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Infobox musical artist | name = Hipsway| image = Hipsway-pim-skin-sf.jpg| caption = Pim Jones and Grahame Skinner of Hipsway - San Francisco, California|San Francisco , California , United States|U.S. | image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Scotland | instrument =| genre = Rock music|Rock , pop rock | occupation =| years_active = 1984–1989| label = Mercury Records|Mercury | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members = Johnny McElhone Grahame Skinner Pim Jones Harry Travers Stephen Ferrera Hipsway were a Scotland|Scottish pop music|pop / rock music|rock musical ensemble|band .
The band was formed in Glasgow in 1984 by ex- Altered Images guitarist Johnny McElhone on bass guitar|bass , and featuring Grahame skinner|Grahame Skinner ( singing|vocals ), http://soundcloud.com/pim-jones Pim Jones ( guitar ) and Harry Travers ( drum s).cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p18260|pure_url=yes |title=Biography by Jason Ankeny |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=23 March 2009 Grahame Skinner|Skinner and Travers had been members of the band Kites with Paul McGrath and Ian McGreevy before Hipsway formed. Their music was characterized by Skinner's deep human voice|vocals and Jones' tight guitar playing. They were quickly signed up by Mercury Records and by 1985 had released their first, eponym|eponymously-titled album. The album was a moderate success in the UK Albums Chart ; while the single (music)|single , "The Honeythief", made number 17 in the UK Singles Chart ,cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 253 and also reached the Top 20 in the United States|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 record chart|chart . Another song from the album, "Tinder", became well-known in Scotland as the soundtrack to a McEwan's Brewery|McEwan's Lager commercial.
However the band failed to build on its success; McElhone left to found Texas (band)|Texas , and by the time the second album Scratch the Surface was recorded, Travers had also left (to be replaced by Stephen Ferrera). Released in 1989, the album was not as critically or commercially successful as its predecessor, and the band split up shortly afterwards.
Skinner and Jones subsequently went on to found the band Witness, before Skinner joined former members of Glasgow peers Love and Money (band)|Love and Money in the band, Cowboy Mouth.
Pim Jones later formed Big Yoga Muffin with Ange Dolittle, formerly of Eat, releasing one album 'Wherever You Go, There You Are' (2000 The Echo Label).
In 2011 Graham Skinner formed the band Skinner with Douglas MacIntyre (Love & Money, Cowboy Mouth and Sugartown), Gordon Wilson (Love & Money and Cowboy Mouth) and Andy Alston (Del Amitri).
Discography
Albums
1986 Hipsway - UK Albums Chart|UK #42, Billboard 200|U.S. #55
# "The Honeythief" (3:11) # "Ask the Lord" (4:08) # "Bad Thing Longing" (4:08) # "Upon a Thread" (4:06) # "Long White Car" (4:34) # "The Broken Years" (3:14) # "Tinder" (5:13) # "Forbidden" (4:45) # "Set This Day Apart" (5:06)
1989 Scratch the Surface (reissued in 1997 as The Rest of Hipsway )
# "Show Me" (4:21) # "Keepin' it Together" (3:57) # "Your Love" (5:13) # "Emerald" (4:56) # "I'm Not Perfect" (4:16) # "Handfuls of Dust" (5:45) # "Something Special" (3:58) # "Wrong About That" (4:06) # "What Makes a Man Love a Woman So Bad? " (4:39) # "Scratch the Surface" (7:29) # "Solid Gone" (5:27) Allmusic|class=artist|id=p18260|pure_url=yes Allmusic.com - Charts & Awards - accessed March 2009
reflist Category:Musical groups established in 1984 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1989 Category:Musical groups from Glasgow Category:Scottish rock music groups Category:British New Wave musical groups
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