“One of the great lost bands of the New Wave era” (Blurt magazine. USA)

The Distractions in the late 70s and early 80s were very well known on the post-punk Manchester music scene. They released records on the TJM, Factory, Island and Rough Trade labels to excellent reviews, as well as sharing bills with Joy Division, The Buzzcocks, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Fall, The Members, Squeeze and many others. They played all corners of the UK and Ireland as well as doing gigs in New York before splitting up.

David Hepworth described their debut album, “Nobody’s Perfect” as, “An enchanting and vaguely disturbing collection of vulnerable pop”

 In 2015 two of the original members, vocalist Mike Finney and drummer Alex got together with some friends after being asked to play at  a memorial gig for  Manchester punk legend John the Postman. It went down so well they decided to continue as a live act playing their singles as well as songs from the album “Nobody’s Perfect”.

The new line-up continues the Distractions tradition of storming live sets!

“The Distractions use the past rather than get eaten by it”

David Quantick

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