Another Brighton-based band here, consisting of singer bassist/vocalist Helen McCookerybook, guitarist/vocalist Carl Evans, guitarist James McCallum and now deceased drummer Russell Greenwood. Like the Golinski Brothers, The Chefs recorded two songs onto the LP Vaultage 79, but 24 Hours is certainly the best of their output. A catchy little piece of early indie, 24 Hours is an obsessive love song complete with female vocals and satisfying rhymes. What more could you want? The Chefs recorded two Peel Sessions, in '81 and '82, the second under the name 'Skat'. More Chefs songs are available for free and, as far as I can tell, legal downloads on the excellent PunkBrighton website. As if that weren't enough, this year The Chefs released a compilation containing all the Attrix recordings and the Peel Sessions. It was released on Damaged Goods Records, and it's called Records And Tea: The Best Of The Chefs.
1981, Attrix Records
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