Situation Two (a.k.a. Situation 2) was a British
independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...
founded in 1981 by Peter Kent as an offshoot of the
Beggars Banquet label. The name is a reference to
Bauhaus
The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the , was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined Decorative arts, crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., ...
's old management company, Situation 1.
At the time, Beggars Banquet releases were often distributed by
WEA; to appeal to the
indie audience and to get releases into the
UK Indie Chart
The UK Independent Singles Chart and UK Independent Albums Chart are charts of the best-selling independent singles and albums, respectively, in the United Kingdom. Originally published in January 1980, and widely known as the indie chart, the ...
, Situation Two, as well as its sister label
4AD
4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name Axis Records by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980 as an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records. The name was changed to 4AD after the release of th ...
(which Kent had co-founded a year earlier with
Ivo Watts-Russell
Ivo Watts-Russell (born 1954) is a British music producer and record label executive. He was joint-founder with Peter Kent of the independent record label 4AD. He has produced several records, although he prefers to use the term "musical director" ...
, but soon left), were created.
During its 11-year history, Situation Two came to prominence as the home for a varied number of indie favourites. These included
Madchester
Madchester was a musical and cultural scene that emerged in the English city of Manchester during the late 1980s, closely associated with the indie dance movement. Indie dance (also referred to as indie rave) blended indie rock with elements o ...
band
the Charlatans, early incarnations of
the Cult
The Cult are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Bradford in 1983. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band had performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead vocalist Ian Astbury ...
,
Bauhaus
The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the , was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined Decorative arts, crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., ...
side project
Tones on Tail
Tones on Tail were a British post-punk band formed in 1982, originally as a musical side project of Daniel Ash of the gothic rock group Bauhaus (band), Bauhaus. Their music was described by one critic as "doom-and-dance-pop."
History
While sti ...
, the solo work of former Bauhaus member
David J
David John Haskins (born 24 April 1957, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England), better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He is the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus (band), Bauhaus and for ...
, and cult bands like
the Associates,
Fields of the Nephilim
Fields of the Nephilim are an English gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in 1984. The band's name refers to a biblical race of angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim. Career Early years (1984–1991)
The band's debut 1 ...
,
Thee Hypnotics,
Gene Loves Jezebel,
Play Dead,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, also known very briefly as the Lorries, are an English rock band formed in Leeds in early 1981 by guitarist and songwriter Chris Reed, vocalist Mark Sweeney, bassist Steve Smith and drummer Mick Brown. After breaking up ...
and
Buffalo Tom
Buffalo Tom is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1986. Its principal members are guitarist Bill Janovitz who also sings the majority of lead vocals, bassist and singer Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginn ...
.
When Situation Two was dissolved in 1992, many of the roster's releases were then issued on the parent Beggars Banquet label, and several were later included on the 1999 Beggars compilation album ''
Pspyched!
Beggars Banquet Records is a British independent record label. Beggars Banquet started as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin and is part of the Beggars Group of labels.
History
In 1977, spurred by the prevailing D ...
''.
Discography
Albums
1981
*
Biting Tongues
Biting Tongues were a post-punk band formed in Manchester, England in 1979, whose members went on to join Simply Red, Yargo, and 808 State.
History
The band was formed in 1979 by saxophonist Howard Walmsley, initially to record a soundtrack for ...
- ''Don't Heal'' (SITU 1)
*
Associates - ''
Fourth Drawer Down
''Fourth Drawer Down'' is a compilation album by the Scottish post-punk and new wave band the Associates, released in October 1981 by independent record label Situation Two. It compiles the A- and B-sides from the six singles the band released ...
'' (SITU 2)
* New Asia - ''Gates'' (SITU 3)
1982
*
Singers and Players
Singers & Players were a reggae collective made up of vocalists and musicians associated with Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound Records. They recorded five albums between 1981 and 1988.
Including artists such as Bim Sherman, Style Scott, Don Camp ...
