Look Blue Go Purple Explained

Look Blue Go Purple
Background:group_or_band
Origin:Dunedin, New Zealand
Genre:Alternative rock, Dunedin sound
Years Active:1983–1987
Label:Flying Nun Records
Past Members:
  • Kathy Bull
  • Norma O'Malley
  • Lesley Paris
  • Denise Roughan
  • Kath Webster

Look Blue Go Purple were a New Zealand alternative rock band from Dunedin, active from 1983 to 1987, recognised as part of the "second wave" of the Dunedin sound.[1] Their first official show was at The Broome Valley Festival on 5 March 1983.[2]

Members

Careers after Look Blue Go Purple

After the band split up, Bull went on to Cyclops, and has since recorded a solo album, Some From the Sky, under her new name Francisca Griffin. Lesley Paris went on to Olla, and now works as station manager for community radio station Otago Access Radio in Dunedin. Denise Roughan went on to play with The 3Ds and Ghost Club. Norma O'Malley was a founding member of Chug. Paris also became manager of Flying Nun Records.[3]

Discography

Release dateTitleLabelChart positionCertificationCatalog number
EPs
1985Bewitched Flying Nun Records21NZFNLGBP001
1986LBGPEP2 Flying Nun Records26NZFNLGBP002
1988This Is This Flying Nun Records--FN117
Compilations
1986LBGPEPs (tracks from 'Bewitched' and 'LBGPEP2')Flying Nun Records--FNLBGP003
1991Compilation (tracks from 'Bewitched', 'LBGPEP2' and 'This Is This')Flying Nun Records--FNCD171
2017Still Bewitched (tracks from 'Bewitched', 'LBGPEP2', 'This Is This' and previously unreleased live tracks)Flying Nun Records--FN572CD

Featured compilations

The group have appeared on many compilations since 1986 in New Zealand. The following is a list of these albums that have featured tracks by Look Blue Go Purple.

DVDs

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Look Blue - Go Purple . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051105055230/http://www.flyingnun.co.nz/archive_site/bands/lookblue/lbgp.html . 5 November 2005 . 2021-02-18 . .
  2. Web site: Miles. Amanda. Look Blue Go Purple: Legacy of Enchantment. 2018-08-16. NZ Musician. en.
  3. Web site: Moreland. Quinn. 2017-06-02. Look Blue Go Purple: Still Bewitched. 2021-02-18. Pitchfork. en.