Nilon Bombers

Nilon Bombers were a Britpop band from Cheltenham, formed in 1992.<ref name="Wilkinson">Wilkinson, Roy (1995) "Nilon Bombers - Bird", Select</ref><ref name="BBC">"Nilon Bombers", BBC. Retrieved 3 February 2019</ref> They split up in November 1996.<ref name="BBC" />

The line-up was Drew Norton (vocals, guitar), Gareth Ballard (guitar, vocals, bouzouki, keyboards and violin), Martin Williams (drums), and Kim Dorman (bass).<ref>Cacciatore, Alessio & Di Berardino, Giorgio (2018) Britannica. Dalla scena di Manchester al Britpop, Vololibero, Template:ISBN</ref>

They released an album titled Bird on Almo Sounds in 1996 which was produced by Kim Fowley.<ref name="Wilkinson" /> It was described by Roy Wilkinson in Select as combining "Mega City Four's Transit-frequenting worthiness with the everyman rock of Ian McNabb...stultifyingly competent".<ref name="Wilkinson" /> Their most successful single, "Superstar", reached no. 96 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1996.<ref>"Nilon Bombers", Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 February 2019</ref> The band's final single, "I'm Not Built for This", was described by Tania Branigan in Melody Maker as "Two years too late for New Wave of New Wave".<ref>Branigan, Tina (1996) "Nilon Bombers - I'm Not Built for This", Melody Maker, 13 July 1996, p. 54</ref>

In July 1996 they were a last-minute addition at the T in the Park festival at Strathclyde Country Park where they were first on in the King Tuts Wah Wah tent.

After the band split up, Williams went on to form Silverman.<ref>Marshall, Gary (2003) Cut the Crap! Guide to Music on the Internet, Artemis Editions, Template:ISBN, p. 88</ref>

Discography

Albums

• Nilon Bombers (1995), Almo Sounds
• Bird (1996), Almo Sounds

Singles

• "Cleo" (1995), Almo Sounds
• "Cracked" (1995), Almo Sounds
• "Superstar" (1996), Almo Sounds – UK no. 96
• "I'm Not Built for This" (1996), Almo Sounds

External links

• [[[:Template:AllMusic]] AMG entry]

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