The Bodines were formed in Glossop, Manchester in 1985 comprising of Mick Ryan (vocals, guitar), Paul Brotherton (guitar), Tim Burwood (bass) and Paul Lilley (drums).

After debut single on Creation "God Bless" Lilley was replaced by John Rowland. Their next single was their most well known track "Therese" which featured on the NME C86 tape. After one final single for Creation, "Heard It All", they signed to the major label Magnet Records. They produced three singles for Magnet including a remixed Therese but all failed to chart as did their only album "Played" which made #97 in the UK album charts during the summer of 1987. "Played" was produced by Ian Broudie who later had his own success as The Lightning Seeds.

The lack of commercial success saw the band being dropped by Magnet and John Rowland left to play for The Rainkings.

The band re-emerged in 1989 with Burwood and Rowland being replaced by Ian Watson and Spencer Birtwistle (also played in Laugh, Intastella and the Fall) and released one single for Manchester's Playhard Records, They also contributed a track for a Playhard compilation before splitting for a final time.

In 2007 Firestation Records released an EP comprising three unreleased tracks recorded in 1988 titled Shrinkwrap.

Decide was the bands final single on Playhard and was released in 1989.

The Bodines - Decide

More can be found on my Bodines pages where there are some more tracks for downloading.