UK, London
Goth, post-punk, indie.
Tinkly guitar. Dark. Brooding melodies, forceful rhythms, trebly guitar. Guitar-and-synth, dance.
Trevor and Jan knew each other from childhood? Each performs in a number of different bands before they join forces.
Named after the Russian state ballet.
Video to A Way was put on heavy rotation on MTV's 120 Minutes.
Paul know lives in USA, WA, Seattle, involved with a website, electronicmusic.com.
Nick believed to be in South London.
Jan thought to be in California.
Tanner has released new albums and lives in USA, East Coast.
1983 - Tanner and Kalicki form the Bolshoi in Leeds?
1984-autumn - Tanner and Kalicki form the Bolshoi in Wiltshire?
1984 - the duo hitchike to London, Woolwich where Chown joins.
1984-late - played support to The Cult; Lords of the New Church; Wall of Voodoo; The Redskins; March Violets within three months of moving
to London.
1985-01 - headline at the Marquee club, selling out.
1986
1986 Signed to I.R.S. in USA.
1986-spring (or before) Giants released in UK.
1986-spring - Giants released in USA.
1986 (after Giants) Paul Clark joins on keyboards.
1986-05 - Planned tour of USA.
1987 - Now on RCA the Bolshoi puts out its final album, Lindy's Party.
1991 - Paul Clark moves to USA (Seattle?).
21st century - talk of Tanner and Chown doing something.
2003-06 - Paul Clark's 41st birthday.
release | label | catalogue | format | release date | notes | availability to buy |
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release | label | catalogue | format | release date | notes | availability to buy |
Sob Story | Beggars Banquet / Situation Two | SIT 38 | single | 1985-03-22 | Bolshoi's first release on Beggars Banquet. | |
Happy Boy | Situation Two / Beggars Banquet | SIT 40 | single | 1985-08-30 | Early single. Second Bolshoi single on Beggars Banquet. Played a number of times on Radio One when it came out. Remixed from album version by Simon Boswell. | |
Giants | Situation Two | SITUM 15 | lp | 1985-10-04 | ||
Giants | I.R.S. Records | IRS 39058 | ep | 1986-spring in USA. | Debut I.R.S. release by the Bolshoi. Contained six songs. Produced by Lawrence Burridge and the band. | |
A Way | Beggars Banquet | BEG 158 | single | 1986-03-31 | ||
Books on the Bonfire | Beggars Banquet | BEG 170 | 7" single | 1986-08-18 | ||
Books on the Bonfire (Give it Some, Vol. 1) | Beggars Banquet | BOLSHOID 1 | le double gatefold 12" single | 1986-08-18 | 3-sided with live tracks recorded at The Town and Country Club on 1986-07-23. | |
Friends | Beggars Banquet | BEGA 76 / BBP2022CD | cd lp | 1986-09-22 | Working title was Friends or Fiends. | Buy Friends by The Bolshoi at amazon.co.uk |
Sunday Morning | Beggars Banquet | BEG 175 | single | 1986-10-20 | ||
Sunday Morning (Give it Some, Vol. 2) | Beggars Banquet | BOLSHOID 1 A | le double gatefold 12" single | 3-sided with live tracks recorded at The Town and Country Club on 1986-07-23. | ||
A Way II | Beggars Banquet | BEG 180 | single | 1987-01-19 | remix of A Way. Featured in soundtrack to Something Wild by Jonathan Demme. | |
Please | Beggars Banquet | BEG 189 | single | 1987-05-18 | ||
T.V. Man | Beggars Banquet | BEG 197 | single | 1987-08-17 | ||
Lindy's Party | Beggars Banquet / RCA | BEGA 86 / BBP2023CD | cd lp | 1987-09-14 | Self-produced second album. Recorded at Brooke Farm Studios, near Bury St Edmunds (studio owned by John Eden, who produced Status Quo). |
Buy Lindy's Party by the Bolshoi at amazon.co.uk Buy at amazon.com |
Bigger Giants | Beggars Banquet / Situation Two | BBP2021CD | cd lp | 1990 | Giants, plus two 12-inch singles from the same time. |
Buy Bigger Giants by The Bolshoi at amazon.co.uk Buy Bigger Giants by The Bolshoi at amazon.com |
Friends / Giants | MCA | cd | 1990-10-25 | (import) | Buy Friends / Giants by The Bolshoi at amazon.co.uk | |
A Way - Best of The Bolshoi | Beggars Banquet | BBL2017CD | cd lp | 1999 | Buy A Way by The Bolshoi at amazon.co.uk |