SOGGY PORRIDGE

Soggy Porridge was formed in 1982, out of the ashes of punk bands The Kelpies and Suicide Squad with Mark Easton on vocals/guitar, Cornelius Murphy on bass, Ashley Thomson on drums and Daniel Coumbe on guitar. Soggy Porridge was at the forefront of the Australian post-punk movement. After recording a demo, the first single "How Can I Tell You" was released after only a hand full of gigs, it was critically acclaimed and picked up major airplay on Triple J. 

Not long after Thomson and Coumbe were replaced by Tony Cardinal and Paul Spooner respectively. In 1983, 'Slurp Track' a five track EP, was released and the band was also included on Triple J's 'Live at the Wireless!'. Guitarist Paul Spooner died and it took eight months to find new guitarist. They recruited Jonothan Purcell, which gave the band a new sound! In 1984, a demo was recorded but never released. In 1985, "Call My Name" was released but failed to make any impact, even though it was far superior to anything the band had done before. In 1986, "Pull It All Down" was recorded but never released! The band split and Easton went on to form the Candy Harlots! All unreleased demos, singles and the complete 'Live at the Wireless' sessions were released on a new CD called 'Broken Romance' on Plastic Donut records in Dec 2006.

Members

Mark Easton (vocals, guitar, piano), Daniel Coumbe (guitar, piano), Paul Spooner (guitar),

Cornelius ''Con'' Murphy (bass), Tony Cardinal (drums), Jonathan Purcell (guitar),

Ashley Thomson (drums)

References

http://rockonvinyl.blogspot.com.au/2012_06_01_archive.html