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A Soft Boys were an influential neo-psychedelic rock and roll band from Cambridge, England, formed in 1976 as Dennis and a Experts. It featured Robyn Hitchcock (main ballad maker & singer), world health organizatiin late went on to the distinguished solo career, & Kimberley Rew (lead guitarist), late of Katrina and the Waves.

Original members were Robyn Hitchcock (guitar), Rob Lamb (guitar), Andy Metcalfe (bass), and Morris Windsor (drums). Alan Davies replaced Lamb in 1977, Rew replaced Davies in 1978, and Matthew Seligman replaced Metcalfe in 1979. A band broke higher inside 1980 after Underwater Moonlight & briefly re-formed within 2001 and 2002 for the Twentieth day of remembrance of that album.

Discography
Give It To The Easy Boys (EP) (1977) (We Are an) Anglepoise Lamp b/w Fatman's Boy (45) (1978) The Could of Bees (LP) (1979) (reissued as Video 1992) Underwater Moonlight (LP) (1980) (reissued as Video 1992) Touching a Easy Boys (EP) (1980) I Wanna Kill We b/w Old Pervert (45) (1980) Only a Stones Remain b/w A Request Tree (45) (1981) 2 Halves for the Price of A single (LP) (1981) Love Poisoning (45) (1982) He's the Reptilian b/w Song There are no. Four (45) (1983) Invisible Hits (LP) (1983) (reissued when Video 1992) Survive at a Portland Arms (cassette) (1983) (reissued when LP 1988) Wading Across the Ventilator (EP) (1984) A Face of Dying b/w The Yodelling Hoover (45) (1989) Altogether Cuts (Video EP) (1989) 1976-81 (Ii Video) (1993) Underwater Moon... & How else It Had There (Two Video) (2001) Nextdoorland (Video) (2002) Side 3 (Video EP) (2002)

The Soft Boys
Official site of the influential British quartet. News, press, history, photos, discography, and audio and video files.

Matador Records: The Soft Boys
News and audio files from their record label.

Ink 19: The Soft Boys / Kimbereley Rew
Reviews by Ian Koss of "Nextdoorland" by The Soft Boys and "Great Central Revisited" by Kim Rew.

All Music Guide: The Soft Boys
Profile, and discography with reviews.

Remote Control - Soft Boys, The
Press release about their reunion and new album.

In Music We Trust - Nextdoorland
Album review by Alex Steininger, rated B+. "You can't help want, maybe even expect, Underwater Moonlight II. You're not going to get it, but Nextdoorland is a suitable follow-up twenty plus years later, and a good album to boot."

PopMatters - The Soft Boys: Underwater Moonlight
Review by Kevin Mathews of the 2 CD reissue. "A big, psychedelic, folk-rock guitar masterpiece whichever way you want to look at it, Underwater Moonlight deserves the attention and adulation of every card-carrying fan of obscure, intelligent pop-rock music."


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