The High Five - Singles (1983-84)

At the beginning there was the Crash Course. The band was active only for a short period of time (end 1978 beginning 1979) and was formed by Andy Eastwood (vocals, later Sex Gods, Divine Thunderbolts) and Rob Jones (drums), who were soon joined by Mick Reid (guitar, later Nightmare in wax), Peter Cunningham (bass, later Divine Thunderbolt) and eventually by Pete Wylie (guitar, previously Crucial Three, Mystery Girl, Nova Mob, later Wah!). The band (who shared a flat in Penny Lane) recorded a live Ep which was never recorded, and was the main act at Eric’s the night the Bunnymen played their first gig (on whose request Eastwood provided the three-note part on Farfisa to Monkeys).
In January 1979 the Crash Course was already history and Jones and Wylie started Wah! Heat. Rob Jones remained with the band until 1981, when he formed the High Five with Paul ‘Asa’ Hayes (vocals, guitars), Phil Jonese (bass) and Steve Burns (keyboards), replaced in 1982 by Mark Braben (guitars, keyboards). The band (with Western Promise and the Farm) entered the elite of Liverpool’s ‘political’ bands (NME, 25 May 1985).
High Five released three privately produced demo tapes, almost all of the songs on them to be subsequently released on vinyl.
The first official release dates from October 1983:

Cold Steel Gang (b/w Are You Happy)


In August 1984 the second (and possibly their most acclaimed) single came out:

Working for the Man (b/w Walk Them Back)


In September 1984 one of their song (already featured on the band’s first demo in 1982) appeared on the compilation A Secret Liverpool:

- Turning

The High Five, with an extended five-piece line-up (with Tim O’Shea on guitars, former Send No Flowers) finally released an Lp in 1986 (Down in the No Go).

high five - singles (1983-84)

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