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Look Blue Go Purple

{{Short description|New Zealand alternative rock band}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Look Blue Go Purple

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| origin = Dunedin, New Zealand

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| genre = Alternative rock, Dunedin sound

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| years_active = 1983–1987

| label = Flying Nun Records

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| past_members = *Kathy Bull

  • Norma O'Malley
  • Lesley Paris
  • Denise Roughan
  • Kath Webster

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Look Blue Go Purple were a New Zealand alternative rock band from Dunedin, active from 1983 to 1987, recognised as part of the "second wave" of the Dunedin sound.{{Cite web |title=Look Blue - Go Purple |url=http://www.flyingnun.co.nz/archive_site/bands/lookblue/lbgp.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051105055230/http://www.flyingnun.co.nz/archive_site/bands/lookblue/lbgp.html |archive-date=5 November 2005 |access-date=2021-02-18 |website=Flying Nun Records }} Their first official show was at The Broome Valley Festival on 5 March 1983.{{Cite web|last=Miles|first=Amanda|title=Look Blue Go Purple: Legacy of Enchantment|url=https://nzmusician.co.nz/features/look-blue-go-purple/|access-date=2018-08-16|website=NZ Musician|language=en}}

Members

  • Kathy Bull – bass
  • Norma O'Malley – keyboards, flute
  • Lesley Paris – drums
  • Denise Roughan – guitar
  • Kath Webster – guitar

Careers after Look Blue Go Purple

After the band split up, Bull went on to Cyclops, and has since recorded a solo album, Some From the Sky, under her new name Francisca Griffin. Lesley Paris went on to Olla, and now works as station manager for community radio station Otago Access Radio in Dunedin. Denise Roughan went on to play with The 3Ds and Ghost Club. Norma O'Malley was a founding member of Chug.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} Paris also became manager of Flying Nun Records.{{Cite web|last=Moreland|first=Quinn|date=2017-06-02|title=Look Blue Go Purple: Still Bewitched|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23338-still-bewitched/|access-date=2021-02-18|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}

Discography

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Release date

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!Chart position

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! colspan=7 | EPs

1985

|Bewitched

|Flying Nun Records

| 21

| NZ

|FNLGBP001

1986

|LBGPEP2

|Flying Nun Records

| 26

| NZ

|FNLGBP002

1988

|This Is This

|Flying Nun Records

| -

| -

|FN117

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! colspan=7 | Compilations

1986

|LBGPEPs (tracks from 'Bewitched' and 'LBGPEP2')

|Flying Nun Records

| -

| -

|FNLBGP003

1991

|Compilation (tracks from 'Bewitched', 'LBGPEP2' and 'This Is This')

|Flying Nun Records

| -

| -

|FNCD171

2017

|Still Bewitched (tracks from 'Bewitched', 'LBGPEP2', 'This Is This' and previously unreleased live tracks)

|Flying Nun Records

| -

| -

|FN572CD

=Featured compilations=

The group have appeared on many compilations since 1986 in New Zealand. The following is a list of these albums that have featured tracks by Look Blue Go Purple.

=DVDs=

  • (2004) - Second Season - Flying Nun DVD II (Flying Nun Records) (FNDVD489) - "Circumspect Penelope"
  • (2004) - Very Short Film (Flying Nun Records) - "Cactus Cat"

References

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External links

  • [https://www.flyingnun.co.nz/collections/look-blue-go-purple Look Blue Go Purple on Flying Nun]

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Category:New Zealand indie rock groups

Category:New Zealand all-female bands

Category:Flying Nun Records artists

Category:Dunedin Sound musical groups

Category:1983 establishments in New Zealand

Category:Musical groups from Dunedin

Category:1987 disestablishments in New Zealand

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