Another band of the Mod movement are the Circles from the West Midlands and let me give you some great infos from discogs: Formed in May, 1979 by Mick (vocals/rhythm guitar), Tony (lead guitar/vocals), Glenn (bass/vocals) & Keith, former drummer with the new wave outfit the Neon Hearts. After circulating a few demos they released their debut single Opening Up on Graduate Records in November 1979. It reached #3 in the indie charts and over the years has achieved cult status. Like many of the mod revival bands of ‘79 the Circles never released an album and after another promising single on the Vertigo label Angry Voices (which went to sell some 20.000 copies) they decided to call it a day in late 1980. In 1985 Graduate released the track ‘Circles’ (not a Who cover) with a demo version of ‘Summer Nights’ as the b-side. The single went nowhere with no existing band to promote it. In 1999 the Circles reformed to play the 20th anniversary of the legendary Mods Mayday 79. Inspired by the fresh interest they have since continued to play live and also released a comeback single on Detour Records. Cool Stuff
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