Plummet Airlines, was a British pub rock band of the mid-1970s, which was originally formed in Nottingham. Band members later joined The Pogues and Darts.
The band was formed by students at Nottingham School of Art (now Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design), who needed a band for a film that fellow students John Crumpton and Graham Langford were making called 'One More Chance' about a fading rock and roll star, Shane Ventura. The band was initially called "The Brothel Creepers", after the band in the film. Harry Stephenson (vocal/guitar) had previously been in Harrogate band "Junkyard Angel", whilst Richard Booth (guitar/vocal), Darryl Hunt (bass) and Simon Bladon (drums) had played in a jazz-influenced band Moonlight Drive. Having completed the film, the band started playing gigs, and writing their own songs, mostly written by Stephenson
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Links to Peel[]
The band did a couple of sessions for Peel's programmes, but were largely forgotten after the rise of punk on his programmes.
Sessions[]
PLUMMET AIRLINES (John Peel Session 1976)
1. Recorded: 1976-08-31. First Broadcast: 14 September 1976. Repeated: 09 November 1976
- Don't Give A Damn / You're Keeping Us Talking / Water To Wine / Stars Will Shine
2. Recorded: 1977-01-24. First Broadcast: 28 February 1977. Repeated: 14 April 1977, 09 November 1977
- Our Last Dance / Call Out The Engine Driver / Since I Left You / Doctor Boogie
Other Shows Played[]
- None