Playground was started by Richard Johnson & Andy Pearson while they where editing/publishing/writing the Grim Humour 'zine. Intially comprised of Rich, Andy & their friends Dylan Hollinsbee, Harvey 'Havoc' Francis improvising a kind of industrial-tainted noise-rock around a drum machine. The original Playground was guitars, backing tapes & sometimes a keyboard. During the course of their first year together, their sound morphed into a more structured sound with the exit of Dylan & Harvey & the addition of Paul Dudeney on drums and Paul 'Fuzz' Wright on bass.
The band released one studio album, one mini-album, one live album & one 7". By 1989 Playground 1.0 called it quits, with Johnson going on to form the band Splintered.
Playground 2.0 was Andy P. & vocalist Ed Wenn. They had a sound closer to the original idea of Playground, more experimental noise. They even covered several tunes by The Residents on their 1991 release, Resilience, on Steve Pittis' Dirtier Promotions.
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Inbreds
Two
A Total Lack of Sympathy
Propriety
Victoriapolis
Insignificance
Deveneration
Hateball
Calling the Animals (Roger Miller [Mission of Burma/Birdsongs of the Mesozoic] cover)
Santa Dog (The Residents cover)
Perfect Love (The Residents cover)
Form & Function
Sure
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