis had signed them on the basis of the
tracks he had heard that the Jazzateers had previously recorded
for Postcard. However Jazzateers 3 recorded and delivered an
album to Rough Trade that sounded more like the New York Dolls...
Travis wasn't too impressed.
Show Me The Door / 16 Reasons was released as a single swiftly
followed by the eponymously titled album, which received excellent
reviews. Shortly afterwards Paul Quinn split from Alan Horne
and returned to Glasgow from London, and rejoined Band, Burgoyne
and Auld. At this point they were joined by Mick Slaven on lead
guitar and reverted to the name Bourgie Bourgie, whilst Skinner
started a new group with Douglas MacIntyre called White Savages.
The Jazzateers had been booked to appear on a UK television
show The Switch on back of the press acclaim the group were
getting for their Rough Trade album. However, instead they did
the Switch as Bourgie Bourgie (performing Show Me The Door and
16 Reasons), and shortly afterwards were being courted by every
major label in the UK. Bourgie Bourgie eventually signed to
MCA (with Kenny MacDonald replacing Colin Auld on drums) and
released two singles, Breaking Point and Careless, an album
was recorded (unreleased). Paul Quinn left Bourgie Bourgie and
rejoined Alan Horne at his new Swamplands label (via London
Records), releasing a couple of singles in tow with Edwyn Collins.
JAZZATEERS
4 (1985-1986)
Matthew Wilcox (vocals)
Ian Burgoyne (guitar, keyboards)
Keith Band (bass)
Mick Slaven (guitar)
Douglas MacIntyre (guitar)
Stephen Lironi (drums, keyboards)
Jazzateers
4 released a single (Pressing On) for the Stampede label. An
album was recorded (Blood Is Sweeter Than Honey), predictably
is wasn't released. The group felt tired and burned, even changing
their name briefly to Wild Angels in an attempt to shake off
the past. Eventually, after a shambolic gig where a broken bass
string resulted in a dreadful version of Garageland by The Clash,
the group gave up the ghost and walked off stage to mass indifference.