- ''Revenge of the Underdog'' (SITU 4)
* The Last Man in Europe Corporation - ''Songs from the Ark'' (SITU 5)
*
Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch; June 2, 1959)Martin Charles Strong. ''The Great Indie Discography''. 2003, page 85 is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker. Her career began during the 1970s New York City no ...
- ''
13.13'' (SITU 6)
1983
*
Gene Loves Jezebel - ''Promise'' (SITU 7)
*
David J
David John Haskins (born 24 April 1957, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England), better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He is the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus (band), Bauhaus and for ...
- ''Etiquette of Violence'' (SITU 8)
1984
* The Eternal Triangle - ''Touch and Let Go'' (SITU 9)
*
Nyam Nyam - ''Hope of Heaven'' (SITU 10)
* Various artists - ''A New Optimism'' (SITU 11)
1985
*
Tones on Tail
Tones on Tail were a British post-punk band formed in 1982, originally as a musical side project of Daniel Ash of the gothic rock group Bauhaus (band), Bauhaus. Their music was described by one critic as "doom-and-dance-pop."
History
While sti ...
- ''Tones on Tail'' (SITU 12)
*
The Fall - ''Hip Priests and Kamerads'' (SITU 13)
* Gene Loves Jezebel - ''Immigrant'' (SITU 14)
*
The Bolshoi - ''Giants'' (SITUM 15)
*
Hank Wangford
Samuel Hutt (born 15 November 1940), known by the stage name Hank Wangford, is an English country and western songwriter.
"Hank is a good smoke screen. He can do things I can't do. He's my clown," says Dr. Hutt, who has been struggling to ba ...
Band - ''Rodeo Radio'' (SITU 16)
* Various artists - ''Gunfire and Pianos'' (SITU 17) (in association with ''
ZigZag
A zigzag is a pattern made up of small corners at variable angles, though constant within the zigzag, tracing a path between two parallel lines; it can be described as both jagged and fairly regular.
In geometry, this pattern is described as a ...
'' magazine)
1987
*
Fields of the Nephilim
Fields of the Nephilim are an English gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in 1984. The band's name refers to a biblical race of angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim. Career Early years (1984–1991)
The band's debut 1 ...
- ''
Dawnrazor'' (SITUM 18)
*
The Folk Devils - ''Goodnight Irony'' (SITUP 19)
1988
*
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, also known very briefly as the Lorries, are an English rock band formed in Leeds in early 1981 by guitarist and songwriter Chris Reed, vocalist Mark Sweeney, bassist Steve Smith and drummer Mick Brown. After breaking up ...
- ''
Nothing Wrong'' (SITU 20)
*
King Blank - ''The Real Dirt'' (SITU 21)
* Fields of the Nephilim - ''
The Nephilim'' (SITU 22)
1989
*
The Fuzztones - ''In Heat'' (SITU 23)
*
Ian Lowery Group - ''King Blank to...'' (SITU 24)
*
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, also known very briefly as the Lorries, are an English rock band formed in Leeds in early 1981 by guitarist and songwriter Chris Reed, vocalist Mark Sweeney, bassist Steve Smith and drummer Mick Brown. After breaking up ...
- ''
Blow'' (SITU 25)
*
Thee Hypnotics - ''Live'r than God'' (SITUM 26)
1990
*
Loop - ''
A Gilded Eternity'' (SITU 27)
* Thee Hypnotics - ''Come Down Heavy'' (SITU 28)
*
The Darkside - ''All That Noise'' (SITU 29)
*
The Charlatans - ''
Some Friendly'' (SITU 30)
*
Buffalo Tom
Buffalo Tom is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1986. Its principal members are guitarist Bill Janovitz who also sings the majority of lead vocals, bassist and singer Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginn ...
