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8.29.2008

Lost and Found Video - The Popinjays

The Popinjays were a three-girl (with the obligatory male drummer) band from Huddersfield in Southeast London. The band, whose core consisted of singer Wendy Robinson and guitarist Polly Hancock, was active from 1988-1994, and produced three albums.

This is Vote Elvis, a single that hit #17 on the US Modern Rock charts in 1990, but was featured on the 1992 album Flying Down To Mono Valley, an album produced by Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds. The band's MySpace page notes that Vote Elvis was inspired by ...a candidate from the Elvis Presley Party (in a Sheffield by-election), who promised that if everyone listened to Elvis they'd be no more wars.

Regarding the current whereabouts of the Popinjays, web searches have turned up nothing, although there is a photographer in the UK named Polly Hancock, who may or may not be the Polly Hancock in question.

Links:
The Popinjays on MySpace
The Popinjays on Wikipedia
The Popinjays on The All Music Guide

Thanks, Paul!

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