Kirkcaldy Bands
The Kirkcaldy Bands of the '80s

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aug 1986 : receiving end  ...
formed in Kirkcaldy by Danni Holland (bass) and Steve Kennedy (guitar)
sept : enter - Alan Bernard (drums)
oct : enter - Jeremy Pullar (guitar)
nov : switch - Danni (vocals/bass)
enter - the receiving end  . . .

mid-feb 1988 :
exit - Alan & Steve ...
march : enter - Bill Thaw (guitar)
april : enter - Ian Somerville (drums)
Danni/Bill/Jeremy/Ian  . . .

mid-june : exit - Ian ...
mid-june : re-enter - Alan

nov 1988 : exit - Alan ...
Danni/Bill/Jeremy . . . without a drummer for a short spell, recorded a demo using a drum machine programmed by Bill... Grant Jack played keyboard on one song...

dec 1989 : the receiving end
enter - Andy Kelly (guitar)
Danni/Bill/Andy/Kenny  . . .

dec 1989 or early 1990 :
exit - locomotive latenight  . . .

early 1990 : the receiving end
exit - Kenny ...
enter - Iain Douglas (drums)
Danni/Bill/Andy/Iain  . . .
early spring 1989 :
enter - Kenny Donnelly (drums)

spring : I began rehearsing with locomotive latenight...

early june : exit - Jeremy  . . .

june : I joined blue on shock ...

july : exit - Bill / exit - the receiving end  . . .

sept : re-enter - the receiving end
Danni/Bill/Kenny  . . . (Lester Orr will be noted as the second guitarist, though this is also Bill)...

nov : I left blue on shock  . . .nov 1991 : exit - Andy ...
Danny/Bill/Iain  . . .
feb 1992 : enter - Gavin Ritchie (guitar)

aug : I joined the band that would soon be named perfumed galaxy ...

nov/dec : the receiving end
exit - Gavin & Iain . . .

jan 1993 : enter - Mark Bridges (drums) ... continue as 3-piece...
mid-1993 : switch - Bill (guitar/backing vocals)
Danny/Bill/Mark . . .

sept : exit - Mark ...

oct : I left perfumed galaxy  . . .

nov 1993 : the receiving end
enter - Robbie McNaughton (drums/backing vocals)

jan 1994 : exit - the receiving end / enter - gravity shed  . . .
Danny/Bill/Robbie  . . .

fine  . . .

Danny Holland, October 2025