- ''
Birdbrain'' (SITU 31)
1991
*
Carnival Art - ''Thrumdrone'' (SITU 32)
*
The Dylans - ''The Dylans'' (SITU 33)
* Thee Hypnotics - ''Soul, Glitter and Sin'' (SITU 35)
1992
* The Darkside - ''Melomania'' (SITU 34)
* Buffalo Tom - ''
Let Me Come Over'' (SITU 36)
* The Charlatans - ''
Between 10th and 11th'' (SITU 37)
*
Terminal Power Company - ''
Run Silent, Run Deep'' (SITU 38)
*
Main - ''Hydra - Calm'' (SITL 39 CD)
*
The Hair and Skin Trading Company - ''
Jo in Nine G Hell'' (SITU 40)
Singles and EPs
1981
* Associates - "Tell Me Easter's on Friday" (SIT 1)
* New Asia - "Central Proposition" (SIT 2)
*
Drowning Craze - "Storage Case" (SIT 3)
* Associates - "Q Quarters" (SIT 4)
*
Divine
Divinity (from Latin ) refers to the quality, presence, or nature of that which is divine—a term that, before the rise of monotheism, evoked a broad and dynamic field of sacred power. In the ancient world, divinity was not limited to a singl ...
- "Born to Be Cheap" (SIT 5)
* Home Service - "Only Men Fall in Love" (SIT 6)
* Associates - "Kitchen Persons" (SIT 7)
* Multivizion - "Work to Live Don't Live to Work" (SIT 8)
* London Underground - "Train of Thought" (SIT 9)
* Associates - "Message Oblique Speech" (SIT 10)
* Associates - "White Car in Germany" (SIT 11)
* John Marlon - "Sister Soul" (SIT 12)
* Drowning Craze - "Trance" (SIT 13)
*
The Blackouts - "Exchange of Goods" (SIT 14)
* Orbidoig - "Nocturnal Operation" (SIT 15)
1982
* Drowning Craze - "Heat" (SIT 16)
*
Ministry - "Cold Life" (SIT 17)
* Gene Loves Jezebel - "Shaving My Neck" (SIT 18)
*
Southern Death Cult - "Moya" (SIT 19)
1983
* Gene Loves Jezebel - "Screaming (For Emmalene)" (SIT 20)
* Tones on Tail - "Burning Skies" (SIT 21)
*
Icicle Works -
"Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)" (SIT 22)
*
Death Cult - ''Death Cult'' EP (SIT 23)
* Gene Loves Jezebel - "Bruises" (SIT 24)
* The Sinister Ducks - "March of the Sinister Ducks" (SIT 25)
*
David J
David John Haskins (born 24 April 1957, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England), better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He is the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus (band), Bauhaus and for ...
- "Joe Orton's Wedding" (SIT 26)
* Under Two Flags - "False History" (SIT 27)
*
Play Dead - "Shine" (SIT 28)
* Death Cult - "
Gods Zoo" (SIT 29)
1984
* The Eternal Triangle - "Only in the Night" (SIT 30)
* Gene Loves Jezebel - "Influenza (Relapse)" (SIT 31)
* Under Two Flags - "Masks" (SIT 32)
*
The Cult
The Cult are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Bradford in 1983. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band had performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead vocalist Ian Astbury ...
- "
Spiritwalker" (SIT 33)
* The Eternal Triangle - "Nothing But a Friend" (SIT 34)
* Gene Loves Jezebel - "Shame" (SIT 35)
1985
* Gene Loves Jezebel - "Cow" (SIT 36)
* Nyam Nyam - "The Architect" (SIT 37)
* The Bolshoi - "Sob Story" (SIT 38)
* Lulu Kiss Me Dead - "The Ultimate Solution" (SIT 39)
* The Bolshoi - "Happy Boy" (SIT 40)
* Gene Loves Jezebel - "Desire" (SIT 41)
* Naffi-Locksman - "We Are Willing" (DOVE 2 - Ark/Situation Two)
*
It's Immaterial - ''Fish Waltz'' EP (DOVE 3 - Ark/Situation Two)
1986
* Fields of the Nephilim - "Power" (SIT 42)
* Multicoloured Shades - "Teen Sex Transfusion" (SIT 43)
*
The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens were an Australian indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1977. The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Robert Forster (musician), Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, who were its only co ...
