Elbow is an Alternative Rock band from, Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Formed in 1990, originally called Mr. Soft (later shortened to Soft) and comprised of guitarist and back up vocalist Mark Potter, bassist Pete Turner and drummer Richard Jupp. Vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Guy Garvey was asked by Mark to join the band when they met at college (both were 16 at the time). Mark’s brother keyboardist and back up vocalist Craig Potter joined soon afterwards. They changed their name to Elbow in 1997 after Guy heard a character from a BBC TV Drama The Singing Detective say that the word ‘Elbow’ is the most sensual word in the English language, not for its definition, but for how it feels to say and how it looks on the page.
First published 2000, this is a limited edition repress of 2000 copies for RSD 2021 Drop 1.
Tracks are: Newborn, Kisses, Bitten by the tailfly, None one.
