Bona Dish

BONA DISH were a scratchy Pop Punk group from Hertfordshire villages, United Kingdom, brought together by their love of the Velvets, Supremes and each other. They were cool, handsome and gorgeous. The songs are simple but at the same time complex. The two girls, two boy's line-up added a tension that was both sexual and musically fragile. You felt it might all fall apart any second but it rarely did. After their "cassette in a tube" ploy worked for John Peel play, the band released a cassette on InPhaze and disbanded not long after. Collected here is a rediscovered gem showcasing the zest and spontaneity that gripped the UK DiY scene of the time, standing up to their contemporaries like TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, THE HOMOSEXUALS and MARINE GIRLS.

Bona Dish On C30 (1981)

01 - Mutation
02 - Challenge
03 - Intense
04 - Jungle
05 - Actress
06 - Girl
07 - Sea-Line Woman
08 - ETC.

Bona Dish EP (1982)

01 - 8AM
02 - Sand
03 - Fractured Heart
04 - Normal Day

The Zaragoza Tapes: 1981-1982 (2013)

01 - 8AM
02 - Sand
03 - Fractured Heart
04 - Normal Day
05 - Susan Says
06 - Tactile Sob
07 - Actress (Rupert Version)
08 - Mutation
09 - Challenge
10 - Intense
11 - Intense Reprise
12 - Jungle
13 - Actress
14 - Girl

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