- "The Able Label Singles" (SIT 44T) (12" release only)
* Icicle Works - "Up Here in the North of England" (SIT 45T) (12" release only)
1987
* Fields of the Nephilim - "Preacher Man" (SIT 46)
* The Folk Devils - "The Best Protection" (SIT 47)
* Fields of the Nephilim - "Blue Water (Electrostatic)" (SIT 48)
* Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - "Open Up" (SIT 49)
1988
* Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - "Nothing Wrong" (SIT 50)
*
King Blank - "Mouth Off" (SIT 51)
* Fields of the Nephilim - "Moonchild (First Seal)" (SIT 52)
* King Blank - "Blind Box" (SIT 53)
* Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - "Only Dreaming (Wide Awake)" (SIT 54)
* King Blank - "Uptight" (SIT 55)
* Death Cult - ''Death Cult'' EP (CD reissue) (SIT 2329)
1989
* Thee Hypnotics - "Justice in Freedom" (SIT 56)
* Fields of the Nephilim - "Psychonaut" (SIT 57)
* The Fuzztones - "Hurt on Hold" (SIT 58)
*
The Ian Lowery Group - "Need" (SIT 59)
* Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - "Temptation" (SIT 60)
* The Fuzztones - "Nine Months Later" (SIT 61)
* Thee Hypnotics - "Soul Trader" (SIT 62)
* Goat - "Can't Get By" (SIT 63)
* Loop - "Arc-Lite (Sonar)" (SIT 64)
1990
* God - "Breach Birth" (SIT 65)
* The Darkside - "High Rise Love" (SIT 66)
* Thee Hypnotics - "Half Man Half Boy" (SIT 67)
* Passion Flower Hotel - "Singing in Circles" (SIT 68)
* The Fuzztones - "Action Speaks Louder than Words" (SIT 69)
* The Charlatans - "The Only One I Know" (SIT 70)
* Buffalo Tom - "Birdbrain" (SIT 71)
* The Darkside - "Waiting for the Angels" (SIT 72)
* Thee Hypnotics - "Floatin' in My Hoodoo Dream" (SIT 73)
* The Charlatans - "Then" (SIT 74)
1991
* The Dylans - "Godlike" (SIT 75)
* The Charlatans - "Over Rising" (SIT 76)
* Buffalo Tom - "Fortune Teller" (SIT 77)
* The Dylans - "Lemon Afternoon" (SIT 78)
* Carnival Art - "Blue Food & Black Sparks" (SIT 79)
* Terminal Power Company - "Wired" (SIT 80)
* The Dylans - "Planet Love" (SIT 81)
* Thee Hypnotics - "Shakedown" (SIT 82)
* Main - "Hydra - Flametracer" (SIT 83)
* The Charlatans - "Me in Time" (SIT 84)
* Carnival Art - "Wrestling Swamis" (SIT 85)
1992
* Buffalo Tom - "Velvet Roof" (SIT 86)
* The Hair and Skin Trading Company - "Ground Zero" (SIT 87)
* The Charlatans - "Weirdo" (SIT 88)
* Main - "Calm - There Is Only Light" (SIT 89)
* The Dylans - "Mary Quant in Blue" (SIT 90)
* The Spectrum Zero - "(Will It Hurt) If I Touch the Sun" (SIT 91)
* Terminal Power Company - "The Hunger, The Heat" (SIT 92)
* Carnival Art - "Ray's Jesus" (SIT 93)
* Thee Hypnotics - "Coast to Coast" (SIT 94)
* The Darkside - ''Mayhem to Meditate'' EP (SIT 95)
* Buffalo Tom - "Taillights Fade" (SIT 96)
* The Charlatans - "Tremolo Song" (SIT 97)
* Terminal Power Company - "Salvation" (SIT 98)
See also
*
List of record labels
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References
External links
Official Site(now defunct as of 2011)
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Beggars Group
British independent record labels
Indie rock record labels
Record labels established in 1981
Record labels disestablished in 1992