Bourgie Bourgie - Apres Ski
Members
Paul Quinn - vocals
Mick Slaven - guitar
Keith Band - bass
Ian Burgoyne - guitar
Ken McDonald - drums
They released two singles on MCA Records in 1984
Breaking Point / Apres-Ski (Cat No: BOU1)
Careless / Change Of Attitude (Cat No: BOU2)
Shortly after that Quinn rejoined the band and they renamed
themselves Bourgie Bourgie with a 2nd guitarist Mick Slaven and
drummer Kenny McDonald. Almost immediately their demos began to
pick up interest and they appeared on the short-lived Channel 4
music show "The Switch" in May 1983 playing two. Soon the band signed a deal with MCA Records and were being touted as the "next big thing", recording a session for John Peel and appearing on The Tube. However, in March 1984 the debut single "Breaking Point" narrowly missed out on the Top 40 and a swiftly released follow-up "Careless" didn't even make the Top 75. The band began recording their debut album in West Germany but after the first session completed - Quinn walked out. He was swiftly back in the Alan Horne stable recording with Edwyn Collins and working on the apocryphal "Punk Rock Hotel" film soundtrack. Two singles with Edwyn followed on Horne's new Swamplands label - firstly a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Pale Blue Eyes" which peaked in the UK Charts at 72 but a follow-up, the Collins-authored "Ain't That Always The Way" failed to chart at all.